Jun 27, 2024

2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Africana Studies - Law, Public Policy and Social Justice Concentration (BA)

Program Educational Goals

The AFRA Law, Public Policy, and Social Justice Concentration (BA) provides thorough understanding of public policy, law, and social justice both at local and national levels which also includes their interrelationships.

Students who complete the Law, Public Policy, and Social Justice Concentration (BA) program will be able to:

1. Conduct research using Africana Studies methodology and research methods tools that present research that proposition educative and ameliorative policy and involve equity, participation, and human rights for African Americans, continental Africans, and diasporic Africans.

2. Analyze and understand law and policy that specifically affect African descended people in the United State, the African continent, and/or the African diaspora and that offer corrective perspectives and resolutions.

3. Take a social justice approach to solving social issues that involve people of color and that displays initiative and agency for change through law, public policy, and social justice.

4. Analyze and interpret historical and contemporary social issues that affect Black communities as a means of altering past, present, and future harms.

5. Promote Black community engagement and take positions of leadership within Black communities.

6. Be equipped to participate in government and politics to help Black communities.

Four Year Plan

Please refer to the Four-Year Plan for departmental recommended path toward graduation.

University Requirements:

ENGL 110 - First-Year Writing (C- minimum)
First Year Seminar (FYS) (0-4 credits)
Discovery Learning Experience (DLE) (three credits)
Multicultural Requirement (three credits)
University Breadth Requirements (C- minimum):
- Creative Arts and Humanities (three credits)
- History and Cultural Change (three credits)
- Social and Behavioral Sciences (three credits)
- Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Technology (three credits)
Capstone Experience

College Requirements:

College Breadth Requirements:

The College Breadth requirements are in addition to the University Breadth requirement. Up to three credits from each of the University Breadth Requirement categories may be used to simultaneously satisfy these College of Arts and Sciences Breadth Requirements. Minimum grade C- required for courses used to satisfy College Breadth.

GROUP A: Creative Arts and Humanities (Nine credits of courses representing at least two departments or appropriate instructional units)
GROUP B: History and Cultural Change (Nine credits of courses representing at least two departments or appropriate instructional units)
GROUP C: Social and Behavioral Sciences (Nine credits of courses representing at least two departments or appropriate instructional units)
GROUP D: Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Technology (Ten credits of courses representing at least two departments or appropriate instructional units and including a minimum of one course with an associated laboratory)

*If the grade earned is sufficient, a course may be applied toward more than one requirement (e.g., breadth and major requirements), but the credits are counted only once toward the total credits for graduation. If all but one course in a group has been taken in one department or program, a course cross-listed with that program will not satisfy the distribution requirement.

Foreign Language:

Completion of the intermediate-level course (107 or 202) in an ancient or modern language with minimum grades of D-.
- The number of credits (0-12) needed and initial placement will depend on the number of years of high school study of foreign language.
  - Students with four or more years of high school work in a single foreign language, or who have gained proficiency in a foreign language by other means, may attempt to fulfill the requirement in that language by taking an exemption examination through the Languages, Literatures and Cultures Department.

Mathematics:

The math requirement must be completed by the time a student has earned 60 credits. Students who transfer into the College of Arts and Sciences with 45 credits or more must complete this requirement within two semesters.

Complete one of the following four options (minimum grade D-):

Option One:

MATH 113 - Contemporary Mathematics Credit(s): 3 (designed for students who do not intend to continue to the study of mathematics)

Option Two:

One of the following:

MATH 114 - College Mathematics and Statistics Credit(s): 3 (designed for students who do not intend to continue the study of mathematics)
MATH 115 - Pre-Calculus Credit(s): 3 (designed for students who intend to continue the study of mathematics)
MATH 117 - Pre-Calculus for Scientists and Engineers Credit(s): 4 (designed to prepare students for MATH 241 )

Option Three:

Successful completion of any 200-level or higher mathematics course except: MATH 201 , MATH 202 , MATH 205 , MATH 251 , MATH 252 , MATH 253 , and MATH 266 .

Option Four:

Successful performance on a proficiency test in mathematics administered by the Department of Mathematical Sciences (0 credits awarded).

Second Writing Requirement:

A Second Writing Requirement approved by the College of Arts and Sciences. This course must be taken after completion of 60 credit hours, completed with a minimum grade of C-, and the section enrolled must be designated as satisfying the requirement in the academic term completed.

Major Requirements:

Minimum grade C- is required for courses counted towards the major and concentration. A required AFRA course cannot satisfy both a major core requirement and a concentration elective.

AFRA 110 - Introduction to African American Studies Credit(s): 3
HIST 134 - History of Africa Credit(s): 3
AFRA 205 - Contemporary African American Issues Credit(s): 3
or
AFRA 206 - Survey of African American Culture Credit(s): 3
AFRA 304 - African American History to the Civil War Credit(s): 3
or
AFRA 306 - African America History Since the Civil War Credit(s): 3
AFRA 391 - Interdisciplinary Approaches to African American Studies Credit(s): 1-4
AFRA 490 - Senior Colloquium Credit(s): 3

Concentration Requirements:

Four of the following:

AFRA 220 - The Civil Rights Movement Credit(s): 3-4
AFRA 222 - Racial Politics in Today’s Sports Credit(s): 3
AFRA 251 - Addressing Inequity (Social, Political, Economic, Educational) Credit(s): 3
AFRA 308 - African American History in Delaware Credit(s): 3
AFRA 320 - History and Significance of Race in America Credit(s): 3
AFRA 350 - Race and Work in the United States Credit(s): 3
ANTH 351 - Race and Ethnicity in Latin America Credit(s): 3
AFRA 352 - Black Feminist Theory Credit(s): 3
AFRA 373 - Sociology of Gangster Rap Music and Culture Credit(s): 3
AFRA 381 - Understanding Black Men in the Streets and in Prison Credit(s): 3
AFRA 440 - Themes in African American Studies Credit(s): 3-9
AFRA 650 - Black Community Studies
ART 324 - The Art of Social Change Credit(s): 3
CRJU 355 - Inequality, Crime and Justice Credit(s): 3
ENGL 382 - Studies in Multicultural Literature in English Credit(s): 3
HDFS 475 - Topics in Human Development and Family Studies Credit(s): 1-3
KAAP 484 - Women in Sports Credit(s): 3
POSC 309 - Political Culture By Country Credit(s): 3
POSC 322 - Politics and the African-American Experience Credit(s): 3
POSC 411 - Politics, Policy and Inequality Credit(s): 3
PSYC 416 - Psychological Perspectives on the Black American Credit(s): 3
SOCI 204 - Urban Communities Credit(s): 3
SOCI 215 - Race in Society Credit(s): 3
SOCI 361 - Racial Inequality Credit(s): 3
SOCI 418 - Race, Gender, and Poverty Credit(s): 3
SOCI 420 - Race and Sexuality Credit(s): 3
UAPP 649 - Civil Rights Law and Policy

Electives:

After required courses are completed, sufficient elective credits must be taken to meet the minimum credit requirement for the degree.