Program Modification Form
I Summary of Proposed Changes
African-American Studies
Department/program
Reduce total credits required for the AAS minor from 27 to 24; reduce core
Summary
requirements from 12 to 9
II Endorsements and Approvals
Please obtain the Program Chair/Director’s approval and Dean’s approval.
Please type / print name Signature
Requestor:
Phone:
Program Chair/Director:
Tobin Miller Shearer
X6225
Tobin Miller Shearer
Department Dean
Other affected Programs:
Chris Comer
History - John Eglin
Date
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Are other departments/programs affected by this
Please obtain signature(s) from the
modification because of
Chair/Director of any such department/
(a) required courses incl. prerequisites or corequisites,
program (above) before submission
NO
(b) perceived overlap in content areas NO
(c) cross-listing of coursework NO
III Type of Program Modification
(e.g. adding a writing course required of all majors.) Please X check the appropriate box.
Major
Minor
X
Option
Teaching major/minor
Other
Please
describe
IV Catalog Language
If you are proposing a change to an existing
Please provide the proposed copy as you wish it to
program or major, please cut and paste the
appear in the catalog. 
requirements as they appear in the current catalog
below. www.umt.edu/catalog 
The African-American studies minor is an
interdisciplinary program requiring twenty-seven (27)
credits drawn from a combination of disciplines-history,
anthropology, English, sociology, geography, economics,
and political science.
1. African-American Core Courses
12 credits required from the following:
o AAS 141H/HSTA 141H Introduction to
African American Studies
o AAS/HSTA 342H African American
History to 1865
o AAS/HSTA 343H African American
History Since 1865
o AAS 345/HSTA 345 The Black
Radical Tradition
6 credits required from the following
electives:
o
AAS 195 Special Topics
o
AAS/HSTR 208H Discovering
Africa
The African-American studies minor is an
interdisciplinary program requiring twenty-four (24)
credits drawn from a combination of disciplines-history,
anthropology, English, sociology, geography, economics,
and political science.
1. African-American Core Courses
9 credits required from the following:
o AAS 141H/HSTA 141H Introduction to
African American Studies
o AAS/HSTA 342H African American
History to 1865
o AAS/HSTA 343H African American
History Since 1865
6 credits required from the following
electives, 3 of which must be in an upper
division course (i.e. 300 or 400 level):
o AAS 195 Special Topics
o AAS/HSTR 208H Discovering Africa
o AAS 260 African Americans and
Native Americans
AAS 260 African Americans and
Native Americans
o
AAS/HSTA 262 Abolitionism: The
First Civil Rights Movement
o
AAS 295 Special Topics
o
AAS 372 African American Identity
o
AAS/HSTA 374 African American
Religious Experience
o
AAS 395 Special Topics
o
AAS/HSTA 417 Prayer and Civil
Rights
o
AAS 493 Omnibus
o
AAS 495 Special Topics
Electives
o 9 credits required from at least two
of the following fields:
o Anthropology
o
ANTH 102S Race and Minorities
o
ANTH 329 Social Change in NonWestern Societies
o
ANTH 330X Peoples and cultures of
the world
o Economics
o
ECNS 217X (ECON 350) Economic
Development
o English
o
LIT 343 (ENLT 337) AfricanAmerican Literature
o
LIT 420 (ENLT 421) Critical
Theory
o Geography
o
GPHY 243X (GEOG 207S) Africa
o History
o
HSTR 262 (HIST 283H) Islamic
Civilization: The Classical Age
o
HSTA 344 (HIST 362) African
American Struggle for Equality
o
HSTA 361 (HIST 361H) The
American South: From Slavery to Civil
Rights
o
HSTA 382 (HIST 363H) History of
American Law
o
HSTR 388 (HIST 388H) Africa to
1880
o
HSTR 409 (HIST 409) History of
Southern Africa
o
HSTA 418 (HIST 470) Women and
Slavery
o
HSTA 419 (HIST 471) Southern
Women in Black and White
o
HSTA 420 America Divided, 18481865
o
Modern Languages
o
FRCH 391 (FREN 395) Special
Topics: African-American Literature
o Music
o
MUSI 130L (MUS 132L) History of
Jazz
o Political Science
o
PSCI 326H (PSC 326H) Politics of
o
2.
AAS/HSTA 262 Abolitionism: The
First Civil Rights Movement
o AAS 295 Special Topics
o AAS 372 African American Identity
o AAS/HSTA 374 Voodoo, Muslim,
Church: Black Religion
o AAS 395 Special Topics
o AAS 415/HSTA 415 The Black
Radical Tradition
o AAS/HSTA 417 Prayer and Civil
Rights
o AAS 493 Omnibus
o AAS 495 Special Topics
Electives
o 9 credits required from the following
courses. At least two of the courses
must be from different disciplines:
o Anthropology
o
ANTH 102S Race and Minorities
o
ANTH 329 Social Change in NonWestern Societies
o
ANTH 330X Peoples and cultures of
the world
o Economics
o
ECNS 217X (ECON 350) Economic
Development
o English
o
LIT 343 (ENLT 337) AfricanAmerican Literature
o
LIT 420 (ENLT 421) Critical
Theory
o Geography
o
GPHY 243X (GEOG 207S) Africa
o History
o
HSTR 262 (HIST 283H) Islamic
Civilization: The Classical Age
o
HSTA 344 (HIST 362) African
American Struggle for Equality
o
HSTA 361 (HIST 361H) The
American South: From Slavery to Civil
Rights
o
HSTA 382 (HIST 363H) History of
American Law
o
HSTR 388 (HIST 388H) Africa to
1880
o
HSTR 409 (HIST 409) History of
Southern Africa
o
HSTA 418 (HIST 470) Women and
Slavery
o
HSTA 419 (HIST 471) Southern
Women in Black and White
o
HSTA 420 America Divided, 18481865
o
Modern Languages
o
FRCH 391 (FREN 395) Special
Topics: African-American Literature
o Music
o
MUSI 130L (MUS 132L) History of
Jazz
o Political Science
o
PSCI 326H (PSC 326H) Politics of
o
2.
Africa
Sociology
SOCI 220S(SOC 220S) Race,
Gender and Class
o
SOCI 325 (SOC 325) Social
Stratification
o SOCI 443 (SOC 322) Sociology of
Poverty
3. Exit Interview. All minors must meet with the AAS
coordinator to discuss their experience and primary
learning from the program prior to graduation
Africa
Sociology
SOCI 220S(SOC 220S) Race,
Gender and Class
o
SOCI 325 (SOC 325) Social
Stratification
o SOCI 443 (SOC 322) Sociology of
Poverty
3. Exit Interview. All minors must meet with the AAS
coordinator to discuss their experience and primary
learning from the program prior to graduation
4. Honors Designation. Students may elect to achieve an
honors designation by writing a twenty-five-page
research paper in which they develop an argument based
on their class learning about a fundamental problem in
the study of the African-American experience as part of a
three-credit independent study.
4. Honors Designation. Students may elect to achieve an
honors designation by writing a twenty-five-page
research paper in which they develop an argument based
on their class learning about a fundamental problem in
the study of the African-American experience as part of a
three-credit independent study.
o
o
o
o
Please explain/justify the new proposal or change. 
The reduction of the minor requirements by one class will allow students to pick up the AAS minor at a
later point in their academic career. Most students at UM do not enter intending to minor in AAS but rather
discover their love of the subject once here. Given that the Black Radical Tradition is offered only every
other year, its inclusion in the core requirement list made many students take it as an independent study and
kept others from joining the minor. In addition to making the minor more attractive to UM students, the
change does not appreciably affect the overall rigor of the offering. Only the history department is affected
by the change since the requirement for all electives remains unaltered.
V Copies and Electronic Submission
Once approved, the original, a paper copy and an electronic file are submitted to the Faculty Senate Office,
UH 221 (camie.foos@mso.umt.edu).
VI Department Summary Required if several proposals are submitted. In a separate document list
program title and proposed change of all proposals.
Revised 11-2009