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African American Studies Major

African American Studies Major

African American Studies Major

Description

The AAS program is organized around the liberal arts. Core area subjects are selected from topics on Africa, on African-Americans in the United States, on the Caribbean and on other parts of the Third World.

Admission to the Program

Anyone can declare this [major/minor].

Program Requirements

AAS majors must complete 36 credits; including 12 credits from the basic core and 24 credits from upper-division courses. After successfully completing 12 credits of introductory work, students are encouraged to specialize in a liberal arts discipline. At least 12 of the 24 required upper-division credits must be in the chosen area of specialization.

Required Basic Core (12 credits, four courses)

  • AAS100 Introduction to African-American Studies
  • AAS104 Institutional Racism
  • AAS113 Introduction to Afro-American History
  • AAS204 African Politics and Society
  • AAS215 Caribbean History
  • AAS235 Introduction to African-American Literature

Required Upper-division Courses (24 credits)

Students complete at least 12 credits in their chosen area of specialization. The remaining 12 credits are selected from the Department of African and African-American Studies or, where necessary, from other departments by advisement from the Department of African and African-American Studies.

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Knowledge of African American History: Students are knowledgeable of the general culture and history associated.
    1. African History
    2. African-Americans History
    3. United States on the Caribbean and other Third World History

Course Descriptions

Department of African and African-American Studies

Department Chair: J Roger Kurtz
Location: Brown 112
Visit Website
Email: ssmithso@brockport.edu
Phone: (585) 395-2470
Fax: (585) 395-5085

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Faculty & Staff

    


Malcolm B Boston Ph.D
 (SUNY At Buffalo)  
Associate Professor
Roy W King JD
 (Syracuse University)  
Lecturer
John K Marah EDD
 (Syracuse University)  
Professor
Felix N Okoye Ph.D
 (University Of California-Los Angeles)  
Professor