Africana Studies

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Professors Dipannita Basu (PZ), Halford Fairchild (PZ), Laura Harris (PZ), Gwendolyn Lytle (PO), Rita Roberts (SC), Marie-Denise Shelton (CM), Sheila Walker (SC), Nicole Weekes (PO)

Associate Professors Fazia Aitel (CM), Alicia Bonaparte (PZ), Eric Hurley (PO), Linda Perkins (CG), Darryl Smith (PO), Valorie Thomas (PO)

Assistant Professors Marlene Daut (CG), April Mayes (PO), KaMala Thomas (PZ)

The Intercollegiate Department of Africana Studies offers a multidisciplinary curriculum that examines the experiences of African, African American, and Caribbean people from the liberal arts perspective. The Africana studies curriculum helps to unify an important area of intellectual investigation, and enhances appreciation of particular disciplines in the humanities and the social sciences. Courses accommodate the needs of majors and non-majors, providing significant preparation for careers in education, social work, public policy, law, medicine, business, international relations, and advanced research.

Students majoring in Africana studies must complete at least 11 courses plus a senior thesis. While six of these courses are expected to be at the upper-division level, credit will be given where appropriate to courses numbered lower than 100. Some flexibility is allowed in the selection and distribution of courses; however, Introduction to Africana Studies and the senior thesis are required of all majors.

Programs

• Africana Studies Major
• Africana Studies Minor
• Courses in Africana Studies

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