Africana Studies

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Director: Associate Professor D. Hill-Butler (Sociology)
Faculty: Professor T. Meade (History); Associate Professors B. Peterson (History), K. Aslakson (History), C. Ndiaye (Modern Languages), T. Olsen (Music), Robert Hislope (Political Science), L. Cox (Visual Arts); K. Lynes (English); Senior Lecturers M. Lawson (History), J. Grigsby (Sociology)

Africana Studies offers a full major, an inter-departmental major and a minor involving the study of the history, culture, intellectual heritage, and social development of people of African descent, focusing on the continent of Africa as well as places in the diaspora such as the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, and the United States. The program features a variety of approaches to intellectual, creative, and practical interests, and draws upon the arts, humanities, and social and behavioral sciences. Students align the current set of Africana Studies course offerings into three tracks: African, Latin American/Caribbean and African-American.

Each of the tracks can be utilized to pursue a 12-course full major, an 8-course ID major, or a 6-course minor.

Union College Courses with Africana Studies Approval:  

Programs

• Africana Studies, B.A.

• Africana Studies, B.A.

• Africana Studies Minor

• Union College Courses with Africana Studies Approval:

Courses

• AFR 100 - Introduction to Africana Studies
• AFR 295H - Africana Studies Honors Independent Study
• AFR 296H - Africana Studies Honors Independent Study
• AFR 490 - Independent Study in Africana Studies
• AFR 491 - Independent Study in Africana Studies
• AFR 498 - Senior Thesis, Parts 1 & 2
• AFR 499 - Senior Thesis, Parts 1 & 2

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