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 Requirements6
Electives9
Total Hours15

Core Requirements

PAFS:201Introduction to Pan-African Studies3
HIST:361African American History, 1492-18773
or HIST:362 African American History, 1877 to Present
Total Hours6

Electives

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 Hours9