Students will also complete seven (7) required courses for a (27 cr. total) composed of the following:

• A500 Intro to AAADS (3 cr.)
• A556 Race and Culture (4 cr.) or A557 Race and Politics (4 cr.)
• A605 Race and the Global City I (4 cr.)
• A606 Race and the Global City II (4 cr.)
• A696 Interdisciplinary Methods (4 cr.)
• A690 Core Readings (4 cr.)
• A698 Field Study (4 cr.)

Students will choose topically appropriate electives offered in AAADS or by other faculty (5 credits). Students may choose from the following courses in AAADS for their electives.

• A691 ProSeminar on Historical and Cultural Studies (3 cr.)
• A692 ProSeminar on Writings and Literature (3 cr.)
• A693 ProSeminar on Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 cr.)
• A694 ProSeminar on Performing, Visual and Material Arts (3 cr.)

Choices of electives outside of the department can be taken per discussion with the graduate advisor. Please note all departmental electives must be subject-relevant, especially if they are offered outside the College of Arts and Sciences.

Each student must complete a thesis or creative project. If the student chooses to write a thesis, an oral defense of their thesis must be convened prior to the granting of the degree. In the case of a creative project, a public presentation is required in addition to the oral defense and analytical or creative written component.

The College of Arts and Sciences, Graduate Division, requires students to satisfy the foreign language requirement by showing satisfactory completion of coursework or passing a language proficiency exam in the foreign language of their choice. Each individual student should consult with her or his advisor regarding an appropriate language for her or his field.

Proficiency in a foreign language may be demonstrated by passing a proficiency exam administered by one of Indiana University’s foreign language departments, or earning a grade of “B” or better in a graduate reading course offered by a foreign language department. Students eligible to use English as a second language to fulfill the graduate language requirement should contact the Center for English Language Training (CELT) for details. See the Director of Graduate Studies and Admissions (DGS) regarding any additional information, which may include the following stipulation: If a graduate student enrolls in a literature or civilization course numbered 300 or higher, the reading for the course is done in the foreign language (Catalan, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, or Spanish), and if the student completes the course with a grade of ‘B’ or better, the University Graduate School will accept the individual readings courses or correspondence courses for this purpose.

Students are required to enroll in 6 hours of any foreign language certified by the graduate school. M.A. candidates may satisfy the foreign language requirement by showing satisfactory completion of course work or passing a language proficiency exam.

In consultation with the Director of Graduate Studies, students may form a committee of three AAADS faculty tasked with helping him/her with the creation of two publishable papers, which may grow out of a seminar class in AAADS. The papers may, for example: (a) develop a compelling idea about black culture combined with a new cultural and social understanding of issues and concepts exemplified by scholarly literature in the field of Africana Studies; (b) critique a defining historical moment in the life and culture of black people.

For example, a student may demonstrate how, particularly after the civil rights period, DuBois’s notion of “double consciousness” has been trumped by a post-racial society; (c) examine a phenomenon that refocuses attention on how black Americans adapt to their sociocultural world. For example, how does the content of black culture help address fundamental questions of human existence?

Prior to the presentation of the two publishable papers to the AAADS faculty, the student must have submitted one of the papers to a refereed journal for review. Letters or e-mails from editors will constitute evidence of submission and/or acceptance of the student’s essay for publication in a refereed journal.

The two-hour presentation of the two publishable papers will involve critical questions from the student’s essay/paper examining committee, plus the AAADS faculty, adjuncts and graduate students. Within three weeks following the two presentations, the student’s Essay/Paper Examining Committee will meet and determine whether the student has successfully created and defended the ideas inherent in the publishable papers.

M.A. in AAADS Requirements (26 credit hours minimum)

• Required courses in AAADS (10-12)
• Electives (12 credits minimum): Students should take courses organized around a topical concentration, whether specifically regional or comparative. These courses are to be selected from the range of AAADS and those cross-listed AAADS in the College and several professional schools with the approval of the student’s major advisors in CW and AAADS.
• A698 Field Study Seminar (4-8): research and preparation of thesis essay. Students can take two semesters of A698 at four hours per semester (one semester in thesis research and one semester for thesis writing).
• Language requirement (two semesters – 6 hours)

M.F.A. Requirements (At least 60 credit hours – 48 in residence)

• 16 hours of workshops (poetry or fiction)
• Four courses (12-16 hours) in AAADS literature, culture, and history, at least two of which must be at the 600 level or above
• W554 Teaching Creative Writing
• W664 Topics in Current Literature or W680 Theory and Craft of Writing
• 10 elective graduate hours
• Maximum of 12 hours for thesis credit
• Thesis
• Please see director of creative writing for course approval or AAADS director of graduate studies for courses outside the College of Arts and Sciences.

M.A./M.F.A. students may satisfy the foreign language requirement by showing satisfactory completion of course work or passing a language proficiency exam. Language requirements should be met as soon as possible, beginning immediately after graduate studies have begun. A student is expected to be working on fulfilling the requirement every semester until it is completed.

The dual M.A./M.L.S. program requires completion of a minimum of 58 credit hours of graduate course work. (The degrees if completed separately would require 68 credit hours.) Students must apply for admission to the master's programs of both African American and African Diaspora Studies and the School of Library and Information Science and meet the admissions criteria established for each. The two degrees must be awarded at the same time.

General requirement (12 cr.) including:

• A500 Introduction to African American and African Diaspora Studies (3 cr.)
• A690 Core Readings in African American and African Diaspora Studies (4 cr.)

Proposed graduate internship specialization (12 cr. minimum):

• Students would take a minimum of 9 graduate hours in one of the two tracks in AAADS. An additional 3 graduate hours should be taken in an elective.
• M.A. Thesis A698 Field Study Seminar (4 cr.)

• Completion of the M.L.S. Foundation courses (15 cr.)
• Either SLIS L623 Information in the Humanities or SLIS L625 Information in the Social Sciences (3 cr.)
• SLIS elective courses (12 cr.)

General Requirement (12 cr.) including:

• A500 Introduction to African American and African Diaspora Studies (3 cr.)
• A690 Core Readings in African American and African Diaspora Studies (4 cr.)

Proposed Graduate Internship Specialization (12 cr. minimum):

• Students would take a minimum of 9 graduate hours in one of the two tracks in AAADS. An additional 3 graduate hours should be taken in an elective.
• M.A. Thesis A698 Field Study Seminar (4 cr.)

M.P.A. Core (21 cr.)

• V501 Professional Development Practicum: Information Technology (1 cr.)
• V502 Public Management (3 cr.)
• V503 Professional Development Practicum: Writing and Presentation (1 cr.)
• V505 Professional Development Practicum: Teamwork and Integrated Policy Project (1 cr.)
• V506 Statistical Analysis for Effective Decision Making (3 cr.)
• V517 Public Management Economics (3 cr.)
• V540 Law and Public Affairs (3 cr.)
• V560 Public Finance and Budgeting (3 cr.)
• V600 Capstone in Public and Environmental Affairs (3 cr.)

Specialized concentration (15 cr.)

• Students are required to develop specialized concentrations comprised of courses approved by SPEA faculty advisors.

All students must complete a minimum of 90 hours with a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale in their prior program(s). Incoming graduate students who have recently completed their undergraduate studies must have at least a 3.3 grade point average for their last two years of undergraduate studies.

90 hours total, including:

• 24 core credit hours, taken through 6 core courses: A500, A556, A557, A605, A606 and A696
• 21 elective hours, including 3 credits in an overseas studies/study abroad class, with graduate content, approved by the DGS; 6 hours in disciplinary methods courses offered outside the department and chosen in consultation with the DGS; and 12 additional hours in related course work
• 6 hours of a foreign language of the African diaspora
• 15 hours in an outside minor
• 24 hours of dissertation research
• Pre-candidacy qualifying examination (The MA is automatically granted to students passing the qualifying exam.)
• Dissertation
• Final examination (defense of the dissertation)

Tracks:

• Race, Representation, and Knowledge Systems
• Power, Citizenship, and the State

Core curriculum

• A500 Introduction to African American and African Diaspora Studies
• A556 Race and Culture in the African Diaspora
• A557 Race and Politics in the African Diaspora
• A605 Race and the Global City I
• A606 Race and the Global City II
• A696 Interdisciplinary Research Methods