Overview

It offers a range of disciplinary, multidisciplinary, and interdisciplinary approaches. Its primary organizing principles are race and culture.

Key Features

As a field of study, Africana Studies explores at Carleton College the shared and divergent experiences, identities, and discourses that reflect and shape the lives of people of African descent.

It places particular emphasis on the historical construction and circulation of ideas of Blackness and African-ness under a specific set of systems: slavery, colonialism, Jim Crow, Apartheid, the Cold War, post-colonialism, neoliberalism, mass incarceration, and the Global War on Terror.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Gender and Sex in African History

Black Heroism in the Diaspora and Early America

Gender and Sexuality in the African Diaspora

Global Islam and Blackness

Religion and Politics in Africa

The Black Intellectual Tradition in the Twentieth Century

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-15 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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100

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Northfield, United States

Disciplines

African studies View 257 other Bachelors in African studies in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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130

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100

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Other requirements

General requirements

Application: Common App, Coalition App, or QuestBridge App (we have no preference)

Transcript: should include: your classes and grades from the first three years of high school, your senior year schedule, grades from the first term of senior year (when available)

High School Counselor Recommendation (also known as “School Report”)

Two academic teacher recommendations

Test Scores (optional): SAT or ACT

Carleton is adopting a test-optional policy for first-year applicants applying for admission for entry in Fall 2022. This means results of the SAT or the ACT are not required, but you may still submit them.

Carleton does not require the writing section for either test

Students can self-report SAT and ACT scores in lieu of sending an official score report from the testing agency.

TOEFL, IELTS, or DuoLingo English Test for students whose primary language of instruction has not been English

SAT Subject Tests are optional

No application fee

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

71607 USD / year

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Out-of-State

71607 USD / year

≈ 71607 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

71607 USD / year

≈ 71607 USD / year

Living costs

Northfield

United States

900 - 1400 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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Tuition Fees

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Living costs

Northfield

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