Requirements for a minor are satisfied by successfully completing a total of 20 credits of coursework in Black Studies.

Required Core Component (8 credits)

All students must take:

• BLKST 100 Introduction to Black Studies I: Scope of the Discipline
• BLKST 101 Introduction to Black Studies II: Research and Writing

Designated Course Component (12 credits)

No more than two courses may be taken from any one department outside of Black Studies.

• BLKST 160 Introduction to the Wolof Language
• BLKST 169 African-American Genealogy
• BLKST 263/THETR 263 Sabar: Music and Dance
• BLKST 264 The Géwël Tradition in Sound and Motion 
• BLKST 299/HST 299 Research Seminar: Busing in Boston - The Moakley Archives
• BLKST 323/HST 323 Seeking Freedom: African-Americans Making Life in New England from the Colonial Era to the Present
• BLKST 463 The Art of the Silver Smith (Dakar, Senegal)
• BLKST 469/HST 469 Research Seminar: African-American Life in Slavery and Freedom – Reconstruction and the Freedmen’s Bureau Papers
• BLKST 510 Independent Study
• BLKST 508 The Senegalese-American Student Teaching Program (Dakar, Senegal)
• ENG 357 Afro-American Literature
• ENG 359 Selected African-American Authors
• GVT 383 African Politics
• HST 261 African History to 1800
• HST 262 Modern African History Since 1800
• HST 263 Race and Politics in South Africa
• HST 271 African-American History, 1619 - 1860
• HST 272 African-American History Since 1860
• HST 319 The History of Black Music in America
• HST 330 The History and Culture of Senegal
• HST 394 Slavery in History, Literature, and Film
• HST 396 The African Diaspora

Special Topics

Independent studies and research projects are also available through individual departments for students who want to include individual specialized research in the minor.

Study Abroad

Students may complete some of the requirements for the Black studies minor while doing study abroad. Arrangements for this should be made with the director of the Black studies program.

Information/Advising

Students wishing to minor in Black studies should see the director of the Black studies program and choose an advisor from the Black Studies Committee.