Minor in African/African American Literature

College of Arts and Humanities

Students must complete a minimum of six credits of advanced standing coursework in their minor.*

Required Courses
CLS 203African Studies3
or CLS 351 African Literature
LIT 202African American Literature I3
or LIT 203 African American Literature II
Elective Courses12
Select four of the following:
African Studies (if not taken as part of the required courses)
African Literature (if not taken as part of the required courses)
Black Critical Theory
African American Literature I (if not taken as part of the required courses)
African American Literature II (if not taken as part of the required courses)
New Black Women Writers in America
Harlem Renaissance
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
Thoughts/Writings of Martin Luther King
African American Novel I
African American Novel II
African American Urban Literature
African American Film
The Rhetorics of Black Americans
African American Autobiography
Research Seminar 1
Total Credits18
1

ENG 400 is a variable topic course that may be crosslisted as FLM.

*Advanced standing coursework is defined as any 300-level course or above and specific 200-level courses identified by the department.