African American and Africana Studies Minor

By completing 18 hours of course work students can earn a minor in African American and Africana Studies. This minor offers a cultural, historical, and literary base that can strengthen any major in the Humanities or the Social Sciences. The African American and Africana Studies Program seeks to promote the interest and knowledge of the African diaspora experience through quality teaching and research. Multidisciplinary in scope, AAAS offers a selection of courses in anthropology, English, history, geography, political science, sociology, philosophy, religion, and language. Courses affiliated with the Program are listed each fall and spring semester on our website and in the University Schedule of Classes under the AAS prefix.

Minor Requirements

AAS 100 - INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN STUDIES Credit(s): 3
AAS 200 - INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES Credit(s): 3
AAS 301 - INTRODUCTION TO THE AFRICAN DIASPORA Credit(s): 3

NOTE:

Students must complete 9 additional credit hours of AAS prefix course work. Other courses may be used to satisfy this requirement with permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies.

For further information, email aaas@uky.edu; 112 Breckinridge Hall 0056, 859-257-2284. https://aaas.as.uky.edu/