Africology and African American Studies [BA]

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The Bachelor of Arts in Africology and African American Studies provides a comprehensive study of the African world experience, focusing on the life and culture of people of African descent in the Americas. Students develop critical thinking, research, and service skills, and explore topics such as African civilization, the African American experience, race, gender, and class. Graduates pursue careers in fields including teaching, social work, law, and public policy.

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Degree Overview:

• Overview: The Bachelor of Arts in Africology and African American Studies exposes students to a comprehensive and critical study, research, and service on the African world experience, with a particular emphasis on the life and culture of people of African descent in the Americas.
• Objectives: Upon successful completion of the program, students will be able to:
• Recall and identify the nature of key centers of ancient African civilization
• Recall and identify composite knowledge of significant phases, movements, reforms, leaders, ideologies, and transformations in the African American experience
• Determine, explain, interpret, and think critically about the impact of race, gender, and class on the social order
• Distinguish, appraise, and apply basic skills, techniques, and knowledge related to effective functioning in a multicultural and multiracial society
• Formulate research questions, construct research papers, and reflect critically on issues pertaining to the African-American experience
• Create and implement proposals and programs to address basic social problems

Outline:

• Required Courses (15 hours):
• AFC 101 Introduction to Africology and African American Studies (3 hrs)
• AFC 201 Foundations of Knowledge in Africology and African American Studies (3 hrs)
• AFC 301 Research Methods in Africology & African American Studies (3 hrs)
• AFC 302W Writing for Africology & African American Studies (3 hrs)
• AFC 402L4 Internship Seminar in Africology and African American Studies (3 hrs)
• Restricted Electives (18 hours):
• Society:
• AFC 102 Introduction to African Civilization (3 hrs)
• AFC 211 Black Caribbean World (3 hrs)
• AFC 221 Black Liberation Struggles (3 hrs)
• AFC 245 Slavery in the American Imagination (3 hrs)
• AFC 311 The African Diaspora (3 hrs)
• AFC 312 African Civilization (3 hrs)
• AFC 313 Contemporary Africa: The Struggle and Prospects for Development (3 hrs)
• AFC 364 Caribbean Women (3 hrs)
• AFC 442 Afro-Environmentalism (3 hrs)
• Systems, Institutions & Institutional Processes:
• AFC 231 Race, Urbanization and the Policy Mindset (3 hrs)
• AFC 232 Politics in the African American Experience (3 hrs)
• AFC 233 Public Policy and African Americans (3 hrs)
• AFC 243 Black Women: Politics and Racism (3 hrs)
• AFC 351 The Social Context of African American Health (3 hrs)
• AFC 441 Law in the African American Experience (3 hrs)
• Culture & Arts:
• AFC 244 Dimensions of Racism (3 hrs)
• AFC 272 Hip Hop Lyricism in African American Culture (3 hrs)
• AFC 361 The African American Family (3 hrs)
• AFC 362 Black Women: Religion and Sexism (3 hrs)
• AFC 363 Race and the Zombie (3 hrs)
• AFC 370 Films of the African American Experience (3 hrs)

Careers:

• Graduates of the program have found employment or developed careers in:
• Teaching
• Social work
• Law
• Welfare program administration
• Counseling
• Public health management
• Public policy analysis
• Film industry
• Sports management
• Public housing management
• Real estate management
• Educational administration