Undergraduate Minors

Pan-African Studies Minor

A Pan-African Studies minor introduces students to the experiences and accomplishments of people of African descent wherever they may be in the world. It complements majors in other fields that prepare students to work in areas such as education, law, law enforcement, public service, social work, research, foreign service, business and community development. Beyond the required courses, students may choose to focus on history, Diaspora studies, politics, language, culture, arts or a general program.

Pan-African Studies Minor Requirements (24 credits)
Course Course # Title Credits
AFS 23001 Black Experience I: Beginnings to 1865 3
  23002 Black Experience II: 1865-Present 3
  37000 Oral and Written Discourse in Pan-African Studies 3
  37010 Research Methods in Pan-African Studies 3
Elective upper-division courses     3
Choose from the following:     3
AFS 22200 Introduction to African Arts (3)  
  33200 Ancient African Civilizations (3)  
  34000 Introduction to African World View (3)  
Choose from the following:     3
AFS 35100 Black Social and Political Thought (3)  
  35200 African Social and Political Systems (3)  
      TOTAL: 21

Minimum cumulative 2.00 GPA required for graduation.

African Studies Minor

The African Studies minor provides a broad familiarity with African history, culture and contemporary problems. Study in this program may be coordinated with relevant language study through Pan-African Studies.

African Studies Minor Requirements (18 credits)
Course Course # Title Credits
Choose from the following courses:     18
ANTH 38250 Religion: A Search for Meaning (3)  
  48212 Kinship and Social Organization (3)  
ARAB 11101 Elementary Arabic I (5)  
  11102 Elementary Arabic II (5)  
ARTH 22020 Art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas (3)  
  42025 Art of West Africa (3)  
  42026 Art of Nigeria (3)  
  42027 Art of Central Africa (3)  
ECON 32075 Introduction to International Trade (3)  
  42075 International Economic Relations (3)  
  42076 Economic Development (3)  
GEOG 31070 Population and Environment (3)  
  37040 Geography of Africa (3)  
  41073 Conservation of Natural Resources (3)  
  44010 Geography of the Global Economy (3)  
HIST 31130 History of African Civilization (3)  
  41131 History of Africa to 1880 (3)  
  41132 History of Africa, 1880 - Present (3)  
MCLS 40420 Foreign Languages and Cultural Studies (3)  
MUS 42111 African Music and Culture (3)  
AFS 10101 Elementary Kiswahili I (4)  
  10102 Elementary Kiswahili II (4)  
  15200 Introduction to West African Cultures (3)  
  22200 Introduction to African Arts (3)  
  25200 East African-Kiswahili Cultures (3)  
  32050 African Literature (3)  
  33200 Ancient African Civilizations (3)  
  34000 Introduction to the African Wold View (3)  
  34100 Islamic West Africa (3)  
  35200 African Social and Political Systems (3)  
  37020 Model African Union (3)  
  37100 Pan-African Women's Literature (3)  
  43395 Study Abroad: Ghana (3)  
  44095 ST: Contemporary Africa  
  42095 Special Topics in the Literature of Pan-Africa (3)  
POL 30540 African Politics (3)  
  30840 Nongovernmental Organizations (3)  
  40530 Politics of War (3)  
  40560 Human Rights and Social Justice (3)  
      TOTAL: 18

Minimum cumulative 2.00 GPA required for graduation.

Studies in Globalization, Identity and Space Minor

The interdisciplinary program in Globalization, Identity and Space is intended to promote students' awareness of the differences an similarities that characterize the world's increasingly interconnected communities. It is a cooperative endeavor of the Anthropology, Geography and Pan-African Studies departments. The program requirements successful completion of at lease 21 semester hours of coursework selected from the participating departments.

Studies in Globalization, Identity and Space Minor Requirements (21 credits)
Course Course # Title Credits
ANTH 18210 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 3
GEOG 22061 Human Geography 3
AFS 15200 Introduction to West Africa 3
Electives (choose from at least two disciplines)     12
ANTH 38250 Religion: The Search for Meaning (3)  
  48212 Kinship and Social Organization (3)  
  48214 Politics of Culture (3)  
  48220 Cultural Ecology (3)  
  48250 Culture and Curing (3)  
  48270 Native Peoples of North America (3)  
  48630 Pacific Island Cultures (3)  
GEOG 17063 World Geography (3)  
  31070 Population and the Environment (3)  
  32080 Politics and Place (3)  
  37040 Geography of Africa (3)  
  37050 Geography of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (3)  
  37066 Geography of Europe (3)  
  37070 Geography of East and Southeast Asia (3)  
  37079 Geography of South Asia (3)  
  37084 Geography of South America (3)  
  37085 Geography of Central America and Mexico (3)  
AFS 32050 African Literatures (3)  
  33130 Gender and Sexuality in Africa and the African Diaspora (3)  
  35200 African Social and Political Systems (3)  
  37100 Pan-African Women's Literature (3)  
      MINIMUM TOTAL: 21

Students must complete at least two upper-division courses in the minor at Kent State on a graded basis (A-F). For information on the major Residence Requirements please visit the University Residence Requirements policy.