Black History on Campus: African American Studies Minor
African American Studies is one of the newest minors offered to USC Aiken students. This minor is meant to provide students with the opportunity to learn more about African American history in various contexts with the opportunity to apply this learning to their degree.
As with any minor, there is an 18 credit hour requirement including the core requirements. In terms of core requirements students can choose from:
ENGL A286: Survey of African-American Lit
SOCY A365: Sociology of the Black Experience
COMM A 362: African-American Rhetoric
HIST A340: Survey of African American History
HSSI A202: African-American Studies
Other courses that apply to the African American studies minor are:
ENGL A430: Southern Literature
HIST A436: Issues in African-American History
MUSC A176: Intro to African & African-American Music
HISTA377: Pop Culture in U.S. History
Because the minor is fairly recent there is not much publicization of the option. If you are interested or have any questions you can contact Dr. Melencia Johnson, Dr. Elizabeth Webb or your academic advisor.
