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AAD-BA - African and African Diaspora Studies

Overview

Official Name of Program

African and African Diaspora Studies

Plan Code

AAD-BA

Department(s) Sponsoring Program

Career

Undergraduate

Degree Designation

BA - Bachelor of Arts

HEGIS Code

2211.00

NYSED Program Code

34896 - AAD-BA

CIP Code

05.0201

The African and African Diaspora Studies program offers a baccalaureate degree and a minor.  In this interdisciplinary program, students learn the methods used in many academic disciplines to examine the following: the interplay of culture, history, socioeconomic and political forces shaping the experiences of the people of sub-Saharan Africa and their descendants (diaspora) in different parts of the world; the roles that Africans and their descendants have played in the creation of the United States and other New World societies; Africa's history and relationship with the Mediterranean and Atlantic Worlds; and the ideas and experiences of race in the United States and the world and how they change over time and place. Coursework includes the study of history, literature, sociology, anthropology, geography, political science, and the arts.  

Requirements