Human Development, Sustainability, and Rights in Africa and the African Diaspora Minor

The minor offers students an opportunity to examine intellectual, public policy, and historical developments that have shaped the field of human development. Students enrolled in the minor systematically engage with contemporary debates pertaining to core themes underpinning the field of human development, including: food security; access to water, health, education; environmental dynamics; gender equality; sustainability (broadly defined to include building of democratic governance institutions and forms of inclusive citizenship); and human rights. In their exploration of these issues, students gain insights from anthropology, economics, environmental studies, geography, health, history, human rights, international development studies, political science, public policy, and urban and regional planning, among others. Overall, the minor provides a significant opportunity for students to explore contemporary national and global human development issues with a focus on experiences of people of African descent in Africa and the African Diaspora. The minor is open to all undergraduate students. 

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.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Core Requirements
AAAD 391	Human Development, Sustainability and Rights in Africa and the African Diaspora	3
Four additional courses from the list below, at least two of which must be AAAD classes: 1		12
AAAD 239	Disaster, Recovery, Resistance in Southern Black History
AAAD 300	Cultures of Health and Healing in Africa
AAAD 316	Sustainable Development: Emergence, Debates, and Dynamics in Africa
AAAD 333	Race and Public Policy in the United States
AAAD 360	Black Women's Struggles and Resistance in Latin America and the Caribbean
AAAD 392	Struggles to Shape the City
AAAD 387	HIV/AIDS in Africa and the Diaspora
AAAD 403	Human Rights: Theories and Practices in Africa
AAAD 488	Human Rights and Democracy in African Diaspora Communities
AAAD 491	Class, Race, and Inequality in America
ANTH 320	Anthropology of Development
ECON 101	Introduction to Economics H, F
ENEC 325	Water Resource Management for Food, Energy, and Health H
GEOG 268	Geography of Africa
GLBL 489	Paradigms of Development and Social Change H
HIST 340	Ethics and Business in Africa H
PLCY/ENEC 475	The Political Economy of Food H
PLCY 485	Poverty, Health, and Human Development in Low Income Countries
PLCY 662	Global Health and Human Rights
Total Hours		15

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Some courses are four (4) credit hours.

See program page here for special opportunities.

Department Programs

Major

• African, African American, and Diaspora Studies Major, B.A.

Minors

• African Studies Minor
• African American and Diaspora Studies Minor
• Human Development, Sustainability, and Rights in Africa and the African Diaspora Minor

Graduate Programs

• Ph.D. in Africana Studies
• M.A. in Africana Studies

Courses

• African, African-American, and Diaspora Studies (AAAD)
• Chichewa (CHWA)
• Lingala Language (LGLA)
• Kiswahili (SWAH)
• Wolof Language (WOLO)
• Yoruba Language (YORU)

The department has adopted the following numbering system for all AAAD courses numbered above 99:

• Courses ending in 00 to 29: African studies
• Courses ending in 30 to 59: African American studies
• Courses ending in 60 to 84: African Diaspora outside the United States
• Courses ending in 85 to 99: Courses that cross geography; dedicated courses whose numbers are reserved by the University Registrar, such as independent studies and internships.