Learning Goals & Outcomes
Minor in Africana Studies
Students in the Africana Studies program will learn:
- An anti-essentialist or diverse perspective: Students learn about how Black identities are defined and understood within continental Africa and throughout the African Diaspora.
- A rigorous methodological perspective: Students are exposed to multiple research methods in order to interrogate the Black world, such as: qualitative and quantitative methods; archival research; theoretical framing; empirical; comparative and/or content analysis; etc.
- An interdisciplinary perspective: Students interrogate the Black world from multiple scholarly viewpoints.
- An intercultural perspective: Students learn about how external and internal forces have shaped cultural exchanges between peoples of continental Africa and the African Diaspora.
- You will critically evaluate your own work and the work of others, and you will effectively communicate your evaluation in writing and speaking. (IAS 407)
- You will develop and demonstrate your skills as an effective collaborator. (IAS 490)
Updated: July 2025