Africana Studies and Journalism, BA (Boston)
Undergraduatemajor2027 catalogSocial Sciences HumanitiesBoston129 semester hours totalunverified parse — check the source
Official catalog page for this program
BA Language Requirements
12 semester hours.
From the catalog
All BA students are required to complete the BA degree language requirements, for a total of 12 semester hours of language study or demonstrated equivalent proficiency, as described in Additional Requirements for BA students. Successful demonstration of proficiency does not reduce total minimum semester hours of study required to earn the BA degree.
Foundational Course
- AFCS 1101 — Introduction to African American and Africana Studies
Introductory Course
From the catalog
Complete one of the following:
- One of:
Humanities
From the catalog
Complete two of the following:
- Choose 8 semester hours from:
- AFCS 2296 — Early African-American Literature
- AFCS 2318 — New England Stories: Storytelling and the African American Experience
- AFCS 2355 — Race, Identity, Social Change, and Empowerment
- AFCS 2410 — Possession, Sacrifice, and Divination in African Diasporic Religions
- AFCS 2619 — Race and Religion in Film
- AFCS 3404 — African American Rhetorical Traditions
- AFCS 3664 — Black Poetry and the Spoken Word
- AFCS 3900 — Gender and Black World Literatures
Social Sciences
From the catalog
Complete two of the following:
- Choose 8 semester hours from:
- AFCS 2270 — Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality
- AFCS 2600 — Issues in Race, Science, and Technology
- AFCS 3120 — Race, Crime, and Justice
- AFCS 3210 — Black Abolition Studies: Carcerality, Liberation, and Resistance
- AFCS 3424 — Epidemiology of Pandemic Diseases and Health Disparities in the African Diaspora
- AFCS 4526 — Afro-Asian Relations in the Americas
- AFCS 5001 — Special Topics in Race and the Law
Electives
8 semester hours.
From the catalog
Complete one AFAM, AFRS, or AFCS course at the 2000 level or above.
Complete one AFAM, AFRS, or AFCS course at the 3000 level or above.
Senior Capstone
- AFCS 4700 — Capstone
Foundation Courses
From the catalog
C or better in JRNL 1101, JRNL 1102, and JRNL 2201 is required.
Visual Storytelling Requirement
From the catalog
Complete one of the following:
- One of:
- JRNL 2301 — Visual Storytelling in Journalism
- JRNL 3370 — Podcast and Radio Journalism
- JRNL 3700 — Data Storytelling
- JRNL 5309 — News Documentary Production
- JRNL 5310 — Photojournalism
- JRNL 5311 — Design for Storytelling
- JRNL 5314 — Video News Reporting and Producing
- JRNL 5320 — Practicing Photojournalism: Community and the Camera
Law and Ethics
- Choose 4 semester hours from:
Journalism Electives
16 semester hours.
From the catalog
Complete four JRNL electives. Two must be 3000 level or above.
Introductory
- JRNL 1000 — Journalism at Northeastern
Co-op
Writing Requirement
- ENGW 1111 — First-Year Writing
- One of:
Integrative Requirements
- AFCS 2325 — Black Feminist Studies
From the catalog
Complete one of the following:
The following course is already required in the major:
- One of:
Substitutions
Possible equivalents for this program — dashed means a suggestion, not a rule, and every substitution needs your advisor's approval:
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