The Undergraduate Concentration in
African and African-American Studies

The undergraduate concentration in African and African-American Studies, administered by the Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies, provides an interdisciplinary program of studies that integrates the social sciences (History, Political Science, Anthropology, Psychology, Economics) and the humanities (English, Modern Languages and Cultures, Religion and Classics, Music, Philosophy).

It allows students to follow a rigorous and closely monitored concentration designed to facilitate both broad exposure and in-depth mastery of a field which has, in the last twenty years, rapidly established itself as a crucial focus in a broad array of disciplines.

The Concentration in African and African-American Studies is multi-disciplinary and inter-departmental. It brings together historical, cultural, psychological, economic, and political approaches and perspectives to the study of people of African descent in the Atlantic world, including the United States, the Caribbean, and Latin America.

The new concentration-which may be individually tailored to focus on either the humanities or the social sciences-will appeal to students with primary interests in African and African-American Studies as well as students working in more traditional, departmentally-based majors who may concentrate in African and African-American Studies as an additional or double major.

Many students already majoring in History, English, Political Science, Comparative Literature, Anthropology or similar disciplines will find a second major in African and African-American Studies an attractive option. Students majoring in Engineering or the natural sciences may find a double major in African and African-American Studies an enriching and humanizing opportunity as well.

For more information in African and African-American Studies contact:

The Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies
302 Morey Hall, Tel: 5-7235, fdi@mail.rochester.edu;
or
Professor Cilas Kemedjio, Curriculum Director for the Frederick Douglass Institute,
316 Morey Hall, Tel: 5-3946 ciko@mail.rochester.edu.