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.
Program Contact
Dr. Sheldon Wrice
Professor, Technical Writing & Composition, Assoc. Dean-Humanities
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.
- Course ENGL:389 Special Topics: Literature & Language must select from one of the following topics: Afro-American Novel or Afro-American Drama.
- Course ENGL:689 Seminar in English must select topic: Seminar-Wright/Ellison/Baldwin.
- Course HIST:340 Selected Topics in History must select topic: African Expansion in Latin America.
Summary
Code | Title | Hours |
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Core Requirements | 6 | |
Electives | 9 | |
Total Hours | 15 |
Core Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
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PAFS:201 | Introduction to Pan-African Studies | 3 |
HIST:361 | African American History, 1492-1877 | 3 |
or HIST:362 | African American History, 1877 to Present | |
Total Hours | 6 |
Electives
Code | Title | Hours |
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Select 9 credits from the following: | 9 | |
Social & Cultural Diversity in the United States | ||
Multicultural Sensitivity Training | ||
Civil Rights Movement in America: 1945-1974 | ||
Seminar in Afro-American Studies | ||
African American Men's History and Studies | ||
African American Religious Experience | ||
Special Topics in Afro-American Studies | ||
Independent Study: Pan-African | ||
Human Diversity | ||
Urban Economics:Theory & Policy | ||
African American Language and Culture I: College Composition | ||
African American Language and Culture II: College Composition | ||
Black American Literature | ||
Special Topics: Literature & Language | ||
U.S. Dialects: Black & White | ||
Latin America | ||
Africa South of the Sahara | ||
Urban Geography | ||
World Civilizations: Africa | ||
Selected Topics in History | ||
African-American Social & Intellectual History | ||
Race & Ethnic Relations | ||
Diversity and Social Work | ||
Introduction to Social Welfare | ||
Social Work Practice with African American Families | ||
Total Hours | 9 |