非洲和非裔美国人研究文学学士学位

非洲和非裔美国人研究（AFS）是一个跨学科课程，为学生提供探索非洲人和非裔美国人对世界文明和文化的传承和贡献的机会。该专业的学生将（1）培养有效的批判性思维和沟通技巧，（2）探索对非洲和美国在非洲，美国以及整个非洲人散居地（非洲人后裔的传播）中非裔和非裔美国人经验的教学和研究兴趣全球范围内），以及（3）获得对美国，非洲和非洲侨民多样性的了解和了解。希望在本专业内进行更集中学习的学生，在课程主任和课程教授的允许下，可以通过定向阅读和独立学习设计适当的课程。
Sign up for the African and African American Studies (AAFS) program and learn about the contributions Africa has made to the global human experience and explore the various conditions that have affected people of African descent. The AAFS program provides you with skills that will enable you to more effectively speak and write about the experiences and contributions of people in Africa and the African Diaspora. You will appreciate the interdisciplinary nature of the AAFS program, which allows for a rich and challenging field of inquiry that can benefit you if you have an interest in history, policy, culture, language, law, foreign affairs, medicine, sociology, psychology, education, and various other areas. If you wish to engage in more concentrated study within the major, you may design an appropriate course of study through directed readings and independent learning with the permission of the program director and a professor within the program. Study AAFS for an invaluable foundation in critical thinking, research, writing, and analysis-skills that form the core of a liberal arts education. You will also gain: Effective critical thinking and communication skills, Knowledge of the diversity of the cultural experiences of people in Africa and the African Diaspora, An understanding of the role of important figures, intellectuals, social movements, and ideas specific to the Pan-African experience, A heightened awareness of the historical forces that have shaped the experiences of people in Africa and the African Diaspora and A familiarity with African and African American literature and art.