{"id":1382,"date":"2013-07-24T07:03:15","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T11:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2013-2014\/sshs\/africana-studies\/"},"modified":"2015-09-01T13:31:41","modified_gmt":"2015-09-01T17:31:41","slug":"africana-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2015-2016\/sshgs\/africana-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Africana Studies (B.A.)"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Africana Studies Major prepares students to become informed and positive participants in the world community by developing a global perspective on Africa and its Diaspora.\u00a0 Building on 69色情视频\u2019s heritage of interdisciplinary inquiry and discourse that has led to innovations in teaching and student learning, the Program strives to imbue students with an analysis about Africa and its Diaspora far beyond that of a foundational knowledge base. Thus, our goals are to give our students an affirmative, transformative experience through learning about Africa\u2019s people and Diasporic contributions to world culture with their arts, labor, resources, and civil and human rights ideologies.\u00a0 We embrace this new challenge to prepare our students to meet the current challenges of the 21st Century that Africa faces because it is central to the geocentric quest for peace and harmony throughout the world.<\/p>\n
To accomplish these goals we rely on an extraordinary diverse faculty that are experts in a number of disciplines throughout all of our various Schools at 69色情视频.\u00a0 Our faculty is united in the belief of preparing our students to be global citizens in our technologically advancing world in the 21st century.\u00a0 Furthermore, the Faculty believes that this must be done by developing our students\u2019 critical thinking skills, oral competence, writing ability, technological and ecological literacy in order to facilitate positive change on behalf of the African Diaspora and humanity.<\/p>\n
Since many of our courses double-count, students are encouraged to double-major and\/or minor to increase their career options and opportunities.\u00a0 Thus, an Africana Studies major with literature, business, international studies, music, history, or communications is welcomed.<\/p>\n
This region in particular provides current job opportunities and an immense future growth of opportunities for an Africana Studies major because it\u2019s near New York City, which is a global and international hub.\u00a0 An Africana studies major can get a job in the emerging global financial business industry, with International Relief Agencies, with Federal or State Diplomatic services, with the Central Intelligence Agency, with United Nation agencies, with religious Foreign Missions, in International education.\u00a0 Also, they will get jobs in the traditional jobs of teaching education.\u00a0 For example, in the State Legislation of New Jersey in 2002 they passed the Amistad Act Law chapter 16A of title 52, requiring all New Jersey schools teach the history of African Americans.\u00a0 There are also many options for those who want to pursue a Masters as well as a Ph.D. if so desired.\u00a0 In the past as well as currently other traditional jobs in news media, popular magazines, entertainment, politics, social work, etc. have been successfully held by college graduates with this major and there is solid research on this topic.\u00a0 (See \u201cWhat Can You do with a Black Studies Major and Minor\u201d by Robert Fikes, Librarian San Diego State University 2004)<\/p>\n
The Africana Studies Major leads to the B.A. Degree, and is offered through the Salameno School of Humanities and Global Studies.\u00a0\u00a0A minor is also available.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Outcome 1: <\/strong>Describe the major historical and contemporary themes and actors related to the Africa and its Diaspora. Students should display a competent knowledge of the area of their interest in Africa and\/or Diaspora knowing the key actors and events that they studied in that particular course.<\/p>\n Outcome 2: <\/strong>Explain how Africa and its Diaspora shaped world history and shapes the modern world.<\/p>\n Outcome 3: <\/strong>Explain some of the major theoretical and methodological perspectives in Africana Studies for attaining Civil and Human Rights (e.g. Non-violence, nationalism, humanism, womanism, race theories, multicultural theories and postmodernist perspectives).\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Outcome 4: <\/strong>Translate the major theoretical and methodological perspectives in Africana Studies into applied, pragmatic, and policy oriented ideas and programs.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Outcome 5: <\/strong>Use an interdisciplinary approach to describe and analyze some aspect of Africa and its Diaspora.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Outcome 6: <\/strong>Describe the African Diaspora as a theoretical concept and as a historical and contemporary reality.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Outcome 7: <\/strong>Translate an understanding of the inter-connections and diversity of Africa and its Diaspora into trans-cultural competence.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Outcome 8: <\/strong>Students will be able to connect course content\/materials with out of class experiences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n Note: A 2.0 GPA in the major is required for graduation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\nPROFICIENCY TEST (SEE SSHGS WORLD LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n