Interdisciplinary Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Memphis is proud to offer the online Bachelor of Arts in African and African American Studies. The degree requires a total of 120 credit hours.

Students who successfully complete the Bachelor of Arts degree in African and African American Studies learn to read critically and analytically both primary and secondary sources, to reflect on past and present social, economic, and political conditions of Africans and people of African descent, and to connect their struggles for social and economic justice with those of disenfranchised peoples throughout the world.

You may complete this degree entirely online, by combining online courses with courses offered at the University of Memphis campus; or by combining University of Memphis courses (online and on campus) with a limited number of approved courses transferred from other institutions (see our undergraduate catalog for more information). Out-of-state students may be able to pay in-state tuition if they qualify. For more information, please click here.

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