The department of Integrative Humanities and Social Sciences offers a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) with a concentration in Africana Studies, as well as a minor in Africana Studies. Africana Studies is an interdisciplinary field that combines theory, cultural studies, historical analysis, along with literature and the arts to train students in critical thinking, research, and intercultural communication.  In their explorations, Africana Studies students identify the role of key thinkers, movements, and ideas relevant to the experience of African and Afro-descendant people. Thus, they gain key skills in critical thinking and social perceptiveness to act positively and productively in a diverse world. Additional skills include speaking, writing, active learning, service orientation, judgement and decision making, time management and complex problem solving. AFS graduates carry these competencies in to a complex, contemporary world. By applying their flexibility and capacity to identify insights AFS graduates excel in careers in public policy, education, healthcare, media and public relations, law, nonprofit organizations, and elsewhere.

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