非裔美国人研究是一项跨学科的主要学位授予计划，该计划向大学社区提供非裔美国人视角，以解决与21世纪所有人，尤其是非裔美国人的教育有关的问题。其中一些课程课程与政治学，语言，读写能力和社会文化研究，美国研究，英语，传播和新闻学等部门交叉列出。所有这些课程都可以选修学位课程，可以在学生的主要部门事先批准或选修的情况下替代必修课程。
Africana Studies is an interdisciplinary major degree-granting program which provides to the University community the African-American perspective to issues relevant to the education of all people, especially African Americans, for the 21st century. Some of the program courses are cross-listed with Political Science, Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies, American Studies, English, Communication and Journalism and other departments. All of these courses may be taken toward a degree, substitutes for required courses may be made with prior approval of the student's major department, or as electives. A program that focuses on the history, sociology, politics, culture, and economics of the North American peoples descended from the African diaspora, focusing on the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean, but also including reference to Latin American elements of the diaspora.