AFA 2000 USF Week 2 Africana Black Studies Program Questions For this assignment, you are to visit the website of at least two Africana Studies/Black Studies programs, click on links to learn more about their history, their programs and course offerings (both undergraduate and graduate). Once you’ve checked out at least two programs, write a profile about one of them. Your profile should note for example:
Year founded
What events led to the founding of the program?
How do they define their mission and purpose?
What is the scope of the program? Do they include African studies on the continent or are they primarily concerned with the United States and other parts of the African diaspora?
What kinds of courses do they offer for undergraduates? (List some interesting course titles)
What kinds of courses do they offer for graduate students?
Do they feature alums of the program? What do these alums go on to do? What kinds of fields do they end up working in?
Do they have an active facebook page and other type of social media presence?
Are there any ways that they distinguish themselves from other programs?
What kinds of interests do faculty members have? What kinds of issues and topics do they pursue research and scholarship on? Activity: What Makes an Africana/Black Studies Program?
Rubric
Comprehensiveness of Profile
Is the program profile comprehensive? Does it include all the information
requested (year founded, history, mission, etc)? Does it use effective
examples from the program’s website to support its overall
analysis? Are directions for the profile given by the instructor followed
appropriately?
(No)
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(Yes)
Clarity of Writing + Connection to Course Materials
Is the profile well-written and clearly presented with a writing style that is
easy to follow? Does your profile make strong direct connections to
course materials including the Martha Biondi readings?
(No)
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(Yes)
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