Candidates must complete four courses (16 credits) in Black Studies (BSt). Students are required to take
. Any level of BSt courses is acceptable and courses may be taken as pass/no pass.
| BSt 199 | Special Studies | 1-12 |
| BSt 202 | Introduction to Black Studies | 4 |
| BSt 203 | African American History I - Slavery to the Harlem Renaissance | 4 |
| BSt 204 | African American History II - From the Depression Era to Civil Rights | 4 |
| BSt 206 | Caribbean Studies | 4 |
| BSt 207 | Race, Class, and Gender | 4 |
| BSt 214 | Contemporary Race and Ethnic Relations | 4 |
| BSt 221 | Introduction to African American Literature | 4 |
| BSt 261 | The African American Economic Experience | 4 |
| BSt 299 | Special Studies | 1-4 |
| BSt 302U | The Contemporary African American Experience | 4 |
| BSt 304 | The Civil Rights Movement | 4 |
| BSt 316 | Issues in African American Education | 4 |
| BSt 318U/CFS 318U | Black Families in the U.S. | 4 |
| BSt 325U | Race and Ethnicity in Latin America | 4 |
| BSt 326U | Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico | 4 |
| BSt 335U | The Multi-Racial Experience | 4 |
| BSt 339U | Afro-Futurisms/Black Science Fiction | 4 |
| BSt 342U | Black Feminism/Womanism | 4 |
| BSt 345U | Black Popular Music: Contextualizing the Black Experience | 4 |
| BSt 351U/Eng 351U | African American Literature I | 4 |
| BSt 352U/Eng 352U | African American Literature II | 4 |
| BSt 356U | Cuban Film: Politics and Culture | 4 |
| BSt 357U | Caribbean Spirituality and Resistance | 4 |
| BSt 359U | The African Diaspora in Europe | 4 |
| BSt 377U | Vodoun, Rasta and Islam in the African Diaspora | 4 |
| BSt 378 | Philosophy of Race | 4 |
| BSt 396 | Research Methodologies in Black Studies | 4 |
| BSt 399 | Special Studies | 1-5 |
| BSt 407 | Seminar | 1-12 |
| BSt 410 | Selected Topics | 1-12 |
| BSt 411 | African American History Seminar | 4 |
| BSt 412 | Oregon African American History | 4 |
| BSt 413 | Slavery | 4 |
| BSt 414 | Racism | 4 |
| BSt 415 | Race, Justice, and Punishment | 4 |
| BSt 419 | African American Women in America | 4 |
| BSt 420 | Caribbean Literature | 4 |
| BSt 421 | African American Writers | 4 |
| BSt 425 | Black Cinema: the 1970s | 4 |
| BSt 426 | Contemporary African American Cinema | 4 |
| BSt 430 | Black Political Thought | 4 |
| BSt 440 | Caribbean Studies | 4 |
| BSt 444 | Food Justice | 4 |
| BSt 450 | Topics in African/Caribbean History And Culture | 4 |
| BSt 466 | History of the Black Panther Party | 4 |
| BSt 484 | African American Community Development | 4 |
| BSt 489 | Afro-Latin@ Narratives | 4 |