This program constitutes a JAA transfer program to URI. Students completing a JAA plan receive an Associate's degree and enter the receiving institution with 60 credits and Junior status. Students must complete all requirements as given. Depending on GPA, students receive a tuition discount of up to 30% at the receiving institution, a waived application fee, and personalized advising.

The African-American/Africana Studies Program is a program that draws on the arts, humanities, and social sciences to investigate the cultural, literary, historical, socioeconomic, and other issues affecting peoples of Africa and their descendants. These courses provide historical and contemporary understanding of the experiences, traditions, and dynamics of people of African descent across the Pan-African world, which encompasses the African, African American, and African Caribbean experiences, and ultimately the Black experience in the United States. With completion of this program, students will be ready to seamlessly transfer into a B.A. program.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, a student will be able to:

1. Create written work that develops and expresses ideas and that addresses a given context and target audience.
2. Communicate effectively via oral presentations, performances, participation in group work, and visual presentations.
3. Identify, analyze, and apply evidence and ideas, question assumptions, and draw logical conclusions.
4. Develop information literacy by locating, evaluating, synthesizing, and using information to accomplish a specific purpose.
5. Demonstrate an understanding of and apply scientific or quantitative principles, theories, and methods.
6. Apply quantitative principles to solve problems and support arguments with quantitative evidence in a variety of formats (e.g. words, tables, graphs, equations, etc.).
7. Demonstrate an understanding of global, cultural and historical perspectives.
8. Function effectively in social and professional environments and make reasoned decisions based on ethical standards, self-awareness, and personal responsibility.
9. Utilize discipline-specific theories and concepts to analyze data, texts, and issues at a level appropriate for a 2-year college student.

Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
General Education Requirements
AAAF 1201	Introduction to African-American Studies HUMN; Information Literacy; Diverse Perspectives	3
AAAF 1247	Literature of the African Diaspora HUMN; Non-Written Communication; Diverse Perspectives	4
COMM 1010	Communication Fundamentals^ HUMN; Non-Written Communication; Social and Professional Responsibilities	3
ENGL 1010	Composition I (or ENGL 1010A) HUMN; Written Communication; Information Literacy	3
History Elective SSCI		3
Literature Elective HUMN		3
MATH 1139	Mathematics for Liberal Arts Students (or MATH 1139C) MSCI; Scientific Reasoning; Quantitative Literacy	3
MUSC 1110	Jazz History HUMN; Critical Thinking; Diverse Perspectives	3
OCEN 1040	Introduction to Oceanography (Formerly OCEN 1010 and 1030) MSCI; Critical Thinking; Quantitative Literacy	4
SOCS 2040	Race and Ethnic Relations SSCI; Critical Thinking; Diverse Perspectives	3
Subtotal		32
Major Requirements
AAAF 1202	Introduction to African-American Culture	3
AAAF 1248	African-American Literature and Culture HUMN; Non-Written Communication; Diverse Perspectives	4
ENGL 2015	Advanced Writing for the Liberal Arts	3
HIST 2250	History of Black America	3
Free Elective		3
Free Elective		3
Free Elective		3
Free Elective		3
Free Elective		3
Subtotal		28
Total Hours		60

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Recommended Course Sequence

Plan of Study Grid

Year 1
Semester 1		Hours
AAAF 1201	Introduction to African-American Studies	3
AAAF 1202	Introduction to African-American Culture	3
ENGL 1010	Composition I (or ENGL 1010A)	3
MATH 1139	Mathematics for Liberal Arts Students (or MATH 1139C)	3
History Elective		3
	Hours	15
Semester 2
AAAF 1247	Literature of the African Diaspora	4
COMM 1010	Communication Fundamentals^	3
Free Elective		3
Free Elective		3
Literature Elective		3
	Hours	16
Year 2
Semester 1
ENGL 2015	Advanced Writing for the Liberal Arts	3
HIST 2250	History of Black America	3
OCEN 1040	Introduction to Oceanography (Formerly OCEN 1010 and 1030)	4
SOCS 2040	Race and Ethnic Relations	3
Free Elective		3
	Hours	16
Semester 2
AAAF 1248	African-American Literature and Culture	4
MUSC 1110	Jazz History	3
Free Elective		3
Free Elective		3
	Hours	13
	Total Hours	60

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Transfer

This program at CCRI is a part of the Joint Admissions Agreement (JAA). JAA helps students transfer seamlessly to Rhode Island College (RIC) or the University of Rhode Island (URI). Students who are eligible for the JAA program have earned less than 30 college credits at the time of joining and have not attended any other college or university.

JAA graduates are guaranteed admissions to either RIC or URI, have personalized advising by a caseload advisor, enter with Junior status at RIC or URI, and are eligible for a tuition discount up to 30% based on GPA. 

Please meet with an Academic Advisor/Student Success Coach to help you select the courses that best prepare you for transfer to RIC or URI. For more information, please visit Joint Admissions Agreement or the Transfer Center.