African Studies certificate programs

The graduate certificate in African American Studies provides an opportunity for students to complement doctoral studies in their home department with coordinated interdisciplinary training in African American Studies while participating in an intellectually stimulating community. Students entering the program may come from any department in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Students wishing to obtain a graduate certificate in African American Studies are encouraged to consult with the Director of Graduate Affairs, ideally during their first year, to plan their course of study.

Drawing on this rich and longstanding tradition of intellectual inquiry, the Center for African and African American Studies offers a University Graduate Certificate in African and African American Studies designed to productively situate emerging scholars and their work within an intellectual enterprise that will connect both to robust national and international conversations and scholarly developments.

The Graduate Certificate in African Studies provides specialized training and research experience in African studies to advanced students interested in fields such as law, management, international relations, communication, education, fine arts, medicine, and public health.

Degree Certificate Name: Graduate Certificate in African and African American Studies (GC). Entrepreneurship (Certificate, Inactive) see Business Administration (Certificate in Entrepreneurship). Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (Certificate). Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (Master ).

The Graduate Certificate in Afro-Latin American Studies employs a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the economic, social, cultural, and historical experiences of people of African descent and their communities in the Latin American Region. The Certificate places a strong emphasis on Afro-Latin American cultural expressions in all their national, sub-regional, temporal, and socioeconomic diversities. The Certificate will provide numerous opportunities for enrolled students to explore Afro Latin American populations in economic processes of various kinds, underlining the specific challenges they might face.

The Certificate in Africana Studies is a joint program of the Intercollegiate Black Studies of The Claremont Colleges and Claremont Graduate University. AFR 8 African Concepts and Methods of Africana Studies is required. Minimum GPA. The University’s policy on satisfactory academic progress applies.