非裔美国人研究计划是在人文学院的跨学科研究部门的主持下提供的。学生可以在非裔美国人研究专业上学习或辅修。美国黑人研究计划旨在为学生提供所需的关键工具，并使他们了解历史知识和当前必要的研究，以了解当今的美国黑人经验。该计划围绕一系列课程的核心内容展开，这些课程系统地记录了非裔美国人经验的关键方面，从古代的先例到当今的突出问题。既可以利用过去的经验，也可以利用当代的经验，使学生能够获得历史上未得到适当对待的材料和事件，并允许学生以学术上的批判性态度来了解与美国黑人有关的当前问题。该计划还旨在有效地培养希望继续
The African American and African Diaspora Studies Program is offered under the auspices of the Interdisciplinary Studies unit of the College of Liberal Arts. Students may major or minor in African American and African Diaspora Studies. The program in African American and African Diaspora Studies is designed to provide students with the critical tools required, and to expose them to the historical knowledge and current research necessary, for an informed understanding of the Afro-American experience today. The program is built around a core of courses that systematically document critical aspects of the Afro-American experience from its antecedents in antiquity to the prominent issues of the present day. Engaging both past and contemporary aspects of this experience provides students access to materials and events that have historically not been given adequate treatment, and allows students to contextualize current issues relating to Afro-Americans in an academically critical way. The program is also designed to effectively prepare students who desire to continue on to graduate work in Afro-American Studies.