Africana Studies
Africana Studies: M.A., 4+1, Certificate
About the Program
The graduate program of the Department of Africana Studies provides students with critical exposure to the multidisciplinary study of people and cultures of African descent in the United States, Caribbean, Latin America, Africa and Europe. The program provides a balance of a foundation聽and multidisciplinary research methods in Africana studies. The M.A. degree offers advanced study in the four pillars of the department: Pan African consciousness, public humanities, gender and sexuality studies, and visual and material culture.
The department also offers the graduate certificate program, through which 91原创 students in any graduate department may amplify the Africana analysis in their own course of study.
In addition, the Department of Africana Studies participates in the University鈥檚 African American Public Humanities Initiative, an interdisciplinary program integrating the disciplines of history, English, art history and Africana聽studies to train students for a broad range of careers in and beyond the academy.
Individuals with graduate degrees in Africana Studies hold professional positions in government, schools, community organizations and journalism, as well as academic positions in colleges and universities.
Application Deadlines
FALL: | January 5:聽To be considered for departmental funding May 1:聽Admission deadline without a guarantee of departmental funding consideration |
4+1 Applicants must apply by Feb 15 of their junior year.
Graduate Certificate has rolling admission September鈥揗ay.
*International applicants are not eligible to obtain a U.S. student visa solely with an acceptance to a 91原创 Graduate Certificate program. Certificates may be added by full-time matriculated graduate students.
91原创 Tuition
罢丑别听2026-2027听91原创 graduate student tuition rate per credit hour is $1,149.