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Program checklist · Africana Studies

Africana Studies

Davidson College · Davidson, NC

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Program
Award
Africana Studies
Catalog edition
2026-2027 Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
198385
CourseShelf checklist
CK_198385_dfcf099d
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

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

Major Requirements (A.B. Degree)

9 items
  1. Gateway Course: AFR 101 - Introduction to Africana Studies
    Not resolved to a course
  2. One course: Methods Courses category
    Not resolved to a course
  3. Two courses: Cultural Production and Expression category
    Not resolved to a course
  4. Two courses: Geographical and Ecological Investigations category
    Not resolved to a course
  5. Two courses: Social Thought and Institutions category
    Not resolved to a course
  6. One Intellectual History Course: AFR 300-308 - Major Thinkers in Africana Studies
    Not resolved to a course
  7. At least six of the required courses for the major must have an AFR-designation.
    Not resolved to a course
  8. Courses for the major may also be considered from Davidson-run and approved study abroad programs with approval from the department chair.
    Not resolved to a course
  9. For double majors, no more than two of the same AFR-designated or approved cross-listed courses may count towards the Africana Studies major.
    Not resolved to a course

Africana Studies Honors

0 items

    Minor Requirements

    0 items

      Categories

      0 items

        Methods Courses

        6 items
        1. AFR 200
        2. AFR 247
        3. AFR 269
        4. AFR 271
        5. AFR 287
        6. AFR 290

        Cultural Production and Expression Courses

        14 items
        1. AFR 130
        2. AFR 155
        3. AFR 221
        4. AFR 255
        5. AFR 282
        6. AFR 309
        7. AFR 354
        8. AFR 158
        9. ENG 294
        10. ENG 297
        11. FRE 365
        12. MUS 142
        13. REL 261
        14. THE 365

        Geographical and Ecological Investigations

        10 items
        1. AFR 120
        2. AFR 224
        3. AFR 233
        4. AFR 234
        5. AFR 236
        6. AFR 246
        7. AFR 283
        8. AFR 330
        9. HIS 267
        10. LAS 221

        Social Thought and Institutions

        13 items
        1. AFR 222
        2. AFR 223
        3. AFR 251
        4. AFR 269
        5. AFR 270
        6. AFR 321
        7. AFR 345
        8. AFR 350
        9. AFR 371
        10. AFR 375
        11. GSS 402
        12. PSY 269
        13. PSY 369

        Intellectual History Courses

        7 items
        1. AFR 301
        2. AFR 302
        3. AFR 303
        4. AFR 305
        5. AFR 306
        6. AFR 308
        7. AFR 331

        Africana Major and Minor Portfolios

        0 items

          Collection

          0 items

            Portfolio Requirements

            0 items

              Evaluation

              0 items

                Portfolio Items

                22 items
                1. Grant proposal
                  Not resolved to a course
                2. Grant proposals can be for internal or external grants. Proposals must have various elements of a viable research project (research question, problem, literature review, proposed methods). Students must have submitted the grant proposal; however, it is not necessary to have received the grant to include the proposal in the portfolio.
                  Not resolved to a course
                3. Courses: AFR 200
                  Not resolved to a course
                4. Principled community engagement
                  Not resolved to a course
                5. Evidence of sustained principled community engagement in a historically marginalized community. This may be documented through a course assignment that required community learning and/or a letter of service from the community or organization should the service move beyond the length of a semester-long class. The item should demonstrate a praxis of community engagement corresponding with the Africana tradition.
                  Not resolved to a course
                6. Courses: AFR 270, AFR 233
                  Not resolved to a course
                7. Public-facing piece:
                  Not resolved to a course
                8. An item that aims to engage broader audiences with debates, theories, concepts, questions, and/or solutions derived from Africana Studies. The item can be a published blog, podcast episode, campaign documents, zine or visual aids op-ed, or an interview.
                  Not resolved to a course
                9. Courses: AFR 101, AFR 269, AFR 222
                  Not resolved to a course
                10. Visual presentation:
                  Not resolved to a course
                11. A presentation that includes both a visual component and a public speaking component. Evidence of the public speaking component might include notes from the presentation or the talk. Visual components may include PowerPoint, Prezi, collage, infographics, charts, handouts, etc.
                  Not resolved to a course
                12. Courses: AFR 269, AFR 332, AFR 233,
                  Not resolved to a course
                13. Revised scholarly paper:
                  Not resolved to a course
                14. A sustained analytic paper that has undergone substantive revision beyond its original submission, demonstrating conceptual development and engagement with Africana Studies scholarship.
                  Not resolved to a course
                15. Short Research, Policy, or Project Proposal/Prospectus:
                  Not resolved to a course
                16. A short proposal or prospectus developed as part of a course assignment that articulates a clearly defined research question, policy problem, or project objective. The proposal should explain the significance of the problem or intervention within Africana Studies, situate it in relation to relevant scholarship, debates, or institutional contexts, and outline proposed methods, approaches, or strategies of analysis or action. Proposals may be exploratory in nature and need not represent a completed research or policy project.
                  Not resolved to a course
                17. Courses: AFR 236, AFR 246, AFR 331
                  Not resolved to a course
                18. Intellectual Genealogy or Literature Review
                  Not resolved to a course
                19. An intellectual genealogy, literature review, or conceptual synthesis developed as part of a course assignment. This item should trace key thinkers, texts, debates, or frameworks relevant to an Africana Studies question, tradition, or problem, and demonstrate the student’s ability to situate their work within ongoing scholarly conversations. The item may take written, visual, or hybrid form and should reflect engagement with multiple perspectives, points of convergence and divergence, and the ethical or political stakes of the ideas under consideration.
                  Not resolved to a course
                20. Courses: AFR 345,
                  Not resolved to a course
                21. Reflexivity statement:
                  Not resolved to a course
                22. This self-assessment allows majors/minors to discuss their growth and progress through the program, connecting courses to their growth, and allows for consideration of accomplishments, and future goals of how Africana Studies will shape their post-graduate lives. In addition to the portfolio items, all Africana Studies majors and minors must submit a reflexivity statement that situates their portfolio within the Africana Studies curriculum. The reflexivity statement should be approximately 1,500-1,800 words for majors and 600-800 words for minors. The statement should explicitly address how the selected portfolio items reflect the student’s engagement with the department’s core areas of study, including methods of knowledge production; cultural production and expression; geographic and ecological investigation; social thought and institutions; and intellectual history. Students should reflect on how their thinking developed across courses, how revision shaped their work overtime, and how Africana Studies frameworks informed their analytical, ethical, and political commitments. The reflexivity statement must also include explicit reflection on the ethical and political stakes of the student’s work, including questions of positionality, responsibility, ethical accountability, and the kinds of futures, social arrangements, or forms of collective life that Africana Studies scholarship works toward. The reflexivity statement is intended to be synthetic and reflective rather than a traditional research paper and should focus on integration, analysis, and critical self-positioning rather than the production of new research.
                  Not resolved to a course

                Course Numbering Rationale

                0 items
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