The Minor in African Studies
Course Requirements for the Minor: 22 units
The following courses, or their approved transfer equivalents, are required of all candidates for this minor.
Courses marked with an asterisk (*) may be applied toward General Education.
1 course required:
| AFRI |
300 |
African Studies: Contemporary Social Problems and Prospects |
3.0 |
FS * GC |
1 course selected from:
| AFAM |
100 |
Introduction to African Studies |
3.0 |
FS * GC |
This course is also offered as AFRI 100.
| AFRI |
100 |
Introduction to African Studies |
3.0 |
FS * GC |
This course is also offered as AFAM 100.
10-16 units selected from:
| AFRI |
399 |
Special Problems |
1.0 |
-3.0 FS |
| ANTH |
376 |
African Cultures |
3.0 |
Inq |
| ANTH |
411 |
Human Origins |
3.0 |
Inq |
Prerequisites: ANTH 111, ANTH 300, or ANTH 301.
| ARTH |
476 |
African Art |
3.0 |
Inq |
Prerequisites: ARTH 101 and ARTH 102 for art majors.
| HIST |
370 |
African History Before 1800 |
3.0 |
FA * GC |
| HIST |
371 |
African History After 1800 |
3.0 |
SP * GC |
| HIST |
372 |
History of South Africa |
3.0 |
Inq GC |
| HIST |
470 |
History of East and Central Africa |
3.0 |
Inq |
| HIST |
471 |
History of West Africa |
3.0 |
Inq |
| POLS |
415B |
Comparative Government: Africa |
3.0 |
FA |
| POLS |
446B |
International Relations of Africa |
3.0 |
SP |
If you select fewer than 16 units from the above, select additional units from the following to bring your total to 16.
0-6 units selected from:
| ABUS |
390 |
World Food and Hunger Issues |
3.0 |
FS * GC |
| AFAM |
231 |
African American History |
3.0 |
FS * USD |
This course is also offered as HIST 231.
| ANTH |
116 |
Power and Scarcity: The Anthropology of Change |
3.0 |
FS * GC |
| ANTH |
140 |
Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion |
3.0 |
FS * GC |
| ANTH |
437 |
International Development and Globalization |
3.0 |
S2 |
| ANTH |
441 |
Economic Anthropology: Gifts and Goods |
3.0 |
Inq |
| ANTH |
444 |
Material Culture Studies |
3.0 |
Inq |
| HIST |
231 |
African American History |
3.0 |
FS * USD |
This course is also offered as AFAM 231.
| MCGS |
498 |
Special Topics in Multicultural and Gender Studies |
1.0 |
-3.0 FS |
When course content deals with African topics.
| ECON |
375 |
The Developing Countries |
3.0 |
FS |
Prerequisites: ECON 103.
| HCSV |
323 |
International Health |
3.0 |
Inq |
| HIST |
425 |
The British Empire |
3.0 |
Inq |
| POLS |
302 |
Politics of Third World Nations |
3.0 |
FS * GC |
| POLS |
413 |
Politics of Developing Nations |
3.0 |
SP |
| SOCI |
354 |
Ethnicity and Nationalism |
3.0 |
Inq * GC |
