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. UT has relationships with local organizations such as
Study abroad. UT 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 Curriculum
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 |
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 |
Africana Studies Bachelor's Degree
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