Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Alternative primary groupings

• 04 - Social and behavioural sciences and law
• 05. - Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies
• 05.02 - Ethnic, cultural minority, gender, and group studies

05.0201 - African American/Black studies

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the history, sociology, politics, culture, and economics of the North American peoples descended from the African diaspora; focusing on the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean, but also including reference to Latin American elements of the diaspora.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • African American studies
  • African Canadian studies
  • African-American studies
  • African-Canadian studies
  • Afro-American studies
  • Afro-Canadian studies
  • Black American studies
  • Black Canadian studies
  • Black studies

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • African languages and literature(16.0201)
  • African studies(05.0101)
  • American studies(05.0102)
  • comparative ethnic studies(05.0212)