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College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Department of Pan-African Studies

Oscar Ritchie Hall
Tel: 330-672-2300
E-mail: dpas@kent.edu
Web: www.kent.edu/pas

A Pan-African Studies minor introduces students to the experiences and accomplishments of people of African descent wherever they may be in the world. It complements majors in other fields that prepare students to work in areas such as education, law, law enforcement, public service, social work, research, foreign service, business and community development.  Beyond the required courses, students may choose to focus on history, Diaspora studies, politics, language, culture, arts or a general program.

 

Attribute Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; ELR Experiential Learning; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity, writing-intensive and the experiential learning requirements.

PAN-AFRICAN STUDIES MINOR REQUIREMENTS (21 credits)
Attribute Course Title Credits Min. Grade
KHU/DG PAS 23001 Black Experience I: Beginnings to 1865 3  
KHU/DD PAS 23002 Black Experience II: 1865-Present 3  
  PAS
PAS		 35100
35200		 Black Social and Political Thought (3)   or
African Social and Political Systems (3)		 3  
WIC PAS 37000 Oral and Written Discourses in Pan-African Studies 3  
  PAS 37001 Theoretical Approaches to Pan-African Studies 3  
  Pan-African Studies Upper Division Elective (PAS 30000 or 40000 level) 3  
  Choose from the following: 3  
  PAS 22200 Introduction to African Arts (3)    
  PAS 33200 Ancient African Civilizations (3)    
DG PAS 34000 Introduction to African World View (3)    
  MINIMUM TOTAL 21  

 

Graduation Requirements:

  • Minimum overall 2.000 GPA.
  • Students must complete at least two upper-division courses in the minor at Kent State on a graded basis (A-F).