African Studies: East African Languages: Kiswahili (Swahili)

• CAS LE 111: Swahili 1
  Introduction to spoken Kiswahili. Emphasis on communicative skills. Exposure to full system of noun classes and introduction to tense-aspect system. Cultural and historical readings, films, and other visual aids included. Lab required. Four hours weekly.
• CAS LE 211: Swahili 3
  Intermediate study of Kiswahili. Continued emphasis on oral communication skills and the development of reading and writing skills. Exposure to all compound tenses. Readings from traditional Kiswahili literature, oral and written. Lab required.
• CAS LE 311: Swahili 5
  Discussions and compositions relating to East African themes and based in readings from traditional literature, political treatises from Kenya and Tanzania, and a modern novel. Advanced grammatical analysis.
• CAS LE 411: Swahili 7
  This course is designed to take students to advanced-high level proficiency in Kiswahili. It emphasizes high-level reading comprehension and leads to the development of communication skills for extended formal and informal discourse.
• CAS LE 451: Swahili 9
  A continuation of CAS LE 412, Swahili 8, leading to a superior level of proficiency (based on ACTFL standards), where the student's linguistic and cultural competence approximates that of native speakers.
• CAS LE 491: Directed Study: Swahili
  Directed study in a topic in Swahili (Kiswahili). Special Topic for Spring 2016, Section H1: Swahili with a Health Focus 1. Relevant for students interested in health-related research in East Africa. Introduction to spoken Kiswahili with particular emphasis on communicative skills for the health professional. Exposure to cultural and historical readings and films included. Lab required. Four hours weekly.
• CAS LE 529: Swahili with a Health Focus 1
  Graduate students in professional health fields are introduced to conversational Swahili with a particular focus on applications in global health settings. Designed for public health students who intend to work internationally or have an interest in a cross-cultural understanding of health.
• CAS LE 530: Swahili with a Health Focus 2
  Building on CAS LE 529, this course continues to develop a student's conversational Swahili skills in global health settings. Second course in sequence designed for public health students who intend to work internationally or have an interest in a cross-cultural understanding of health.

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