非裔美国人研究系提供综合博士学位。结合其他几个部门和计划：目前，美国研究，人类学，英语，电影和媒体研究，法语，历史，艺术史，科学和医学史，音乐，政治学，心理学，宗教学，社会学和西班牙语和葡萄牙语。在学习领域内，学生将与非裔美国人研究的研究生研究主任（DGS）以及联合部门或课程协商，选择一个重点领域。非裔美国人研究的重点领域可以采取单领域研究或比较领域研究的形式：例如，加勒比或非裔美国人文学，非裔美国人文学与英语系的综合比较，非洲文化在新世界中存在的重要性，无论是在加勒比海地区还是在拉丁美洲和/或南美地区，
American Studies offers a broad-ranging curriculum to introduce students to critical scholarship and methods from multiple disciplines. The program has a national and international reputation for its faculty and graduates and its commitment to public humanities. African American Studies offers a combined Ph.D. in conjunction with several other departments and programs. Departments and programs which currently offer a combined Ph.D. with African American Studies are: American Studies, Anthropology, English, Film and Media Studies, French, History, History of Art, Music, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Sociology, Spanish and Portuguese, and WGSS. Within a chosen field of study, the student will select an area of concentration in consultation with the directors of graduate studies of African American Studies and the joint department or program.