Academic Programs

Thank you for your interest! 

If you would like to declare African American Studies as your major or minor,  are in need academic advising, or your are ready to apply for graduation, please contact:
Dr. Travis Boyce
Professor, Department Chair, Advisor
travis.boyce@sjsu.edu

Major

African American Studies, BA

This department offers instruction in a unified curriculum leading to the baccalaureate degree in African American Studies.  Subject matter includes education, sociology, economics, social anthropology, public health, literature, art, psychology, and history all of which focus on African American community development.
African American Studies Major Catalog/Requirements

Minors

African American Studies Minor

The African American Studies minor consists of 18 semester units with courses emphasizing the humanities and social sciences.  The interdepartmental structure of this minor will enable students, while pursuing degrees in specific disciplines, to interface more efficiently with African Americans and other persons of African racial and ethnic heritage.
African American Studies Minor Catalog/equirements

African Studies Minor

This department offers instruction in a unified curriculum leading to the baccalaureate degree in African American Studies.  Subject matter includes education, sociology, economics, social anthropology, public health, literature, art, psychology, and history all of which focus on African American community development.
African Studies Minor Catalog/Requirements

Black Women's Studies Minor

The Black Women’s Studies minor consist of 15 semester units with courses that explores, examines, and engages the intellectual traditions connected to the cultural, historical, philosophical, and social perspectives of the lived experience at the nexus of Blackness and womanhood; topics covered within the minor are interdisciplinary in nature.
Black Womens' Studies Minor Catalog/Requirements

SAGE Scholars Program:
African American Studies, BA + Single Subject Credential in Social Science + Teaching, MAT

The Spartan Accelerated Graduate Education Program (SAGE) allows students to earn their Bachelor of Arts concurrently with their Master of Arts in Teaching. This 5-year program prepares students to teach History, African American Studies, Ethnic Studies, and Social Studies in California public high school. 
SAGE Scholars Program Catalog/Requirements