Overview

African American Studies is an interdisciplinary program offered by the University of Puget Sound.

What you'll learn

African American and other African diasporic exeriences
Roles of race, power, difference, and intersectionality
Transdisciplinary skills in analytics and reflexive and community-based methodologies

Interdisciplinary studies, including history, sociology, communications, political science, psychology, social theory, the arts, economics, education, and science

The program focuses on African American experiences, while recognizing that other academic subjects bear importantly on the understanding of these experiences and should have a place in the African American Studies curriculum.

Within the interrogative, interdisciplinary, reflexive, and justice oriented mode that guides African American Studies, students in the program acquire sophisticated knowledge of African American and other African diasporic experiences; become conversant with the role of race, power, difference, and intersectionality in the personal, institutional, and structural relations of our daily lives including their relevance for local, regional, national, and international affairs;

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Methods in African American Studies

Survey of African American Literature

Black Fictions and Feminism

Thinking Ethically: What is Justice?

Capital and Captivity

African Americans and American Law

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-31 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

32 alternative credits

Units

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Tacoma, United States

Disciplines

American and Australasian studies African studies View 538 other Bachelors in American and Australasian 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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Other requirements

General requirements

Common Application (with personal essay)
Application fee
International verification of finances form
School report
Official high school transcript
Recommendation from high school counselor
English proficiency score (TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo)

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

65270 USD / year

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Out-of-State

65270 USD / year

≈ 65270 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

65270 USD / year

≈ 65270 USD / year

Living costs

Tacoma

United States

1000 - 1580 USD / month

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Overview

What you'll learn

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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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Tacoma

Funding

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