Departments & Programs
African Studies
Minor in African Expressive Culture
Students must complete at least 15 credit hours of course work including the following:
- AFRI-L 231 or HIST-H 227 African Civilizations
- At least 12 credit hours of course work chosen in consultation with the African Studies advisor, of which at least 9 credit hours must be completed at the 300-400 level.
- A minimum of 9 credit hours must be completed on the Bloomington campus.
Courses That Are Pre-approved to Count toward the Minor
African American and African Diaspora Studies- AAAD-A 430 The Cinema of Africana Women (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE DUS
Anthropology
- ANTH-E 300 Culture Areas and Ethnic Groups (3 cr.) (Approved topic: Photography and Ethnography)
- ANTH-E 309 Problems in African Ethnography (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
- ANTH-E 310 Introduction to the Cultures of Africa (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE GCC
- COLL-C 103 Critical Approaches to the Arts and Humanities (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE CAPP (Approved topic: Magic, Science, and Art in Africa)
- CMCL-C 422 Performance, Culture, and Power in the Middle East and North Africa (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC
- CMLT-C 261 Introduction to African Literature (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE GCC
- CMLT-C 291 Studies in Non-Western Film (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE GCC (African topics only)
- CMLT-C 361 African Literature and Other Arts (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE GCC
- FINA-A 155 Introduction to African Art (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE GCC
- FINA-A 255 Topics in African Art History (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE GCC
- 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 (African topics only)
- FOLK-F 252 Folklore and the Humanities (3 cr.) CASE A&H (Approved topics: The Cultural Work of Music in East Africa; Global Pop Music)
- FOLK-F 301 African Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music (3 cr.) CASE A&H, GCC
- FOLK-E 302 Music in African Life (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE GCC
- FOLK-F 450 Music in Religious Thought and Experience (3 cr.) CASE A&H
French and Italian
- FRIT-F 467 French Beyond the Hexagon (3 cr.) (African topics)
History
- HIST-J 300 Seminar in History (3 cr.) CASE S&H (Approved topic: African History and Film)
- HIST-E 340 African History and Popular Culture (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE GCC