Africana Studies/African and African-American Humanities and Cultural Studies Option (2021-2024)

This 4-Year Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year(s):

2021 Africana Studies, B.A./African and African-American Humanities and Cultural Studies Option
2022 Africana Studies, B.A./African and African-American Humanities and Cultural Studies Option
2023 Africana Studies, B.A./African and African-American Humanities and Cultural Studies Option
2024 Africana Studies, B.A./African and African-American Humanities and Cultural Studies Option

Refer to the Catalog Archives for General Education requirements.

YEAR 1: 1st Semester

Course	Units
AFRS 100 (meets GE F Comparative Cultural Studies & GE Ethnic Studies)	3
GE Basic Skills: A2 Written Communication	3
GE Basic Skills: B4 Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning	3
Electives	6
Total	15

YEAR 1: 2nd Semester

Course	Units
AFRS 168	3
AFRS 271 (meets GE C3 American History Institutions and Ideals)	3
GE Basic Skills: A1 Oral Communication	3
GE Basic Skills: A3 Critical Thinking	3
GE B1 Physical Science or GE B2 Life Science	2
GE B3 Science Laboratory Activity	1
Total	15

YEAR 2: 1st Semester

Course	Units
AFRS 201 (meets GE D1 Social Sciences)	3
AFRS 220 or AFRS 221 (meets GE D1 Social Sciences)	3
GE B1 Physical Science or GE B2 Life Science (select from GE subarea not previously completed)	3
GE C1 Arts	3
Elective	3
Total	15

YEAR 2: 2nd Semester

Course	Units
AFRS 226 (meets GE F Comparative Cultural Studies)	3
AFRS 245* or AFRS 252	3
AFRS 272	3
Electives	6
Total	15

YEAR 3: 1st Semester

Course	Units
AFRS 332 or AFRS 346*	3
AFRS 350	3
GE B5 Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning	3
GE E Lifelong Learning	3
Elective	3
Total	15

YEAR 3: 2nd Semester

Course	Units
AFRS 366* or AFRS 382	3
Humanities Track Elective or Cultural Studies Track Elective	3
Electives	9
Total	15

YEAR 4: 1st Semester

Course	Units
AFRS 344* or AFRS 451	3
Upper Division GE Section C2 Humanities	3
Electives	9
Total	15

YEAR 4: 2nd Semester

Course	Units
AFRS 498 (offered spring only)	3
Humanities Track Elective or Cultural Studies Track Elective	3
Upper Division GE Section D3 and D4 Constitution of the United States and State and Local Government	3
Electives	6
Total	15

OVERALL TOTAL UNITS

120

One course for the degree must have an Ethnic Studies/ES designation. AFRS 100 meets this requirement.

A minimum of 40 units of upper division overall is required for the degree.

Humanities Track Electives

AFRS 244, AFRS 246*, AFRS 280*, AFRS 331/L, AFRS 333, AFRS 337*, AFRS 345, AFRS 447

Cultural Studies Track Electives

AFRS 171, AFRS 274, AFRS 282, AFRS 355, AFRS 368, AFRS 376

*AFRS 246 or AFRS 280 may double count for GE C1 Arts. AFRS 245, AFRS 344 or AFRS 346 may double count for GE C2 Humanities. AFRS 337 may double count for GE E Lifelong Learning. AFRS 366 may double count for GE F Comparative Cultural Studies.