Explore People of African Descent
Learn about the histories, cultures and concerns of people of African descent throughout the world.
The Bachelor of Arts in Africana Studies from UAlbany provides a multifaceted look at Africans, African Americans and African Caribbean peoples, with careful attention to their ways of life, languages, literatures, religions and societies.
Your Africana Studies BA can be the catalyst for a career in education, international relations and business, or a basis for graduate-level study.
Student Learning Objectives
Learning objectives that UAlbany students are expected to attain through their course of study within their academic program.
Bachelor of Arts
- Africana Studies majors will demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the ways in which Africans and people of African descent have constructed and interpreted their own lives and culture.
- Africana Studies majors will demonstrate their knowledge of causes and effects of African peoples' subordination and their struggle for liberation.
- Students will be prepared to continue their studies at the graduate level or seek careers that contribute to changing the subordination of people of African descent.
- Graduating seniors will demonstrate their ability to synthesize and apply knowledge acquired in the major (verbally and in writing).
- Africana Studies majors will demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the research methods used in the discipline of Africana Studies.
