Minor

Minor Coordinator: Laura Quinn
Office: Odd Fellows 233
Phone: 814-332-4337
Email: laura.quinn@allegheny.edu

Minor Coordinator: Aisha Damali Lockridge
Office: Odd Fellows 217
Phone: 814-332-6296
Email: aisha.lockridge@allegheny.edu

The Black Studies minor is an interdisciplinary minor, based on an exploration of the American and/or global experience of black people and of race as an historical category and construct.

Courses for the minor are to be chosen from a prescribed list, including courses in the departments of History, Music, Political Science, English, Economics, Modern Languages, and Philosophy and Religious Studies. At least three of the courses must come from two or more departments outside of the student"s major field and at least two of the courses must be 300 level or higher. INTDS 210 "Introduction to Black Studies" is required for students enrolling as of Fall, 2005. History 234 "African American History, 1619-1865" or History 236 "African American History Since 1865" is required for students enrolling as of Fall, 2008. Because course offerings will vary from year to year, students are required to submit a schedule/plan of study with the minor coordinators at the time of declaration.

The minor is administered by a committee which includes Professors Ian Binnington, Bill Bywater, Frank Forts, Aisha Lockridge, Calion Lockridge, David Miller, Laura Quinn, and Ben Slote. Requires 20 credits.