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Africana Studies
Major and Minor
An interdisciplinary field that spans the humanities, the social
sciences, and science-based fields such as public health and environmental
studies, Africana Studies draws upon literature, music, anthropology, medical
history, political and social movements, and disease prevention. Africana
studies encourages comparative inquiry into the achievements and experiences
of African peoples in Africa, the African Americas, and African Diasporas
around the world.
Highlights of the Hopkins Program
Working with faculty advisers to select courses that reflect their individual
interests, students may elect to focus on a particular area, such as
Africa or African America, or to combine areas of interest. Students
are encouraged to complement and enrich their course work by exploring
opportunities for study and research in Africa, or in African American
or African diasporic communities in or beyond the Baltimore/Washington,
D.C., metropolitan area, as well as outside the U.S. Through research,
course work, and public programs, the Center for Africana Studies seeks
to promote fundamental inquiry into the commonalities and contrasts
between contemporary and historical experiences of Africans and African
Americans and the place of African Diasporas in both local and global
contexts, historically and in the present.
Departmental Homepage
Direct access to the department’s undergraduate information.
http://web.jhu.edu/africana/undergrad.html
Scheduling
Sample First Semester Schedule
- An introductory course or two in African, African-American or African
Diaspora studies
- Begin appropriate level of a foreign language
- Consider an elective N, Q or E course to begin distribution requirements.
- A humanities or social sciences course
- Elective course
- Total 12-16 credits
Major and Minor Checklists
A checklist which can be used for exploring the requirements of a potential
major or minor and monitoring your own degree progress.
Major: http://www.jhu.edu/~advising/images/checklists_pdf/AfricanaStudiesMajor.doc
Minor: http://www.jhu.edu/~advising/images/checklists_pdf/AfricanaStudiesMinor.doc
Career Exploration
Skill Set
The “real world” skills you’ll develop with a major
in Africana Studies:
- Sensitivity to people and problems
- Interfacing with community areas
- Developing appreciation for racial and class differences and perspectives
- Working with competing notions and ideas
- Ability to gather and synthesize information from many sources
Career Center
What have alumni done with their major in Africana Studies?
http://www.jhu.edu/careers/students/explore/majors/africanastudies.html
Looking for information about majors, careers,
and finding jobs and internships?
Visit the Career Center’s website: http://www.jhu.edu/careers/
Last modified: December 9, 2008 |
