African American Studies is dedicated to developing expertise and knowledge of the black experience in the African Diaspora. We offer a forum for students to understand the significant contributions blacks have made to world civilization and the American experiment.

African American Studies "is not simply some automatic understanding that flows from being black," but represent "a conscious inquiry into the history, culture, and sociopolitical condition of African and African American people. It is an exploration that calls for understanding of African and African American realities in the world, not divorced from it."—Johnetta Cole, Ph.D.

Featured Courses for Spring 2012

AFA3102: Black Persp: Multidisc Appr

Black Perspectives: A Multidisciplinary Approach: PR: ENC 1102. Key issues and methodologies in African American Studies featuring presentations by representative faculty from various disciplines. Read more course details.

AFA3104: Black Intellectual Experience

The Black Intellectual Experience: PR: AFA 3102. Interdisciplinary examination of major texts, theories, practices and philosophic foundations in Black intellectual and cultural history. Read more course details.