Major

The Black World Studies major requires 11 courses (33 credit hours):

• 4 Foundation courses (12 credit hours)
• 4 courses (12 credit hours) from one area of Concentration (either History, or Literature and the Arts, or Social Science); at least two of these four courses need to be 200 level or higher and at least one further course needs to be 300 level or higher;
• 3 Elective courses (9 credit hours) not from your Concentration; at least one of these Elective courses needs to be 200 level or higher and at least one further Elective course needs to be 300 level of higher.

Minor

The Black World Studies minor requires 5 courses (15 credit hours), including one Foundation course (either BWS 102 or BWS 202) and four BWS Electives, two of which must be chosen from a single department. At least one of these four Electives needs to be 200 level or higher and at least one further Elective course needs to be 300 level or higher.