The department offers an interdisciplinary examination of the relationship of Africa and the African diaspora, aimed at uniting, in one curriculum, the basic knowledge of both. It explores history, anthropology, sociology, psychology, politics, religions, economics, languages, and the arts. It uses traditional and innovative teaching styles, directing the full potential of academic inquiry to human needs.
Concentration is arranged through consultation with the departmental advisor or another professor.
Concentrators may ask for guidance in the selection of elective courses with related content or approach within their chosen disciplines. Comparative Third World politics. Joan Bryant African American history. Race and ethnicity. Faith Smith African and Afro-American literature.