African And African Diaspora StudiesAFR / UT Austin
Compare 91 AFR courses by average GPA, A share and recent reported semester.
- Average GPA / 4.00
- 3.44
- A grades · excludes A−
- 42.0%
- Letter grades reported
- 17,290
Source: UT Austin Office of Institutional Reporting; updated .
AFR courses
| Course | Average GPA | % A | Letter grades | Latest term |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFR 301African American Culture | 3.53 | 57.6% | 897 | Fall 2025 |
| AFR 302MNUMBERING RACE | 3.26 | 41.5% | 289 | Spring 2026 |
| AFR 303Introduction to Black Studies | 3.33 | 34.0% | 3,761 | Spring 2026 |
| AFR 304Introduction to the Study of Africa | 3.63 | 54.0% | 328 | Fall 2025 |
| AFR 310Introductory Topics in African and African Diaspora Studies | 3.44 | 41.3% | 46 | Spring 2026 |
| AFR 310KIntroduction to Modern Africa | 3.45 | 35.5% | 242 | Fall 2024 |
| AFR 310LIntroduction to Traditional Africa | 3.48 | 38.0% | 184 | Fall 2025 |
| AFR 311CPerformance, Feminism, and Social Change | 3.76 | 80.4% | 46 | Fall 2020 |
| AFR 315Afro-Brazilian Diaspora | 3.70 | 68.5% | 73 | Fall 2024 |
| AFR 315GThe United States and Africa | 3.48 | 38.1% | 113 | Fall 2025 |
| AFR 315IIntroduction to African American Women's History | 3.57 | 52.9% | 172 | Spring 2026 |
| AFR 315JINTRO TO ANCIENT EGYPT | 3.32 | 31.8% | 44 | Fall 2024 |
| AFR 315KIntroduction to African American History | 3.33 | 36.8% | 201 | Spring 2026 |
| AFR 315NThe Black Power Movement | 3.49 | 42.9% | 254 | Fall 2023 |
| AFR 315OThe Politics of Black Identity | 3.36 | 45.8% | 24 | Fall 2020 |
| AFR 315PIntroduction to Black Women's Studies | 3.60 | 40.4% | 94 | Fall 2024 |
| AFR 315QBlack Queer Art Worlds | 3.74 | 43.8% | 48 | Spring 2024 |
| AFR 315SLiberation in the African Diaspora | 3.77 | 58.8% | 17 | Spring 2021 |
| AFR 315UMusic of African Americans | 3.64 | 85.3% | 34 | Summer 2022 |
| AFR 315WRace, Sex, and Tourism | 2.87 | 20.0% | 15 | Spring 2021 |
| AFR 316EBlackness and Comics | 3.66 | 52.9% | 70 | Fall 2025 |
| AFR 3172-MUSIC OF AFRICAN AMERICANS | 3.43 | 61.3% | 80 | Summer 2014 |
| AFR 317C1-THE UNITED STATES AND AFRICA | 3.25 | 21.5% | 288 | Fall 2019 |
| AFR 317D1-INTRO TO AFRICAN AMER HIST | 3.29 | 36.8% | 1,526 | Fall 2019 |
| AFR 317E3-LIBERATION IN AFR DIASPORA | 3.46 | 27.7% | 191 | Spring 2020 |
| AFR 317F2-MUSIC OF AFRICAN AMERICANS | 3.50 | 38.6% | 383 | Summer 2020 |
| AFR 3203-RACE & CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYS | 3.07 | 25.7% | 70 | Spring 2013 |
| AFR 320CPower and Place: Making Texas History | 3.42 | 44.6% | 1,242 | Spring 2026 |
| AFR 321LSociology of Education | 3.42 | 46.0% | 139 | Spring 2026 |
| AFR 322Introduction to African Prehistory | 3.07 | 11.1% | 9 | Fall 2018 |
| AFR 322DRace and the Digital | 3.70 | 42.6% | 47 | Spring 2018 |
| AFR 324ERacism and Antiracism | 3.62 | 71.7% | 46 | Spring 2024 |
| AFR 330Beyonce Feminism and Rihanna Womanism | 3.58 | 41.6% | 173 | Fall 2024 |
| AFR 330CFashion And Desire | 3.74 | 57.5% | 73 | Fall 2022 |
| AFR 330FWriting for Black Performance | 3.36 | 58.3% | 12 | Fall 2019 |
| AFR 330IThe Arts of Hip Hop | 3.84 | 80.0% | 30 | Spring 2025 |
| AFR 330OBlack Film at the Oscars | 3.57 | 47.7% | 65 | Fall 2024 |
| AFR 330RLiterature of Black Politics | 3.59 | 49.4% | 77 | Fall 2025 |
| AFR 330TDiasporic Magic: Literature and Performance | 3.52 | 49.2% | 59 | Fall 2024 |
| AFR 330VGreek Tragedies and Postcolonial Dramas | 3.88 | 85.7% | 14 | Spring 2023 |
| AFR 330WBlack Queer Literature and Film | 3.47 | 31.8% | 22 | Fall 2022 |
| AFR 331DDrugs in African American Popular Culture | 3.70 | 54.5% | 11 | Spring 2024 |
| AFR 331EBlack Cops in African American Popular Culture | 3.71 | 62.1% | 29 | Spring 2025 |
| AFR 331FBlack Horror and Psychoanalysis | 3.74 | 66.7% | 69 | Fall 2025 |
| AFR 335EIntroduction to African Art | 3.88 | 86.4% | 81 | Fall 2025 |
| AFR 335JContemporary Artists of the African Diaspora | 3.72 | 56.0% | 25 | Fall 2024 |
| AFR 335MArt of the Harlem Renaissance | 3.67 | 66.7% | 9 | Spring 2021 |
| AFR 340Contemporary African Popular Culture | 3.47 | 29.3% | 41 | Spring 2026 |
| AFR 340NAfrican Queer Studies | 3.35 | 46.5% | 43 | Fall 2024 |
| AFR 340QDaily Life in Ancient Egypt | 3.92 | 83.3% | 12 | Spring 2024 |
| AFR 340TAfrican Religious Culture and Creativity | 3.87 | 79.5% | 44 | Spring 2025 |
| AFR 340WColoniality in West Africa | 3.40 | 30.0% | 10 | Spring 2023 |
| AFR 345CHistory of West Africa | 3.88 | 75.0% | 24 | Spring 2021 |
| AFR 345EAfro-Latin America | 3.03 | 43.5% | 23 | Spring 2024 |
| AFR 345FSex and Power in the African Diaspora | 3.65 | 45.3% | 95 | Fall 2025 |
| AFR 345KRace Against Empire: Americas | 3.56 | 54.2% | 24 | Fall 2023 |
| AFR 345ODebt and Colonialism in the Caribbean | 3.56 | 47.4% | 19 | Spring 2026 |
| AFR 345QMediascapes: Literature and Media in the Caribbean | 3.80 | 70.6% | 17 | Spring 2023 |
| AFR 348CMINORITY STU LDRSHP ISSUES | 3.47 | 59.7% | 62 | Fall 2016 |
| AFR 350MEASURING RACIAL INEQUALITY | 3.47 | 50.7% | 69 | Fall 2025 |
| AFR 350JHIV and AIDS Activism and the Healing Arts | 3.92 | 78.6% | 56 | Spring 2026 |
| AFR 350KPuerto Rico In Crisis | 3.48 | 56.3% | 32 | Fall 2023 |
| AFR 351The Global City | 3.77 | 54.5% | 44 | Summer 2024 |
| AFR 351NBlack Political Thought | 3.53 | 45.0% | 60 | Summer 2026 |
| AFR 351URace, Capitalism, and the Environment | 3.81 | 56.3% | 16 | Spring 2026 |
| AFR 352DPsychology of the African American Experience | 3.93 | 80.0% | 10 | Fall 2025 |
| AFR 352PFood in the Racialized City | 3.33 | 30.0% | 20 | Fall 2024 |
| AFR 352QBlack Geographies | 2.92 | 18.2% | 22 | Fall 2024 |
| AFR 356CAFR AM THTR HIST: PRECOL-1950 | 3.50 | 75.0% | 20 | Fall 2014 |
| AFR 356DAfrican American Theatre History: 1950 to Present | 3.77 | 84.6% | 26 | Fall 2015 |
| AFR 356EBLACK WOMEN AND DANCE | 3.36 | 38.5% | 13 | Fall 2014 |
| AFR 357CAfrican American History to 1860 | 2.90 | 23.5% | 17 | Fall 2023 |
| AFR 357DAfrican American History since 1860 | 3.58 | 50.0% | 16 | Spring 2012 |
| AFR 360Race, Law, and United States Society | 3.76 | 56.7% | 141 | Spring 2026 |
| AFR 360DRace, Gender, and Surveillance | 3.52 | 29.7% | 185 | Spring 2026 |
| AFR 360FUrban Unrest | 3.73 | 57.1% | 28 | Spring 2026 |
| AFR 360IBlack Freedom Movement | 3.41 | 41.9% | 43 | Spring 2025 |
| AFR 360MAbolition Medicine | 3.75 | 70.8% | 24 | Spring 2024 |
| AFR 370Topics in African and African Diaspora Studies | 3.49 | 48.0% | 765 | Summer 2026 |
| AFR 372C12-RACE/GENDER/SURVEILLANCE | 3.52 | 41.7% | 878 | Fall 2019 |
| AFR 372DPOLITICS OF BLACK EDUCATION | 3.90 | 95.2% | 21 | Spring 2015 |
| AFR 372EBLACK TELEVISION COMEDY-WB | 3.43 | 28.0% | 314 | Summer 2020 |
| AFR 372F13-URBAN UNREST | 3.46 | 40.8% | 265 | Summer 2020 |
| AFR 372GSCIENCE/MAGIC/RELIGION | 3.31 | 26.2% | 443 | Spring 2020 |
| AFR 3741-AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY | 3.92 | 84.6% | 13 | Spring 2012 |
| AFR 374CMANDELA:THE MAN & HIS POLITICS | 3.17 | 22.0% | 50 | Spring 2019 |
| AFR 374D12-AFRICAN AMERICANS IN SPORTS | 3.47 | 49.1% | 811 | Spring 2020 |
| AFR 374ENATIONALISM IN CARIBBEAN | 3.40 | 31.2% | 186 | Fall 2019 |
| AFR 374F21-LIT OF BLACK POLITICS | 3.38 | 33.7% | 104 | Fall 2019 |
| AFR 375Community Internship | 3.53 | 50.0% | 228 | Spring 2025 |
| AFR 376Senior Seminar | 3.36 | 46.6% | 234 | Fall 2025 |
How this department is summarized
The African And African Diaspora Studies hub includes 91 undergraduate courses with reported letter-grade data. Its 3.44 average combines 17,290 letter grades, weighting each grade equally. A large course therefore contributes more than a small seminar.
The A share is 42.0%, counting A separately from A−. Course-level pages show the available semesters and syllabus sources. Historical grades do not establish workload or teaching quality.