African American Studies
Cuba 2012
UDM is planning a one week excursion to Cuba... Read More >>
Past Events
The AASP Open house March 23 featured Torya Blanchard of Good Girls Go To Paris Crepes, serving crepes for students and faculty.
View the images from the Lecture Series: Detroit 20/20 "Black Male Depression"
Check out what we did together in Fall 2010 !!!
View the 2010 Bahia, Brazil Study Abroad Trip
June 16-30, 2010
AASP on the Web
Description of the Program
African American Studies at UDM is a multidisciplinary program that promotes the understanding of the African-American experience through scholarship, service learning, and cultural events. AAS students come from diverse backgrounds and experiences, but they share an interest in their own and others’ cultures and see themselves as leaders in a multicultural society.
Students who earn a certificate in African American Studies have a richer understanding of African and African-American culture and a keener appreciation of the relationship between race, diversity, and society. Students from every college, major, and professional school at UDM can benefit from and contribute to the AAS program. Through our partnerships within and outside the university, students have the opportunity to work with faculty from a broad range of disciplines, attend academic and cultural events sponsored by the AAS program, perform community service and internships within Detroit and the surrounding area, and pursue international exchange through the Study Abroad Program.
Essence of the Certificate
The African American Studies Program provides students with an academic understanding of and concern for the dignity and rich heritage of the African-American experience. Students in the AASP examine race, culture, and identity through urban, regional, national, and global perspectives. Multidisciplinary methods of inquiry and scholarly research in historical and contemporary theories of race will expose students to the history and culture of Africans, African Americans, and Africans in the Diaspora.
Career Opportunities
AASP students enter into a wide variety of fields including politics and public policy, medicine and public health, law, media, the arts, education, and social services. They are activists in their community and the voice of diversity in the workplace. Students who earn a certificate in African American Studies have a richer understanding of African-American culture and a keener appreciation of the relationship between race, diversity, and society.
Description of African American Studies Program—Revised 9/19/10
