Black Studies

Charise Cheney, Department Head 
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5268 University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon 97403-5268

Born out of the Black freedom struggle of the 1960s and 1970s, Black studies is a political and an intellectual project, through which scholarly inquiry serves as a path to the empowerment and liberation of people of African descent socially, politically, and spiritually. The Black studies minor also honors centuries-long histories of Black thought, from pre-colonial, thriving African civilizations through the anti-slavery abolition movement to the prison abolition movement, from decades of Race Men to Black feminism and Black Queer studies, from the African continent to the Americas to the Caribbean and all throughout the Diaspora.

Black studies spans centuries, crosses oceans, and is shaped by multiple geographies and cultural practices. Students can immerse themselves in histories of African and African-descended people rooted in and routed through the Atlantic slave trade, colonialism, and imperialism across the Diaspora.

Black Studies Minor Requirements

Core Course:4
ES 250
Introduction to Black Studies
Lower Division - At least 12 credits from the following: 112
ENG 241
Introduction to African American Literature
HIST 250
African American History
HIST 251
African American History
WGS 199
Special Studies: [Topic]
BLST 199
Special Studies: [Topic]
Upper Division - At least 12 credits from the following: 212
ES 352
Social Equity and Criminal Justice
ES 442
Caribbean Literature and Politics
ES 450
Race and Incarceration
HIST 470
African American History to 1877: [Topic]
HIST 471
African American History since 1877: [Topic]
ENG 468
Ethnic Literature: [Topic]
ENG 479
Major Authors: [Topic]
PHIL 452
Philosophy and Race
SPAN 490
20th-Century Latin American Literature: [Topic]
WGS 399
Special Studies: [Topic]
Total Credits28