威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的非裔美国人研究系为学生提供了一个机会，他们可以在重构黑人生活的理想跨学科模型中研究黑人历史，文化和社会的那些方面。它要求学生批判性地研究历史上和当代与非裔美国人的经历有关的事实和问题。该系提供本科专业和证书。硕士课程基于个性化的学习课程，旨在满足个别学生的需求，其中许多人参加了“桥梁”课程，这使他们可以直接进入博士学位。英语和历史课程。教职员工和学生活跃于各种各样的活动中，包括针对处于危险中的青年的嘻哈节目，社区剧院，针对低收入成年人的大学课程，以及为阿拉巴马州塞尔玛市的国家投票权
The Department of African American Studies at the University of WisconsinMadison offers students an opportunity to study those aspects of black history, culture, and society in ideal interdisciplinary models that reconstruct African American life. It challenges students to critically examine facts and issues that are historically and contemporaneously relevant to the African American experience. The department offers an undergraduate major and certificate. The MA program is based on personalized programs of study shaped to meet the needs of individual students, many of whom participate in the Bridge programs which enable them to move directly into PhD programs in English and History. Faculty members and students are active in a broad range of activities, including hip-hop programs for at-risk youth, community theater, college classes for low-income adults, and the Public History Project. The department prides itself on positive working relationships with our colleagues in other disciplines, including the other ethnic studies programs, the departments of Gender and Women's Studies, African Cultural Studies, English, History, Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies, and the School of Education. A vibrant community of scholars and students who believe in the ideal of unity without uniformity, we welcome all those committed to a deeper understanding of race and ethnicity in America and the world.