Minor in Black Studies
The Black Studies Minor provides students with an interdisciplinary approach to exploring the histories and cultures of Black diasporas, ideologies of anti-Black racism, themes of Black resistance to oppression and exploitation, and the range of political strategies and community-based mobilization tactics Black activists and their allies have employed to counter systemic and institutionalized oppressions and fight for social justice.
Administered by: Department of English
Exclusions: Students may use a maximum of two (2) courses in any given discipline (indicated by the subject prefix of the course code) toward completion of the minor in Black Studies. Students may use a maximum of two (2) of HIS or HST courses towards completion of the minor. To enhance the cross-disciplinary range of the minor and to limit overlap with the Caribbean Studies minor, students are limited to only two (2) Caribbean Studies courses in the Black Studies minor; a maximum of two from the following: CRB 501, ENG 620, FRS 602, GEO 705, GMS 693, HST 222, SPS 502. Please note, it is not possible for students to use the same course to count for more than ONE minor.
To receive this Minor, students must complete six (6) courses in total from the following:
Required course (1):
- ENG 142 Black Arts, Black Power
Plus five (5) elective courses from the following:
Group 1: A minimum of three (3), maximum of five (5) of the following courses:
- CLD 540 Black Childhoods in Canada
- CRM 250 Criminalizing Blackness
- CYC 650 Roots and Resistance to Anti-Black Racism
- ENG 647 Afrofuturism: Black 2 the Future
- ENG 653 Black Literatures and Cultures
- FFS 120 Fashion and Race
- FRE 605 Francophone Language and Culture
- FSN 610 Carnival Arts
- FSN 620 Black Fashion
- GMS 694 The African Business Environment
- HIS 107 Colonization, Colonialism and Independence
- HIS 392 African Canadian History
- HIS 760 The African Diaspora
- HIS 854 African-American History
- HST 633 Modern Africa
- IDE 400 Africa and Beyond: The Decolonization of Design Culture
- JRN 333 Reporting on Race
- LIR 204 African Studies and Beyond
- MWF 508 Black Birthing and Health Equity
- NNS 333 Covering Race
- PHL 570 Black Political Thought
- POG 342 Politics in Africa
- POL 688 Colonialism and Imperialism
- RTA 183 Rhythm, Beat and Groove
- RTA 484 Music of the African Diaspora
- SOC 221 The Hip Hop Lens on Society
- SOC 320 Black Popular Culture
- SOC 530 Blackness and Freedom
- SOC 576 Colonialism and Anti-Blackness
- SOC 705 Law, Justice, and Abolition
- THF 470 Black Creative Practices
Group 2: Minimum of zero (0) to a maximum of two (2) of the following courses:
- CRB 501 Racism & Caribbean Peoples in Canada
- ENG 620 Literatures of the Caribbean
- FRS 602 French Caribbean Literature and Culture
- GEO 705 Environment and Society of the Caribbean
- GMS 693 The Latin American and Caribbean Business Environment
- HST 222 The History of the Caribbean
- SPS 502 Spanish Caribbean Literature and Culture