The Department offers the B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) and the B.G.S. (Bachelor of General Studies) in three main concentrations: African Studies, African-American Studies, and Arabic & Islamic Studies. Other possible concentrations for the major are either: African and African-American Studies or Haitian Studies. The Department also offers the minor in four tracks: African-American Studies, African and African-American Studies, African Studies, and Haitian Studies.
- B.A., B.G.S. Degrees Requirements, African Concentration
- B.A., B.G.S. Degrees Requirements, African-American Concentration
- B.A., B.G.S. Degrees Requirements for a combined African and African-American Studies concentration
- B.A., B.G.S. Degrees Requirements for Arabic & Islamic Studies
- B.A., B.G.S. Degrees Requirements, Haitian concentration *By petition approval only
- B.A., B.G.S. Degrees Requirements (African Concentration)
- B.A., B.G.S. Degrees Requirements (African-American Concentration)
- B.A., B.G.S. Degrees Requirements for a combined African and African-American Studies concentration
- B.A., B.G.S. Degrees Requirements for Arabic & Islamic Studies
- B.A., B.G.S. Degrees Requirements (Haitian concentration) *By petition approval only*
KU announces first Diversity Leadership Awards
Thursday, October 13, 2016
The Langston Hughes Center received a $180,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to conduct a June 2017 summer institute for high school teachers, entitled "Teaching the 'Long Hot Summer' of 1967 and Beyond." The project will be led by Shawn Alexander, Clarence Lang, and John Rury.
Teresa Leslie-Canty, AAAS Lecturer and a Topeka High School teacher, nominated by her students in February, won a free Nissan Versa Tuesday night as the KSNT News and Capital City Nissan of Topeka “Teacher of the Year”. Teresa Leslie-Canty was previously the February “Teacher of the Month” after being nominated by 13 of her students.
Professor Jessica Gerschultz has been awarded the prestigious American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowship for the 2015-16 academic year. The Fellowship is for her book project, Decorative Arts of the Tunisian Ecole: Fabrications of Modernism, Gender, and Class in Tunisia (1948-1972).
African and African-American studies professor Professor Beverly Mack wins inaugural engaged scholarship award
Professor Dorthy Pennington was inducted into the Central States Communication Association Hall of Fame (April 2015)
Second year AAAS MA student, Caroline Kastor is also a professional athlete. This summer Caroline, former KU soccer standout, signed with FC Kansas City and topped off her rookie season by helping lead the organization to their second straight National Women’s Soccer League championship on October 1, 2015.
