Africana Studies Advanced Certificate

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to formulate and pose a significant research question and frame it as a publishable scholarly research project.

2. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to conduct independent research for an original scholarly project.

3. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to assess and evaluate scholarly work.

4. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge of existing and emergent interdisciplinary scholarship about peoples of African descent throughout the globe.

5. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to critically reflect upon issues of social justice in African diasporic communities as well as in the larger society.

SUCCESS RATES

33.3%

4-year graduation rate

0.75

Avg. years to degree

MEDIAN EARNINGS

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10 years after graduation

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5 years after graduation

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1 year after graduation

PLACEMENT2 years after graduation

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Working in New York

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Continuing Education

Notes

Completion rates: the percent of students entering the certificate program any time during the academic year and completing by May 31 four years later. Methodology adheres to guidelines from the AAU Data Exchange doctoral completion rates and means that spring entrants have less time to complete. Average of ten most recent reporting years (2014-15 through 2023-24). Years to certificate: the average number of years it takes a student to complete the selected program. Average of the three most recent completion years (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23). Earnings: SUNY Employment Outcomes Dashboard. Data Forthcoming. Working in NY State: SUNY Employment Outcomes Dashboard. Data Forthcoming.