A uniquely comprehensive curriculum

At more than thirty years in existence, Africana Studies is Vassar's longest-running multidisciplinary program. It provides students with a comparative perspective in their approach to the study of the histories, politics, cultures and experiences of peoples of African origin. The wide-reaching disciplines of its faculty enable the program to offer a uniquely comprehensive curriculum, covering the fields of art, education, film, geology, history, literature, political science, psychology, religion and sociology, as well as cross-cultural and areas studies.

Opportunities for study at other institutions and abroad

In addition to its offerings on the Vassar campus, and a major and a correlate sequence, the program also has opportunities for study at American historically black institutions and for foreign study through the college's study abroad options. Africana Studies has initiated its own program of study at the Mohammed V. University in Rabat, Morocco, one of the great cosmopolitan centers of the Mediterranean world.