Eastern Michigan University

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Undergraduate Certificate in African Studies

Gain insight into ancient and contemporary Africa from a scholarly perspective by adding an undergraduate certification in African Studies to your degree. Enhance your awareness of the diversity that characterizes human existence.

The certificate program encompasses:

  • African affairs as history
  • political economics
  • geography
  • politics
  • the arts

and is designed to prepare and equip students with:

  • inter-cultural sensitivity
  • the ability to develop social policies and cultural competencies applicable to their careers
  • knowledge of key epistemological issues in African Studies
  • research, critical thinking and critical writing skills

Program Requirements