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African Studies

Students select courses from the following group to complete the concentration requirements. See course descriptions.
• 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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