About
Are you interested in a degree that can prepare you for a career on a global level? Do you want to study different cultures and political systems?
The bachelor of arts degree in African and African American studies is an interdisciplinary degree program housed in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences. Its comparative focus and multidisciplinary emphasis complement many existing programs that seek to prepare undergraduate students for competitive careers and productive work in a global world of different cultures, political systems and economic infrastructures.
Students pursuing a degree in African and African American studies will develop a broad "perspective on human" values and ethnic diversity, as well as an understanding of the socio-political, religious and historical evidence related to African peoples, both in Africa and the diasporic communities of North America and the Atlantic world. Students are encouraged to combine a major in AAAS with others at East Carolina University.
A bachelor's degree in African And African American studies will allow students to pursue various careers in the public and private sector. Graduates go on to become lawyers or politicians, hold political office, become astronauts, entertainers, and teachers/professors, and serve as United States ambassadors, historians, journalists/writers, business managers, foreign service specialists, social workers, and museum curators/directors.
ECU Advantage
The AAAS degree is special because it not only equips students with the basic skills of a liberal arts degree, but also gives them the empirical evidence to actually understand diversity in global and transatlantic communities. Unique features of the program include its interdisciplinary faculty, courses and broad comparative framework. Additionally, it encourages students to participate in virtual as well as actual summer or semester-length study abroad programs. With concentrations in African and African American courses, moreover, AAAS majors and minors study and view the world from both Afrocentric and Eurocentric angles of history, life, and culture.
What You Will Study
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