Africana Studies, M.A. at Georgia State University

Graduate students who want to engage in the interdisciplinary study of Black people in the United States, Africa and in the African diaspora will work closely with our faculty in this program. Our faculty have expertise in the domestic and global study of race and Blackness in the traditional disciplines of African-American Studies, Anthropology, Art History, History, Interdisciplinary Studies, Social Work and Public Health. There are few departments or programs that match our strengths in:

Faculty: College of Arts & Sciences  |  Department: Africana Studies  |  Duration: A minimum of 36 semester hours of graduate coursework is required.  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Atlanta, GA, United States

What you will study

The M.A. in African-American ​Africana Studies AAS) requires 36 semester hours of graduate course work, 18 hours of which are required with 12 hours consisting of (AAS 6000, AAS 6005, AAS 6010, AAS 6012) 3 hours from Gender and Sexuality Competency (AAS 6007, AAS 6032, AAS 6052, AAS 6110, or AAS 6285) and 3 hours from Global Competency (AAS 6050, AAS 6052, AAS 6065, or AAS 6460) and 12 hours of which may be taken from AS Africana Studies concentration (Culture and Aesthetics or Community Empowerment) courses or from approved courses in other departments.

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