Mission The African American has been pivotal to the history, development and culture of America from colonial times to the present. The African American experience is unique among the American ethnic groups. No other group entered the society so completely as involuntary immigrants, and no other group was subjected to such fully institutionalized degradation. The effects of slavery, segregation and oppression continue to influence the patterns of Black-White relationships. The major and courses here at UCR offer students an in-depth as well as a comparative study of the African American experience. Since there can be no real understanding of this specialty without attention to Black Africa, students also have an opportunity to select courses pertaining to Africa and Africans in the Diaspora (e.g., Caribbean, Latin and South America) offered within and outside the Department. Presently, African American students comprise nearly 5 percent of the student population at the University of California Riverside. The African-American Ethnic Studies faculty component consists of Professor Ralph Crowder, a historian and Professor Carolyn Murray, a psychologist. Faculty Carolyn Murray
Ralph Crowder Major Requirements Lower division (8 units)
Ethnic Studies 3: Introduction to African American Studies
Upper division (48 units) Core courses
Ethnic Studies 191R: Research Methodology
Ethnic Studies 104: Introduction to African Civilization
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