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Academic Program

Students from the Black Art: Quilting as History and Culture, with their completed quilts.

Students from the class Black Art: Quilting as History and Culture, with their completed quilts.

Students interested in Black Studies may pursue a course major, honors major, course minor, or honors minor. 

Black Studies Major

Black Studies Minor

Life After Swarthmore

Students with a background in Black Studies have pursued many different professions after graduation. Some have worked in research, or social service organizations, while others have gone directly to graduate school. Many eventually become teachers or professors. But many others work in broadcasting, arts, journalism, law (including international law), business, finance, politics, or in non-governmental organizations. All consider Black studies to have been an important part of their liberal arts education. 

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