Interdisciplinary Minor in African and African Diaspora Studies

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The Interdisciplinary Minor in African and African Diaspora Studies is made up of courses spanning across more than a dozen departments. A Minor in African and African Diaspora Studies provides students with in-depth understanding of African and African-diaspora peoples and societies around the world.

Students are required to complete a minimum of 24 units from the list below. No more than 6 units of Level 1 courses may be applied towards the completion of the Minor. Some of the courses below are cross-listed. It is the student’s responsibility to check carefully for prerequisites, co-requisites and enrolment restrictions of all courses in this list.

Course List

ANTHROP 1AB3 - Introduction to Anthropology: Race, Religion, and Conflict
ANTHROP 2E03 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology
ANTHROP 3HI3 - Medical Anthropology
ANTHROP 3ST3 - Science and Technology Studies in/of Africa
CMST 2Q03
CMST 2R03
CSCT 3A03
CMST 3BB3
CMST 3JJ3 - The Rise of the Music Industry
CMST 3PM3 - Public Memory, Media, and African Diaspora Studies
CSCT 3R06 A/B
CMST 3RR3 - Race, Religion and Media
ENGLISH 3A03 - Critical Race Studies
ENGLISH 3GG3 - Theories of Decolonization and Resistance
ENGLISH 3EE3 - African American Literature
ENGLISH 3R06 A/B
ENGLISH 3RR3
ENGLISH 3V03 - Global Anglophone Literature and Film
ENGLISH 4AA3
ENGLISH 4WL3
FRENCH 2AC3 - Introduction to Francophone Literatures and Cultures
GENDRST 1A03 - Gender, Race, Culture, Power
HTHSCI 1C06 A/B - Social Justice and Healthcare
HISTORY 1B03
HISTORY 1BB3
HISTORY 2AA3
HISTORY 2CS3 - Caribbean Slavery in the Atlantic World
HISTORY 2EN3 - Caribbean History
HISTORY 2J03 - Africa up to 1800
HISTORY 2JJ3 - Africa since 1800
HISTORY 2U03
HISTORY 3BB3
HISTORY 3J03 - The United States in the 1960s
HISTORY 3N03 - Poverty, Privilege and Protest in Canadian History
HISTORY 3RC3
HISTORY 3W03 - Women in Canada and the U.S. to 1920
HISTORY 4A06 A/B
HISTORY 4BB3
HISTORY 4DD6 A/B
HISTORY 4G03
LABRST 1C03
LABRST 2BB3
LABRST 2J03 - Work and Racism
LINGUIST 2S03 - Language and Society
LINGUIST 4M03
LINGUIST 4R03 - Cross-Cultural Communication
MUSIC 2A03 - Music of the World’s Cultures
MUSIC 2II3 - Popular Music in North America and the United Kingdom: Post-World War II
MUSIC 2U03 - Jazz
ORIGINS 3F03
PEACEST 2AA3
PEACEST 2J03
PEACEST 2JJ3
PEACEST 3A03
PEACEST 3E06 A/B
PEACEST 4GG3
PHILOS 3I03 - Philosophy and Feminism
PHILOS 3T03 - Philosophy and Race
POLSCI 3G03 - Ethnicity and Multiculturalism: Theory and Practice
SOCWORK 4C03 - Critical Perspectives on Race, Racialization, Racism and Colonialism in Canadian Society
SOCWORK 4U03 - Immigration, Settlement and Social Work
SOCIOL 2E06 A/B
SOCIOL 2FF3 - The Sociology of ‘Race’ and Ethnicity
SOCIOL 3Z03 - Ethnic Relations
SOCIOL 4A03 - Ethnic/Racial Tensions
WOMENST 1A03
WOMENST 3G03
WOMENST 3H03

Notes

Students who have previously completed INSPIRE 3EL3 where the topic was Topics in Black, African, and African Diaspora Studies, or related subject matter, may include this course toward the minor’s requirements.
With the permission of the African and African Diaspora Studies committee, some courses not listed may be substituted, if deemed appropriate in content. Students seeking such permission should first contact Dr. Alpha Abebe (abebea@mcmaster.ca).