Academic Colleges & Departments of Cuttington University
List of Colleges
1. Natural Science
2. Nursing
3. Education & Theology
4. Humanities & Social Science
5. Agriculture & Rural Development
List of Departments
1. Natural Science
a. Biology
b. Chemistry
c. Mathematics
2. Nursing
a. Nursing
3. Education & Theology
a. Education
b. Theology
4. Humanities & Social Science
a. Economics
b. Public Administration
c. Management
d. Accounting
e. Sociology
5. Agriculture & Rural Development
a. Agriculture
b. Rural Development
AFRICANA AND LIBERIAN STUDIES DEPARTMENT (AFLS)
College of Liberal Arts & Social Science
CUTTINGTON UNIVERSITY
Suakoko, Bong County
Liberia, West Africa
Tel: (+231) 6-778089
ABOUT US
MISSION
AFLS Department is committed to scholastic, professional, and behavioral excellence. We understand the essential importance of our role in preparing local, national and international leaders for the increasingly interconnected world of the twenty-first century and beyond.
We are also committed to evidence-based scholarship that retrieves and presents evidence of African contributions to humanity and world civilization. AFLS joins others of its kind internationally in returning Africa and its peoples back to the center of all intellectual, scientific, and academic discourse.
Our third commitment is to respectful understanding of the cultural, religious, and philosophical traditions of indigenous Liberians. A strong relationship exists between AFLS and the Traditional Culture Council of Liberia on both national and local levels.
Finally, we are committed to gender issues. AFLS presents evidence of the magnificent roles that African women have played in contributing to all humanity and to the development of world civilization.
Director and Founder
Adetokunbo K. Borishade, Ph.D.
borishade@gmail.com
(+231) 6-778089
WHAT WE STAND FOR
OUR MOTTO
Retrieving, Re-Establishing, and Regenerating African Contributions To Humanity and To Civilization
OUR COMMITMENTS
- Gender issues.
- Evidence-based scholarship.
- Respectful understanding of Liberia’s indigenous cultural, religious, philosophical heritage.
- Scholastic, professional & behavioral excellence.
- Mentoring & Community involvement
OUR STRUCTURE
AFLS is a separate discipline within the College of Liberal Arts and Social Science that utilizes an interdisciplinary approach to teach African knowledge, traditions, experience, and reality. History, literature, art, music, philosophy & religion, business, anthropology, psychology, political science, law, sociology, education, science, medicine, mathematics, rural development and service learning are all highly pertinent to the study of Africans worldwide. We use a timeline of four million years ago to the present in teaching about African beginnings of humanity and civilization.
REQUIREMENTS: MAJOR, MINOR & CERTIFICATE
MAJOR: FRESHMAN YEAR
First Semester— Mandatory Core Courses
AFLS 100 Introduction to Africana Studies
AFLS 101-A Introduction to African & Liberian History & Civilization
AFLS 101-D Introduction to Physical & Political Geography of Liberia
AFLS 104 Africa and Cultural Anthropology
Second Semester
AFLS 101-B African History: Prehistory to 1800
AFLS 101-D Destruction of Civilizations in Africa
AFLS 102-A African Experience in America: 1400 to 1865
MAJOR: SOPHOMORE YEAR
First Semester
AFLS 201-A Liberian History: Prehistory to 1500
AFLS 202-D African Experience in America: 1865 to Present Era
AFLS 204-B Cultural Unity of Black Africa
AFLS 209-B Africa-Centered Pedagogy and Leadership
Second Semester
AFLS 201-F Liberia and the American Colonization Society
AFLS 203-G African Origin of Christianity
AFLS 207 African Elites, African Politics, & African Development
MAJOR: JUNIOR YEAR
First Semester
AFLS 301-B Introduction of Islam into West African Empires
AFLS 302-A History of the Civil Rights Movement in America
AFLS 303-D Harlem Renaissance in America
AFLS 306 Foreign Strategies and African Socio-Cultural Decline
Second Semester
AFLS 301-D Liberian History Seminar: Pre-Liberia to Settlers
AFLS 302-B History of America’s Pan-Africanist Leaders
AFLS 303-D African Philosophy
MAJOR: SENIOR YEAR
First Semester
AFLS 401-A Liberian Traditional Education and Rural Development
AFLS 408-E Biochemical Aspects of the African Body
Second Semester
AFLS 404-B Field Study in Liberian Ethnic Traditions
AFLS 408-A Theory and Practicum in Agriculture
MINOR
Five courses are required for the minor in AFLS, including: (a) three elective courses, two of which must be 300-level; and (b) two of the mandatory Freshman Year core courses listed above.
CERTIFICATE
To earn a minor in AFLS, students must complete eight (8) one-semester courses that focus on people of African descent: (a) One history course; (b) One social science course anthropology, economics, geography, political science; (c) One humanities course-art, literature, philosophy/religion, theater; (d) Three more advanced courses; (e) One theoretical seminar course; and (f) One field study/service learning course. Achieve at least a grade of B in the minimum number of courses.
FAQ
Is there an extra tuition charge for me to take AFLS classes?
No. AFLS is an integral part of Cuttington University, the same as every other department.
What is required for a B.A. degree in AFLS?\
The B.A. requires 128 credit hours, 52 of which are all-college/university requirements.
What is the importance of taking AFLS courses?
If we know everything about other peoples of the world but know nothing about the history, culture, contributions, and accomplishments of our own people, our education is irrelevant.
Is signing on as an AFLS major the only option?
No. You can earn credits for a major, a minor, or a certificate in AFLS. earner
Are there career benefits for having a major, a minor, or a certificate in AFLS?
Absolutely, YES!
- Greater understanding of social and cultural aspects of work in all fields: education, psychology, sociology, health/medicine, law, agriculture, political science, communications, the arts, business, language arts/literature.
- Competitive edge provided by both theory and practical fieldwork experience.
- Letters of recommendation from national and local officials and leaders.
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