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