Advisory Board Scholarship is Now Endowed, Ensuring Ongoing Financial Assistance for Local Students

Investing in their own communities, Kent State University’s Geauga and Twinsburg Academic Center (TAC) Advisory Board members reached their goal in raising $25,000 this year to endow their namesake scholarship. Now and for generations to come, the Kent State University Geauga and TAC Advisory Board Endowed Scholarship will assist first-generation college students and other Kent State Geauga/TAC students experiencing difficulty in paying for their higher education.  The regional campus’ commitment as a source for social good is embodied in its advisory boards, whose volunteer members ar...

2023 Lavender Award Goes to Professor Mahli Mechenbier

A sense of belonging is vital to the college experience. When you feel welcomed, accepted, and appreciated, you can explore your full potential without hesitation.  Mahli Xuan Mechenbier, a senior lecturer in the Department of English at Kent State Geauga and Twinsburg Academic Center (TAC), is one of those exceptional faculty members who makes her students feel welcome—even celebrated—at this regional campus.  In recognition of her enthusiastic support, she was presented the Kent State Faculty/Staff Award for creating a better campus environment for LGBTQ+-identified peopl...

Small Businesses Invited to Free OSHA Trainings Provided by Kent State Geauga

NOTE: Kent State Geauga’s workplace safety training program, at the time of initial publication of this document (08/2023), is funded by a grant of $74,193 in federal funds, which constitutes 100 percent of the program budget. Zero percent, or $0 of the program budget, is financed through nongovernmental sources.  Workers’ rights. Employer responsibilities. Risks, hazards. Protection, prevention. How should small businesses make sense of it all?  Kent State University at Geauga is offering a free pilot training program for small businesses in underserved rural communities ...

Race, Gender and Social Justice - Graduate Minor

The Race, Gender and Social Justice graduate minor allows students to develop a global understanding of the complex inter-sectional systems of oppression that shape the lives of people of African descent, including other people of color. Students also gain specialized knowledge in the interdisciplinary field of Africana studies. In enhancing civic engagement as an interdisciplinary minor, the minor includes a focus on public policy, policy advocacy and the practice and methodology of community activism. The knowledge and skills gained through the minor prepares students for professional and academic positions.

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Learning Outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will be able to:

  1. Gain critical knowledge in the areas of race, gender and social justice.
  2. Demonstrate understanding and apply key frameworks, concepts, theories and/or methodologies in the field.
  3. Demonstrate knowledge of collaborative action and its impact on equity and social change.
  4. Demonstrate the ability to design and implement an independent research project.
  5. Be prepared to be successful in professional and academic positions that utilize inclusive and anti-oppression frameworks.
Admissions for Race, Gender and Social Justice - Graduate Minor

For more information about graduate admissions, visit the graduate admission website. For more information on international admissions, visit the international admission website.

Admission Requirements

  • Admitted to any Kent State graduate degree program
  • Minimum 2.750 undergraduate GPA on a 4.000 point scale
  • Statement of purpose related to the student's focus in the minor
  • One letter of recommendation from the student's faculty advisor
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Minor Requirements

Minor Requirements
AFS 57100RACE, GENDER AND SOCIAL JUSTICE 3
AFS 57122SEMINAR IN ACTIVISM AND SOCIAL CHANGE 3
Minor Electives, choose from the following: 3
AFS 53100
RACE, CLASS AND FEMINIST THOUGHT
AFS 57144
BLACK SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT
ENG 66103
ETHNIC LITERATURE OF THE UNITED STATES
ENG 66104
AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE
ENG 66302
POST-COLONIAL LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
GEOG 52070
SEMINAR IN ETHNIC, LIFESTYLE AND NATIONAL COMMUNITIES
HIST 58800
SEMINAR IN MODERN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
PHIL 51020
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
POL 60106
URBAN POLICY AND POLITICS
SOC 62546
SOCIAL INEQUALITY
SOC 62566
SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER
SOC 62870
SOCIOLOGY OF RACE AND ETHNICITY
Minimum Total Credit Hours:9

Graduation Requirements

Minimum Minor GPA Minimum Overall GPA
3.000 3.000
Program Delivery
  • Delivery:
    • In person
  • Location:
    • Kent Campus

African Studies - Minor

The African Studies minor provides a broad familiarity with African history, culture and contemporary problems. Study in this program may be coordinated with relevant language study through Pan-African Studies.

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Program Requirements

Minor Requirements

Minor Requirements
Minor Electives, choose from the following:18
AFS 10101
ELEMENTARY KISWAHILI I
AFS 10102
ELEMENTARY KISWAHILI II
AFS 15200
INTRODUCTION TO WEST AFRICAN CULTURES
AFS 22200
INTRODUCTION TO THE AFRICAN ARTS
AFS 25200
EAST AFRICAN-KISWAHILI CULTURES
AFS 32050
AFRICAN LITERATURES (DIVG)
AFS 33200
ANCIENT AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS
AFS 34000
INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN WORLD VIEW (DIVG)
AFS 34100
ISLAMIC WEST AFRICA
AFS 35200
AFRICAN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS
AFS 37020
THE MODEL AFRICAN UNION (ELR)
AFS 37100
AFRICANA WOMEN’S LITERATURE (DIVG)
AFS 44095
SPECIAL TOPICS IN CONTEMPORARY AFRICA
ANTH 48150
RELIGION: A SEARCH FOR A MEANING
ANTH 48212
KINSHIP AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION (DIVG)
ARAB 11101
ELEMENTARY ARABIC I
ARAB 11102
ELEMENTARY ARABIC II
ARTH 42025
ART OF WEST AFRICA (DIVG)
ECON 42075
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS
ECON 42076
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
GEOG 31070
POPULATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT
GEOG 37040
GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA (DIVG)
GEOG 41073
CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES
GEOG 44010
GEOGRAPHIES OF GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
HIST 31130
HISTORY OF PRE-COLONIAL AFRICA TO 1880
HIST 31131
HISTORY OF COLONIAL AFRICA, 1880-1994
MCLS 30420
FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURE STUDIES
MUS 42111
AFRICAN MUSIC AND CULTURES
POL 30540
AFRICAN POLITICS (DIVG)
POL 30840
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
POL 40530
POLITICS OF WAR
POL 40560
HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE (DIVG)
Minimum Total Credit Hours:18

Graduation Requirements

Minimum Minor GPA Minimum Overall GPA
2.000 2.000
  • Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be upper-division coursework (30000 and 40000 level).
  • Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be outside of the course requirements for any major or other minor the student is pursuing.
  • Minimum 50 percent of the total credit hours for the minor must be taken at Kent State (in residence).
Admissions for African Studies - Minor

Admission Requirements

Admission to a minor is open to students declared in a bachelor’s degree, the A.A.B. or A.A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree (not Individualized Program major). Students declared only in the A.A. or A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree in Individualized Program may not declare a minor. Students may not pursue a minor and a major in the same discipline.

Program Delivery
  • Delivery:
    • In person
  • Location:
    • Kent Campus
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