非洲研究的研究生课程提供了对美洲，非洲大陆以及全球其他地方的非洲人民的思想和经验的广泛探究。该方案的重点是跨学科的，围绕非洲侨民的比较观点进行组织。重点放在非洲，加勒比-拉丁美洲和非裔美国人经验之间的交汇处。学生将研究散居者，并特别关注非裔美国人，加勒比海-拉丁美洲和非洲大陆的文化，历史，文学，政治制度，宗教和经济，这些地区最初是由大西洋的水路联系在一起的发展中非洲社区的重叠背景。研究生证书要求在非洲人研究核心课程中获得15个研究生课程学分。学生必须保持整体最低GPA为3.0。申请攻读GC的学生在本科期间
The graduate program in Africana Studies offers a broad inquiry into the ideas and experiences of African peoples in the Americas, the continent of Africa, and elsewhere around the globe. The focus of the program is interdisciplinary, organized around a comparative perspective of the African Diaspora. Emphasis is placed on the intersection between African, the Caribbean-Latin American, and African American experiences. Students will examine the Diaspora with particular attention focused on African American, Caribbean-Latin American, and continental African cultures, histories, literatures, political systems, religions, and economies in the overlapping context of developing African communities initially linked by the waterways of the Atlantic. The Graduate Certificate requires a total of 15 graduate course credits found in the Africana Studies core curriculum.