Nov 23, 2024

Undergraduate Catalog 2022-2023

Undergraduate Catalog 2022-2023 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

History and Africana Studies, B.A.

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University General Education Requirements

Department Chairperson: Daniel Block

The Department of Geography, Sociology, History, African-American Studies, and Anthropology offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Africana Studies and a minor in History and Africana Studies for students majoring in other disciplines. All department majors must complete the assessment requirements specific to their major field, copies of which can be obtained from the departmental website.

The department’s Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Africana Studies consists of three options: Liberal Arts Option in History, Liberal Arts Option in Africana Studies, and Secondary Teaching Option in History. Students enrolled in Liberal Arts Options in History and Africana Studies may prepare for such careers as law, public service, government, or foreign relations, or for postgraduate study. Completion of the Secondary Teaching Option in History qualifies students for an Initial Illinois Professional Educator License (PEL) with an endorsement for teaching Social Studies for grades 9-12. Teaching licensure requires the successful completion of Social Studies with History content area test and edTPA.

Liberal Arts Options in History and Africana Studies

General Requirements

Admission to any of the department’s programs requires academic good standing, an interview with the undergraduate advisor, and formal acceptance by the department. A grade of C or above is required in all history courses counted in the history major or minor, either as transfer credit or completed at Chicago State University. Completion of 120 credit hours of work: 36 credit hours in general education, 42 credit hours of specific requirement courses, and 36 credit hours of elective courses.

General Education Requirements

(36 credit hours)

(6) credit hours in composition
(3) credit hours in oral communication
(3) credit hours in mathematics
(9) credit hours in Humanities/Fine arts); at least (3) Humanities and (3) Fine Arts
(6) credit hours in Natural Sciences (one physical science and one biology; one must include a lab)
(9) credit hours in social sciences. Liberal Arts in History Option students MUST take AFAM 1000 as one of their social science General Education classes.

College of Arts and Sciences Requirement

(3 credit hours)

One course in a Foreign Language (3 hr)
One general education or major course carrying the diversity designation (embedded) Specific Requirements (45 credit hours)

Liberal Arts in History Option

Required Courses

HIST 1200 - Wrld Hist I: Anci & Medi Credit Hours: 3
HIST 1210 - Wrld Hist II: Modern Credit Hours: 3
HIST 1300 - U. S. Hist to 1877 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 1310 - US Hist Since 1877 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 2200 - Key Prblms Wrld Hist Credit Hours: 3
HIST 2220 - Intro Hist Thought Credit Hours: 3
HIST 2720 - AFAM Hist to 1865 Credit Hours: 3
or
HIST 2730 - AF AM Hist Since 1865 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 4300 - Hist Race Rel in US Credit Hours: 3
HIST 4950 - History Seminar Credit Hours: 3 * satisfies the senior thesis/capstone requirement.

Concentration Courses (15 credit hours)

12 credit hours with minimum of 6 credit hours in each field and 9 credit hours at 3000 level or higher
FIELD 1 (The Americas): U.S., African American, Latin America FIELD 2 (World): Africa, Europe, Asia

History Elective Courses

Six hours of history electives with approval of advisor.

Electives:

This includes an additional 3 hrs of a single Foreign Language recommended above the 3 hrs required for General Education. The remaining 33 hours are free electives or can go toward a minor (or another major).

Liberal Arts in Africana Studies Option

Required Courses

AFAM 1000 - Intro AFAM Studies Credit Hours: 3
AFAM 2020 - Af/Af-Am Leadership Credit Hours: 3
AFAM 3010 - African Amer Rsch Credit Hours: 3
AFAM 3030 - Pan-Africnsm/DuBois Credit Hours: 3
AFAM 4000 - Sr Capstone Tutorial Credit Hours: 3 * satisfies the senior thesis/capstone requirement.
HIST 2200 - Key Prblms Wrld Hist Credit Hours: 3
HIST 2720 - AFAM Hist to 1865 Credit Hours: 3
or
HIST 2730 - AF AM Hist Since 1865 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 4300 - Hist Race Rel in US Credit Hours: 3
or
AFAM 4300 - Hist Race Rel in US Credit Hours: 3

Required Supporting Electives (21 credit hours)

21 credit hours with a minimum of 6 credit hours in each field. At least 12 credit hours must be 3000- level or above.

AREA 1: The Social Sciences:

Students may select additional Africana themed courses in other social science disciplines after consultation with the program’s academic advisor

GEOG 3060 - Africa South of the Sahara Credit Hours: 3
SOC 4280 - Law/Pb Polcy/Af Amer Credit Hours: 3
SOC 4300 - Sem:Soc Blk Families Credit Hours: 3
or
PSYC 3200
AFAM 2010 - Af Cult/Socty/Poltcs Credit Hours: 3
AFAM 3040 - Af Am Protest Movts Credit Hours:

AREA 2: The Arts and Humanities:

Students may select additional Africana themed courses in other arts and humanities disciplines after consultation with the program’s academic advisor.

AFAM 2030 - Black Images in Film Credit Hours: 3
AFAM 3020 - The Great Debate Credit Hours: 3
ART 2105 - African Art Credit Hours: 3
ART 4120 - African-American Art Credit Hours: 3
MUS 2286
AFAM 2040 - Tanning of America Credit Hours: 3
SOC 3060 - Hip Hop and Society Credit Hours: 3
or
CMAT 2140 - African Amer Theatre Credit Hours: 3
ENG 2910 - African Amer Lit I Credit Hours: 3
ENG 2940 - African Amer Lit II Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4321 - Black Women Writers Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4323 - Wright/Elison/Baldwi Credit Hours: 3
or
ENG 4386 - Morrsn/Walkr/Hurstn Credit Hours: 3

AREA 3: History and Politics:

Students may select additional Africana themed courses in History after consultation with the program’s academic advisor.

HIST 2100 - Intro To Islam Credit Hours: 3
HIST 2300 - Caribbean World Credit Hours: 3
HIST 2840 - Africa to 1800 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 2850 - Africa Since 1800 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 4311 - Race Labor US Hist Credit Hours: 3

Electives:

Secondary Teaching Option in History

General Requirements

Studens must:

Pass the state History Content Area examination and edTPA (Secondary 9-12).
Have a GPA in the major and overall of 3.0 or higher (after 12 credit hours)
Complete 120 credit hours: 39 credit hours in general education, 48 credit hours in area of specialization, and 33 credit hours in professional education.

Specific Requirements

University General Education: 36 credit hours

Composition (6 credit hours)
Humanities/Fine Arts (9 credit hours); at least (3) Humanities and (3) Fine Arts
Oral Communication (3 credit hours): CMAT 1130
Natural Sciences (6 credit hours): At least 3 credit hours from a physical science and at least 3 credit hours from a life science. At least one course must be a laboratory course.
Mathematics (3 credit hours): MATH 1200
Social Sciences (9 credit hours): PSYC 1100 , PSYC 2040 , and POL 1010

College of Arts and Sciences Requirement (3 credit hours)

One course in a Foreign Language (3 credit hours)
One general education or major course carrying the diversity designation (embedded)

Area of Specialization (History and the Social Sciences): 48 credit hours

Required History Courses (24 credit hours)

HIST 1200 - Wrld Hist I: Anci & Medi Credit Hours: 3
HIST 1210 - Wrld Hist II: Modern Credit Hours: 3
HIST 1300 - U. S. Hist to 1877 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 1310 - US Hist Since 1877 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 2200 - Key Prblms Wrld Hist Credit Hours: 3
HIST 2220 - Intro Hist Thought Credit Hours: 3
HIST 2470 - Hist of Illinois Credit Hours: 3
HIST 4300 - Hist Race Rel in US Credit Hours: 3

Premodern History Field

HIST 2330
HIST 2340
HIST 2840 - Africa to 1800 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 4100
HIST 4303 - Renais & Reform Hist Credit Hours: 3
HIST 4327 - Anc Nr East/Greece Credit Hours: 3
HIST 4328 - Wld Civ 500 BC - 1500 AD Credit Hours: 3
HIST 4329
HIST 4331
HIST 4343 - The Medieval World Credit Hours: 3
HIST 4381 - Hist of Religion Credit Hours: 3
or
HIST 4386 - Ancient Africa Credit Hours: 3

Geographic Upper Level Course:

credit hours, at least 3 6 credit hours in each field at 3000-level or higher

FIELD 1 (The Americas): U.S., African American, Latin America
FIELD 2 (World History): Africa, Europe, Asia

Required Supportive Social Science Courses (12 credit hours)

GEOG 1000 - Society/Environment Credit Hours: 3
or
GEOG 1100 - Global Diversity Credit Hours: 3
ECON 1010 - Prin of Econ I Credit Hours: 3
SOC 1010 - Intro to Sociology Credit Hours: 3
AFAM 1000 - Intro AFAM Studies Credit Hours: 3

Professional Education:

The courses must be passed with at least a grade of C.

*Admission to the College of Education is required for courses marked with an asterisk. One or more additional projects, or other additional course materials as outlined by history faculty.

ED 1520 - Intro to Teaching Credit Hours: 2
ED 2000 - Hist/Phil Am Pub Ed Credit Hours: 3
ED 4312 - Teaching with Technology Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 2020 - Educational Psych Credit Hours: 3
ESL 4120 - Teaching ESL Credit Hours: 3
or
ENG 4366 - Theory Second Lang Credit Hours: 3
S ED 4301 - Char Except Children Credit Hours: 3 *
S ED 4303 - Students w/Excep Nds Credit Hours: 2 *
ED 4500 - Prin/Prac Secondary Ed Credit Hours: 2 *
READ 4100 - Content Read Mid Sch Credit Hours: 2 *
CAS 2630 - Classroom Management Credit Hours: 1 *
HIST 4363 - Meth Tch Soc St Sec Credit Hours: 3 *
HIST 4375 - Stdnt Tch Sec Soc St Credit Hours: 6 *