African American and Diaspora Studies Minor
The curriculum of the Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies emphasizes the histories, cultures, cultural linkages, and contemporary sociopolitical and economic realities of Africa and the African diasporas in the context of a globalizing world.
Requirements
In addition to the program requirements listed below, students must:
- take at least nine hours of their minor "core" requirements at UNC–Chapel Hill
- earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.000 in the minor core requirements. Some programs may require higher standards for minor or specific courses.
For more information, please consult the degree requirements section of the catalog.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Requirements | ||
| AAAD 130 |  Introduction to African American and Diaspora Studies | 3 |
| Four additional courses from the following list: | 12 | |
AAAD courses at or above the 100 level whose last two digits are from 30 to 84 | ||
| The African Diaspora in the Colonial Americas, 1450-1800 | ||
| Health Equity in the African Diaspora | ||
| Blacks in British North America to 1833 | ||
| Emancipation in the New World | ||
| Black Feminist Thought & the Speculative Imagination | ||
| The Caribbean Anticolonial: Caribbean Literature, Film, Aesthetics, and Politics | ||
| Human Development and Sustainability in Africa and the African Diaspora | ||
| Struggles to Shape the City | ||
| Transnational Black Feminist Thought and Practice | ||
| Class, Race, and Inequality in America | ||
| Urbanism in the Global South | ||
| Total Hours | 15 | |
African, African American and Diaspora Studies (AAAD) course descriptions.
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Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies
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