Africology & African American Studies

A Focus on Diversity

The MA program in Africology and African American Studies is an advanced theoretical, practical, and critical examination of the lived experiences of people of African descent. It is designed to equip students with the intellectual knowledge and skills required to serve effectively in organizations, enterprises, companies, and businesses with a diverse clientele at a managerial level and with a focus on diversity.

What You Will Learn

It offers two optional tracks: Applied or Thesis-based with a concentration in Africology and African American Studies courses. In each case, students are required to choose a complementary focus according to their intellectual or vocational orientation or their undergraduate degrees from among participating disciplinary programs/departments across Eastern Michigan University’s academic disciplines and programs.

Note: The following MA courses are offered once-a-year:

• AFC 501 Foundational Issues in Africology and African American Studies (03 hrs) (fall semester)
• AFC 502 African Philosophical Thought and Aesthetics (03 hrs) (fall semester)
• AFC 601 Theory and Analytical Methods in Africology (03 hrs) (winter semester)
• AFC 602 Researching Black Communities (03 hrs) (winter semester).

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We invite you to read and contribute intellectually stimulating articles in Liberate, the academic journal of the Department of Africology and African American Studies. 

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