African and African American Studies Minor

Minor Requirements

• Completion of a minimum of six one-semester courses offered by the department on the Lincoln Center or Rose Hill campuses.
• Required courses: one African History Course, one African American History Course, and four Elective Courses.
• Elective courses chosen from cross-listed courses in English and literary studies, history, art and music history, women, gender, and sexuality studies, media and communications, and political science.

Learning Outcomes

Upon graduation, students will have achieved the following curricular goals:

• Gain knowledge in interdisciplinary approaches necessary for understanding the diverse histories, cultures, and experiences of African and African American peoples.
• Develop critical skills in articulating and interpreting past and contemporary knowledge about African and African American cultures.

Those students who minor in African and African American studies must complete a minimum of six one-semester courses:

African History

African-American History

Availability 

The minor in African and African American studies is available at Fordham College at Rose Hill, Fordham College at Lincoln Center, and Fordham's School of Professional and Continuing Studies at Rose Hill and Lincoln Center.