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For purposes of meeting program requirements, all nine-credit general education (foundation) courses will count as six credits towards the major or minor.

Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary (Linked) BA

The African Studies program is an Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA program. African studies majors must take a second major (co-major) in another department/discipline in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, or with kinesiology and health science or psychology in the Faculty of Health. Students must take at least 36 credits in the African Studies program and at least 36 credits in the co-major according to the requirements and regulations specified by each department/discipline for an Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA program. Courses taken to meet African studies requirements cannot also be used to meet the requirements of the departmental major. Students in these interdisciplinary programs must take a total of at least 18 credits at the 4000 level, including at least six credits in African studies and six credits in the departmental major. For further details of requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA programs.

Note: in a double major program, a course may count only once toward major credit.

Residency requirement: a minimum of 30 course credits and at least half (50 per cent) of the course credits required in each undergraduate degree program major/minor must be taken at York University.

Graduation requirement: students must successfully complete (pass) at least 120 credits which meet the Faculty's degree and program requirements with a cumulative grade point average of at least 5.00.

General education: 24 credits of general education chosen from approved courses in humanities, modes of reasoning, natural science and social science, including a minimum of six credits in each of humanities, natural science and social science.

Major credits: the 36 credits in African studies must include the following:

  • AP/SOSC 2480 9.00;
  • 24 credits chosen from the list of African studies courses;
  • six credits in African studies at the 4000 level.

Upper-level credits: at least 36 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level, including at least 18 credits at the 4000 level.

Credits outside the major: students who are completing this program are deemed to fulfill this requirement.

Honours Minor BA

The Honours Minor BA program described may be combined with any approved Honours BA program that offers a major/minor option in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Health, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies or Science and Engineering. For further details on requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties.

Note: in a major/minor program, a course may count only once toward major credit or minor credit.

Minor credits: the Honours Minor in African studies comprises at least 30 credits including the following:

At least six credits in the minor must be at the 4000 level.

African Studies Courses

Not all of the courses listed below will necessarily be offered in any given year.

With the approval of the program coordinator and subject to course exclusion and residency requirements, students may complete other courses for program credit in African studies.

AP/ANTH 3120 6.00
AP/ANTH 3320 3.00
AP/ANTH 3320 6.00
AP/ANTH 3410 6.00
AP/ECON 3550 3.00
AP/ECON 3560 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/PPAS 3560 3.00)
AP/EN 3420 6.00
AP/EN 4420 6.00
AP/EN 4421 3.00
AP/FR 4361 3.00
AP/GEOG 2070 3.00
AP/GEOG 3370 3.00
AP/GEOG 3750 3.00
AP/GEOG 4370 3.00
AP/HIST 1010 6.00
AP/HIST 1065 6.00
AP/HIST 2750 6.00
AP/HIST 3535 6.00
AP/HIST 3630 6.00
AP/HIST 3700 6.00
AP/HIST 3705 3.00
AP/HIST 4079 6.00
AP/HIST 4770 6.00
AP/HIST 4799 6.00
AP/HIST 4830 6.00
AP/HUMA 1300 9.00
AP/HUMA 3315 3.00
AP/HUMA 3316 3.00
AP/HUMA 3665 3.00
AP/PHIL 3180 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/HREQ 3180 3.00)
AP/POLS 3560 6.00
AP/POLS 3570 3.00
AP/POLS 4575 3.00
AP/POLS 4576 3.00
AP/POR 3660 3.00
AP/SOCI 4050 6.00 (cross-listed to: AP/REI 4050 6.00)
AP/SOSC 1430 9.00
AP/SOSC 1439 9.00
AP/SOSC 2480 9.00
AP/SOSC 2791 6.00
AP/SOSC 2812 6.00
AP/SOSC 3040 6.00
AP/SOSC 3411 6.00
AP/SOSC 3480 6.00
AP/SOSC 3481 6.00
AP/SOSC 3541 3.00
AP/SOSC 4170 6.00
AP/SOSC 4918 6.00
AP/SWAH 1000 6.00
AP/SWAH 2000 6.00
AP/GL/WMST 3524 3.00 (cross-listed to: GL/HIST 3658 3.00, GL/ILST 3658 3.00, GL/SOCI 3658 3.00)
ES/ENVS 3800 3.00
ES/ENVS 4220 3.00
FA/DANC 2510A 3.00
FA/DANC 2511A 3.00
FA/DANC 3511 3.00
FA/DANC 3510A 3.00
FA/DANC 3510F 3.00
FA/MUSI 1043 3.00
FA/MUSI 1046 3.00
FA/MUSI 2043 3.00
FA/MUSI 2046 3.00
FA/MUSI 3043 3.00
FA/MUSI 3046 3.00
FA/MUSI 4043 3.00
FA/MUSI 4046 3.00
GL/HUMA 3923 3.00 (cross-listed to: GL/FRAN 3923 3.00)
GL/SOCI 3610 3.00 (cross-listed to: GL/ILST 3610 3.00, GL/WMST 3610 3.00)
LW/LAW 2450 3.00

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