{"id":205,"date":"2019-04-30T20:43:37","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T20:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/?page_id=205"},"modified":"2025-10-13T18:04:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T18:04:51","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-205","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"layouts":[{"acf_fc_layout":"two_columns","heading":"","column_1":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-464 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/10\/AADS_puzzle-300x289.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/10\/AADS_puzzle.jpg?resize=300%2C289&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/10\/AADS_puzzle.jpg?resize=768%2C740&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/10\/AADS_puzzle.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","column_2":"<h1><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #fa4616\">African and African Diaspora Studies<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Focuses on the intellectual, historical, political, artistic, religious, scientific, economic, and sociocultural experiences of people of African descent.<\/h3>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"two_columns","heading":"Students Say AADS Has","column_1":"","column_2":"","background":"Color","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"carousel","heading":"","carousel_content":false,"autoplay":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"two_columns","heading":"","column_1":"","column_2":"","background":"Color","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"one_column","heading":"","column_1":"<p>The African and African Diaspora Studies (AADS) program provides an opportunity for students to engage in focused studies across multiple academic disciplinary areas. Within the program, students can enroll in a variety specified general education course sections developed with an added emphasis on the people of Africa and\/or the African diaspora. Additionally, the program draws on the theories and methodologies that will provide a foundation for students to continue their studies in a comparable AADS program at a four-year institution.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b> <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www6.austincc.edu\/cms\/site\/www\/awardplans\/awardplan.php?year=2026&amp;type=CC&amp;group=TFIND&amp;apid=10057\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www6.austincc.edu\/cms\/site\/www\/awardplans\/awardplan.php?year%3D2022%26type%3DCC%26group%3DTFIND%26nid%3D26686%26apid%3D7058&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1627063637335000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH9CP8-Uf6gVhvocgqgHLozx5yDVw\">Degree Plan<\/a> |\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www6.austincc.edu\/cms\/site\/www\/catalog\/programmaps\/programmap.php?ap=10057&amp;yr=2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www6.austincc.edu\/cms\/site\/www\/awardplans\/programmap.php?ap%3D7058%26aos%3DLARTS%26yr%3D2022&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1627063637335000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHjLKZospwauCNFL-wlruy1SIiikA\">Program Map<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"one_column","heading":"","column_1":"<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #fa4616\"><strong>Immerse Yourself<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">AADS focus examines the diversity, complexity, and interdependence of the world community. It also provides a broad knowledge base for understanding and analyzing <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">various topics relative to the diverse communities in Africa and the African diaspora.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"three_columns","heading":"","column_1":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-479 aligncenter\" role=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/10\/Discussion-Class-copy.svg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Political<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Students will gain knowledge of the political structures and institutions as well as the various impacts those structures have on communities of people in African and within the African diaspora.<\/p>\n","column_2":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-480 aligncenter\" role=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/10\/Math-copy.svg\" alt=\"Math\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Economic<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students will gain insight into the influences that structure various economic institutions in African and within the African diaspora.<\/span><\/p>\n","column_3":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-481 aligncenter\" role=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/10\/Music-copy.svg\" alt=\"music\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Social &amp; 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