Associate Professor: Armelle Crouzieres-Ingenthron (French), Jacob Tropp (history) (program director). Assistant Professor: Nadia Horning (political science), Quinn Mecham (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:
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:
ECON 0465 Special Topics in Environmental Economics
FREN 0394 Black and Beur Expression
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 0230 Comparative Development Strategies
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.