Bachelor of Arts in African American Studies

African American Studies examines the historical, cultural, political, economic, and social development of people of African descent. We focus on African America as part of the African Diaspora. We situate the specific forms of expression and resistance from people of African descent in North America in the context of a wider Black world, including societies in the Caribbean, South America, and Central America. African American studies is particularly strong in comparative analysis. It is an in-depth, comparative, and multidisciplinary major.

You will learn about African American and Black diasporic history and culture in relation to the history and culture of Latinx, Asian, Native American, and other underrepresented populations of North America. We will focus on social justice: the histories of slavery, colonialism, segregation, economic exploitation, and the continual forms of resistance Black people have developed in the struggle for civil and human rights. As an interdisciplinary field, you will develop the independent analytic abilities of investigation needed to research history, literature, politics, sociology, psychology, law, and more.

Completed their secondary education and have earned a certificate of completion which enables them to be admitted to a university in their home country.

Record all courses and marks/grades earned exactly as reported by the international school whether as numbers, letters, percentages or words.

To meet minimum requirements to be considered for UCR selection, you must earn a minimum GPA of 3.4 on a 4.0 scale (equivalent to an 85 percent on a 100 percent scale).

You can demonstrate proficiency by meeting any of the following exam benchmarks Keep in mind that you must complete one of these exams by December of your final year of high school secondary school.

Score 24 or higher for the ACT English Language Arts ELA
Score 31 or higher on Writing and Language in the SAT
Score 3, 4 or 5 on the AP examination in English Language and Composition or English Literature and Composition
Score 6 or 7 on the IB Standard Level examination in English Language A only
Score 5, 6 or 7 on the IB Higher Level examination in English Language A only

Score 6.5 or higher on the International English Language Testing System IELTS, Test of English as a Foreign Language TOEFL examination Internet based test IBT Minimum score of 80 or better, Paper delivered test Minimum score of 60 or better, Duolingo English Test DET Minimum score of 115.