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African Studies: major or minor

Students select courses from the following group to complete the concentration requirements. 

  • INTL 101 Human Societies and Globalization

  • HIST/AFAM 105, 106 Survey of African History

  •  INTL/ANTH/AFAM 200 Introduction to African Societies

  • INTL/FRLG 203 Language and Identity (when appropriate)

  • AFAM 204 Africa in Transition

  • ANTH 301 Evolution of Man and Culture

  • INTL/RELS 317 Islam

  • INTL/GEOG/AFAM 333 Geography of Africa

  • INTL/GEOG 334 Regional Geography of ___________ (when appropriate)

  • INTL 341/RELS 340 Global Ethics and the World's Religions

  • INTL/EUCU 345/URSP 350 Great Cities of the World (when appropriate)

  • INTL/ANTH 350 Peoples and Cultures of the World (when appropriate)

  • INTL/POLI/AFAM 357 Politics of Southern Africa

  • ARTH/AFAM 358 African Art and Architecture

  • INTL/POLI/AFAM 356 African Government and Politics of Africa

  • INTL 366/ENGL/AFAM 363 African Literature

  • INTL 370/AFAM/MHIS 350 Studies in the Music of the African Continent and Diaspora

  • RELS/WMNS 371 Islam and Women

  • HIST 383 Ancient Egypt  

  • HIST/AFAM 387 History of West Africa

  • HIST/AFAM 388 Africa: Social, Cultural, and Economic History

  • HIST/AFAM 389 History of Southern Africa

  • INTL/FLET 391 Topics in Foreign Languages (when appropriate)

  • HIST/AFAM 393 Akhenaten to Cleopatra

  • ARTH 402 Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt

  • ANTH/AFAM 416 Origin and Evolution of the Concept of Race

  • INTL/ANTH/AFAM 420 Women of Africa

  • ARTH/AFAM 440 Contemporary Art and Architecture of Africa

  • INTL/POLI 452 Seminar in the Politics of Developing Areas

  • INTL/ANTH 455 Anthropology of Development and Globalization (when appropriate)

  • INTL 490 Seminar in International Issues (when appropriate)

  • INTL 491 Topics in International Studies (when appropriate)

  • INTL 492 Independent Study or one elective ISP course

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