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Africana Studies Program
The College of Social Sciences
MALIK SIMBA, Coordinator
PAULETTE MORROW, Administrative Support Coordinator
Science I Building, Room 182
559.278.2832 | FAX: 559.278.7268
http://www.fresnostate.edu/aais
Minor in Africana
Studies
Minor in Ethnic Studies
Certificate in
Racial Understanding
Faculty
Malik Simba, Coordinator
T. Hasan Johnson
Deanna Reese
Meta Schettler
Africana Studies
The Africana Studies program (AFRS) at California State University, Fresno offers an interdisciplinary curriculum that illuminates the connectedness of the human experience and provides culturally-appropriate knowledge and skills. This helps students understand the experiences of African peoples all over the world and other ethnic groups in the United States. The program also involves its faculty and students in research, experiential learning, career counseling, computer technology, curriculum development, conference participation, and extended day, evening, and weekend courses.
The program offers interdisciplinary courses leading to the Bachelor of Arts in Africana Studies as well as minors in Africana Studies and Ethnic Studies. Students with a B.A. in Africana Studies can pursue a master's or doctoral degree in the humanities, social sciences, or health sciences. Students can also seek other professional degrees in such areas as business, human resources, teacher education, and law. The program teaches appreciation for the heritage of African peoples and their contributions to the shaping of the fabric of American life and history.
Faculty Specialties
The AFRS program is made up of faculty with backgrounds and expertise in Africana studies, business, English, history, education, and sociology. Professors have published in prestigious national and international peer reviewed academic journals and are recipients of numerous awards for teaching, research, and community service.
Africana Studies
Africana Studies emphasizes the study of the history and culture of African Americans as they relate to the experiences of Africans on the continent and other peoples of African descent in the Diaspora. The major in Africana Studies provides an epistemological basis for understanding issues that pertain to the experiences of African peoples and other minority ethnic groups in the American society. The curriculum promotes an awareness of the African heritage of African Americans and others throughout the Americas. Opportunities are provided for students to engage in study abroad and service-learning in Africa and the Caribbean to stimulate intellectual interest in, and linkage to, contemporary Africa and the African Diaspora while enhancing global understanding of the varied social realities of the human experience.
Student Life and Community Events
The offices of the AFRS program serve as a resource and information center for several African American student organizations and the community at large.
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