AFRAM-BA - African and African American Studies (BA)

The department expects undergraduates in DAAAS to be able to demonstrate the following learning outcomes, which will be used to evaluate students. Students are expected to demonstrate:

1. An interdisciplinary understanding of scholarship related to Africa, African America and the worldwide Black diaspora, drawing on interdisciplinary course work and each student's individualized concentration.

2. The ability to identify and critically assess different disciplinary, methodological, and interpretive approaches to the study of African Americans, Africans, and/or people of the worldwide African diaspora.

3. The ability to understand comparative approaches to race.

4. The ability to develop skills in the appropriate disciplinary methods necessary for their study.

5. The ability to express their interpretive and analytical arguments in clear and effective prose.