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African American Studies, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

Virginia Commonwealth University · Richmond, VA

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Program
Award
Bachelor of Arts
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
CIP
05.0201
Total credits (published)
120
Credits (computed from items)
483-488
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
234030
CourseShelf checklist
CK_234030_c19986f9
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

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

Degree requirements for African American Studies, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

0 items

    General education

    general education · 1 item
    1. Select 30 credits of general education courses in consultation with an adviser.
      Not resolved to a course
      30

    Major requirements

    major core · 0 items

      • Major core requirements

      major core · 8 items
      1. AFAM 201
        3
      2. AFAM 211
        3
      3. AFAM 310
        3
      4. AFAM 311
        3
      5. AFAM 330
        3
      6. AFAM 399
        Interdisciplinary Research Methods
        As published: “Interdisciplinary Research Methods 1”
        3
      7. AFAM 493
        3
      8. AFAM 499
        3

      • Additional major requirements

      major core · 1 item
      1. Complete two courses from one cooperating department (select from the lists below)
        Not resolved to a course
        6

      Ancillary requirements

      3 items
      1. AFAM 111 Play course video for Introduction to Africana Studies
        Introduction to Africana Studies (satisfies general education BOK for humanities/fine arts and/or AOI for global perspectives)
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. HUMS 203
        1
      3. AI literacy course 2
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      Open electives

      electives · 1 item
      1. Select any course.
        Not resolved to a course
        56

      Africana-focused courses from the Department of African American Studies and cooperating departments

      0 items

        African American studies

        26 items
        1. AFAM/HIST 105
          Survey of African History
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        2. AFAM/HIST 106
          Survey of African History
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        3. AFAM/ANTH/INTL 200
          Introduction to African Societies
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        4. AFAM 291
          3
        5. AFAM/POLI 302
          Politics of the Civil Rights Movement
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        6. AFAM/RELS/INTL 307
          Black Religion
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        7. AFAM/ANTH/INTL 309
          Gender and Global Health
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        8. AFAM/POLI/GSWS 318
          Politics of Race, Class and Gender
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        9. AFAM/PSYC 322
          Personality and Behavior of the African American
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        10. AFAM 338
          3
        11. AFAM/POLI 343
          Black Political Thought
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        12. AFAM/POLI 345
          African-American Politics
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        13. AFAM/POLI/INTL 356
          African Government and Politics
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        14. AFAM/HIST 361
          Americans from Africa
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        15. AFAM/HIST 362
          Americans from Africa
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        16. AFAM/ENGL 363/INTL 366
          African Literature
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        17. AFAM/ENGL 365/INTL 367
          Caribbean Literature
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        18. AFAM/ENGL 379
          African-American Literature: Beginnings Through the Harlem Renaissance
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        19. AFAM/HIST 387
          History of West Africa to 1800
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        20. AFAM/HIST 389
          Southern Africa Since 1600
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        21. AFAM 390/HIST 380/GSWS 390
          Forced and Coerced Labor in Africa and the Americas
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        22. AFAM 391
          3
        23. AFAM 392/HIST 376
          Caribbean History to 1838
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        24. AFAM 393
          3
        25. AFAM/ANTH 416
          The Origin and Evolution of the Idea of Race
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        26. AFAM 491
          3

        Or a course approved by an African American studies adviser

        0 items

          Anthropology

          6 items
          1. ANTH/AFAM/INTL 200
            Introduction to African Societies
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          2. ANTH/AFAM/GSWS 309
            Gender and Global Health
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          3. ANTH 321
            3
          4. ANTH 388
            3
          5. ANTH/AFAM 416
            The Origin and Evolution of the Idea of Race
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          6. AFAM/ANTH/INTL 420
            Women of Africa
            Not resolved to a course
            3

          Or a course approved by an African American studies adviser

          0 items

            Dance

            6 items
            1. AFAM/DANC 121
              Tap Technique I
              Not resolved to a course
              2
            2. AFAM/DANC 126
              African-Caribbean Dance I
              Not resolved to a course
              2
            3. AFAM/DANC 151
              Jazz Dance Technique I
              Not resolved to a course
              2
            4. DANC 255
              2
            5. DANC 291
              1-4
            6. DANC 413
              3

            Or a course approved by an African American studies adviser

            0 items

              English

              7 items
              1. ENGL 355/GSWS 359
                Black Women Writers
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              2. ENGL 359
                3
              3. ENGL/AFAM 363/INTL 366
                African Literature
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              4. ENGL/AFAM 365/INTL 367
                Caribbean Literature
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              5. ENGL/AFAM 379
                African-American Literature: Beginnings Through the Harlem Renaissance
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              6. ENGL/AFAM 382
                African-American Literature: Realism to the Present
                Not resolved to a course
                3
              7. ENGL 417
                3

              Or a course approved by an African American studies adviser

              0 items

                Gender, sexuality and women's studies

                9 items
                1. AFAM/ANTH/INTL/GSWS 309
                  Gender and Global Health
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                2. GSWS/AFAM/SOCY 305
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                3. GSWS/AFAM/POLI 318
                  Politics of Race, Class and Gender
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                4. GSWS 359/ENGL 355
                  Black Women Writers
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                5. GSWS 383
                  3
                6. GSWS/AFAM 390/HIST 380
                  Forced and Coerced Labor in Africa and the Americas
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                7. GSWS/DANC 415
                  Black Performance Theory
                  Not resolved to a course
                  3
                8. GSWS 450
                  3
                9. GSWS 460
                  3

                Or a course approved by an African American studies adviser

                0 items

                  History

                  22 items
                  1. HIST/AFAM 105
                    Survey of African History
                    Not resolved to a course
                    3
                  2. HIST/AFAM 106
                    Survey of African History
                    Not resolved to a course
                    3
                  3. HIST 302
                    3
                  4. HIST/AFAM 361
                    Americans from Africa
                    Not resolved to a course
                    3
                  5. HIST/AFAM 362
                    Americans from Africa
                    Not resolved to a course
                    3
                  6. HIST 376/AFAM 392
                    Caribbean History to 1838
                    Not resolved to a course
                    3
                  7. HIST 348
                    3
                  8. HIST 352
                    3
                  9. HIST 353
                    3
                  10. HIST 356
                    3
                  11. HIST 357
                    3
                  12. HIST 360
                    3
                  13. HIST 368
                    3
                  14. HIST 377
                    3
                  15. HIST 378
                    3
                  16. HIST 380/AFAM 390/GSWS 390
                    Forced and Coerced Labor in Africa and the Americas
                    Not resolved to a course
                    3
                  17. HIST 381/AFAM 387
                    History of West Africa to 1800
                    Not resolved to a course
                    3
                  18. HIST 383/AFAM 389
                    Southern Africa Since 1600
                    Not resolved to a course
                    3
                  19. HIST 384
                    3
                  20. HIST 410
                    3
                  21. HIST 411
                    3
                  22. HIST 417
                    3

                  Or a course approved by an African American studies adviser

                  0 items

                    International studies

                    8 items
                    1. INTL/AFAM/ANTH 200
                      Introduction to African Societies
                      Not resolved to a course
                      3
                    2. INTL/SOCY 250
                      Confronting Climate Crisis
                      Not resolved to a course
                      3
                    3. INTL/AFAM/RELS 307
                      Black Religion
                      Not resolved to a course
                      3
                    4. INTL/AFAM/POLI 356
                      African Government and Politics
                      Not resolved to a course
                      3
                    5. INTL 366/AFAM 363/ENGL 363
                      African Literature
                      Not resolved to a course
                      3
                    6. INTL 367/AFAM 365/ENGL 365
                      Caribbean Literature
                      Not resolved to a course
                      3
                    7. INTL/AFAM/ANTH 420
                      Women of Africa
                      Not resolved to a course
                      3
                    8. INTL/AFAM/RELS 451
                      Religion, Racism and Social Justice
                      Not resolved to a course
                      3

                    Or a course approved by an African American studies adviser

                    0 items

                      Mass communications

                      2 items
                      1. MASC 390
                        3
                      2. MASC 474
                        3

                      Or a course approved by an African American studies adviser

                      0 items

                        Music and music history

                        8 items
                        1. AFAM/MHIS 350/INTL 370
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        2. APPM 360
                          Large Jazz Ensemble
                          As published: “Large Jazz Ensemble 1”
                          1
                        3. APPM 361
                          Small Jazz Ensemble
                          As published: “Small Jazz Ensemble 1”
                          1
                        4. MHIS 147
                          Jazz Theory and Aural Skills
                          As published: “Jazz Theory and Aural Skills 2”
                          3
                        5. MHIS 291
                          1-3
                        6. MHIS 311
                          Jazz Arranging I
                          As published: “Jazz Arranging I 2”
                          3
                        7. MHIS 312
                          Jazz Arranging II
                          As published: “Jazz Arranging II 2”
                          3
                        8. MHIS 324
                          Jazz History
                          As published: “Jazz History 2”
                          3

                        Political science

                        7 items
                        1. POLI/AFAM 302
                          Politics of the Civil Rights Movement
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        2. POLI/AFAM/GSWS 318
                          Politics of Race, Class and Gender
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        3. POLI/AFAM 343
                          Black Political Thought
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        4. POLI/AFAM 345
                          African-American Politics
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        5. POLI 346
                          3
                        6. POLI 347
                          3
                        7. POLI/AFAM/INTL 356
                          African Government and Politics
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3

                        Or a course approved by an African American studies adviser

                        0 items

                          Psychology

                          5 items
                          1. PSYC/EDUS 305
                            Educational Psychology
                            Not resolved to a course
                            3
                          2. PSYC/LFSC 307
                            Community Solutions: Multiple Perspectives
                            Not resolved to a course
                            3
                          3. PSYC 321
                            3
                          4. PSYC/AFAM 322
                            Personality and Behavior of the African American
                            Not resolved to a course
                            3
                          5. AFAM 346
                            3

                          Or a course approved by an African American studies adviser

                          0 items

                            Religious studies

                            4 items
                            1. RELS/AFAM 307
                              Black Religion
                              Not resolved to a course
                              3
                            2. RELS 340/INTL 341
                              Global Ethics and the World's Religions
                              Not resolved to a course
                              3
                            3. RELS 450/INTL 449
                              Religion, Globalization and Social Justice
                              Not resolved to a course
                              3
                            4. RELS/AFAM/INTL 451
                              Religion, Racism and Social Justice
                              Not resolved to a course
                              3

                            Or a course approved by an African American studies adviser

                            0 items

                              Sociology

                              9 items
                              1. SOCY/AFAM 104
                                Not resolved to a course
                                3
                              2. SOCY/INTL 250
                                Confronting Climate Crisis
                                Not resolved to a course
                                3
                              3. SOCY/AFAM/GSWS 305
                                Not resolved to a course
                                3
                              4. SOCY 310
                                3
                              5. SOCY 322
                                3
                              6. SOCY 327
                                3
                              7. SOCY 350
                                3
                              8. SOCY 355
                                3
                              9. SOCY 401
                                3

                              Or a course approved by an African American studies adviser

                              0 items

                                Theatre

                                1 item
                                1. THEA 375
                                  3

                                Or a course approved in conjunction by advisers in Theatre and African American studies

                                0 items

                                  Urban and regional studies

                                  4 items
                                  1. URSP 108
                                    3
                                  2. URSP 304
                                    3
                                  3. URSP 315
                                    3
                                  4. URSP 435
                                    3

                                  Or a course approved by an African American studies adviser

                                  0 items
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