African American and African Diaspora Studies - Indiana University - Bloomington

African American and African Diaspora Studies from Indiana University - Bloomington is a Campus Master African American degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. Program Information The multidisciplinary Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies seeks to: 1. create and share with academic and nonacademic communities scholarship of the highest quality dealing with the broad range of the African American and African Diaspora experience; 2. promote the study and understanding of the historical and contemporary connections among Africans, African Americans, and other New World black communities; and 3. affirm the democratic tradition of equal opportunity for all by combating all forms of discrimination based on ethnicity, gender, class, and religious differences. The department assumes the ongoing responsibility of creating materials and conducting seminal research that aids in the development and shaping of African American and African Diaspora Studies as a discipline. Master of Arts Degree The Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies at Indiana University is committed to being one of the world's leading multi- and interdisciplinary graduate studies programs focused on peoples of African descent in the United States in comparison to African-descent peoples in other globalized contexts. With an emphasis on diverse epistemologies, theories, methodologies, ethical considerations, and innovative teaching pedagogies, our goals are: 1. to offer students an intense program in the examination of African American issues as well as diasporic African descent issues in and outside the United States and their transnational continuities and discontinuities; 2. to encourage students to develop and/or fine-tune excellent and creative research skills, superb writing and oral communications skills, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary analytical skills, technological competencies, innovative problem solving and problem creation skills, collaborative research skills, and intercultural competence skills; 3. to provide students with invaluable intellectual training by bridging curriculum content and practical experience gained from oral history, survey, and ethnographic field work, research based in museums and library archives; and internship opportunities in a broad spectrum of agencies, organizations, and institutions; 4. to sustain a learning environment in which students create as well as refine critical questions and develop problem creation as well as problem solving skills in the humanities and social sciences and synthesizing bridges between the humanities and social sciences in their explorations and interpretations of African descent experiences in the United States and abroad; 5. to give students planning to pursue doctoral training in the social sciences, humanities or in interdisciplinary fields excellent research foundations; 6. to prepare students for a broad spectrum of career possibilities in academia, creative and performing arts, nonprofit management, public policy, libraries, philanthropy, museums, urban studies , conflict resolution, and social services. The purposes of this program are: 1. to offer students an intense program in the analysis of African American issues; 2. to expose students to both historical and current methodological approaches; 3. to expose students to issues throughout the African Diaspora; 4. to refine critical and problem-solving skills in both the humanities and social sciences; 5. to extend a sound basis for those going into a doctoral program; and 6. to prepare students for administrative, teaching, communication, and social service careers. In sum, the program provides a theoretical base of knowledge, methods of research, and a context for analyzing African American and Diaspora experiences that can be invaluable either in further graduate studies or in a specific job or career choice. View more details on Indiana University - Bloomington, IN . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related African American courses.