Minor Requirements
The Black Studies minor is a five-course, 20-unit program consisting of one required core class (BLST 101); one elective from each interdisciplinary cluster (expressive forms, historical perspectives, and politics and theory (three courses /12 units); and one additional elective chosen from the approved Black Studies courses.
Coursework
Note: No more than three courses from the same department can be counted toward the minor.
Required Core Course
| BLST 101 | Introduction to Black Studies | 4 units |
Expressive Forms
One course from this category.
Students may also apply CTSJ 295 to the expressive forms cluster if they have enrolled in the "Black Popular Culture // The Black Digital Age" section of the course.
Students may also apply THEA 201 to the expressive forms cluster if they have enrolled in "The Black Arts Movement" section of the course.
Historical Perspectives
One course from this category.
Politics and Theory
One course from this category.
Students may apply CTSJ 295 to the politics and theory cluster if they have enrolled in the "Blackness, Gender, & Sexuality" section of the course.
Students may also apply CTSJ 395 to the politics and theory cluster if they have enrolled in the "Chattel Slavery and Its Afterlives" section of the course.
Additional Electives
One course either from this category or the above categories.