Africana World Studies - Social Sciences and Community Development Track, BA

In this program, students will learn about the intellectual and social origins of Africana studies as a discipline and its major objectives, concepts, theories, subjectcontent areas, perspectives, and concerns. In addition, AWS minors can expect to learn about the African, African American, and Caribbean history, literature and culture in a variety of classes offered within the Africana-world studies program. The Department of Community and Social Justice Studies offers a wide range of majors to help students develop critical perspectives and marketable skills to be advocates for communities and work in the public, private, non-governmental, and not-for-profit sectors, or to pursue graduate study.

For first-year students, a U.S. high school diploma or its equivalent is required, and you must not have previously attended a college or university. As part of the application process, we will decide how your international transcripts translate into U.S. credits. We strongly recommend that you take the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), or the American College Test (ACT), or both, and submit your scores to WP. This is not mandatory for admission, but certain majors and merit scholarships may require these test scores.