Duke University - Sample Department

The major prepares students for graduate and professional training in law, medicine, psychology, sociology, anthropology, music criticism, journalism, art history, economics, political science, history and public policy, among other disciplines.  Graduates in African and African American Studies will be equipped to function at the highest levels of professional life, with skill-sets consisting of critical analysis, mediation, creative and effective outcome design, and a sophisticated understanding of how diversity works in a globalized pluralistic world.

The major requires ten courses, eight of which must be at the 100-level or above. Students may choose one of the two following options.

The Americas Focus

Major Requirements:

• AAAS106
• AAAS107
• Three Courses focusing on the Americas
• AAAS1985 (Senior Seminar)
• Four Additional AAAS courses

The Africa Focus

Major Requirements

• AAAS106
• AAAS107
• Three courses focusing on Africa
• AAAS 1985 (Senior Seminar)
• Four additional AAAS courses

The minor requires five courses, two of which must be AAAS 106 and 107, and four of which must be at the 100-level or above.

Interested in majoring or minoring in African and African American Studies please contact:

Professor Bayo Holsey, Director of Undergraduate Studies

Declaring a major or minor in African and African American Studies contact:

The Academic Advising Center to fill out your long-range plan.

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