African American Studies
Minor offered
Visit the African American studies Web page at https://www.stlawu.edu/offices/african-american-studies.
Minor Requirements
The minor consists of five courses from at least two different disciplines. Students may also count 3000- and 4000-level special topics and First-Year Seminar courses on African American studies towards completion of the minor. Courses for the minor may be drawn from the following:
Art and Art History
211. African American Art and Visual Culture.
English
230. Introduction to African- American Literature.
Global Studies
102. Introduction to Global Studies II: Race, Culture, Identity.
204. Intergroup Dialogue
History
207. Civil War and Reconstruction
263. African American History to 1865.
264. African American History, 1865-present.
272. The New South.
273. Civil Rights Movement.
280. History of Women in America.
331. Imagining the South.
340. Race, Ethnicity and Baseball.
Philosophy
232. Africana Philosophy.
Sociology
112. Inequality.
228. Race and Ethnicity.
310. Slavery, Race and Culture.
Minors are also encouraged to participate in St.- Lawrence’s off-campus program at Fisk University, a historically Black college in Nashville, Tennessee. Semester and short-term options are available at Fisk.