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 interdisciplinary connections of the history, culture, intellectual heritage, and social development of people of African descent. 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, African-American and Latin American/Caribbean.

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

Africana Studies Approved Courses  

Programs

• Africana Studies, B.A.

• Africana Studies (ID), B.A.

• Africana Studies Minor

Courses

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

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