Sample Courses and Plans of Study

Following is a sampling of graduate-level Africana Studies courses at the University of Delaware. Visit UD’s graduate catalog​ for complete course information including credits, prerequisites, restrictions, and when courses are typically offered.

​​Graduate​​​ ​​Catalog​

AFRA 600: Foundations in Africana Studies

AFRA 601: Africana Research Methods

AFRA 869: M.A. Thesis

​Pan-Africanism Pillar

AFRA 643: Africa Under Colonial Rule

SOCI 661: Racial Stratification

Public Humanities and Social Justice Pillar

AFRA 650: Black Communities Studies

AFRA 651: Becoming a Public Scholar Activist

Blackness, Gender and Sexuality Pillar

AFRA 628: Modern African American History

AFRA 630: Expressive Cultures in the African Diaspora

Visual and Material Culture Pillar

AFRA 630: Expressive Cultures in the African Diaspora

AFRA 642: The Black Portrait​​

AFRA 645: Black Bodies on Display: Race in Museums

AFRA 647: Curating Hidden Collections & the Black Archive​

TBD by your AFRA@UD Graduate Program option and in consultation with your advisor):

Year One, Fall Semester

• Foundations in Africana Studies (3 credits)
• Pillar class (3 credits)
• Pillar class (3 credits)

Year One, Spring Semester

• Africana Research Methods (3 credits)
• Pillar class (3 credits)
• TA Intro course

Year Two, Fall semester

• Pillar class (3 credits)
• Thesis (2 credits)
• (work on proposal, put together committee by November 30)
• Elective (3 credits)

Year Two, Spring Semester

• Thesis Seminar (0 credits)
• Thesis (4 credits)
• Elective (3 credits)

OR

Year One, Fall Semester

• Foundations in Africana Studies (3 credits)
• Pillar class (3 credits)
• Pillar class (3 credits)

Year One, Spring Semester

• Africana Research Methods (3 credits)
• Pillar class (3 credits)
• Elective (3 credits)

Year Two, Fall semester

• Pillar class (3 credits)
• Thesis/Project (2 credits)
• (work on proposal, put together committee by November 30)
• TA Intro course

Year Two, Spring Semester

• Thesis/Project Seminar (0 credits)
• Thesis/Project (4 credits)
• Elective (3 credits)

OR

Year One, Fall Semester

• Foundations in Africana Studies (3 credits)
• Pillar class (3 credits)
• Pillar class (3 credits)

Year One, Spring Semester

• Africana Research Methods (3 credits)
• Pillar class (3 credits)
• Elective (3 credits)

Year Two, Fall semester

• Pillar class (3 credits)
• Thesis/Project (2 credits)
• (work on proposal, put together committee by November 30)
• Elective (3 credits)

Year Two, Spring Semester

• Thesis/ Project Seminar 0
• Thesis/ Project (4 credits)
• TA Intro course

The Thesis/Project is 0-4 credit hours. If students do not graduate in May of "Year Two Spring Semester," then they can distribute those 4 credit hours until their semester of graduation.​