Associate Professor: Armelle Crouzieres-Ingenthron (French), Jacob Tropp (history) (program director). Assistant Professor: Claudia Cooper (education studies); Nadia Horning (political science), Michael Sheridan (sociology/anthropology), Program Coordinator: Carolann Davis
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 0392/0492 Literature and Denunciation: The Awakening of the Maghreb
· FREN 0396 (Re) Constructing Identities: Francophone Colonial and Postcolonial Fiction
· FYSE 1016 (Post) Colonial Perspective in Film
· FYSE 1071 Everyday Life in South Africa, 1948-Present
· HIST 0225 History of Africa to 1800
· HIST 0226 Modern Africa
· HIST 0419 Environmental History of Africa
· HIST 0420 Popular Culture in African History
· HIST/WAGS 0421 Women and Gender in African History
· PSCI 0202 African Politics
· PSCI 0378 Civil Conflict in Africa and the Middle East
· PSCI 0431 Seminar on African Government: The Political Economy of the Neo-Patrimonial State
· SOAN 0332 Continuity and Change in Africa
(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 0465 Special Topics in Environmental Economics
· FREN/WAGS 0395 Women’s Voices from the Francophone World
· GEOG 0210 Geographical Perspectives on International Development
· HIST 0105 The Atlantic World: 1492-1900
· HIST 0371 African American History
· HIST/WAGS 0416 Women and Islam
· MUSC 1066 The History of the American Negro Spiritual
· PSCI 0438 Political Islam
· RELI 0150 The Islamic Tradition
· RELI 0330 Seminar in Christian Studies: Justice, Forgiveness, and Political Virtue
· SOAN 0211 Human Ecology (CW 5)
(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.