Below is a sampling of possible graduate courses. The UD Course Catalog lists specific courses available each semester.
Course Catalog
Required Course Options and Electives for AFRA@UD Graduate Program:
AFRA 600: Foundations in Africana Studies
AFRA 601: Africana Research Methods
AFRA 869: M.A. Thesis (0-6 credit)
AFRA 695: Thesis Seminar (0 credits)
Pan-African Consciousness Pillar
SOCI 661: Racial Stratification
HIST 640: Africa Under Colonial Rule
Public Humanities, Public Scholarship, and Social Justice Pillar
AFRA: 651: Becoming a Public Scholar Activist
AFRA 650: Street Ethnography/Black Communities Studies
Blackness, Gender, Sexuality Pillar
AFRA 628: Modern African American History
AFRA 630: Expressive Cultures in the African Diaspora
Visual and Material Culture Pillar
AFRA/ MSST 647: Curating Hidden Collections & the Black Archive
AFRA/ ARTH 645: Black Bodies on Display: Race in Museums
AFRA 630: Expressive Cultures in the African Diaspora
AFRA 642: The Black Portrait
Sample Plans of Study (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.
