Africana Studies

To be considered for honors in Africana Studies, students should have strong academic records and a promising potential research project. Honors students are required to undertake a two-semester independent course of study in their senior year during which they will prepare an honors thesis in consultation with a faculty advisor in the student's particular area of interest. For the first semester of honors, students may take either a senior honors seminar in a relevant discipline, subject to approval from the director of undergraduate studies, or an independent study with a faculty member of their choice (AS.362.510 Senior Honors in Africana Studies I: Senior Thesis in Africana Studies I). Upon successful completion of the first semester of honors, students will take an independent study (AS.362.511 Senior Honors in Africana Studies II: Senior Thesis in Africana Studies II) in their second semester. Both semesters of Senior Thesis in Africana Studies may count as electives toward the Africana studies major or minor. Those interested in pursuing honors should submit an application, including a research topic proposal, by May of their junior year.

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