在非洲和非裔美国人研究中获得文学学士学位的计划目标是：（a）。定义“散居”一词，并描述文艺复兴后非洲人散居的历史，范围和影响，（b）在非洲人和非裔美国人的集体经验的背景下，批判非洲和非洲裔美国妇女的经验， （c）应用人文，社会和行为科学或艺术中使用的方法论方法和分析技能来研究侨民中非洲人和非洲人后裔的经历，（d）证明了解非洲文化机构与侨民中非洲人后裔之间的联系，（e）将非洲人的历史和文化与侨民中非洲人后裔的历史和文化进行比较和对比。
Program objectives for a B.A. in African and African American Studies are to: (a). define the term ''diaspora'' and describe the history, scope and impact of the post-Renaissance diaspora of African peoples, (b) critique the experiences of African and African American women within the context of the collective experiences of Africans and African Americans and the world as a whole, (c) apply methodological approaches and analytical skills used in the humanities, the social and behavioral sciences, or the arts to the study of the experiences of Africans and people of African descent in the Diaspora, (d) demonstrate an understanding of the links between African cultural institutions and those of people of African descent in the Diaspora, (e) compare and contrast the history and cultures of peoples of Africa to the history and cultures of peoples of African descent in the Diaspora.