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Facts
About the Department
- The first Ph.D. granting Department
of African-American Studies in the world.
- Temple University’s Department
of African-American Studies remains the only Department which
offers all three degree programs (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.). Its core
curriculum model was conceived in collaboration with the National
Council for Black Studies (NCBS), the recognized accreditation
association in the discipline.
- The Department of African American Studies offers
two broad areas of concentration at the M.A. and Ph.D. levels:
(1) Social/Behavioral concentration and (2) Cultural/Aesthetic
concentration.
- The Department offers the most comprehensive selection
of courses addressing historical, cultural, sociological, political,
economic, and psychological factors that affect the lives of African
peoples.
- Since 1988, Temple has graduated more than 100
Ph.D.'s who hold various academic and professional appointments,
including Presidential appointments at many major universities.
- Departmental faculty have won numerous awards for
both the quality and amount of published scholarship that consistently
advances Afrocentric normative theories, work for which Temple’s
DAAS is recognized internationally as the site of authority in
Africana Studies.
- The Department continues to be ranked consistently
as first in the discipline by scholars in the field with regard
to scholarship, graduate student training and service.
- There are more than 60 undergraduate majors and
minors. More than 1400 students are enrolled each semester in
our extensive course offerings.
- Each year, the Department of African American Studies
hosts annual events including African American
History Month, Africana Women’s History Month, Graduate
Student’s Conference, Undergraduate Research Forum, visitations
to correctional facilities, community centers, PAL centers, and
public and private schools.
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