Course variations

Course summary

This program offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of African people nationally and globally. It recognizes how issues and factors in addition to race affect the lives of African people worldwide. As an interdisciplinary field of concentration, it offers critiques of knowledge presented in the traditional disciplines and professions, scholarly and artistic accounts of the realities of the lives of African-Americans, and perspectives on social change.

Program modules

The modules include AAS 1140 Introduction to African and African-American History and Culture, AAS 2010 Introduction to African-American Studies, AH 1850 Survey of Art III: Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, Soci 1160 Introduction to Social Problems, Lang 1002 Elementary II, Anth 2020, Econ 2105, Econ 2106, Geog 1101, Hist 1111, Hist 1112, Phil 2010, PolS 2401, Psyc 1101, Psyc 2040, Psyc 2103, Soci 1101, WSt 2010, AAS 3000 African-American Family, AAS 3050 Introduction to African-American Psychology, AAS 3070 African Americans in the Criminal Justice System, AAS 3240 Peoples and Cultures of Africa, AAS 3480 African-American Rhetoric, AAS 3980 Research Methods in African-American Studies, AAS 4000 Issues in the African-American Community, AAS 4030 African-American Male/Female Relationships, AAS 4080 African-American Female Activism, AAS 4100 African-American Women in the United States, AAS 4160 African-American Politics, AAS 4180 Politics of the Civil Rights Movement, AAS 4280 African-American Anthropology.

Entry requirement for international students

Admission to Georgia State University is a selective process and meeting minimum admission requirements does not guarantee acceptance. All of the following minimum requirements must be met in order for an applicant to receive consideration as a freshman: Be a graduate of and have a college preparatory diploma from a high school accredited by a regional accrediting association (such as the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools), a high school accredited by the Georgia, Accrediting Commission, or a public high school regulated by a school system and state Department of Education. A Certificate of Attendance does not qualify a student for admission consideration. In addition students must have a minimum 2.80 high school grade point average calculated on the 16 courses listed above. Submit electronic SAT scores (including the writing section) with a minimum combined score of 900 with at least 430 verbal/critical reading and 400 mathematics or electronic ACT scores (including the Writing Test) with a minimum composite score of 19 with at least 17 English and 17 mathematics. Although not currently required (with the exception of home-schooled applicants), applicants are encouraged to submit SAT Subject Test scores of their choice. Permanent Undergraduate Admissions 29 residents, educated in the United States, whose native language is not English are encouraged to take the TOEFL. If the TOEFL is not taken, applicants from local areas will be required to take the Georgia State Test of English Proficiency (GSTEP) to determine appropriate admission. Have a freshman index (FI) of 2500 or higher.

Qualification

Bachelor degree

Awarding body

Georgia State University

Department name

College of Arts and Sciences, Department of African-American Studies