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Africana Studies (BA)

Simmons University · Boston, MA

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Program
Award
Africana Studies (BA)
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
The Africana Studies program offers opportunities to critically examine the historical, political, social, economic, and cultural processes and institutions of people across the African diaspora, including the experiences of Black people in the United States and across the globe. The program has a long history at Simmons University. The program was established as Black Studies in 1972 in response to Black student activism on campus.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
167783
CourseShelf checklist
CK_167783_7acd2874
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Core Requirement: Introductory Courses (8 credits)

18 items
  1. AST 101
    Introduction to Africana Studies
    As published: “AST 101”
  2. AST 202
    Introduction to Black Popular Culture
    As published: “AST 202”
  3. AST 170
    Introduction to 21st Century Global Literature
    As published: “AST 170 / LTWR 170”
  4. AST 176
    African American Fiction
    As published: “AST 176 / LTWR 176”
  5. AST 210
    Black Women, Gender, and Feminism(s)
    As published: “AST 210 / WGSS 210”
  6. AST 232
    Race, Gender & Health
    As published: “AST 232 / SOCI 232 / WGSS 232”
  7. AST 234
  8. AST 241
    Contemporary Black Women Writers
    As published: “AST 241 / LTWR 241 / WGSS 241”
  9. AST 275
  10. AST 307
    Black History at the Movies
    As published: “AST 307”
  11. AST 313
  12. AST 344
    Poetry for the People: Black Queer Poets
    As published: “AST 344 / SOCI 344 / WGSS 344”
  13. AST 350
    Independent Study
    As published: “AST 350”
  14. AST 355
    Senior Thesis
    As published: “AST 355”
  15. AST 365
    Intimate Family Violence: A Multicultural Perspective
    As published: “AST 365 / SOCI 365 / WGSS 365”
  16. AST 370
    Internship
    As published: “AST 370”
  17. AST 375
    Behind the Veil: Simmons Black Oral History Project
    As published: “AST 375 / HIST 354 / WGSS 375”
  18. AST 386
    Prisons in Political Thought
    As published: “AST 386 / POLS 386”

Electives (16 credits)

25 items
  1. HIST 118
    Latin American History
    As published: “HIST 118”
  2. HIST 210
    African American Experience
    As published: “HIST 210”
  3. HIST 213
    Race and Ethnicity in U.S. History
    As published: “HIST 213”
  4. HIST 214
    African Diaspora
    As published: “HIST 214”
  5. HIST 217
    Caribbean History
    As published: “HIST 217”
  6. HIST 240
    The Atlantic World 1500-1800
    As published: “HIST 240”
  7. HIST 354
    Behind the Veil: Simmons Black Oral History Project
    As published: “HIST 354 / AST 375 / WGSS 375”
  8. LTWR 170
    Introduction to 21st Century Global Literature
    As published: “LTWR 170 / AST 170”
  9. LTWR 176
    African American Fiction
    As published: “LTWR 176 / AST 176”
  10. LTWR 230
    Postcolonial Film
    As published: “LTWR 230”
  11. LTWR 235
  12. LTWR 327
    Psychoanalysis, Race and Sexuality
    As published: “LTWR 327”
  13. POLS 215
    The Politics of Exclusion
    As published: “POLS 215”
  14. POLS 226
    State and Local Politics
    As published: “POLS 226”
  15. POLS 228
    The War on Drugs
    As published: “POLS 228”
  16. POLS 234
  17. POLS 242
    Colonial & Postcolonial Politics of Africa
    As published: “POLS 242”
  18. POLS 386
    Prisons in Political Thought
    As published: “POLS 386 / AST 386”
  19. RGS 101
    Identity and Power
    As published: “RGS 101 / WGSS 101”
  20. RGS 355
  21. SOCI 232
    Race, Gender & Health
    As published: “SOCI 232 / AST 232 / WGSS 232”
  22. SOCI 344
    Poetry for the People: Black Queer Poets
    As published: “SOCI 344 / AST 344 / WGSS 344”
  23. SOCI 347
    Antiracism and Social Justice
    As published: “SOCI 347”
  24. SOCI 365
    Intimate Family Violence: A Multicultural Perspective
    As published: “SOCI 365 / AST 365 / WGSS 365”
  25. WGSS 210
    Black Women, Gender, and Feminism(s)
    As published: “WGSS 210 / AST 210”

Core Requirement: Capstone (4 credits)

5 items
  1. AST 350
    Independent Study
    As published: “AST 350”
  2. AST 355
    Senior Thesis
    As published: “AST 355”
  3. AST 365
    Intimate Family Violence: A Multicultural Perspective
    As published: “AST 365 / SOCI 365 / WGSS 365”
  4. AST 370
    Internship
    As published: “AST 370”
  5. AST 375
    Behind the Veil: Simmons Black Oral History Project
    As published: “AST 375 / HIST 354 / WGSS 375”
Source. Simmons University, catalog 2026-2027 — https://simmons.smartcatalogiq.com/en/2026-2027/undergraduate-course-catalog/programs-of-study/the-department-of-race-gender-and-sexuality-studies/africana-studies. Captured page pages/1164.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.