Academic Programs

This interdisciplinary program examines the integral role that Africans and people of African descent have played in the histories, politics, cultures and economies all over the world, particularly in Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean and Europe. Using methods from multiple disciplines, students gain insight into our shared past and present.

Open to biology and chemistry majors, the competitive concentration expands upon the foundations of these traditional fields of study, preparing you for graduate and medical studies, careers in the biopharmaceutical industry, and other post-graduate endeavors. The program includes laboratory-based courses and a year-long independent research project.

The Creative Writing Program offers students the opportunity to pursue fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Our courses expose students to contemporary literature, teach them to read like writers, and allow them to explore countless approaches to telling stories, crafting images, and developing an ear for language.

Students in the program pursue critical questions from a range of academic disciplines and learn how activism can promote social change.

Students choose from an array of courses from different departments and examine Latin American and Caribbean peoples and Latinx communities in the United States. The program enables students to become engaged global citizens, who are sensitive to cultural, social, economic and political differences while competent to establish bridges among them.

You will address crucial challenges of the contemporary world and develop the knowledge and skills necessary for effective citizenship in an age of nuclear weapons; regional, ethnic and religious conflicts; environmental deterioration; and global economic interdependence.