Undergraduate
Bachelor's Degree Programs
Africana Studies
Major in Africana Studies
The Africana Studies major prepares undergraduates for productive local, national and international careers or graduate work. It grounds students in the essential theory and basic information about people of African descent that serves as a foundation of knowledge for advanced study in the discipline. Recognizing the importance of cross-cultural understanding and regional differences of the African experience, it also provides students with a transnational perspective on the life, history and culture of people of African descent in the United States, Latin America, Canada, the Caribbean Europe, and Africa. To ensure coherence within the overall major, students must also complete one introductory course and one senior seminar capstone course. The Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Africana Studies (AFRO) requires satisfactory completion of the following:
- Completion of general education and distribution requirements as indicated in the School of Liberal Arts section of the IUPUI bulletin that was current when the student declared a major in Africana Studies.
- Completion of a total of 33 credit hours, with a minimum grade of C in each course.
- There is no double counting within the major. Courses which can potentially count in two or more areas can only fulfill one requirement within the major.
- Students cannot take more than 6 hours of AFRO-A 495: Independent Study, AFRO-A 499: Community Experience Internship, or AFRO-A 499: Honors Thesis for credit.
Requirements
The major in Africana Studies requires 33 credit hours, distributed as you will find in the Afriana Studies Degree Map.