Institution name

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus

Total number of students

66099

Contact address for international enquiries

MINNEAPOLIS 55455

Telephone

+1 612 625 3014

Venue / office name

College of Liberal Arts, Department of African American and African Studies

Address

Contact address for international enquiries

810 Social Science Building
267 19th Ave S
MINNEAPOLIS
Minnesota
55455

Venue description

The Department of African American and African Studies plays an important role in the University's rich liberal arts tradition. The department's beginnings in the Morrill Hall takeover of 1969 by students demanding change demonstrate that the academy and society often move forward by challenging traditional boundaries and practices. Today, the department offers students opportunities to explore American cultural diversity and the wide diversity of the African continent. An undergraduate major in African American and African Studies provides students with a systematic and comprehensive understanding of the cultural and historical experiences of African American and African peoples from a multidisciplinary perspective including history, political science, sociology, psychology, literature, music, and art. Courses and faculty are drawn from the department as well as from other units of the University. The department is integrated conceptually not by a single academic discipline, but by common social, cultural, economic, and political themes interwoven in the histories of African American and African peoples. Students investigate a diverse and challenging body of human experience using methods of inquiry that are both traditional and pioneering.

Telephone number

+1 612 624 9847

Is accommodation available at this venue?

Yes

Accommodation details

The University provides housing and living learning opportunities on or near campus. The mission encompasses goals in three areas create individual student living/learning environments, enhance opportunities for commuter student housing and provide housing for students with families, faculty, and visitors. Housing and Residential Life, in coordination with the university police, work to provide a safe and healthy living environment for the student. The University offers eight residential halls and three apartment buildings. The amenities provided in all the residential halls and the apartments are air conditioning, carpeting, dining facilities within hall, card access main entry and resident areas; closet or wardrobe (expanded spaces may have clothes rack), community kitchen, computer lab, dresser, desk and chair (expanded spaces may have tables), Ethernet connection, extra-long twin bed and mattress pad, fee-for-service cable TV, health advocates (student health advisors), ice machines, laundry facilities, local telephone service (phones not provided), lounges, maintenance staff (full time), meeting space, music/piano practice rooms, nightly security monitors, smoke detectors and sprinklers, sports and recreational equipment, games, vacuums, and DVDs available for check out at information desk, study rooms, vending area and window coverings. Yudof Hall apartment, Roy Wilkins Hall and University Village offers different types of room types. University Dining Services has six residential restaurants and offers convenient and flexible meal plans perfect for students, staff or faculty who have a valid university ID. It serves up a changing menu of specialties including pizza, Asian stir-fry, vegetarian selections and American entrees. Each residential restaurant has operating hours and menus based on the needs of their community. A full menu service is offered during the breakfast, lunch/brunch, and dinner meal periods.