Africana Studies Capstone

Description

The capstone course in Africana Studies is a required seminar for senior majors to learn advanced forms of intensive writing, critical reading, oral presentation, and media application for conveying and analyzing Africana Studies knowledge. It reviews the major methodological and theoretical interventions of the field through the study of diverse topics (race, gender, ethnicity, and identity) that will model different ways of analyzing the Black experience in the contexts of political, cultural, and economic powers in North America, Africa, and the Diaspora. Students build on the fundamental interdisciplinarity of Africana Studies to design and present their own independent research projects. While the form of each course varies by the instructor, students will be guided in practicing the skills of developing a research project that centers Africana studies concerns; compiling or exploring an archive; applying Africana Studies methods in their analysis; and presenting their findings. Students must be senior AFS majors or have permission of the instructor. (Staff, offered annually) [Prerequisite: Open to AFS majors and minors only, or permission of instructor.]