Welcome to the black studies program
Black Studies is a body of knowledge reflecting global African peoples’ participation in and contribution to the evolution, development and civilizations of mankind. It is a multidisciplinary program, encompassing a broad-based approach to the Africana experience within the context of human evolutionary development, history, race, ethnicity, and politico-economic interrelationships.

The CCNY Black Studies Program offers geopolitical, socioeconomic and cultural concentrations in Africa, the Caribbean and African-America. Students may combine two or more components of the four subject matter areas and/ or three geopolitical areas described below.

Subject Matter Areas
     Black World Development
     African American Socio-Economy
     Latin American and Caribbean Socio-Economy
     Special Topics and Independent Studies

Geopolitical Areas
     African
     African-American
     Caribbean-Brazilian