Program: Africana Studies, BA Major in - Hofstra University - Modern Campus Catalog™

Mar 16, 2025

2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin

The Africana Studies major will introduce the student to an interdisciplinary program that coordinates and develops courses in African and African Diaspora life and culture.

Program Requirements - Total Semester Hours: 30 minimum

In consultation with an adviser who is an African Studies faculty member, students will design a coherent plan of study consistent with their scholarly goals. Students may elect to concentrate on African, African-American, or other areas of the African Diaspora. All individually designed major programs are required to include courses selected from multiple fields of study, and courses that focus on Africa. Students are required to complete a total of 30 semester hours from the following groups of courses:

1) African Studies

AFST 014F - First-Year Seminar Semester Hours: 3-4
AFST 014S - First-Year Seminar Semester Hours: 3-4
AFST 037 - (AA) Black Performance Art: an Evolution of Expression Semester Hours: 3
AFST 039 - (CC, CP) The Dance Practices of the African Diaspora and the American Experience Semester Hours: 3
AFST 047 - (LT) Africa, Greece, and Rome Semester Hours: 3
AFST 050 - (IS) From Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter: Activism, Protests and Social Change Semester Hours: 3
AFST 051 - Readings in African Thought Semester Hours: 1
AFST 052 - Readings in African Thought Semester Hours: 1
AFST 112 - (BH) Urban Politics and Governance Semester Hours: 3
AFST 115 - (HP) AFAM – African-American History to 1865 Semester Hours: 3
AFST 116 - (HP) African American in American History, 1865 to the Present Semester Hours: 3
AFST 120 - (BH, CC) African Labor Economics Semester Hours: 3
AFST 122 - Health and Disease in Africa: A Medical Anthropology Perspective Semester Hours: 3
AFST 127 - (HP) Race, Sport, and the Americas Semester Hours: 3
AFST 130 - (IS, CC) Gender and Sexuality in Africa Semester Hours: 3-4
AFST 146 - (BH, CC) Anthropology and Social Justice Semester Hours: 3
AFST 150 - (BH, CC) Caribbean Geographies Semester Hours: 3
AFST 154 - African Humanism Semester Hours: 3
AFST 155 - African Humanism Semester Hours: 3
AFST 157 - African National Liberation Movements Semester Hours: 3
AFST 171 - (AA) African American Drama Semester Hours: 3
AFST 187 A-Z - (CC) Special Topics Semester Hours: 1-4

2) Anthropology

ANTH 102 - (BH) African Cultures Semester Hours: 3
ANTH 108 - (BH) Afro-American Culture Semester Hours: 3
ANTH 142 - (CC) Archaeology of the African Diaspora Semester Hours: 3
ANTH 146 - (BH) (CC) Anthropology and Social Justice Semester Hours: 3

3) Comparative Literature and Languages

CLL 047 - (LT) Africa, Greece, and Rome Semester Hours: 3
CLL 193 - (LT) The Color of Literature Semester Hours: 3

4) Dance

DNCE 037 - (AA) Black Performance Art: an Evolution of Expression Semester Hours: 3
DNCE 039 - (CC, CP) The Dance Practices of the African Diaspora and the American Experience Semester Hours: 3

5) Drama

DRAM 171 - (AA) African American Drama Semester Hours: 3

6) Economics

ECO 111 - Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa Semester Hours: 3
ECO 143 - Economic Development Semester Hours: 3

7) English

ENGL 139 - (LT, CC) The African Novel Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 140 - African American Literature Before 1920 Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 141 - (LT) African American Literature: The Harlem Renaissance and After Semester Hours: 3
ENGL 168 - (CC, LT) Caribbean Experience in Literature Semester Hours: 3

8) French

FREN 121 - The Francophone Experience in Sub-Saharan Africa Semester Hours: 3
FREN 124 - Culture et Littérature Québécoises (Culture and Literature of Quebec) Semester Hours: 3

9) French Literature in Translation

FRLT 043 - (LT, CC) Decolonizing the Mind: Contemporary Literature from Africa to Southeast Asia Semester Hours: 3

10) Geography

GEOG 145 - (BH, CC) Geography of Africa Semester Hours: 3
GEOG 150 - (BH, CC) Caribbean Geographies Semester Hours: 3

11) History

HIST 030 - (HP) Contemporary American Lives Semester Hours: 3
HIST 115 - (HP) AFAM - African-American History to 1865 Semester Hours: 3
HIST 116 - (HP) AFAM - African-American History, 1865 to the Present Semester Hours: 3
HIST 117A - (CC) History of Africa to 1800 Semester Hours: 3
HIST 118A - History of Africa, 1800 to the Present Semester Hours: 3
HIST 119 - (HP) Blacks and Jews: Interrelation in the Diaspora Semester Hours: 3
HIST 127 - (HP) Race, Sport, and the Americas Semester Hours: 3

12) LGBTQ+

LGBT 130 - (IS, CC) LGBTQ+ Health Semester Hours: 3

13) Political Science

PSC 110 - (BH, CC) African Politics Semester Hours: 3
PSC 111 - Politics of Race in the United States Semester Hours: 3
PSC 115 - (BH) State and Local Politics and Governments Semester Hours: 3
PSC 119 - (BH) Urban Politics and Governance Semester Hours: 3

14) Psychology

PSY 025 - (BH) Psychology of Prejudice Semester Hours: 3

15) Sociology

SOC 134 - (BH) Race and Ethnicity in the United States Semester Hours: 3

Complete BA Requirements

BA Requirements in HCLAS.

Recommended Program Sequence - Total Hours: 124

Sample Schedule: Africana Studies, BA (124 Semester Hours)