Core Courses:

  1. AAAS 833 Black Worlds: Historical and Contemporary Issues 
  2. AAAS 834 Black Worlds: Theories and Methodologies

Tutorial Suite Courses

Complete 9 credits in these courses. Students must take at least 4 credits in one tutorial course. The maximum amount of credits allowed in any one tutorial course is 6 credits.

  1. AAAS 840 Black Girlhood Studies
  2. AAAS 850 Black Cultures and Institutions
  3. AAAS 860 Black Speculative Ecologies

Elective Courses:

Complete 9 credits from the following courses. At least 3 credits must be at the 800-level.

  1. AAAS 821 Collaboration, Research and Methodologies 
  2. AAAS 841 Seminar in Black Feminist Studies 
  3. AAAS 861 Seminar in Black Sexualities Studies 
  4. AAAS 871 Seminar in Black Genders Studies 
  5. AAAS 891 Special Topics in African American and African Studies 
  6. AAAS 893A Pedagogical Project 
  7. AAAS 893C Community Engagement Project 
  8. Other AAAS 400 level or higher courses relevant to AAAS as approved by an academic advisor.

Professional Development Required Courses:

  1. AAAS 895 Professional Development 
  2. AAAS 897 Colloquium 

Additional Requirements for Plan A:

  1. AAAS 892 Master’s Thesis Planning 
  2. AAAS 899 Master’s Thesis Research

Additional Requirements for Plan B:

  1. AAAS 894 Master’s Project Planning 
  2. AAAS 898 Master’s Capstone Project

Doctoral Dissertation Research Credits

All doctoral students must register for and successfully complete a minimum of 24 credits and no more than 36 credits of doctoral dissertation research.

  1. AAAS 999 Doctoral Dissertation Research

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