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 African and African Diaspora Studies Major

 

Ten courses (minimum of 30 credits) are required for the major. The major consists of the following:

I. Introductory Course

Take one of the following:

  • ADST 2000 - Introduction to African and African Diaspora Studies
  • ADST 2010 - Methods in African and African Diaspora Studies

II. Nine Elective Courses

Students must ensure that at least four of the electives (twelve credits) are at the 4000-level or higher and no more than three electives (nine credits) are at the 1000- or 2000-levels. Students must choose elective courses from both the humanities as well as the social or behavioral sciences and must fulfill a distribution component of at least two courses (six credits) in African studies and two courses (six credits) in African Diaspora studies. A maximum of six dance credits may count toward the major. Students pursuing a major may complete a capstone in ADST by taking one of the following:

Africa Electives

African Diaspora Electives

  • ADST 1550 - New Orleans Hip Hop I
  • ADST 3300 - Issues in African Diaspora Studies
  • ADST 3350 - Black Music and Performance in New Orleans
  • ADST 4400 - Afro-Brazilians
  • ADST 4840 - Orality and Literacy in African and African Diaspora Studies
  • ADST 6050 - Black Feminism and Social Movement in the United States
  • ADST 6090 - Criminal Justice and African & African Diaspora Studies
  • ANTH 3520 - Diaspora Yoruba
  • ANTH 4080 - Race and Nation in the Spanish Caribbean
  • DANC 1920 - Brazilian Dance
  • DANC 1950 - Jazz Dance I
  • DANC 2950 - Jazz Dance II
  • DANC 3240 - American/Afro-Caribbean Social and Vernacular Dance Forms
  • DANC 3950 - Jazz Dance III
  • DANC 3960 - New Orleans Jazz Dance Project: Newcomb College Summer Dance Festival
  • DANC 4950 - Jazz Dance IV
  • ENLS 3730 - Introduction to African-American Literature
  • ENLS 4430 - Caribbean Literature
  • ENLS 4440 - Issues in African-American Literature
  • FREN 3050 - Literature in Exile
  • HISL 1720 - Introduction to Caribbean History
  • HISL 3200 - History of Voodoo and Other African Derived Religions
  • HISL 4740 - Caribbean Cultural History
  • HISL 6750 - Africans in the Americas: Comparative Social and Cultural History of the African Diaspora
  • HISL 6780 - Caribbean History: Major Themes
  • HISU 3440 - African-American Religious History
  • HISU 4560 - The Civil War and Reconstruction
  • HISU 4580 - Slavery and Freedom in the Antebellum South
  • HISU 6540 - African-American Culture
  • MUSC 3340 - History of Jazz
  • POLA 4250 - Power and Poverty in America
  • PSYC 3310 - Introduction to African-American Psychology
  • PSYC 4610 - Black Youth: Developmental Psychology Perspectives
  • SPAN 4160 - Afro-Hispanic Literatures and Cultures

Electives

The following courses do not meet the requirements for African or African Diaspora distribution credits, yet may be taken as electives by majors and minors. Students may also petition to count any African and African Diaspora studies related course currently being offered at Tulane or taken at other universities as part of their own curriculum. Such petitions will be considered by the program director in consultation with the program Executive Committee.

Other Electives

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