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Minor offered.

Visit the African American studies web page at https://www.stlawu.edu/offices/african-american-studies.  

Minor Requirements  

The minor consists of five courses from at least two different disciplines. Students may also count 3000- and 4000-level special topics and First-Year Seminar courses on African American studies towards completion of the minor. Courses for the minor may be drawn from the following:  

African American Studies  

116.       Introduction to African American Studies  

Art and Art History  

211. African American Art and Visual Culture.   

English  

230. Introduction to African- American Literature.  

Global Studies  

102. Introduction to Global Studies II: Race, Culture, Identity.  

204. Intergroup Dialogue  

History  

207. Civil War and Reconstruction  

272. The New South.  

273. Civil Rights Movement.  

331. Imagining the South.   

Philosophy  

232. Africana Philosophy.  

Political Science  

351. African American Political and Social Thought  

Religious Studies  

207. African American Religion Tradition  

Sociology  

228. Race and Ethnicity.  

253. Race, Class and Environmental Justice.  

310. Slavery, Race and Culture.   

Minors are also encouraged to participate in St.- Lawrence’s off-campus program at Fisk University, a historically Black college in Nashville, Tennessee. Semester and short-term options are available at Fisk.  

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Updated 7/1/26