2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
    
    Sep 30, 2024  
2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Africana Studies Minor


Director: Dr. Emanuela Kucik, Associate Professor of English and Africana Studies
Associate Director: Dr. Connie Wolfe, Associate Professor of Psychology
Assistant Professor: Montoya

Muhlenberg’s Africana Studies Program is committed to creating revolutionary change rooted in racial justice and to intertwining scholarship and activism in pursuit of building an equitable world. 

Our interdisciplinary courses and extracurricular events center and celebrate the vibrant histories, cultures, and contributions of Black populations around the world and offer robust discussions of the history of anti-Black racism and its contemporary reverberations. 

The Africana Studies Program uses anti-racist, intersectional frameworks to prepare students from all backgrounds to identify and dismantle racist systems; contribute to our diverse world in ethical, transformative ways; and embark upon a variety of career paths and life experiences equipped to be empathetic, innovative global citizens who are committed to imagining and implementing positive social change.

Minor Requirements


The minor in Africana Studies consists of six courses.

Required courses:


Literature


Students must take a literature course that engages with Africa or the African diaspora. The following courses will count. Substitutions can be made in consultation with the Director of Africana Studies.

History


Students must take a history course that engages with Africa or the African diaspora. The following courses will count. Substitutions can be made in consultation with the Director of Africana Studies.

Sociology/Psychology/Philosophy


Students must take a course that engages with Africa or the African diaspora through the lens of sociology, psychology, or philosophy. The following courses will count. Substitutions can be made in consultation with the Director of Africana Studies.

Arts


Students must take an arts course that engages with Africa or the African diaspora. The following courses will count. Substitutions can be made in consultation with the Director of Africana Studies.

Elective


Students must take one elective which may be satisfied by any course designated in Workday as Africana Studies or approved by the Director of Africana Studies as a substitution. This includes any of the previously listed courses. Examples of additional courses that meet this requirement are: