BA in Africana Studies

Africana Studies is a multicultural, interdisciplinary, and transnational intellectual program that anchors its scholarship on local, national, regional, and global levels. It conceives of the Africana world as extending from Africa to North America, the Caribbean, South and Central America, Asia, and Europe, and promotes creative and critical thinking skills through rigorous research, teaching, service, and publication on the cultures, arts, institutions, histories, political economies, and philosophies of the Africana world. The central goal of Africana Studies is to provide students with a comprehensive interdisciplinary education and critical level of knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of the Africana experience in its multiple dimensions. Specifically, courses in Africana Studies seek to broaden students perspectives, encourage analytical skills, and develop basic skills.