About the Program
Africana Studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines the contributions of Africa and the peoples of the Black Diaspora to the global community. Students majoring in Africana Studies develop critical thinking, research and communications skills while learning about the culture, institutions, languages, history, and intellectual contributions made by peoples of African descent across Africa, the United States, Europe, Canada, the Caribbean and South America. Disciplines represented in the Africana Studies program include, but are not limited to, anthropology, art, history, culture, language and literature, political science, sociology, and women's studies.
Africana Studies Interdisciplinary Unit
Dean's Office, School of Arts and Sciences
Rockwell 222
(716) 878-6329
africana.buffalostate.edu/
Learning Outcomes
1. recall the history and development of the discipline of Africana Studies, including its history, purpose, and unique African-centered lens that may apply to all matter of phenomena
2. analyze how pertinent issues and perspectives of Africana Studies apply to Buffalo and Western New York (neighborhood, city, region, nation, and global locale)
3. assess the multidisciplinary nature of Africana Studies and explain how its multiple lenses offer unique problem-solving ideas across various real-world problems and professions
4. identify and explain systems of inequity and its intersectional nature across Africa and the African diaspora
5. use course concepts to decenter oppressive ideology in theory and practice
Program Requirements
General Education 23 Requirements
33 credit hours 33
Total Required Program Credit Hours (39 cr hrs)
Required Courses (24 cr hrs)
AAS 100 INTRODUCTION TO AFRICANA STUDIES 3
AAS/HIS 322 AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY 3
AAS/HIS 337 AFRICA SINCE 1800 3
AAS/HIS 354 THE MODERN CARIBBEAN 3
AAS/SOC 351 SOCIOLOGY OF RACE AND ETHNICITY 3
AAS/ENG 240 AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1940 3
or AAS/ENG 241 AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1940
AAS/FAR 380 ART OF AFRICA 3
or AAS/THA 421 DRAMA FROM THE AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE
AAS 485 ADVANCED SEMINAR IN AFRICANA STUDIES 3
Electives (15 cr hrs)
Choose any five courses:
AAS 189 TOPICS COURSE
AAS/MUS 209 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN MUSIC AND CULTURES
AAS/PSC 218 AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICAL CULTURE
AAS/SPF 221 THE HISTORY OF BLACK EDUCATION IN AMERICA
AAS/SPF 222 THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN EDUCATION IN AFRICA
AAS/DAN 230 DANCE TECHNIQUES FROM THE AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE
AAS/DAN 234 THE POLITICS OF BLACK DANCE IN AMERICA
AAS/ENG 240 AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1940
AAS/ENG 241 AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1940
AAS/DAN 250 JAZZ DANCE TECHNIQUE I
AAS/ANT 305 PEOPLES OF AFRICA
AAS/HIS 306 AFRICA TO 1800
AAS/SOC 321 THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY
AAS/PSC 333 AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
AAS/HIS 341 AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND CIVIL RIGHTS
AAS 343 WHY AFRICA MATTERS
AAS/MUS 349 WEST AFRICAN DRUMMING ENSEMBLE
AAS/PHI 360 AFRICANA PHILOSOPHY
AAS/PHI 361 RACE AND PROGRESS
AAS/FAR 366 AFRICAN AMERICAN ART
AAS/ANT 373 "SAVING" AFRICA
AAS/FAR 380 ART OF AFRICA
AAS 389 TOPICS IN AFRICANA STUDIES (1-3)
AAS/THA 421 DRAMA FROM THE AFRICAN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE
AAS/CRJ 425 RACE, ETHNICITY, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
AAS/HIS 468 READINGS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
AAS/HIS 469 BLACK PROTEST AND LEADERSHIP IN THE U.S. IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
AAS 488 INTERNSHIP (1-6)
AAS 495 SPECIAL PROJECT (1-3)
AAS 499 INDEPENDENT STUDY (3-9)
ARA 101 BEGINNING ARABIC I
ARA 102 BEGINNING ARABIC II
FRE 435 FRANCOPHONE AFRICAN LITERATURE IN POST-COLONIAL CONTEXT
FRE 460 FRANCO-CARIBBEAN LITERATURE, HISTORY & CULTURE
All College Electives 48
Total Credit Hours 120