Departments & Programs

African Studies

Cross-Listed Courses

African American and African Diaspora Studies
  • AAAD-A 150 Survey of the Culture of Black Americans (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE DUS
  • AAAD-A 156 Liberation Struggles against Jim Crow and Apartheid (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
  • AAAD-A 210 Black Women in the Diaspora (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
  • AAAD-A 278 Contemporary Black Film (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE DUS
  • AAAD-A 350 Black Atlantic (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE GCC
  • AAAD-A 355 African American History I (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE DUS
  • AAAD-A 360 Slavery: Worldwide Perspective (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
  • AAAD-A 420 Transforming Divided Communities and Societies (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
  • AAAD-A 430 The Cinema of Africana Women (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE DUS
Anthropology
  • ANTH-A 105 Human Origins and Prehistory (3 cr.) CASE S&H
  • ANTH-A 205 Anthropology Today: Selected Topics in Current Research (1–4 cr.) (Topic: West Africa Today)
  • ANTH-A 303 Evolution and Prehistory (3 cr.) CASE S&H
  • ANTH-B 200 Bioanthropology (3 cr.) CASE N&M
  • ANTH-B 368 Evolution of Primate Social Behavior (3 cr.) CASE N&M
  • ANTH-B 400 Undergraduate Seminar (3 cr.) (Topic: Primate Behavior)
  • ANTH-B 464 Human Paleontology (3 cr.)
  • ANTH-E 105 Culture and Society (3 cr.) CASE S&H
  • ANTH-E 200 Social and Cultural Anthropology (3 cr.) CASE S&H
  • ANTH-E 300 Culture Areas and Ethnic Groups (1–3 cr.) (Topics with emphasis on Africa)
  • ANTH-E 307 Shamanism and Spirit Possession (3 cr.) CASE S&H
  • ANTH-E 310 Introduction to the Cultures of Africa (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE GCC
  • ANTH-E 312 African Religions (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE GCC
  • ANTH-E 314 Voices of Women (3 cr.) CASE A&H
  • ANTH-E 400 Undergraduate Seminar (3 cr.) (Topics with emphasis on Africa)
  • ANTH-E 408 Talk, Tales, and Television: Africa, Europe, the United States (3 cr.) CASE A&H
  • ANTH-E 417 African Women (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
  • ANTH-E 420 Economic Anthropology (3 cr.) CASE S&H
  • ANTH-E 423 Life Histories (3 cr.) CASE S&H
  • ANTH-E 455 Anthropology of Religion (3 cr.) CASE S&H
  • ANTH-E 460 The Arts in Anthropology (3 cr.) CASE A&H
  • ANTH-E 475 Law and Culture (3 cr.) CASE GCC
  • ANTH-E 490 Development and Anthropology (3 cr.)
  • ANTH-P 200 Introduction to Archaeology (3 cr.) CASE S&H
  • ANTH-P 314 Earlier Prehistory of Africa (3 cr.) CASE S&H
  • ANTH-P 315 Later Prehistory of Africa (3 cr.) CASE S&H
  • ANTH-P 380 Prehistoric Diet and Nutrition (3 cr.) CASE N&M
Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design
  • AMID-F 301 Dress Studies: Cultural Analysis (3 cr.) CASE GCC
College of Arts and Sciences
  • COLL-C 103 Critical Approaches to the Arts and Sciences (3 cr.) (Topics pertaining to African Studies) CASE A&H, CASE CAPP
  • COLL-C 104 Critical Approaches to the Arts and Sciences (3 cr.) (Topics pertaining to African Studies) CASE S&H, CASE CAPP
Communication and Culture
  • CMCL-C 422 Performance, Culture, and Power in the Middle East and North Africa (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
Comparative Literature
  • CMLT-C 155 Culture and the Modern Experience: An Interdisciplinary and International Approach (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE GCC (Topics with emphasis on Africa)
  • CMLT-C 261 Introduction to African Literature (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE GCC
  • CMLT-C 262 Cross-Cultural Encounters (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE GCC (Topics with emphasis on Africa)
  • CMLT-C 291 Studies in Non-Western Film (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE GCC (Topics with emphasis on Africa)
  • CMLT-C 301 Special Topics in Comparative Literature (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE GCC (Topics with emphasis on Africa)
  • CMLT-C 340 Women in World Literature (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE GCC (Topics with emphasis on Africa)
  • CMLT-C 361 African Literature and Other Arts (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE GCC
  • CMLT-C 363 Black Paris (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE GCC
  • CMLT-C 400 Studies in Comparative Literature (3 cr.) CASE A&H (Topics with emphasis on Africa)
  • CMLT-C 464 French Language Literature of Africa and the Americas (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE GCC
Fine Arts
  • FINA-A 155 Introduction to African Art (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE GCC
  • FINA-A 350 Topics in African, Oceanic, and Pre-Columbian American Art (3 cr.)
  • FINA-A 352 Art of Eastern and Southern Africa (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
  • FINA-A 355 Art, Craft, and Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa (3 cr.) CASE GCC
  • FINA-A 356 Art of Central Africa (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE GCC
  • FINA-A 453 Art of Sub-Saharan Africa I: Arts of Africa's Western Sudan (4 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
  • FINA-A 454 Art of Sub-Saharan Africa II: Arts of the West African Coast (4 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
  • FINA-A 458 Topics in the Ethnographic Arts (3 cr.) CASE S&H (Topics with emphasis on Africa)
Folklore and Ethnomusicology
  • FOLK-E 302 Music in African Life (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE GCC
  • FOLK-F 205 Folklore in Video and Film (3 cr.) CASE A&H
  • FOLK-F 252 Folklore and the Humanities (3 cr.) CASE A&H (Topic: Global Pop Music)
  • FOLK-F 301 African Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE GCC
  • FOLK-F 307 Middle Eastern Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE GCC (Topics with emphasis on North African communities)
  • FOLK-F 354 African American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE DUS
  • FOLK-F 403 Practicum in Folklore/Ethnomusicology (3 cr.) (emphasis on Africa)
  • FOLK-F 450 Music in Religious Thought and Experience (3 cr.) CASE A&H
  • FOLK-F 494 Transcription and Analysis of Traditional Music (3 cr.) CASE A&H  (emphasis on Africa)
History
  • HIST-E 100 Issues in African History (3 cr.) CASE S&H
  • HIST-E 200 Issues in African History (3 cr.) CASE S&H
  • HIST-E 300 Issues in African History (3 cr.) CASE S&H
  • HIST-E 331 African History from Ancient Times to Empires and City States (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
  • HIST-E 332 African History from Colonial Rule to Independence (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
  • HIST-E 333 Conflict in Southern Africa (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
  • HIST-E 334 History of Western Africa (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GGC
  • HIST-E 336 History of East Africa (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
  • HIST-E 338 History of Muslim West Africa (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
  • HIST-E 340 African History and Popular Culture (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
  • HIST-E 400 Issues in African History (3 cr.) CASE S&H
  • HIST-H 101-H102 The World in the Twentieth Century I–II (3–3 cr.) CASE S&H for H101 and H102, CASE GCC for H102 only.
  • HIST-H 227 African Civilizations (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
  • HIST-J 200 Seminar in History (3 cr.) CASE S&H (Topics with emphasis on Africa)
  • HIST-J 300 Seminar in History (3 cr.) CASE S&H (Topics with emphasis on Africa)
Linguistics
  • LING-A 400 Advanced Individual Study of an African Language (3 cr.)
  • LING-B 101-B102 Elementary Bamana I–II (4–4 cr.)
  • LING-B 201-B202 Intermediate Bamana I–II (4–4 cr.)
  • LING-B 301-B302 Advanced Bamana I–II (4–4 cr.)
  • LING-F 101-F102 Elementary African Languages I–II (4–4 cr.)
  • LING-F 201-F202 Intermediate African Languages I–II (3–3 cr.)
  • LING-F 301-F302 Advanced African Languages I–II (3–3 cr.)
  • LING-K 101-K102 Elementary Akan I–II (4–4 cr.)
  • LING-K 201-K202 Intermediate Akan I–II (3–3 cr.)
  • LING-K 301-K302 Advanced Akan I–II (3–3 cr.)
  • LING-L 112 Language and Politics (3 cr.) CASE S&H
  • LING-L 303 Introduction to Linguistic Analysis (3 cr.) CASE N&M
  • LING-L 306 Phonetics (3 cr.) CASE N&M
  • LING-L 367 Languages of the World (3 cr.) CASE S&H
  • LING-L 431 Field Methods (3 cr.)
  • LING-L 432 Advanced Field Methods (3 cr.)
  • LING-L 480 Introduction to African Linguistics (3 cr.) CASE S&H
  • LING-L 481 Languages in Africa (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
  • LING-L 490 Linguistic Structures (3 cr.)
  • LING-S 101-S102 Elementary Swahili I–II (4–4 cr.)
  • LING-S 201-S202 Intermediate Swahili I–II (3–3 cr.)
  • LING-S 301-S302 Advanced Swahili I–II (3–3 cr.)
  • LING-Z 101-Z102 Elementary Zulu I–II (4–4 cr.)
  • LING-Z 201-Z202 Intermediate Zulu I–II (3–3 cr.)
  • LING-Z 301-Z302 Advanced Zulu I–II (3–3 cr.)
Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
  • NELC-A 100-A150 Elementary Arabic I–II (4–4 cr.)
  • NELC-A 200-A250 Intermediate Arabic I–II (3–3 cr.)
  • NELC-A 300-A350 Advanced Arabic I–II (3-3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 223 Conversational Arabic I (3 cr.)
  • NELC-N 255 Multimedia Arabic (3 cr.)
Political Science
  • POLS-Y 107 Introduction to Comparative Politics (3 cr.) CASE S&H
  • POLS-Y 200 Contemporary Political Topics (3 cr.) CASE S&H (Topics pertaining to Africa)
  • POLS-Y 338 African Politics (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
  • POLS-Y 343 The Politics of International Development (3 cr.) CASE S&H (with emphasis on Africa)
  • POLS-Y 346 Politics in the Developing World (3 cr.) CASE S&H (with emphasis on Africa)
  • POLS-Y 362 International Politics of Selected Regions (Africa) (3 cr.) CASE S&H
Spanish and Portuguese
  • HISP-P 317 Reading and Conversation in Portuguese (3 cr.)
  • HISP-P 400 Literatures of the Portuguese-Speaking World I (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE GCC
  • HISP-P 401 Literatures of the Portuguese-Speaking World II (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE GCC
  • HISP-P 415 Women Writing in Portuguese (3 cr.) CASE A&H
  • HISP-P 495 Luso-Brazilian Colloquium (1–3 cr.) Topic: Literatures of Africa in Portuguese
School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation
  • HPER-H 150 Preschool Children’s Health (3 cr.)
  • HPER-H 163 Emerging Health Issues (3 cr.) (emphasis on Africa)
  • HPER-H 317 Topical Seminar in Health Education (3 cr.) (emphasis on Africa)
  • HPER-H 414 Health Education in Grades K–6 (3 cr.)
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
  • SPEA-V 160 National and International Policy (3 cr.) (with Africa emphasis)
  • SPEA-V 450 Contemporary Issues in Public Affairs (Africa) (1–3 cr.)