College Level Requirements

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State Mandated Common Course Prerequisites

Students desiring to transfer to USF should complete an A.A. degree at a Florida College System institution. If students transfer with fewer than 60 semester hours of acceptable credit, the students must meet the University's entering freshman requirements including ACT or SAT test scores, GPA, and course requirements. Transfer students are also required to comply with the immunization, foreign language, and continuous enrollment policies of the university.

There are no State Mandated Common Prerequisites for this program.

Total Major Hours: 36 Hours

Major Core Courses - 15 Hours

• AFA 2000 Introduction to the Black Experience in Africa and its Diaspora
• AFH 3100 African History to 1850
• AFH 3200 African History since 1850
• AMH 3571 African American History to 1865
• AMH 3572 African American History since 1865

Major Elective Courses - 21 Hours

Students will take seven additional elective courses from the following list of courses:

• AFA 4150 Africa and the United States
• AFA 4335 Black Women in America
• AFA 4350 African American Community Research
• AFA 4430 Afro-Diasporic Literature and Political Movements
• AFA 4500 Slavery in the Americas and the Caribbean
• AFA 4900 Directed Readings
• AFA 4931 Selected Topics in Africana Studies
• AFS 2250 Culture and Society in Africa
• AML 3604 African American Literature
• AML 4624 Black Women Writers
• AMS 3700 Racism in American Society
• ANT 4340 The Caribbean
• PHM 4120 Major Black Thinkers

Other electives may become available to students. Please see the undergraduate advisor or the Africana Studies Undergraduate Director for further information.