Africana Studies

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Local:$ 50.4 k / Year(s) Foreign:$ 50.4 k / Year(s) Deadline: Nov 1, 2024
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The Center for Africana Studies pursues broad inquiry into the ideas and experiences of African peoples throughout the world. Its interdisciplinary approach is organized around three major sub-fields: studies in Africa and the African diaspora, African-American studies, and urban studies.

The Center's work spans diverse academic disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, and public health. While its sub-fields possess distinct and distinctive intellectual traditions, they offer exciting possibilities for comparative as well as integrative inquiry.

Through research, coursework, and public programs, the Center seeks to promote fundamental examination and understanding of the commonalities and contrasts among the historical and contemporary experiences of Africans and African Americans, and of the place of African diasporas in both local and global contexts. The Center strives to understand the movement of black peoples from their ancestral homelands to a variety of host lands, as well as expand upon Black Studies research to raise new inquiries into all aspects of African-American experiences, all the while building upon existing Krieger School strengths in the study of Africa.

The Center offers an undergraduate major and minor and provides teaching and research opportunities for graduate students. With an executive board of 10 actively engaged faculty members and a longer list of affiliated faculty, the Center has infused the campus with new intellectual vitality by sponsoring various speaker series, symposia, seminars, and student and faculty discussions, and it has added tremendous breadth and depth to the curriculum in areas that are Africana-related. The Center offers undergraduate courses covering issues in anthropology; English, history; history of art; Latin American studies; political science; public health; music; sociology; and women, gender, and sexuality studies.

Students who choose to major in Africana Studies must complete at least 33 credit hours of course work in three areas of African Studies - African and African Diaspora Studies, African American Studies, and Urban Studies.  All course must be taken for a letter grade and be completed with a grade of C- or better. 

Core Courses (Select three of the following) 9
AS.362.104 Introduction to the African Diaspora  
or AS.362.111 Introduction to African American Studies
or AS.362.122 History of Africa (since 1880)
or AS.100.121 History of Africa to 1880
or AS.100.122 Introduction to History of Africa (since 1880)
Electives  
Twelve credits of 300-level or higher Africana Studies courses 12
Twelve credits at any level of Africana Studies courses 12
Total Credits 33

Sample Program of Study

Freshman
Fall Credits Spring Credits
Core course #1 3 Core course #2 3
    3     3
Sophomore
Fall Credits Spring Credits
Core course #3 3 Africana studies course at any level 3
Africana studies course at any level 3 Africana studies course at any level 3
    6     6
Junior
Fall Credits Spring Credits
Africana studies course at 300-level or higher 3 Africana course at any level 3
Africana studies course at 300-level or higher 3  
    6     3
Senior
Fall Credits Spring Credits
Africana studies course at 300-level or higher 3 Africana studies course at 300-level or higher 3
    3     3
Total Credits: 33

Honors

Students who wish to do honors in Africana Studies are required to take a two-semester research seminar, in which they will prepare an honors thesis in consultation with a faculty advisor in the student’s particular area of interest and the faculty coordinator of the undergraduate research seminar. The research seminar will provide guidance on research design, methodology, and analysis and presentation of findings, and give students an opportunity to discuss one another’s projects, share experiences, and receive constructive comments from their peers as well as the faculty coordinator.

In selecting research topics and collecting materials, students are encouraged to explore resources outside those immediately available on campus. With its rich collection of museums and archives, large and historic African-American communities, and growing populations of recent migrants from Africa, the Baltimore-Washington area offers many opportunities for research in Africana Studies. Students who wish to undertake research in Africa or in African American or African diasporic communities beyond the local area will be encouraged to take advantage of summer research grants and/or study abroad opportunities available at Hopkins. The center will work with other departments and programs at Hopkins on behalf of students who wish to combine their research in Africana Studies with work in another field or ongoing program, such as the joint Minority Health Program recently established by the School of Public Health and Morgan State University.

  • Application and Supplement
  • $70 nonrefundable application fee or fee waiver
  • Signed Early Decision Agreement
  • Secondary School Report
  • SAT Reasoning Test or ACT Test
  • Mid-year Report*
  • TOEFL or IELTS results (recommended)
  • International Certification of Finances Form and Bank Statement

Scholarships

Both need- and merit-based financial assistance is available for international applicants, although both types of assistance are limited. The admissions process for international students is need-aware, meaning the offer of admission is directly linked to the student’s ability to meet expenses. 

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