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 Contemporary Probs/Prospects 3.0 FS * NW

1 course selected from:

AFAM 100 Intro to African Studies 3.0 FS * NW

This course is also offered as AFRI 100.

AFRI 100 Intro to African Studies 3.0 FS * NW

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.
ARTS 413 African Art 3.0 Inq
Prerequisites: ARTS 101 and ARTS 102 for art majors.
HIST 370 African History Before 1800 3.0 FA * NW
HIST 371 African History After 1800 3.0 SP * NW
HIST 372 History of South Africa 3.0 Inq NW
HIST 470 History of East/Central Africa 3.0 Inq
HIST 471 History of West Africa 3.0 Inq
POLS 415B Comparative Government: Africa 3.0 FA
POLS 446B Intl Relations: 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 * NW
AFAM 231 African American History 3.0 FS * Eth

This course is also offered as HIST 231.

ANTH 116 Power and Scarcity 3.0 FS * NW
ANTH 140 Magic/Witchcraft/Religion 3.0 FS * NW
ANTH 437 Anthro/Development Issues 3.0 S2
ANTH 441 Anthropology of Power 3.0 Inq
ANTH 444 Material Culture Studies 3.0 Inq
HIST 231 African American History 3.0 FS * Eth

This course is also offered as AFAM 231.

MCGS 498 Special Topics in MCGS 1.0 -3.0 FS

When course content deals with African topics.

ECON 375 Developing Countries 3.0 FS
Prerequisites: ECON 103.
HCSV 323 International Health 3.0 Inq
HIST 425 British Empire 3.0 Inq
POLS 302 Politics of Third Wrld Nations 3.0 FS * NW
POLS 413 Politics of Developing Nations 3.0 SP
SOCI 354 Interethnic Contacts 3.0 FS * NW

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