鼓励非洲和非裔美国人研究专业的学生在相关或相适应的领域修读第二专业。由于该专业是跨学科的，因此在通常的本科学习期间比较容易获得第二个专业。
African and African-American studies majors are encouraged to take a second major in a related or compatible field. Because the major is interdisciplinary, a second major is relatively easy to achieve in the usual period of undergraduate study.