非洲和非裔美国人研究系汇集了来自许多学科的学者和学者，以探索非洲和非洲裔人民的历史，社会和文化。非洲和非裔美国人研究领域不仅是跨学科的，而且是比较和跨文化的。非洲和非裔美国人研究系在集中的范围内为学生提供了两种学习途径：非洲和非裔美国人，各自都有自己的一套要求。
The Department of African and African American Studies brings together scholars and scholarship from many disciplines to explore the histories, societies, and cultures of African and African-descended people. The field of African and African American Studies is not only interdisciplinary but also comparative and cross-cultural. The Department offers students two paths of study within its concentration: the African track and the African American track, each with its own set of requirements.