Africana Studies

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Director: Cheik M. Ndiaye (Modern Languages)
Faculty: K. Aslakson (History), D. Hill Butler (Sociology), L. Cox (Visual Arts), W. Garcia (Modern Languaes), A. Ghaly (Engineering), R. Hislope (Political Science), S. Kuersteiner (History), K. Lynes (English), L. Marso (Political Science), A. Morris (History), D. Mosquera (Modern Languages and Literatures), C. Ndiaye (Modern Languages), T. Olsen (Music), B. Peterson (History), K. Raeburn (Political Science), R. Reed (Library), K. Scheiter (Philosophy), J. Witsoe (Anthropology)

Africana Studies offers a full major, an interdepartmental major and a minor involving the study of interdisciplinary connections of the history, culture, intellectual heritage, and political and social contexts 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.

Programs

• Africana Studies Approved Courses

• 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 2
• 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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