African Studies Minor
Associate Professor: Armelle Crouzieres-Ingenthron (French) (program director), Michael Sheridan (sociology/anthropology), Jacob Tropp (history). Assistant Professor: Claudia Cooper (education studies); Nadia Horning (political science), Program Coordinator: Martha Baldwin
This program offers a minor in African Studies to students who complete the following requirements:
(1) Two of the following courses which focus primarily on Africa:
ECON 0327 Economic Development in Africa
FREN 0395 Women's Voices from the Francophone World
FREN 0396 (Re) Constructing Identities in Francophone Colonial and Postcolonial Fiction
FREN 0398 Children and Civil War in Francophone African Literature
FREN 0492 Denunciation and Literature: The Awakening of the Maghreb
FYSE 1071 Everyday Life in South Africa
FYSE 1290 Images of Africa
FYSE 1332 Reading Africa
HIST 0113 History of Africa to 1800
HIST 0114 Modern Africa
HIST 0441 Readings in African History
HIST 0442 Popular Culture in African History
HIST/WAGS 0443 Women and Gender in African History
PSCI 0202 African Politics
PSCI 0431 Seminar on African Government
SOAN 0332 Africa Continuity and Change
SOAN 0333 Africa: Environment and Society
(2) Two additional courses, either chosen from group (1) above or from the following courses, which include significant materials on Africa and/or the African Diaspora. When given the option to pursue independent research projects in these courses, students are expected to choose Africa-related topics to contribute to their minor:
DANC 0163 From Africa to America: Moving from Our Core
ECON 0425 Seminar on Economic Development
ECON 0465 Special Topics in Environmental Economics
FREN 0394 Black and Beur Expression
GEOG 0210 Geographical Perspectives on International Development
HIST 0105 The Atlantic World: 1492-1900
HIST 0109 History of Islam and the Middle East, Since 1453
HIST 0225 African American History
HIST 0263 Religion and Politics in Islamic History
HIST 0427 Diaspora and Exile
HIST/WAGS 0438 Readings in Middle Eastern History: Women and Islam
MUSC 1066 The History of the American Negro Spiritual
PSCI 0209 Local Green Politics
PSCI 0217 Politics of the Middle East and North Africa
PSCI 0258 The Politics of International Humanitarian Action
PSCI 0330 Comparative Development Strategies
PSCI 0378 Civil Conflict in Africa and the Middle East
PSCI 0438 Political Islam
RELI 0150 The Islamic Tradition
RELI 0272 African American Religious History
RELI 0330 Seminar in Christian Studies: Justice, Forgiveness, and Political Virtue
RELI 0359 Issues in Islamic Law and Ethics: Questions of Life and Death
SOAN 0211 Human Ecology
SOAN 0267 Global Health
SOAN 0468 Success and Failure in Global Health and Development Projects
SOAN 0340 The Anthropology of Human Rights
SOAN/RELI 0353 Islam in Practice: Anthropology of Muslim Cultures
*Courses offered during the winter term may apply to the minor.
(3) One advanced seminar course (0300- or 0400-level, depending on the department), or a relevant, independent 0500-level project (at the discretion of the program director).
Other courses offered during the fall, winter, or spring terms, or at affiliated institutions abroad, may be substituted for the above listed courses at the discretion of the program director. As a general rule, no more than one course from a study abroad program will be counted towards the fulfillment of the minor.