{"id":741,"date":"2022-09-07T15:45:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T19:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/?post_type=areas&#038;p=741"},"modified":"2023-04-04T14:30:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T18:30:17","slug":"african-american-studies","status":"publish","type":"areas","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/areas\/african-american-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"African American Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--yellow umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">Majors, Minors &amp; Areas of Study<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">African American Studies<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-explore-african-american-heritage-and-experiences\">Explore African American heritage and experiences.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>African American Studies affords students the opportunity to engage in interdisciplinary study of African American roles and contributions to such varied aspects of American life as history, literature, music, religion, and society. Students who complete the minor will acquire knowledge about the African American experience in the Americas, apply a variety of methods to understand historical and current topics, and think critically and prepare themselves to address existing and future challenges in American culture and society, all of which will prove useful in professional life after Mary Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-accordion-container umw-custom-block\" data-only-one=\"true\">\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">Requirements<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p>The African American Studies minor requires 18 credits including Introduction to American Studies, four approved electives, and a capstone course.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"creator":[3],"class_list":{"0":"post-741","1":"areas","2":"type-areas","3":"status-publish","5":"department-cpr","6":"department-cas","7":"key-minor","8":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>African American Studies - Majors, Minors, and Areas of Study<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/areas\/african-american-studies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"African American Studies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Explore African American heritage and experiences. African American Studies affords students the opportunity to engage in interdisciplinary study of African American roles and contributions to such varied aspects of American life as history, literature, music, religion, and society. Students who complete the minor will acquire knowledge about the African American experience in the Americas, apply [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/areas\/african-american-studies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Majors, Minors, and Areas of Study\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-04-04T18:30:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/areas\/african-american-studies\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/areas\/african-american-studies\/\",\"name\":\"African American Studies - Majors, Minors, and Areas of Study\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-07T19:45:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-04T18:30:17+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/areas\/african-american-studies\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/areas\/african-american-studies\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/areas\/african-american-studies\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Areas of Study\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/areas\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"African American Studies\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/\",\"name\":\"Majors, Minors, and Areas of Study\",\"description\":\"University of Mary Washington\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"African American Studies - Majors, Minors, and Areas of Study","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/areas\/african-american-studies\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"African American Studies","og_description":"Explore African American heritage and experiences. African American Studies affords students the opportunity to engage in interdisciplinary study of African American roles and contributions to such varied aspects of American life as history, literature, music, religion, and society. Students who complete the minor will acquire knowledge about the African American experience in the Americas, apply [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/areas\/african-american-studies\/","og_site_name":"Majors, Minors, and Areas of Study","article_modified_time":"2023-04-04T18:30:17+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/areas\/african-american-studies\/","url":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/areas\/african-american-studies\/","name":"African American Studies - Majors, Minors, and Areas of Study","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-09-07T19:45:24+00:00","dateModified":"2023-04-04T18:30:17+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/areas\/african-american-studies\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/areas\/african-american-studies\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/areas\/african-american-studies\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Areas of Study","item":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/areas\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"African American Studies"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/","name":"Majors, Minors, and Areas of Study","description":"University of Mary Washington","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/areas\/741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/areas"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/areas"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/creator?post=741"},{"taxonomy":"key","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/creator?post=741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}