California State University, Dominguez Hills
Africana Studies - Language and Literary Transitions
Carson, USA
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The Department of Africana Studies at California State University, Dominguez Hills offers undergraduate major and minor and contributes to the M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies. This concentration examines Africana communication and literary production across oral and written traditions and historical movements. It centers Africana worldviews, political and aesthetic dimensions, and blends literary, cultural and communication studies for historical and contemporary analysis. Africana Studies, Black studies, African diaspora, oral tradition, literary analysis.
Career Outcomes: Graduates pursue roles in teaching, academic research, international relations, community development, counseling, social work, public relations, media, educational administration, urban planning, librarianship, law, management, foreign service, consulting.
Africana Studies - Language and Literary Transitions
The Department of Africana Studies in the College of Arts and Humanities offers a major and a minor in Africana Studies. Africana Studies is primarily a discipline which investigates the social, cultural, political and aesthetic dimensions of Africana peoples' experiences. These experiences range from earliest human civilizations through the tragic era of enslavement, colonization and involuntary dispersal through forced migration and displacement of African peoples. The intellectual framework that sets Africana Studies apart from other disciplines is that it explores the subject area from the perspective of Africana peoples' interests, aspirations, possibilities, and envisioned destinies. The foundation of the discipline rests on an understanding and appreciation of African peoples' worldview and philosophy of life as the starting point for all Africana intellectual inquiry. The BA degree and minor program offered by the department emphasizes an examination of the theoretical and empirical characteristics of the African world experience from both a contemporary and historical perspective.
The Department of Africana Studies participates in the University's M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies (Special Major) program. Interested candidates should contact the chair of Africana Studies or the Coordinator of the M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies program.
This concentration focuses on examining various forms of Africana communication and modes of literary productions. It covers Africana oral and written traditions associated with key literary and historical movement.
In addition to the Africana Studies major requirements, modules for the Language and Literary Transitions concentration include:
- Africana Literature and Culture
- Key Movements: African Literature and Culture
- Key Movements: Harlem Renaissance
- Black Movements of the Sixties
- African Culture and Art
- Sociolinguistics: Black English
- Philosophies of Africa and the African Diaspora
- African World Religions
- Africana Music through the 19th Century
- African-American Poetry and Drama
- African-American Prose
- Afro American Music
- Senior Project
Recently nationally recognized employers gave advice to CSU students regarding the skills necessary to be successful in the workplace after graduation. Some of the skills that were highlighted were the type of qualities we reinforce in the Africana Studies Department:
- Oral Communication
- Written Communication
- Leadership Potential
- Research Skills
- Global, Multicultural, Multiethnic, Multilingual and International Skills
Several scholarship options are available. Please visit the university website for more information
The Department of Africana Studies provides undergraduate training for students interested in developing careers in teaching, academic research, international relations and community development. Often graduate work is required in certain job categories. However, persons with an Africana Studies background are employed in a wide range of careers such as counseling, social work, international consultant, foreign service , public relations , educational administration, media, management, urban planning, librarianship, law, and law enforcement.
