African and African Diaspora Studies Minor

Welcome back, African & African Diaspora Minors!

Dr. Sandra Sandiford Young, Associate Director of African & African Diaspora Studies at Boston College extends a personal hello to our new and returning AADS Minors. Click here to read her greeting letter.

Minor Requirements

The African & African Diaspora Studies minor consists of 2 required courses & 4 courses selected from a common theme.

• BK110 Introduction to African Diaspora Studies
• BK600 Senior Seminar (or the equivalent)
• 4 additional courses clustered under a theme

Description of the Minor

The minor offers students enormous flexibility in choosing courses that closely match their interests. However, all students are required to take two courses: BK110, "Introduction to African Diaspora Studies," which introduces students to the major issues and methodologies involved in studying the African diaspora, and in their senior year BK600, "Senior Seminar," which helps synthesize the minor course of study through intensive reading and critical writing in the context of a small seminar. The remaining 4 courses should be clustered under a particular thematic focus. Some suggested themes drawn from our list of courses are:

• Cities and Urban Life
• Economics of Inequality
• Gender and Sexuality
• Globalization and Development
• Intellectual and Philosophical Traditions
• Migration and Immigration
• Music and the Performing Arts
• Political Systems and Grassroots Protest
• Popular Culture and New Media
• Spirituality and Social Protest

Please visit our faculty page to see which AADS affiliated faculty specialize in a your area of interest. 

Students are not required to use any one of these themes; they may also devise their own course cluster theme on their own or in consultation with the program's Director or Associate Director.

For further information or to register for the minor, please contact African & African Diaspora Studies. Thank you!