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Majors -- 8 Concentrations

In the Department of Liberal Studies, students may major in one of the following eight concentrations:

• African-American Studies
• Cultural Change and Social Development
• Dance
• International Studies
• Interdisciplinary Studies
• Pre-Law
• Race, Class, and Culture
• Women's Studies

African-American Studies

This concentration is for you if you are trying to develop a well-informed understanding of the African-American experience.

One of its themes is the story of African Americans that began in Africa millennia ago and has continued in the United States over more than 400 years. A second theme is the study of cultural expressions. The third theme is the ideas and ideals, struggles and triumphs of African Americans. A fourth is the comparison with other peoples of African descent and other human societies.

A student might pursue a position in a local, state or federal agency that focuses on African-American, minority, ethnic or cultural issues. It may be in a health care, social work, or other agency that serves people of diverse backgrounds. It may be in a group that promotes "understanding" among different peoples. It could be in an organization that has a multinational or multicultural work force. In addition, a graduate with this concentration might serve as a teacher or official in a school system that includes the study of the lives of African Americans in its curriculum.

With these possibilities, one good idea is to combine the study of African Americans with the study of related areas, such as health care, social work, education, business, public policy and/or public administration.

After acquiring the undergraduate B.A. degree, students could study for an M.A. degree and then a Ph.D., leading to a professorship at a college or university and conducting research on many of the still-unexplored topics on the African-American experience.

Courses In

THE CONCENTRATION IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

Students must complete twenty-four (24) semester hours from the following courses, selecting a minimum of one course from each of four subject areas:

Department	Course Number	Course Title	Semester Hours
ART	310	African-American Art	2 credits
ENGL	203	Humanities Perspectives of the South	3 credits
ENGL	209	The History, Literary Connections and Social Relevance of Hip-Hop	3 credits
ENGL	236	A Survey of Early African-American Women's Poetry	3 credits
ENGL	237	Standing and Testifying: African-Ameican Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance	3 credits
ENGL	239	American Griots: Black Women Storytellers in the 20th Century	3 credits
ENGL	318	African-American Film and Culture	3 credits
ENGL	333	Survey of African-American Literature I	3 credits
ENGL	334	Survey of African-American Literature II	3 credits
ENGL	342	African-American Male Writers	3 credits
ENGL	343	African-American Women Writers	3 credits
ENGL	345	Survey of African-American Men's and Women's Autobiographical Writings	3 credits
ENGL	407	African-American Drama	3 credits
ENGL	408	The African-American Novel	3 credits
ENGL	505	Interdisciplinary Research Methods in African-American Literary Studies	3 credits
FOLA	404	Afro-Hispanic Literature	3 credits
FOLA	417	Literature in Afro-French Expression	3 credits
FOLA	424	Afro-German Studies	3 credits
HIST	201	African-American History to 1877	3 credits
HIST	202	African-American History Since 1877	3 credits
HIST	203	NC A&T State University: A Legacy of Social Activism and Aggie Pride	3 credits
HIST	215	History of Africa to 1800	3 credits
HIST	216	History of Africa Since 1800	3 credits
HIST	272	Oral History	3 credits
HIST	273	African-American History and Museum Collecting	3 credits
HIST	306	History of Women Since 1800	3 credits
HIST	320	African History Through Art and Archeology	3 credits
HIST	321	Cultural History, Ethnicity and Ethnographic Collections in America	3 credits
HIST	351	African-American History in the American West	3 credits
HIST	355	African-American Historical Perspectives on Africa	3 credits
HIST	405	African-American Religious History	3 credits
HIST	416	History of African American Culture	3 credits
HIST	417	Colonialism and Slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean	3 credits
HIST	425	Topics in African-American Intellectual/Philosophical History	3 credits
HIST	440	Comparative Slavery of the Americas	3 credits
HIST	460	The Old South	3 credits
HIST	461	History of the New South	3 credits
JOMC	302	Minorities in Mass Media	3 credits
JOMC	403	Black Press in the United States	3 credits
LIBS	220	Race, Class and Environmental Quality	3 credits
LIBS	221	Genes, Race and Class	3 credits
LIBS	223	African-American Culture Through Sports	3 credits
LIBS	225	Race, Crime and Social Injustice	3 credits
LIBS	235	Race Against Empire: African-American Anti-Imperialism, 1900-1975	3 credits
LIBS	236	Africana Thought and Practice	3 credits
LIBS	402	Historical Memory	3 credits
LIBS	499	Independent Study/Senior Research Project	3 credits
PHIL	264	Contemporary African-American Philosophy	3 credits
PHIL	312	Political Philosophy of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.	3 credits
PHIL	404	Philosophy, Marxism and the Africana World	3 credits
MUSI	219	History of Gospel Music	3 credits
MUSI	220	History of Black Music in America	3 credits
MUSI	221	History of Jazz	3 credits
POLI	447	African-American Political Theory	3 credits
POLI	460	Southern Politics	3 credits
POLI	643	Urban Politics and Government	3 credits
SOCI	306	Minority Group Relations	3 credits
SOWK	414	The Black Experience	3 credits
THEA	467	African-American Drama I	3 credits
THEA	468	African-American Drama II	3 credits

Additionally, every student must take two Related Electives (select courses not listed above) and complete a senior research project (LIBS499). [Link to SRRP page of website.]
Please Note: A final grade of "C" or better is required for all Concentration Studies, Related Electives, ENGL100/101, and HIST206/207 (previously HIST100/101) classes.

Please note: In addition to 30 credit hours of Concentration courses, all Liberal Studies Majors must take the following three 3 credit courses:

Department	Course Number	Course Title	Semester Hours
LIBS	200	Introduction to Liberal Studies	3
LIBS	300	Research Methods in Liberal Studies	3
LIBS	499	Senior Research Project	3

What should I do now?

Anyone wishing to become a Liberal Studies major with a concentration in African-American Studies should contact the Chair of the Liberal Studies Department, Dr. Beverly Grier, at 336-256-2165 (voice), or 333-256-2411 (fax), or visit the office in Room A456 of the General Classroom Building. After a review of the curriculum and admission to Liberal Studies, students are advised by an African-American Studies Concentration Coordinator for course selection, career advising, graduate school advising, etc.

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Cultural Changes and Social Development

What is Cultural Change and Social Development? How can I use this concentration when I graduate?

The one constant in our lives is change, which is going on all around us. Not only are we changing, but so is the social and cultural matrix in which we live. The concentration in Cultural Change and Social Development gives students a background in how cultures and societies work and the ways they change. It focuses on the nature and direction of cultural and social change in countries and societies. It also emphasizes the impact of globalization on this change.

The concentration includes courses in the social sciences that help students understand society and culture, develop skills in data analysis, and grasp issues in the dynamics of human populations. It provides a wide range of electives that allow students to explore geographic areas and specific topics and give them additional, but needed knowledge and skills.

Cultural Change and Social Development students are ready to play important roles in many causes and organizations or to continue their education in graduate and professional school. The organizations include the United Nations, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Agency for International Development, the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, private global industries, international nongovernmental organizations such as CARE, the Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, Oxfam America, and International Organization on Migration. Students can also pursue opportunities with a variety of domestic nongovernmental organizations that deal with issues of culture, diversity and poverty in the U.S., such as the Poverty Law Center, Urban League, and NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

The degree also prepares students for graduate and professional programs in sociology, anthropology, development studies, international law, and public relations, among others, leading to careers in the private or public sector and in college or university teaching and research.

COURSES IN

THE CULTURAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CONCENTRATION

Students must complete eighteen (18) required semester hours, to be allocated as follows:

SOCI	100	Principles of Sociology	3 credits
SOCI	101	Basic Quantitative Writing and Computer Skills in Sociology	3 credits
SOCI	200	Introduction to Anthropology	3 credits
SOCI	300	Topics in Cultural Anthropology	3 credits
SOCI	473	Introduction to Population Studies	3 credits
SOWK	413	The Community	3 credits

Students must complete six (6) more semester hours choosen from the following:

EASC	201	The Earth - Man's Environment	3 credits
ECON	515	Comparative Economic Systems	3 credits
HIST	312	History of Religions	3 credits
LIBS	223	African-American Culture Through Sports	3 credits
LIBS	227	Race, Class and Culture in South Africa	3 credits
LIBS	230	The HIV/AIDS Crisis in Africa	3 credits
LIBS	303	Consumer Culture	3 credits
LIBS	305	Race and Class in Caribbean Society	3 credits
LIBS	307	Food and the Global Community	3 credits
LIBS	309	Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Extraordinary Violence	3 credits
LIBS	312	Gender and Development in Africa	3 credits
LIBS	320	Doing Culture	3 credits
LIBS	401	War and Culture	3 credits
PHIL	265	World Religions	3 credits
SOCI	306	Minority Groups	3 credits
SOWK	412	Major Problems in Family Functioning	3 credits
SPAN	306	Americanos: Latino Culture in the U.S. (Taught in English)	3 credits

In addition to these 24 credit hours, students must take two Related Electives (for a total of 6 credit hours of related courses not listed above) and the 3 credit Senior Research Project (LIBS499).

Please Note: A final grade of "C" or better is required for all Concentration Studies, Related Electives, LIBS601, ENGL100/101, and HIST206/207 (previously HIST100/101) classes.

Please note: In addition to 30 credit hours of Concentration courses, all Liberal Studies Majors must take the following three 3 credit courses:

Department	Course Number	Course Title	Semester Hours
LIBS	200	Introduction to Liberal Studies	3
LIBS	300	Research Methods in Liberal Studies	3
LIBS	499	Senior Research Project	3

What should I do now?

Anyone wishing to become a Liberal Studies major with a concentration in Cultural Change and Social Development should contact the Chairperson of the Liberal Studies Department, Dr. Beverly Grier, at 336-256-2165 (voice) or 336-256-2411 (fax), or visit the office in A455 General Classroom Building. After a review of the curriculum and admission to Liberal Studies, students are advised by a Cultural Change and Social Development Concentration Coordinator for course selection, career advising, graduate or professional school advising, etc.

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Dance

What is the Dance Concentration? What can I do with this concentration when I graduate?

COURSES IN THE DANCE CONCENTRATION

All students who seek to concentrate in Dance must audition and be accepted into the program. All majors are required to participate in on-campus and community dance company productions as performers and/or technical assistants. Students must successfully complete twenty-four (24) semester hours from the following:

Department	Course Number	Course Title	Semester Hours
DANC	110	Introduction to Ballet	1 credit
DANC	200	Beginning Modern Dance	1 credits
DANC	210	Dance Company and Repertory (at least 2 semesters)	4 credits
DANC	220	Dance Appreciation	3 credits
DANC	300	Dunham Technique I	2 credits
DANC	301	Dunham Technique II	2 credits
DANC	330	Dances of Africa and the Caribbean	2 credits
	OR
DANC	331	World Dance and Culture	2 credits
DANC	450	Blacks in Western Theatrical Dance	3 credits
DANC	500	Dance Ethnography	3 credits
DANC	550	Summer Abroad	3 credits

Please note: In addition to 30 credit hours of Concentration courses, all Liberal Studies Majors must take the following three 3 credit courses:

Department	Course Number	Course Title	Semester Hours
LIBS	200	Introduction to Liberal Studies	3
LIBS	300	Research Methods in Liberal Studies	3
LIBS	499	Senior Research Project	3

What should I do now?

Anyone wishing to become a Liberal Studies major with a concentration in Dance should contact the Chair of the Visual and Performing Arts Department, Dr. Eleanor Gwynn, at 336-256-2137 gwynne@ncat.edu or visit the office in A321 General Classroom Building. After a review of the curriculum and admission to Liberal Studies, students are advised by the Chair for course selection, career advising, graduate school advising, etc.

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International Studies

What is International Studies? What can I do with this Concentration when I graduate?

A concentration in International Studies helps if you seek a career requiring an understanding of the parts or whole of the world. You may work in international politics and diplomacy in the U.S. State Department, a U.S. embassy abroad, the United Nations or one of its agencies such as the International Labor Organization, UNAIDS, or the UNICEF/United Nations Children Fund. Your role in U.S. national security may be at the Department of Homeland Security, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, or the National Security Agency.

In international business and economics, you may work in public relations, advertising, marketing, or sales in global company such as Coca Cola or Toyota. To help U.S. (and North Carolinian) business interests abroad, apply to the U.S. (or North Carolina) Chamber of Commerce or the U.S. (or North Carolina) Department of Commerce. Or, you may seek a position with a global lender, such as the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund.

Employers in humanitarian aid include nongovernmental organizations (NGO) such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Doctors Without Borders or the Red Cross. In development, the U.S. Agency for International Development, UNICEF or UNESCO at the United Nations, or NGOs such as Oxfam America, CARE, or Operation Crossroads are possibilities. In the areas of peace and diplomacy, you might find a position at the U.S. State Department, the United Nations, or an NGO that focuses on justice, human rights or conflict resolution. If you have a particular regional interest, you may specialize in research and analysis of affairs in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, or Europe.

The Foreign Language requirement of the International Studies Concentration (4 consecutive semesters, for a total of 12 semester hours) provides graduates with language proficiency that will enable them to secure and be successful in their position in the international arena.

A degree in Internal Studies also prepares you for further studies at the M.A. and Ph.D. levels on regional and international/global issues.

Yes! The concentration prepares you for many opportunities in the "global village" of the 21st century.

COURSES FOR THE CONCENTRATION IN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

Students must complete six (6) consecutive semester hours of study beyond the elementary level for a total of twelve (12) hours in one language. The other eighteen semester hours must be from the following:

ECON	505	International Economic Relations	3 credits
ECON	537	International Marketing	3 credits
ENGL	230	World Literature I	3 credits
ENGL	231	World Literature II	3 credits
ENGL	242	Postcolonial Women Writers	3 credits
ENGL	243	Literature by Women of Africa and the African Diaspora	3 credits
ENGL	336	Postcolonial Novel	3 credits
ENGL	409	Literature of the African Diaspora	3 credits
ENGL	416	Major African Women Writers	3 credits
ENGL	417	African Literature from 1945 through the 1960s	3 credits
ENGL	420	Humanities III, Great Ideas of World Civilization	3 credits
FOLA	417	Literature of Afro-French Expression	3 credits
GEOG	210	World Regional Geography	3 credits
GEOG	322	Economic Geography	3 credits
HIST	215	History of Africa to 1800	3 credits
HIST	216	History of Africa Since 1800	3 credits
HIST	313	Perspectives on Globalization	3 credits
HIST	321	Cultural History, Ethnicity and Ethnographic Collections	3 credits
HIST	332	The Modern Middle East	3 credits
HIST	355	African-American Perspectives on Africa	3 credits
HIST	402	The Rise of Christianity	3 credits
HIST	407	American Diplomatic History Since 1900	3 credits
HIST	409	Modern Europe Since 1815	3 credits
HIST	412	Modernization of Africa from 1920 to Present	3 credits
HIST	414	Nationalism	3 credits
HIST	417	Colonialism and Slavery in Latin America and the Caribbean	3 credits
HIST	418	Conflict and Change in Postcolonial Latin America	3 credits
HIST	421	Exploring Europe's "Others"	3 credits
HIST	422	Colonizer and Colonized: British Imperial History	3 credits
HIST	423	History of Women in Africa	3 credits
HIST	431	History of the Far East to 1800	3 credits
HIST	432	United States - East Asian Relations	3 credits
HIST	435	Global History Since 1945	3 credits
HIST	444	History of Africa Since 1945	3 credits
HIST	450	Modernization in Historical Perspective	3 credits
HIST	451	Russian History	3 credits
HIST	616	Seminar in African History	3 credits
JOMC	601	International Communications	3 credits
LIBS	220	Race, Class and Environmental Quality	3 credits
LIBS	227	Race, Class and Culture in South Africa	3 credits
LIBS	230	The HIV/AIDS Crisis in Africa	3 credits
LIBS	235	Race Against Empire: African-American Anti-Imperialism, 1900-1975	3 credits
LIBS	236	Africana Thought and Practice	3 credits
LIBS	301	Ethno-Nationalism and the Reconstruction of Nations	3 credits
LIBS	305	Race and Class in Caribbean Culture	3 credits
LIBS	307	Food and the Global Community	3 credits
LIBS	309	Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Extraordinary Violence	3 credits
LIBS	312	Gender and Development in Africa	3 credits
LIBS	320	Doing Culture	3 credits
LIBS	401	War and Culture	3 credits
PHIL	265	World Religions	3 credits
POLI	444	International Relations	3 credits
POLI	445	Problems of Contemporary Africa	3 credits
POLI	644	International Law	3 credits
SOCI	200	Introduction to Anthropology	3 credits
SOCI	300	Topics in Cultural Anthropology	3 credits

Additionally, every student must take two Related Electives (related courses not listed above) and complete a Senior Research Project (LIBS601). [Link to SRRP website.]

Please note: In addition to 30 credit hours of Concentration courses, all Liberal Studies Majors must take the following three 3 credit courses:

Department	Course Number	Course Title	Semester Hours
LIBS	200	Introduction to Liberal Studies	3
LIBS	300	Research Methods in Liberal Studies	3
LIBS	499	Senior Research Project	3

What should I do now?

Anyone wishing to become a Liberal Studies major with a concentration in International Studies should contact the Chair of the Liberal Studies Department at 336-256-2165 (voice) or 336-256-2411 (fax) or visit the office in Room A456 General Classroom Building. After a review of the curriculum and admission to Liberal Studies, students are advised by an African-American Studies Concentration Coordinator for course selection, career advising, graduate school advising, etc.

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Interdisciplinary Studies

What is Interdisciplinary Studies? What can I do with this concentration when I graduate?

In the Liberal Studies Department, one position announcement that received our attention recently came from an organization that calls itself "a global law firm" in Washington, D.C. The announcement said the firm was seeking an "in-house" instructor to "oversee a writing program for associate attorneys." The company wanted someone with the ability to understand legal requisitions and instruct the associates around these requirements. The person would need a background in law, English and, perhaps, teaching. This announcement highlights two major attributes of people who will fill many positions in the future. First, they must be able to take on special tasks, challenges, and opportunities. Second, they must be able to do so by integrating knowledge and skills they secure from not one, but two, three or more areas.

Welcome to the Interdisciplinary Studies concentration in the Liberal Studies Department. Here, you do not focus on specific "fields," "specialties," or "disciplines." Instead, you pursue a program that you will design to prepare you to integrate your knowledge of the world as you address the pressing issues of today and tomorrow. For example, a concentration with course work in law, English, and education would prepare you for that necessary, available and well-paying position at the prestigious "global law firm" in the nation's capital.

In Interdisciplinary Studies, you design your own concentration, in consultation with the Chair of the Liberal Studies Department. The Concentration Studies (24 credit hours), Related Electives (6 credit hours), and Senior Research Project (3 credit hours) must meet your needs, must not replicate an existing degree program, and most include courses from at least three subject areas.

Prior to its implementation, your program of study has to be approved by the Chair of the Department of Liberal Studies and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. You become a Liberal Studies major with a concentration in Interdisciplinary Studies after your program receives these approvals.

You could be quite innovative in designing your program. You may combine courses in education with courses in public policy and public administration. This may prepare you for work as a middle-level administrative person between teachers and education officials in local, state and federal agencies. You could combine courses in education with courses in cultural, ethnic, race or community studies. This would prepare you for work as the link between the work of the teacher and the diverse members of the community whom the teacher serves. Or, you could combine courses in nursing with courses in biology, sociology/social work and psychology. This could prepare you to work in the social services area of the health care sector, whether in a hospital, or nursing home setting.

Offices, agencies, and corporations interact with many different peoples, on and off their staffs, inside and outside the United States. You may want to help these employers develop and maintain relationships with these diverse peoples. Thus, you could combine courses in management and administration with courses in race, ethnic, cultural, community, regional, and global studies. At work, you could combine your knowledge of office leadership and your understanding of national diversity and global relationships.

You may prefer to secure the kind of education that prepares you to carry out analyses, make decisions, and implement plans. You could apply this education in personal, family, neighborhood, community, professional and other situations. You could also use it as your preparation for graduate or professional school.

As you can see, with Interdisciplinary Studies, you are able to prepare for your really "special place" in the world.

Sample Self-Designed Concentrations

Fashion Journalism

Department	Course Number	Course Title	Semester Hours
FCS	181	Social-Psychological Aspects of Dress	3
FCS	280	Intro to Fashion Merchandising	3
FCS	382	Creative Apparel Design I (Flat Pattern)	3
FCS	483	Principles of Apparel Evaluation	3
FCS	485	Fashion Marketing and Merchandising	3
JOMC	220	News Writing	3
JOMC	540	Feature Writing	3
LIBS	303	Consumer Culture	3
LIBS	501	Reading and Writing Cultural Critiques	3
MKTG	433	Retailing	3

Health Disparities: Local and Global Perspectives

Department	Course Number	Course Title	Semester Hours
FCS	337	Introduction to Human Nutrition	3
HPED	222	Health and Wellness in the 21st Century	3
LIBS	220	Race, Class and Environmental Quality	3
LIBS	303	Consumer Culture	3
LIBS	307	Food and the Global Community	3
SOCI	473	Introduction to Population Studies	3
SOCWK	420	Feminization of Poverty	3
UNST	209	Disparities in Public Health Care	3
UNST	215	Comparative Socio-Cultural Environments in Health Care Systems	3
UNST	225	Epidemiology	3

Environmental Justice

Department	Course Number	Course Title	Semester Hours
EASC	201	Earth - Man's Environment	3
JOMC	230	Public Relations Writing	3
JOMC	476	Introduction to Public Relations	3
LIBS	220	Race, Class and Environmental Quality	3
MGMT	220	Business Environment	3
PHIL	316	Environmental Ethics and Philosophy	3
PHIL	317	Business Ethics	3
POLI	250	Introduction to Public Policy	3
POLI	415	Environmental Policy	3
SOCI	420	Human Evolution in Ecological Perspective	3

Please note: In addition to 30 credit hours of Concentration courses, all Liberal Studies Majors must take the following three 3 credit courses:

Department	Course Number	Course Title	Semester Hours
LIBS	200	Introduction to Liberal Studies	3
LIBS	300	Research Methods in Liberal Studies	3
LIBS	499	Senior Research Project	3

What should I do next?

Anyone wishing to become a Liberal Studies Department major with a concentration in Interdisciplinary Studies should contact the Chair of Liberal Studies, Dr. Beverly Grier, at 336-256-2165 (voice) or 336-256-2411 (fax) or visit the office in Room A456 General Classroom Building. After a review of the curriculum and admission to Liberal Studies, students are advised by an Interdisciplinary Studies Concentration Coordinator for course selection, career advising, graduate school, etc.

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Pre-Law

What is Pre-Law? How can I use this concentration when I graduate?

The Liberal Studies Pre-Law Concentration is an interdisciplinary course of study designed to foster students’ logical reasoning, analytic and problem-solving skills, critical reading abilities, written composition, oral communication, and listening abilities. Although these skills are designated by the American Bar Association as ideal for providing “a sound foundation for a legal education,” a Pre-Law degree also prepares students for administrative and management careers, governmental positions, journalism and media careers, and provides excellent pre-professional training for further graduate studies.

The Pre-Law curriculum offers students broad range of interdisciplinary exposure to develop students’ writing, speaking and thinking skills and to foster an understanding of American institutions and values. The Pre-Law Concentration courses are intended to help students understand the relationship between law and morality and the role of law in society, develop skills in argument analysis, and explore various areas of the law.

Liberal Studies Pre-Law majors who select a law school career path receive intensive advising, LSAT preparation guidance, assistance with personal statement preparation, direction in letters of recommendation selection, and support throughout the Law School Admission Council’s application process. Pre-Law majors are also encouraged to participate actively in the Henry Frye Pre-Law Society, named after a distinguished A&T alumnus who in 1983 became the first African-American to serve on the Supreme Court of North Carolina. Students who are seeking a major with academic rigor and that provides training in skills essential for professional employment should consider a Liberal Studies Pre-Law major.

COURSES IN THE PRE-LAW CONCENTRATION

Students must successfully complete twenty-four (24) semester hours from the following courses, selecting a minimum of one course from each of three subject areas:

BUAD	361	Legal Environment of Business	3 credits
BUAD	462	Business Law	3 credits
BUAD	463	Commercial Law	3 credits
HIST	313	Perspectives on Globalization	3 credits
HIST	410	American Constitutional History	3 credits
LIBS	225	Race, Crime and Social Injustice	3 credits
PHIL	262	Introduction to Logic	3 credits
PHIL	314	Social and Political Philosophy	3 credits
PHIL	402	Philosophy of Law	3 credits
POLI	200	American Government and Politics	3 credits
POLI	542	American Constitutional Law	3 credits
POLI	543	Civil Liberties	3 credits
POLI	644	International Law	3 credits
CRJS/SOWK	503	Juvenile Delinquency	3 credits
CRJS/SOWK	670	Law and Society	3 credits
SPCH	552	Persuasive Communication	3 credits

In addition to these 24 credits, students must take two Related Elective courses (for a total of six (6) credit hours in related courses not listed above) and the 3 credit Senior Research Project (LIBS601).

Please note: A final grade of "C" or better is required for all Concentration Studies, Related Elective, ENGL100/101 and HIST206/207 (formerly HIST100/101) courses.

 

Please note: In addition to 30 credit hours of Concentration courses, all Liberal Studies Majors must take the following three 3 credit courses:

Department	Course Number	Course Title	Semester Hours
LIBS	200	Introduction to Liberal Studies	3
LIBS	300	Research Methods in Liberal Studies	3
LIBS	499	Senior Research Project	3

What should I do now?

Anyone wishing to become a Liberal Studies major with a concentration in Pre-Law should contact the Chairperson of the Liberal Studies Department at 336-256-2165 or visit the office in A455 General Classroom Building. After a review of the curriculum and admission to Liberal Studies, students are advised by a Pre-Law Concentration Coordinator for course selection, career advising, professional or graduate school advising, etc.

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Race, Class, and Culture

What is Race, Class and Culture? What can I do with this concentration when I graduate?

This concentration will help you understand the role that forces such as race, class, gender, ethnicity, and religion play in shaping human societies and cultures. Integrating ideas from the humanities, social sciences and physical sciences, the concentration will teach you how to "read" your culture and others.

You will learn how to recognize how culture influences identity, representation, knowledge and power. You will learn how to identify, ask questions about and develop answers to cultural problems of contemporary societies.

You will acquire concepts and skills useful for analyzing artifacts such as music, literature, television and film, for scrutinizing institutions and systems such as health care, education and justice, and for examining technologies, industries and corporations.

You will connect the ideas and concepts you study to problems and opportunities in our local, national, and global communities. You will develop new insights into the major issues our culture and other cultures face in this age of globalization and rapid societal change.

The concentration will prepare you for advanced academic programs (M.A. or Ph.D.) that require the ability to (1) apply theory and (2) recognize how groups and societies reconcile their histories, build community and confront the future.

The Race, Class and Culture Concentration will help you succeed in positions that call for critical thinking, writing, reading, and "people" skills, whether in the private or public sector of the economy. In particular, you will be able to help make the multicultural workplace of today and tomorrow a just and humane space for human existence and productivity.

COURSES IN THE CONCENTRATION IN RACE, CLASS AND CULTURE

Students must successfully complete three (3) semester hours of LIBS201, Introduction to Race, Class and Culture, preferably in the first or second year of their concentration studies. The remaining twenty-one (21) semester hours must be selected from the following:

Department	Course Number	Course Title	Semester Hours
BIOL	468	Biology, Technology and Ethics I	3 credits
COMP	390	Social Implications of Computing	3 credits
ENGL	206	Film and Culture	3 credits
ENGL	209	History, Literary Connections and Social Relevance of Hip-Hop	3 credits
ENGL	242	American Riots: Black Women Storytellers in the 20th Century	3 credits
ENGL	316	Hip-Hop Discourse	3 credits
ENGL	336	Postcolonial Novel	3 credits
ENGL	409	Literature of the African Diaspora	3 credits
FCS	332	Cultural Aspects of Food	3 credits
FCS	425	Fashion Motivation	3 credits
FCS	482	Global Trends and National Perspectives in Clothing and Textiles	3 credits
HIST	321	Cultural History, Ethnicity and Ethnographic Technology	3 credits
HIST	415	The Automobile and the Making of Modern America	3 credits
HIST	477	Technology, Empire and Popular Culture	3 credits
HIST	610	Seminar in the History of Twentieth Century Technology	3 credits
LIBS	220	Race, Class and Environmental Quality	3 credits
LIBS	223	African-American Culture Through Sports	3 credits
LIBS	225	Race, Crime and Social Injustice	3 credits
LIBS	227	Race, Class and Culture in South Africa	3 credits
LIBS	230	The HIV/AIDS Crisis in Africa	3 credits
LIBS	301	Ethni-Nationalism and the Reconstruction of Nations	3 credits
LIBS	302	Media Analysis	3 credits
LIBS	303	Consumer Culture	3 credits
LIBS	304	The American South	3 credits
LIBS	305	Race and Class in Caribbean Culture	3 credits
LIBS	306	Gender, Technology and Computer Culture	3 credits
LIBS	307	Food and the Global Community	3 credits
LIBS	308	Historical, Social and Cultural Perspectives of Technology	3 credits
LIBS	309	Becoming Evil: Why Ordinary People Commit Extraordinary Violence	3 credits
LIBS	312	Gender and Development in Africa	3 credits
LIBS	320	Doing Culture	3 credits
LIBS	401	War and Culture	3 credits
LIBS	402	Historical Memory	3 credits
LDAR	102	Environmental Design Ethics	3 credits
PHIL	265	World Religions	3 credits
SOCI	304	Social Aspects of Human Sexuality	3 credits
SOCI	406	Criminology	3 credits
SPAN	306	Americanos: Latino Culture in the U.S. (Taught in English)	3 credits

In addition to these 24 credit hours, students must take two Related Electives courses (related to courses listed above, for a total of six (6) credit hours ) and the 3 credit Senior Research Project (LIBS601). [Link to SRRP website page.]

Please Note: A final grade of "C" or better is required for all Concentration Studies, Related Electives, ENGL100/101 and HIST206/207 (formerly, HIST100/101) courses.

 

Please note: In addition to 30 credit hours of Concentration courses, all Liberal Studies Majors must take the following three 3 credit courses:

Department	Course Number	Course Title	Semester Hours
LIBS	200	Introduction to Liberal Studies	3
LIBS	300	Research Methods in Liberal Studies	3
LIBS	499	Senior Research Project	3

What should I do now?

Anyone wishing to become a Liberal Studies major with a concentration in Race, Class and Culture should contact the Chair of the Liberal Studies Department at 336-256-2165 (voice) or 336-256-2411 (fax) or visit the office in Room A456 General Classroom Building. After a review of the curriculum and admission to Liberal Studies, students are advised by a Race, Class, and Culture Concentration Coordinator for course selection, career advising, graduate school advising, etc.

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Woman's Studies

What is Women's Studies? How can I use this concentration when I graduate?

A student who understands the particular roles, experiences, and challenges of women in the U.S. and around the world will realize that gender is extremely important in society. For this reason, at North Carolina A&T State University, the introduction of the Women's Studies Concentration represents one of the truly exciting and innovative curriculum changes.

As a graduate of this concentration, you could build upon the education you receive here in further education in gender studies (M.A. and Ph.D.). Then you may work as a professor at a college or university or as a researcher or leader of a social services agency that is oriented toward women's issues. B.A. graduates can seek employment with public or private agencies, organizations and corporations that interact with families, groups of women and individual women. Health care providers, public relations agencies, family support agencies, battered women's shelters, rape crisis centers, human development agencies such as those that work with formerly incarcerated women, political organizations and educational institutions are just a few of the employers who seek people who have an interdisciplinary (sociological, psychological, economic, political, religious and cultural) understanding of the historical and present-day status of women.

The roles and perspectives of women, who make up more than 50 percent of the world's population, have changed. Women's Studies graduates help all of society adjust to - indeed, make use of - those changes.

Courses In

THE CONCENTRATION IN WOMEN'S STUDIES

Students must complete HIST275, Introduction to Women's Studies, preferably before they take other concentration courses. The remaining twenty-one (21) semester hours must be from the following courses, including at least one course from at least four subject areas.

 

Department	Course Number	Course Title	Semester Hours
DANC	310	Comparative Study of Dance: Works of Katherine Dunham and Pearl Primus	3 credits
ENGL	224	Contemporary Women's Literature: A World View	3 credits
ENGL	232	Women Writers in Science Fiction	3 credits
ENGL	233	Images of Women in Literature	3 credits
ENGL	236	A Survey of Early African-American Women's Poetry	3 credits
ENGL	237	Standing and Testifying: African-American Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance	3 credits
ENGL	241	Women Writers	3 credits
ENGL	242	Postcolonial Women Writers	3 credits
ENGL	243	Literature by Women of Africa and the African Diaspora	3 credits
ENGL	318	African-American Film and Culture	3 credits
ENGL	343	African-American Women Writers	3 credits
ENGL	416	Major African Women Writers	3 credits
HEFS	181	Social-Psychological Aspects of Dress	3 credits
HIST	306	History of Women Since 1800	3 credits
HIST	423	The History of Women in Africa	3 credits
HIST	501	20th and 21st Century Women Activists of the World	3 credits
HIST	622	History of Asian Women	3 credits
JOMC	608	Women in the Media	3 credits
LIBS	230	The HIV/AIDS Crisis in Africa	3 credits
LIBS	302	Media Analysis	3 credits
LIBS	306	Gender and Technology	3 credits
LIBS	312	Gender and Development in Africa	3 credits
NURS	315	Women's Health Across the Lifespan	3 credits
PHIL	310	Feminist Philosophy	3 credits
POLI	450	Women in Politics	3 credits
PSYC	551	Psychology of Women	3 credits
SOWK	320	The Feminization of Poverty	3 credits

In addition to these 24 credit hours, students must take two Related Electives courses (for a total of 6 credit hours of courses not listed above) and the 3 credit Senior Research Project. [Link to SRRP page of website.]

Please note: A final grade of "C" or better is required for all Concentration Studies, Related Electives, ENGL100/101, and HIST206/207 (formerly HIST100/101) classes.

Please note: In addition to 30 credit hours of Concentration courses, all Liberal Studies Majors must take the following three 3 credit courses:

Department	Course Number	Course Title	Semester Hours
LIBS	200	Introduction to Liberal Studies	3
LIBS	300	Research Methods in Liberal Studies	3
LIBS	499	Senior Research Project	3

What should I do now?

Anyone wishing to become a Liberal Studies major with a concentration in Race, Class and Culture should contact the Chair of the Liberal Studies Department at 336-256-2165 (voice) or 336-256-2411 (fax) or visit the office in Room A456 General Classroom Building. After a review of the curriculum and admission to Liberal Studies, students are advised by a Race, Class, and Culture Concentration Coordinator for course selection, career advising, graduate school advising, etc.

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