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Students majoring in any field – from Business or Education to the Humanities and Fine and Professional Arts – are encouraged to consider Africana Studies as a minor.

A minor in Africana Studies often enhances the employability of students who major in other fields. Those who take the African Studies or Identity, Globalization and Space minor will find themselves with a competitive advantage in the private sector, particularly in such areas as global health, agricultural processing, information technology, climate study, mineral trades and strong cultural competency skill sets.

The department offers three undergraduate minors:

• Africana Studies, which covers the study of peoples of the Caribbean, the United States and Canada, with selected studies of Africa and other diasporic communities,
• African Studies, which focuses on the study the African continent, with selected studies of diasporic communities of the past and in contemporary times, and a
• , which offers students a broad understanding of our global world. In each case, the curriculum addresses the topic of Pan-African frameworks of reading history and culture.

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.

The minor is designed for master's and doctoral students who wish to complement and strengthen their research and pedagogical framework in their degree program, as well as those who are interested in working towards equity with regard to gender, race, class, sexuality and other categories.

Race, Gender and Social Justice Minor

Affectionately known as "the House that BUS built," CPAC, today, is the home base for several student groups including:

• Black United Students
• Harambee
• Black & Latino Greek Council
• Voices of Testimony Gospel Choir
• Uhuru Magazine
• National Association of Black Journalists KSU Chapter
• Kent African Student Association
• Native American Student Association
• Black Graduate Student Association
• NAACP
• College Summit

The Institute for African American Affairs is the research arm of the department, also known as IAAA.

The Department of Pan-African Studies is also affiliated with the following organizations: