African Studies Minor

The interdepartmental African Studies minor gives an understanding of Africa’s rich heritage, diversity and role in the world today, and contributes an international focus to a liberal arts education. It consists of five courses chosen from the list below. Students must take at least three core courses, and they may choose any two other courses from the list below. If possible, at least one course should be related to the student’s major. In consultation with the coordinators of the minor, students may include an Africa-related course from the African-American or Caribbean Studies list. In general, there are no prerequisites for the courses on the African Studies minor list.

Core Courses:

ANTH/IREL 235/UNIV 200	Modern Africa	1
ANTH 329	Religions in Africa: Spirits, Saints, and Sufis	1
ECON 224	African Political Economy	1
ECON 235	African Economic Development	1
ECON/MGMT/PSYC 270	South Africa: Social Entrepreneurship	1
FOUN 098	Foundation Seminar (South Africa Apartheid and After)	1
FREN 336	Francophone Africa	1
HIST 291	African History I	1
HIST 292	African History II	1

Other African Studies Courses:

ANTH 305	Womb to Tomb: Culture and the Life Course	1
GEOG 236	Third World Development	1
HIST 290	Europe Imperialism and Colonialism	1
SOCI 213	Race in Historical and Comparative Perspectives	1
SOCI 310	The Sociology of Developing Societies	1

Courses taken in summer or in semester-long or year-long programs in Africa may count toward the minor.

Faculty

Co-Coordinator: Michelle C. Johnson, Geoffrey E. Schneider