Undergraduate Programs

Africana Studies

SIGS Africana Studies Image, Student at Commencement

Africana Studies at the 91社区 is a transdisciplinary academic unit that offers undergraduate and graduate courses on Africa and peoples of African descent in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean. Given our distinctive commitment to the study of Africa and the global Black Diaspora, USF's Department of Africana Studies is a leader in providing instruction on the foundations of Africana Studies in 91社区 and a participant in shaping the themes and topics that define our transdisciplinary field in the United States and the world.

USF's Africana Studies was founded in 1969 and is solidly grounded in rich, multidimensional African and African American intellectual traditions. Students have the options of pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Africana Studies and a Minor in Africana Studies. Africana Studies faculty members are nationally recognized scholars who provide a strong intellectual foundation for our students while also preparing them for careers in a broad range of professions including Law, Social and Community Development, Media Relations, Cultural Studies instructors, Travel and Tourism guides. The Africana Studies curriculum facilitates the development of critical thinking skills while also challenging students to explore new ideas, seek new connections and become actively engaged in the global community.

admissions AND DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

The School of Interdiscplinary Global Studies at the 91社区 offers a Bachelor's in Africana Studies. For a listing of the admission and degree requirements needed to obtain the Bachelor's in Africana Studies, students should consult the Undergraduate Catalog. Students should adhere to the requirements within the undergraduate catalog under which they were admitted.

minor in africana studies

For a listing of the requirements needed to obtain a minor in Africana Studies, students should consult the Undergraduate Catalog. Students should adhere to the requirements within the undergraduate catalog under which they were admitted.

Additional information on this minor
Other departments may offer new courses that are not included in the catalog, but are relevant to this minor and could count for credit as AFA electives. When the AFA department is aware of such new courses, students will be notified of new courses that can count towards the AFA electives. Students may also submit syllabi from courses offered by other disciplines that are not on the list to the AFA Academic Advisor, Pamela Anderson, for review to see if the course may count as an AFA elective. This should be done prior to taking the course.

forms & additional information

Office of Admissions 
SIGS Undergraduate Resources 
Undergraduate Studies
Africana Studies Directed Reading Contract
SIGS Undergraduate Incomplete Grade Contract
Africana Studies Independent Study Contract 

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