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Africana Studies

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

Service learning is a prime focus of the Africana studies program at UToledo.

Service learning is a prime focus of the Africana studies program at UToledo.

Africana Studies Bachelor's Degree Overview

Experiential learning is a hallmark of the Africana studies bachelor’s degree program at The University of Toledo in Ohio. Africana studies majors can take the knowledge they learn in the classroom into communities across America and the world.

The program seeks to promote greater understanding and improvement of socio-economic life in the black community, nationally and globally. Africana studies undergraduates take classes across disciplines. This is an excellent program for students who are intellectually curious and passionate about social justice.

Africana Studies Bachelor's Degree Highlights

Flexibility. UToledo’s Africana studies bachelor’s program offers a flexible online and on-campus curriculum. The majority of core Africana studies classes are online.

Independent learning. Students are encouraged to follow their interests. Africana studies majors work closely with faculty on a required senior seminar on a topic of their choice.

Service learning. Putting classroom learning to work in the community is crucial to this program. UToledo has relationships with local organizations such as

  • MLK Kitchen for the Poor
  • Frederick Douglass Community Association
  • Boys and Girls Clubs of Toledo

Study abroad. UToledo undergraduates can learn and complete research through the Department of Africana Studies’ Institute for the Study and Economic Engagement of Southern Africa. Students have traveled to:

Botswana Ghana
Mozambique South Africa

Community engagement. A brown bag lunch program brings community leaders to campus to discuss current issues.

Do more with your degree. The University of Toledo is a comprehensive, public university. Double-major or minor in programs like sociology, anthropology, communication and more.


Career Opportunities

Employers love UToledo Africana studies graduates because of their strong critical and analytical skills and fierce sense of social justice. Africana studies graduates are hired by:

Municipal and state agencies Health agencies and hospitals
Corporations News media
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) U.S. federal agencies
Nonprofits Universities/schools

Africana Studies Bachelor's Degree Plan of Study

Africana Studies Bachelor's Degree Sample Courses

On Campus Online
Introduction to Africana Studies Entrepreneurship in the Black Community
Foundations of Black Intellectual History African Women and the Environment
  Ecotourism: Studies of the Africana World
  Perspectives on African American Education

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Internship Opportunities for Africana Studies Bachelor's Degree

UToledo Africana studies students have worked with:

Toledo Central City Neighborhoods Sierra Club
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center of Cincinnati, Ohio Schomburg-Mellon Humanities Summer Institute, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York City

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Africana Studies Bachelor's Degree

4-year program

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 On Campus
* Also available as a minor

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