Overview

The African American and African Diaspora Studies from University of Nevada, Las Vegas is designed to provide students with the social, cultural, literary, and historical knowledge for a critical understanding of the effects of local and global anti-blackness and black people's response to it.

The program is built around a core of courses that systematically document critical aspects of the Afro-American experience from its antecedents in antiquity to the prominent issues of the present day.

Engaging both past and contemporary aspects of this experience provide students access to materials and events that have historically not been given adequate treatment, and allows students to contextualize current issues relating to black people in an academically critical way. The program is also designed to effectively prepare students who desire to continue on to graduate work in Africana Studies.

Learning Outcomes

Through interdisciplinary study, develop and display university level critical thinking, research, and writing skills, especially as it pertains to Africa, African America, and the larger African Diaspora.

Identify and explain key political, cultural, and historical moments, forces, and agents that have shaped Africa, African America, and the larger African Diaspora.

Identify and explain major literary and/or artistic movements, their impacts, goals, and prominent figures that have shaped Africa, African America, and the larger African Diaspora.

Develop broad knowledge about global and local Black thought at the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, class, and other identity markers.

Apply the methods and analytical approaches of the humanities, social sciences, and/or the arts to the study of Africa, African America, and the larger African Diaspora.

Identify and relate historical and contemporary issues, major debates, and key conversations in and about communities throughout Africa, African America, and the larger African Diaspora.

Understand the historical and cultural importance of activism, especially in relationship to the creation of the field of study.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

African American Survey
Civil Rights
Black Power and Beyond
Contemporary Issues
African American Studies
Interdisciplinary Studies Capstone

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-19 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00 , International

Language

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Las Vegas, 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

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General requirements

National

Nevada Advanced High School Diploma

High School Transcript

ACT/SAT Test Scores

International

College/University Transcript(s)

If you have completed coursework at a non-US high school or college, you must also submit a certified evaluation (course-by-course with GPA calculation) by a NACES member organization. This evaluation and translation converts your non-US coursework to the US equivalency so that UNLV can evaluate your documents for admission.

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

31710 USD / year

≈ 31710 USD / year
Out-of-State

31420 USD / year

≈ 31420 USD / year
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In-State

11231 USD / year

≈ 11231 USD / year

Living costs

Las Vegas

United States

880 - 1430 USD / month

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