Overview

The Africana Studies program from University of Tennessee Knoxville promotes creative and critical thinking skills through rigorous research, teaching, service, and publication on the cultures, arts, institutions, histories, political economies, and philosophies of African peoples and peoples of African descent worldwide. Africana Studies is a multicultural, interdisciplinary, and transnational intellectual paradigm that anchors its scholarship on local, national, regional, and global scales. It conceives of the Africana world as extending from Africa to North America, the Caribbean, South and Central America, Asia, and Europe.

Key facts

The Department of Africana Studies has received the generous gift of replicas of Egyptian royalty from the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture. Rested after a 30-year permanent exhibit in the Museum, these replicas, now, have a “home” that will be on display in the Department of Africana Studies. Students will be able to visit, research, and learn more about the featured replicas, as they learn about African history and culture.

If you would like to donate African and African Diaspora artifacts to the Department of Africana Studies, please contact us, using the form, here. Thank you, in advance, for contributing to the learning of our students.

Programme Structure

Courses

African American Studies

Major Black Writers

The African Diaspora

Caribbean Cultures and Societies

Race and Ethnicity in American Literature

Black American Literature and Aesthetics

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-15 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-08-18 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-01 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-12-15 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Knoxville, 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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General requirements

Go Vols application or the Common Application
$50 application fee (Fee waivers are not available to international applicants.)
Official transcript(s)
English proficiency
Self-Reported Academic Record (SRAR) if you attend a high school in the United States

Recommendation letters (academic, professional, or personal)
Supporting statement

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

30704 USD / year

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Out-of-State

30704 USD / year

≈ 30704 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

11560 USD / year

≈ 11560 USD / year

Living costs

Knoxville

United States

885 - 1454 USD / month

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