2011-2012 Archived Catalog Information

Black Studies is a course of study that is interdisciplinary; it includes history, the social sciences, and the humanities. It is also international and therefore allows for the study of Black history and culture not only in Africa or the United States, but throughout the African Diaspora in all parts of the world. As such it is completely inclusive of the Black experience.

The minor program provides students with the opportunity to critically examine the black experience in relationship to both historical and contemporary issues that have shaped and continue to shape the various communities they are a part of: neighborhoods, cities, states, nations and the world.