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Why study African-American Studies BA at UB?

African-American Studies is an interdisciplinary degree-granting program within in the Department of Transnational Studies that explores the history as well as the political, economic, social, and cultural circumstances of people of African descent everywhere. The program's major and minor ground students in a curriculum that is global in scope, covers a broad spectrum of topics in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, and provides a comprehensive liberal arts education.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of all requirements, the student will have knowledge of:

• Broad thematic periodization and chronology of African history, and the place of Africa in world history
• The parameters of the current socio-economic and cultural circumstances of the people of the African continent
• The chronology of the socio-economic, political and cultural history of the African diaspora in the Americas, and the role of the African diaspora in the history of the Americas up to the present
• The role of African Americans in the evolution of U.S. constitutional democracy through their struggles for inclusion
• Major themes in the current socio-economic, political and cultural circumstances of the African diaspora in the Americas
• Major descriptive and analytical themes in the historical role of the women of the African diaspora in the Americas, and in their current socio-economic, political and cultural circumstances
• The major depictions — both fiction and non-fiction — of these issues

Career Outlook

Career choices include, but are not limited to:

Archivist
Banker
Broadcast journalist
Business manager
Diplomat
Educator
Foreign news correspondent
Freelance writer
Government official
Health specialist
Historian
Human services worker
Immigration official
Intelligence agent
International civil servant
Journalist
Lawyer
Law enforcement officer
Mass media critic
Museum curator

Work settings include, but are not limited to:

Banking
Erie County government
Federal and New York State government service
Health related professions
Immigration services
Law
Libraries
Local law enforcement
Film industry
Museums
News organizations
Nongovernmental Organization (NGOs)
Prisons/ correctional service
Professional sports
Sales
Social services agencies
Teaching
Television