Pan African Studies, Certificate

Certificate in Pan African Studies (300002C)

As an interdisciplinary field, Pan-African Studies helps students to gain a better understanding of the African-American experience while providing comparable experiences of others who were a part of the African Diaspora. This certificate allows students to examine Pan-African experiences from a social, historical, psychological and cultural context.

Requirements for Admission

The University of Akron's Pan African studies takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding Afro-centric philosophy and world views. This approach encompasses analyzing African and African-American history from a social, psychological and cultural context. This approach provides students with a framework to compare and contrast the experiences of African and African American people past, present, and future and their contributions across academic disciplines and professions. 

Students pursuing the Pan African Studies certificate should:

• Be fully admitted to the University of Akron as an undergraduate or post-baccalaureate student.
• Fill out the Pan African Studies Certificate Program Application
• Turn in completed application to Dr. Sheldon Wrice, Program Director.
• Complete a total of 15 credit hours (9 credit hours of required courses and 6 credit hours of elective courses).

Program Contact
Dr. Sheldon Wrice
Vice President, Inclusion & Equity/Chief Diversity Officer
330-972-6023
swrice1@uakron.edu

The following information has official approval of The Department of Pan African Studies and The Buchtel College of Arts & Sciences, but is intended only as a guide. Completion of this certificate is contingent upon many factors, including but not limited to: class availability, total number of required credits, work schedule, finances, family, course drops/withdrawals, successfully passing courses, prerequisites, among others.

The following courses constitute a “Certificate in Pan-African Studies” and must be completed with a minimum grade point average of 2.0 overall for the certificate to be noted on the student’s record. A student undertaking the Pan African Studies Certificate Program must have prior consultation with the director of Pan African Studies. Special Topics/Selected Studies courses on topics appropriate to Pan African Study’s certificate may be applied with permission of Director.

Summary

Core Requirements

Electives

¹

Must select from one of the following topics: Afro-American Novel or Afro-American Drama.

²

Must select topic: African Expansion in Latin America.