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

Core Requirements

Electives