Africana Studies

Bachelor of Arts

Course provides a comprehensive understanding of the African American experience as grounded in the humanities and social sciences. A broad investigation of Africana history and culture and its subsequent evolution in the United States.

Join discussions surrounding the role of knowledge, the various methods by which knowledge is acquired, and the manner in which interpretations of knowledge occur. Learn practical dimensions of research in the humanities and the social sciences, specifically the cultivation of approaches and methods that ensure reliable data collection, rigorous analysis, and correlative verifiable conclusions, with reference to the African American, African and Caribbean experiences.

By examining both primary and secondary sources this course explores the historical development of African-American civil rights from 1619 with the arrival of the first Africans to Jamestown colony, to the momentous decision by the Supreme court to desegregate schools in 1954.

A strong foundation in the history and development of Hip Hop cinema. Major films, directors and movements are studied within their historical, social and cultural context, with a focus on the aesthetics of visual language and cinematic techniques.

This interdisciplinary course is about the emergence and growing notoriety of soccer in France, the Francophone world, and the rest of the planet. Class discussions will explore the popularity and identifications of populations with soccer worldwide, as well as the human values it represents: olympism, pacifism, imperialism, colonialism, national identities, race, politics, gender and globalization.

A culminating experience for majors involving a substantive project that demonstrates a synthesis of learning accumulated in the major, including broadly comprehensive knowledge of the discipline and its methodologies.