Degree Requirements

1. African American Culture (AFR 301) – 3 hours
2. Intellectual Concentrations – 24 hours (2 courses from each area)
   
   1. Africa
   2. The African Diaspora
   3. African American Expressive Culture
   4. Blacks in the U.S (With particular attention to Texas)
3. Community Internship – 3 hours
   Majors will participate in an off-campus internship designed to give the students hands-on experience with strategies for social change.
4. Senior Seminar – 3 hours
   Majors will participate in this upper division capstone course on Black Intellectual Traditions during their senior year. In addition, students must fulfill the basic requirements of the College of Liberal Arts for the Bachelor of Arts degree. Detailed information on the degree is available in the University of Texas at Austin Undergraduate Catalogue, or on the web at http://www.utexas.edu/cola

African and African American Studies 2008-2010

Thirty-three semester hours, including at least 18 hours of upper-division coursework, in African and African American Studies, consisting of

1. African American Culture (AFR 301) – 3hrs
2. Two courses (at least 6 hours) in each of the following areas:
   1. Africa
   2. The African Diaspora
3. One course (at least three hours) in each of the following areas:
   1. Blacks in the United States: Expressive Culture
   2. Blacks in the United States: History, Politics, and Society
4. African and African American Studies 375, Community Internship
5. African and African American Studies 376, Senior Seminar
6. Six additional hours of coursework in African and African American Studies.

A list of courses in each major area listed above is available from the undergraduate adviser.

You can also download a sample 4-year plan for the 2008-2010 catalog (PDF, 157K)