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Minor Course Requirements

Requirements for the Minor in African-American Studies
21 hours from the following required courses and two lists of electives.

Required Courses:

  • PHIL 232 African-American Thought
  • REL 232 African-American Religion
  • HIST 260 African-American History (2 semesters)
  • REL 310 Community and Practice

A minimum of 6 s.h.from:

  • ENG 255 African Novels
  • ENG 264 African-American Literature
  • HIST 213 The United States: Democracy and Crisis, 1815–1877
  • MUS 151 History of Jazz

A minimum of 6 s.h. from:

  • ECON 215 Poverty, Inequality, and Welfare
  • HIST 202 Virginia History
  • INT 213 Colloquium
  • SOC 240 Community and Urban Sociology
  • SOC 248 Social Inequality
  • SOC 264 Social Movements