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African Diaspora Studies Program Information

Associate of Arts with an Emphasis in African Diaspora Studies

Award: Associate of Arts
Total Credits for Award: 60.00

Description:

In Minneapolis College's A.A. with emphasis in African Diaspora Studies program, you will analyze the history, politics, and cultures of African people globally and locally. You will explore the experiences of the descendants of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, recent immigrants from Africa to the U.S. and Europe and many other aspects of African Diasporic lives around the globe.

di·as·po·ra 

• Any group migration or flight from a country or region. Synonyms: dispersion, dissemination, migration, displacement, scattering. Antonyms: return.
• Any group that has been dispersed outside its traditional homeland, especially involuntarily, as Africans during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS: FIRST SEMESTER: 

COURSE REQUIREMENTS: SECOND SEMESTER: 

COURSE REQUIREMENTS: THIRD SEMESTER: 

COURSE #	TITLE	CREDITS	GOAL AREA(S)
BIOL 1136 and  BIOL 1137	Environmental Science   Environmental Lab (Recommended for Emphasis or choose any MnTC Goal Area 3 course with a traditional lab)	4	3,10
MUSC 1010	American Popular Music 1: The History and Development of Jazz	3	6
PSYC 2280	Cross-Cultural Psychology	3	5,7
SOCI 2145	American Minority Relations	3	5,7
THTR 1163	Mixed Blood Theater	1	6
	TOTAL CREDITS:	14

COURSE REQUIREMENTS: FOURTH SEMESTER: 

COURSE #	TITLE	CREDITS	GOAL AREA(S)
AMST 1132	Introduction to Ethnic America	3	6,7
**CMST 2012	Intercultural Communication (recommended for emphasis)	3	1,8
ENLT 1162	Introduction to Literature of African Diaspora	3	6,8
**GLOS 1300	Race and Culture: A Global Perspective (recommended for emphasis)	3	6,8
**MUSC 1020	American Popular Music 2: The History and Development of Rock ‘n’ Roll (recommended for emphasis)	3	6
	TOTAL CREDITS:	15

Students need to complete the entire 40-credit Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) as well as elective credits to reach 60 credits for the A.A. with an Emphasis in African Diaspora Studies. All students pursuing this degree should work closely with their advisor to select the required courses for the emphasis, required MnTC courses for the 40-credit Minnesota Transfer Curriculum and their MnTC electives.      

* MnTC Goal Area 3: Students must complete a minimum of two courses in two different disciplines, one course must have a traditional lab and the other course must have a traditional lab-or-lab-like experience from MnTC Goal Area 3. By taking the recommended for emphasis courses, these two Goal Areas will be fulfilled.

**To complete the A.A. with an Emphasis in African Diaspora Studies, students must complete at least two courses from two different disciplines in MnTC Goal Areas 5 and 6. By completing the recommended for emphasis courses, students will satisfy these two MnTC Goal Areas.

All students pursuing this award should work closely with their advisor to ensure proper selection of required program courses, if applicable program electives, required Minnesota Transfer Curriculum courses, and MnTC electives. You are expected to meet with your advisor on a regular basis to ensure courses are taken in an order that will lead to efficient and successful completion of the required coursework.