Degree Requirements and Planning

Please find your catalog below to locate course listings for AFR area requirements by semester.

African and African Diaspora Studies (AFR) Major Requirements: Catalog 12-14

36 hours, including 24 upper-division hours

Introduction to African and African Diaspora Studies (AFR 303) – 3 hours
Community Internship (AFR 375) - 3 hours (usually offered in Spring). Majors will participate in an off-campus internship designed to give the students hands-on experience with strategies for social change.
Senior Seminar (AFR 376) - 3 hours (usually offered in Spring) Majors will participate in this upper division capstone course on Black Intellectual Traditions during their senior year.
12 hours upper division in ONE track:
- Critical Black Studies
- Black Education, Psychology, and Mental Health
- Black Popular Culture: Music, Art, Literature, Sports
- Blacks in Government, Law, and Policy
- Africa and African Diasporic Cultures and Languages
6 hours (at least 3 hours upper division) of additional AFR courses. These courses include instruction on: Capitalism, White Supremacy, and Black Resistance; Black Feminism and Queer Theories; History and Theory of Black Studies; Urban Studies: Economics, Health, and Education; Migration and Diaspora; Expressive Culture
9 additional hours of AFR electives
Geographic flag: Track, theme and additional AFR courses need to cover at least two different geographical areas of the African Diaspora identified as U.S., Latin America, Africa, and Europe. A list of courses with their geographical affiliation is available in the department advising office.
Community engagement flag (NOT REQUIRED): For students interested in taking courses within the major that incorporates activism within the major, in addition to the Community Internship course (AFR 375) required for all majors, courses will be flagged as “community engaged”; a list of community engaged courses is available in the advising department.
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

Approved Courses Lists (For Catalog 12-14):

List of All Approved Area Courses (For students on 12-14 catalog)

List of Fall 2013 Courses (For students on 12-14 catalog)

List of Summer 2013 Courses (For students on 12-14 catalog)

List of Spring 2013 Courses (For students on 12-14 catalog)

List of Fall 2012 Courses (For students on 12-14 catalog)

African and African Diaspora Studies (AFR) Major Requirements: Catalog 08-10 and 10-12

33 hours, including 18 upper-division hours

African American Culture (AFR 301) – 3 hours
Area I: Africa - 6 hours
Area II: The African Diaspora - 6 hours
Area III: Blacks in the United States - Expressive Culture - 3 hours
Area IV: Blacks in the United States - History, Politics, and Society - 3 hours
Additional Coursework/Electives - 6 hours
Community Internship (AFR 375) – 3 hours
Majors will participate in an off-campus internship designed to give the students hands-on experience with strategies for social change.
Senior Seminar (AFR 376)– 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