Black Performance Studies (Minor)

This program was approved for students entering the university in the Summer 2025-Spring 2026 catalog year. For more information about catalog year, go to Catalog Year Information.

Minor in Black Performance Studies
Unit: College of Arts and Sciences (AS)
Departments:  Theatre Arts and Pan-African Studies
Academic Plan Code(s): BPS_MINOR

Program Requirements

PAS 210Introduction to Pan-African Literature - AH, P23
TA 326/PAS 355Cultural Diversity in Performance - AH, P13
TA 365/PAS 315Theatre of the African World - AH, P23
Select one of the following courses:3
African-American History I
Slave Trade and Slavery
African History Since 1800 - P2, SBH
Select three courses from the following list:9
Acting the Black Experience - AH, P1
Introduction to Hip-Hop Theatre - AH, P1, WR
African-American Women in Theatre - AH, P1, WR
History of the African-American Theatre - AH, P1, WR
Black Dramatic Literature - AH, P1
Directing the Black Experience
Independent Study
Independent Study
African-American Music - AH, P1
Survey of American Jazz - AH, P1
Black Women Novelists - AH, P2, WR
African Art: A Survey
Women in Africa: Historical and Literary Perspective
Minimum Total Hours21

At least three (3) semester hours of the requirements for a minor must be successfully completed while enrolled in the University of Louisville.