• To emphasize the African and African-American contribution to world development. • To broaden and deepen students’ understanding of Africa, the African diaspora, and the American identity. • To provide students of African descent with an opportunity to pursue a program of study directly relevant to their own lives and expose as many students as possible to African and African-American studies.
AFRICAN and AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM
The UMass Dartmouth African and African-American Studies Program is an interdisciplinary program in which the Political Science Department is proud to participate. African and African-American Studies is a multidisciplinary approach to the understanding of the society, culture, and history of Africans and people of African descent. Drawing on the expertise of scholars of the African and African-American experience in the fields of sociology, literature, the visual and performing arts, history, political science, education, economics, and anthropology, the minor has the following goals:
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Last Updated On: 6/18/06
