African and African Diaspora Studies Concentration
Subject requirements
To fulfill the requirements, take four subjects that you select in consultation with the Concentration Advisor. A HASS Concentration may include only one subject that also counts toward the HASS Distribution Requirement. You may include more than one only if the additional subject will not count as a HASS Distribution subject in your degree audit.
The following subjects, offered by the various departments, programs and sections within SHASS, constitute the core of the African and African Diaspora Studies concentration.
Historical Studies
21H.165 A Survey of Modern African History, HASS-H
21H.229 The Black Radical Tradition in America, HASS-H
21H.319 Race, Crime, and Citizenship in American Law, HASS-S
21H.358 Colonialism in South Asia and Africa, HASS-H
21H.385J The Ghetto: From Venice to Harlem [11.152], HASS-S
24.912J Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies [21H.106, 21L.008, 21W.741, WGS.190], HASS-A/HASS-H, CI-H
Can count toward Historical Studies or Humanties and the Arts, but not both.
STS.048 African Americans in Science, Technology, and Medicine, HASS-H
STS.088 Africa for Engineers, HASS-H
WGS.220J Women and Gender in the Middle East and North Africa, HASS-H
Humanities and the Arts
21A.136J/21G.326 Global Africa: Creative Cultures [21G.026J], HASS-S
21A.137J/21G.328 African Migrations [21G.028J], HASS-S
21L.007 World Literatures, HASS-H, CI-H
21L.504J Race and Identity in American Literature [WGS.140], HASS-H
21M.030 Introduction to World Music, HASS-A, CI-H
21M.226 Jazz, HASS-A,
21M.293 Music of Africa, HASS-A
21M.460 MIT Senegalese Drum Ensemble (6 units)
Must register for two semesters. These two 6-unit classes may be combined by petition to form one 12-unit HASS-Elective.
21W.742J Writing About Race [WGS.231], HASS-H, CI-H
24.912J Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies [21H.106, 21L.008, 21W.741, WGS.190], HASS-A/HASS-H, CI-H
Can count toward Historical Studies or Humanties and the Arts, but not both.
WGS.142 Narrative and Identity: Writing and Film by Contemporary Women of Color, HASS-H
Social Sciences
11.135J Violence, Human Rights, and Justice [WGS.270], HASS-S
11.136 Global Mental Health, HASS-S
11.164J Human Rights at Home and Abroad [17.391], HASS-S
11.166 Law, Social Movements, and Public Policy: Comparative and International Experience, HASS-S
17.269 Race, Ethnicity, and American Politics, HASS-S
17.523 Ethnic Conflict in World Politics, HASS-S
17.571 Engineering Democratic Development in Africa, HASS-S
21A.135J Africa and the Politics of Knowledge [21G.025J], HASS-S
24.908 Creole Languages and Caribbean Identities, HASS-S, CI-H
WGS.225J The Science of Race, Sex, and Gender [21A.103, STS.046], HASS-S
WGS.228 Psychology of Sex and Gender, HASS-S
WGS.229 Race, Culture, and Gender in the US and Beyond: A Psychological Perspective, HASS-S
This list is not exhaustive. Relevant subjects that are no longer offered and subjects with variable topics (such as “special subjects” or “selected topics” courses, for example) may also be counted at the discretion of the concentration advisor.
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