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True Blue Core

Africana Studies 2100- Introduction to Africana Studies

  • True Blue Core Knowledge Domain: Human Society & Social Relationships (HSSR) (6 hours) 
  • For all catalogs 2024-2025 and beyond, this course can be used to satisfy 3 hours of the True Blue Core curriculum requirement for Discovery in Social and Behavioral Sciences in HSSR. If you have already fulfilled the Discovery requirement for HSSR, this course can be used in the Explorations in HSSR category. To learn more about TBC requirements: https://truebluecore.mtsu.edu/core 
  • For all catalogs prior to 2024-2025, this course may be used to satisfy 3 hours of the general education curriculum requirement for Social/Behavioral Sciences. To learn more about general education requirements for catalogs prior to 2024-2025: https://w1.mtsu.edu/gen_ed/requirements.php 
  • The TBC outcome for Discovery in Social and Behavioral Sciences (HSSR): Students think critically by explaining issues/problems, selecting and using evidence, considering context and assumptions, and representing their position and conclusions logically and effectively.

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Director of the True Blue Core
Susan Myers-Shirk, Ph.D.
Professor of History

Assistant Director
Dr. Christina Cobb
Associate Professor, University Studies

Administrative Coordinator
Abby Arnold

Graduate Assistant
Molly Walters

Contact Information
core@mtsu.edu
615-898-5624


Institutional Memberships

  • Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U)
  • Association for General & Liberal Studies (AGLS)