Graduate Certificate in Africana Studies
General Information
The multi-disciplinary graduate certificate in Africana Studies is intended for currently admitted graduate students wishing to develop knowledge and skills necessary to teach survey and upper-division courses in topics related to the African Diaspora and Africans.
Candidates must complete 12 graduate credit hours of coursework, selected in consultation with a program advisor, who must approve all courses for individual students prior to the courses being taken (with the exception of the 6 credit hours which may be accepted from candidates upon admission).
Courses must be taken for graduate credit and chosen from at least two different departments.
Reach out to the Graduate Certificate Coordinator:
- Bayyinah S. Jeffries, email: bjeffri4@utk.edu
Bayyinah S. Jeffries
Graduate Certificate Coordinator
Bayyinah S. Jeffries is Associate Professor and Associate Head in the Department of Africana Studies. Her research and teaching interests comprise a range of historical topics and themes including 20th century African American history, Black student movements, Black nationalism and self-determination, race relations, Black women’s history, race and the U.S. Constitution, and comparative Black histories.