Undergraduate

African Studies offers students the opportunity to gain in-depth understanding of the multiple social, political, cultural, and economic factors that shape the lives of African peoples.  It provides students with key historical understanding, placing Africa within the center of global history.  It allows students the opportunity to develop their knowledge of modern-day Africa and to recognize and celebrate its diversities of cultures, races, ethnicities, and religions. It fosters critical analysis, promotes social responsibility, and social justice on issues pertinent to Africa’s depiction in the Western world and past, present, and future development. It engages with African paradigms for its own growth and its future, as it situates theoretical models relevant to the overall discipline.