Graduate Studies

The graduate certificate in African and African diaspora studies is open to students who are already enrolled in a graduate discipline and want to take courses in African and African diaspora studies to complement their graduate studies or to enhance their career interest. Courses are offered in the humanities, social sciences and health. The program will offer opportunities to former or aspiring members of the Peace Corps in Africa or its diaspora who may need the certificate in order to attain a knowledge about areas and cultures where they have lived or plan to live. Teachers, especially K-12, requiring an advanced diploma in diversity education or competence in the teaching of African and African American studies, will find this program very attractive.

Certificate Requirements

Eighteen credit hours of course work including one core course (3 credits), three courses (9 credits) from the concentrations, one elective course (3 credits) and a capstone project (3 credits) are required.

Selected Course Offerings

AFH 465/598 The Harlem Renaissance—African American Cultural History
AFH494/598 Blacks in the Military
AFH 494/598 Special Topics in African Health.

AFR 466/598 Peoples and Cultures of Africa
AFR 500 Africa and the African Diaspora World
AFR 508 Colonial Rule and the African Experience
AFR 525 Foundation of Caribbean Studies
AFR 526 Selected Topics in Caribbean Politics
AFR 594 Women’s International Human Rights

AFS 494/598 Archaeology of African Diaspora
AFS 494 African in the Atlantic World
AFS 598 Islam and the Black American
AFS 598 Islam and World Affairs