College of Arts & Sciences
African American Studies
| Course Title | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| AA | 207 | Intro Ethnic, Race & Minority Rel (SO 207) | 4 |
| AA | 304 | Introduction to African American Women Writers | 4 |
| AA | 309 | African Am History in Global Perspective | 4 |
| AA | 310 | History of the Civil Rights Movement | 4 |
| AA | 311 | African American Religious History (RN 311) | 4 |
| AA | 316 | African Diaspora Arts in the Americas (AH 316) | 4 |
| AA | 363 | Race and the Development of the American Economy: A Global Perspective (EC 363) | 4 |
| AA | 371 | African American History (HI 371) | 4 |
| AA | 382 | * History of Religion in Precolonial Africa (HI 382) | 4 |
| AA | 385 | Atlantic History (HI 385) | 4 |
| AA | 395 | * Power, Leadership, and Governance in Africa and the Caribbean (HI 395) (IR 394) | 4 |
| AA | 396 | State & Com in Atlantic Africa (HI 396) | 4 |
| AA | 408 | Sem: Ethnic, Race & Minority Rel (SO 408) | 4 |
| AA | 410 | Blacks in Modern Europe (HI 481) | 4 |
| AA | 489 | The African Diaspora (HI 489) | 4 |
| AA | 490 | Blacks and Asians (HI 490) | 4 |
| AA | 501 | Topics in African American Literature | 4 |
| AA | 502 | Topics in African American Literature | 4 |
| AA | 504 | African American and Asian American Women Writers (EN 371)) | 4 |
| AA | 506 | Images of Blacks & Asians in Amer Cul | 4 |
| AA | 510 | African American Drama | 4 |
| AA | 514 | Comparative Slavery (HI 584) | 4 |
| AA | 537 | West Indian Literature: Fiction (EN 587) | 4 |
| AA | 538 | Caribbean Poetry (EN 588) | 4 |
| AA | 559 | Reckoning with the Past (PO 559) | 4 |
| AA | 563 | Race and the Development of the American Economy: A Global Perspective (EC 563) | 4 |
| AA | 564 | From Slavery to Freedom: Abolition in Comparative Perspective (PO 564) | 4 |
| AA | 569 | African American Economic History (EC 569) | 4 |
| AA | 571 | African American Art (AH 571) | 4 |
| AA | 583 | Black Radical Thought (HI 583) | 4 |
| AA | 585 | Afro-Russian Experience (HI 585) | 4 |
| AA | 586 | African Americans Abroad (HI 586) | 4 |
| AA | 588 | Women, Power & Cul in Africa (HI 588) | 4 |
| AA | 712 | Studies in West Indian Literature:Caribbean Poetry | 4 |
| AA | 716 | African Diaspora Arts in the Americas (AH 316) | 4 |
| AA | 808 | Sem: Ethnic, Race & Minority Rel (SO 808) | 4 |
| AA | 871 | African American History (HI 871) | 4 |
| AA | 885 | Atlantic History (HI 885) | 4 |
Anthropology
| Course Title | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| AN | 102 | Human Behavioral Bio and Evolution | 4 |
| AN | 285 | Crisis in Contemporary Africa | 4 |
| AN | 312 | People and Cultures of Africa | 4 |
| AN | 319 | Anthropology of Muslim Cultures and Politics | 4 |
| AN | 320 | Women in the Muslim World | 4 |
| AN | 331 | Human Origins | 4 |
| AN | 332 | Primate Behavioral Adaptations | 4 |
| AN | 333 | Human Population Biology | 4 |
| AN | 334 | Human Behavioral Evolution | 4 |
| AN | 338 | Lucy and Ardi: The Oldest Women | 4 |
| AN | 360 | The Nomadic Alternative | 4 |
| AN | 382 | Wealth, Poverty & Culture | 4 |
| AN | 397 | Anthro of Film and Photo | 4 |
| AN | 434 | African Systems of Thought (PH 434)(Niger program) | |
| AN | 461 | Ethnological & Anthropological Theory I | 4 |
| AN | 462 | Ethnological & Anthropological Theory II | 4 |
| AN | 520 | Nilotic Peoples | 4 |
| AN | 524 | Language & Culture Contact | 4 |
| AN | 532 | Literacy & Islam in Africa | 4 |
| AN | 534 | Adv Topics in Human Behav Evolution | 4 |
| AN | 538 | Human Ecology of Modern Africa | 4 |
| AN | 552 | Primate Evolution and Anatomy | 4 |
| AN | 563 | Public Religion & Politics Across Cultures (IR 563) | 4 |
| AN | 585 | Seminar: Advanced Readings in African Ethnog. | 4 |
| AN | 712 | Studies in African Ethnography | 4 |
| AN | 719 | Anthropology of Muslim Cultures and Politics | 4 |
| AN | 720 | Women in the Muslim World | 4 |
| AN | 731 | Sem: Human Origins | 4 |
| AN | 733 | Sem: Primate Behavioral Adaptations | 4 |
| AN | 760 | The Nomadic Alternative |
Archaeology
| Course Title | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| AR | 205 | Origins of Civilization | 4 |
| AR | 209 | The Near Eastern Bronze Age | 4 |
| AR | 221 | Archaeology of Islamic World | 4 |
| AR | 232 | Archaeology of Ancient Egypt | 4 |
| AR | 305 | Paleolithic Archaeology | 4 |
| AR | 513 | Studies in African Archaeology | 4 |
| AR | 532 | Studies in Near/Middle East Archaeology | 4 |
| AR | 706 | Archaeology of Complex Societies | 4 |
| AR | 727 | Archaeology and Colonialism | 4 |
| AR | 775 | Oral History and Written Records in Archaeology | 4 |
History of Art & Architecture
| Course Title | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| AH | 215 | Arts of Africa | 4 |
| AH | 220 | Islamic Art and Architecture | 4 |
| AH | 315 | * African Architecture | 4 |
| AH | 316 | African Diaspora Arts in Americas (AA 316) | 4 |
| AH | 317 | From Morocco to Timbuktu: Art and Architecture at the Saharan Crossroads | 4 |
| AH | 429 | Seminar: African Art | 4 |
| AH | 430 | Seminar: African Architecture & Diversity | 4 |
| AH | 527 | Topics in Art and Society | 4 |
| AH | 571 | African American Art (AA 571) | 4 |
| AH | 716 | Seminar: African Diaspora Arts | 4 |
Biology
| Course Title | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| BI | 486 | Biological Design for Sustainable Development | 4 |
| BI | 686 | Biological Design for Sustainable Development | 4 |
| BI | 508 | Behavioral Ecology | 4 |
Economics
| Course Title | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| EC | 320 | Economics of Less Developed Regions | 4 |
| EC | 363 | Race & Devel. of the American Economy: A Global Perspective (AA 563) | 4 |
| EC | 387 | Introduction to Health Economics | 4 |
| EC | 521 | Development Policy | 4 |
| EC | 522 | Development Strategy | 4 |
| EC | 563 | Race & Development of the American Economy: A Global Perspective (AA 563) | 4 |
| EC | 569 | African American Economic History | 4 |
| EC | 581 | Health Economics I | 4 |
| EC | 591 | International Trade | 4 |
| EC | 595 | International Finance | 4 |
| EC | 721 | Topics in Development Economics I | 4 |
| EC | 722 | Topics in Development Economics II | 4 |
| EC | 782 | Health Econ in Dev Countries | 4 |
English
| Course Title | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| EN | 370 | African American Women Writers | 4 |
| EN | 371 | Af-Am and Asian American Women Writers | 4 |
| EN | 380 | 20th Century African American Novel | 4 |
| EN | 486 | Critical Studies in Anglophone Literature | 4 |
| EN | 586 | Studies in Anglophone Literature | 4 |
| EN | 587 | West Indian Literature: Fiction (AA 537) | 4 |
| EN | 588 | Caribbean Poetry (AA 538) | 4 |
| EN | 592 | Studies in Literature and Society | 4 |
| EN | 593 | African Myth in Anglophone Literature | 4 |
| EN | 794 | Post-Colonial Theatre | 4 |
| EN | 788 | Transnationalism and African American Literature | 4 |
Geography
| Course Title | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| GE | 201 | World Regional Geography I | 4 |
| GE | 356 | Geography of Third World Development | 4 |
| GE | 394 | Envir History of Africa (HI394) | 4 |
| GE | 756 | Sem: Third World Development | 4 |
History
| Course Title | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| HI | 175 | World History I | 4 |
| HI | 176 | World History II | 4 |
| HI | 215 | Political and Cultural Revolution | 4 |
| HI | 291 | Reconstructing the African Past | 4 |
| HI | 292 | Colonialism in Africa | 4 |
| HI | 350 | International Relations from 1945 | 4 |
| HI | 371 | African American History (AA 371) | 4 |
| HI | 385 | Atlantic History (AA 385) | 4 |
| HI | 394 | Environmental History of Africa (GE 394) | 4 |
| HI | 395 | Power, Leadership, and Governance in Africa and the Caribbean (IR 394) (AA 395) (HI 395) | 4 |
| HI | 396 | State & Com in Atlantic Africa (AA 396) | 4 |
| HI | 382 | * History of Religion in Precolonial Africa (AA 382) | 4 |
| HI | 481 | Blacks in Modern Europe (AA 410) | 4 |
| HI | 482 | Merchants, Pirate, Missionaries, and the State in Maritime Asia, 600–2000 | 4 |
| HI | 484 | Rev Change in N. Africa & Mid East | 4 |
| HI | 488 | Life Histories of African Women | 4 |
| HI | 489 | The African Diaspora (AA 489) | 4 |
| HI | 490 | Blacks and Asians (AA 490) | 4 |
| HI | 494 | Histories for the New South Africa | 4 |
| HI | 496 | Ideology and Conflict in World History | 4 |
| HI | 583 | Black Radical Thought (AA 583) | 4 |
| HI | 584 | Comparative Slavery (AA 514) | 4 |
| HI | 585 | The Afro-Russian Experience (AA 585) | 4 |
| HI | 586 | African Americans Abroad (AA 586) | 4 |
| HI | 588 | Women, Power & Cul in Africa (AA 588) | 4 |
| HI | 589 | Nature’s Past: Histories of Environment and Society | 4 |
| HI | 590 | The World and the West (AA 590) | 4 |
| HI | 593 | The Mediterranean | 4 |
| HI | 595 | Morocco: History on the Cusp of Three Continents | 4 |
| HI | 770 | African Historiography | 4 |
| HI | 777 | Problems in African History | 4 |
| HI | 871 | African American History | 4 |
| HI | 885 | Atlantic History (AA 885) | 4 |
| HI | 892 | The Middle East | 4 |
| HI | 894 | Environmental History of Africa | 4 |
| ID | 116 | Africa Today | 4 |
International Relations
| Course Title | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| IR | 242 | * Globalization and World Poverty (SO 242) | 4 |
| IR | 345 | Role of Force in International Relations | 4 |
| IR | 350 | International Relations from 1945 | 4 |
| IR | 382 | Understanding the Middle East | 4 |
| IR | 383 | Understanding Modern North Africa (PO 383) | 4 |
| IR | 394 | Power, Leadership, and Governance in Africa and the Caribbean (HI 395) (AA 395) | 4 |
| IR | 425 | Seminar: Women and Social Change in the Developing World (SO 420) | 4 |
| IR | 430 | Africa and Globalization: Opportunities and Obstacles | 4 |
| IR | 593 | Grassroots Finance in Africa and the Developing World | 4 |
| IR | 507 | Muslim and Western Worlds | 4 |
| IR | 509 | Islam in Middle East Politics | 4 |
| IR | 511 | The Middle East Today | 4 |
| IR | 548 | UN Peacekeeping | 4 |
| IR | 557 | Guerrilla Warfare and Terrorism | 4 |
| IR | 587 | Political Econ of Middle East | 4 |
| IR | 721 | War. Guilt, and World Politics (PO 722) | 4 |
| IR | 742 | Africa Political Systems (PO 839) | 4 |
| IR | 825 | Women & Social Change in Developing World (SO 820) | 4 |
Languages, African
| Course Title | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LA | 111 | * Hausa 1 | 4 |
| LA | 112 | * Hausa 2 | 4 |
| LA | 211 | * Hausa 3 | 4 |
| LA | 212 | * Hausa 4 | 4 |
| LA | 311 | * Hausa 5 | 4 |
| LA | 312 | * Hausa 6 | 4 |
| LA | 411 | * Hausa 7 | 4 |
| LA | 412 | * Hausa 8 | 4 |
| LD | 111 | * Amharic 1 | 4 |
| LD | 112 | * Amharic 2 | 4 |
| LD | 211 | * Amharic 3 | 4 |
| LD | 212 | * Amharic 4 | 4 |
| LD | 313 | *Amharic 5 | 4 |
| LD | 314 | *Amharic 6 | 4 |
| LD | 115 | * Zulu 1 | 4 |
| LD | 116 | * Zulu 2 | 4 |
| LD | 215 | * Zulu 3 | 4 |
| LD | 216 | * Zulu 4 | 4 |
| LD | 311 | * Zulu 5 | 4 |
| LD | 312 | * Zulu 6 | 4 |
| LD | 119 | * Igbo 1 | 4 |
| LD | 120 | * Igbo 2 | 4 |
| LD | 219 | * Igbo 3 | 4 |
| LD | 220 | * Igbo 4 | 4 |
| LE | 111 | Swahili 1 | 4 |
| LE | 112 | Swahili 2 | 4 |
| LE | 205 | Swahii & E Africa (Abroad) | 4 |
| LE | 211 | Swahili 3 | 4 |
| LE | 212 | Swahili 4 | 4 |
| LE | 311 | Swahili 5 | 4 |
| LE | 312 | Swahili 6 | 4 |
| LE | 411 | Swahili 7 | 4 |
| LE | 412 | Swahili 8 | 4 |
| LM | 111 | * Xhosa 1 | 4 |
| LM | 112 | * Xhosa 2 | 4 |
| LM | 211 | * Xhosa 3 | 4 |
| LM | 212 | * Xhosa 4 | 4 |
| LU | 111 | Pular 1 | 4 |
| LU | 112 | Pular 2 | 4 |
| LW | 111 | * Wolof 1 | 4 |
| LW | 112 | * Wolof 2 | 4 |
| LW | 211 | Wolof 3 | 4 |
| LW | 212 | Wolof 4 | 4 |
| LW | 311 | Wolof 5 | 4 |
| LW | 312 | Wolof 6 | 4 |
| LW | 411 | Wolof 7 | 4 |
| LW | 412 | Wolof 8 | 4 |
Linguistics
| Course Title | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LX | 501 | Field Methods | 4 |
| LX | 505 | The Structure of African Languages | 4 |
Modern Languages & Comparative Literature
| Course Title | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LF | 341 | Peoples and Cultures of West Africa (France) | 4 |
| FR | 342 | Field Placement I (Niger) | 4 |
| FR | 343 | Field Placement II (Niger) | 4 |
| FR | 400 | Francophone Literature of West Africa I | 4 |
| FR | 401 | Francophone Literature of West Africa II | 4 |
| LF | 456 | The Postcolonial Novel | 4 |
| LF | 558 | Colonial Fiction | 4 |
| LF | 860 | Mem & Hist in Francophone Literature | 4 |
| LX | 501 | Linguistic Field Methods | 4 |
| LX | 505 | Structure of African Languages | 4 |
| LX | 533 | The Structure of Creole Languages | 4 |
| LY | 111 | Arabic I | 4 |
| LY | 112 | Arabic II | 4 |
| LY | 211 | Arabic III | 4 |
| LY | 212 | Arabic IV | 4 |
| LY | 281/781 | Contemporary Arab Literature | 4 |
| LY | 282/782 | Quranic Negotiations: Muslim Writers and the Holy Book | 4 |
| LY | 283 | Contemporary Arab Women Writers | 4 |
| LY | 303 | Arabic V | 4 |
| LY | 304 | Arabic VI | 4 |
| LY | 404 | Arabic VII | 4 |
| LY | 405 | Arabic VIII | 4 |
| LY | 341 | Culture in North Africa: Post-Colonial Aesthetics and Politics | 4 |
| LY | 441 | 1001 Nights in the World Literary Imagination | 4 |
| LY | 572 | Arabic Translation and Interpreting | 4 |
| XL | 223 | Intro to Comp Lit: Middle East | 4 |
| XL | 315 | Film and Identity in the Muslim World | 4 |
| XL | 386 | Africa on Screen | 4 |
Philosophy
| Course Title | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| PH | 434 | African Systems of Thought |
Political Science
| Course Title | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| PO | 351 | Politics of Race and Ethnicity | 4 |
| PO | 383 | Understanding Modern North Africa | 4 |
| PO | 551 | Comparative Political Development | 4 |
| PO | 559 | Reckoning with the Past | 4 |
| PO | 560 | Politics/Society in North Africa/Mideast | 4 |
| PO | 564 | From Slavery to Freedom: Abolition in Comparative Perspective (AA 564) | 4 |
| PO | 565 | Gov’t/Politics of Contemporary Africa | 4 |
| PO | 566 | Political Systems of Southern Africa | 4 |
| PO | 573 | Islam in Mid East Politics | 4 |
| PO | 581 | National Development and Int’l Politics | 4 |
| PO | 587 | International Human Rights | 4 |
| PO | 722 | War, Guilt, and World Politics (IR721) | 4 |
| PO | 751 | Study of Comparative Politics | 4 |
| PO | 760 | Problems in Contemporary African Politics | 4 |
| PO | 786 | Africa in International Relations | 4 |
| PO | 839 | African Political Systems | 4 |
| PO | 842 | Seminar: Comparative Political Dev | 4 |
| PO | 866 | Politics of French-Speaking Africa | 4 |
Religion
| Course Title | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| RN | 214 | Islam | 4 |
| RN | 343 | Global Islam | 4 |
| RN | 344 | Islam & The West | 4 |
| RN | 345 | Islamic Law | 4 |
| RN | 347 | Islamic Theology and Philosophy | 4 |
| RN | 414 | Indigenous Religions of West Africa | 4 |
| RN | 415 | Traditional African Religions in the Diaspora | 4 |
| RN | 435 | Women, Gender, and Islam | 4 |
| RN | 641 | Islamic Mysticism: Sufism | 4 |
| RN | 644 | Islam and the West | 4 |
| RN | 645 | Islamic Law | 4 |
| RN | 647 | Islamic Theology and Philosophy | 4 |
| RN | 714 | Indigenous Religions of West Africa | 4 |
| RN | 715 | Traditional African Religions in the Diaspora | 4 |
| RN | 735 | Women, Gender, and Islam | 4 |
Sociology
| Course Title | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| SO | 242 | * Globalization and World Poverty (IR242) | 4 |
| SO | 207 | Race and Ethnic Relations (AA207) | 4 |
| SO | 408 | Ethnic, Race and Minority Relations | 4 |
| SO | 420 | Seminar: Women/Social Change in Dev World | 4 |
| SO | 808 | Seminar: Ethnic, Race and Minority Relations | 4 |
| SO | 820 | Women & Social Change in Devel. World | 4 |
Writing Program
| Course Title | Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| WR | 100 MF/F9 | Modern Islamic Literature | 4 |
| WR | 100 LA/L5/M9 | The Novel Now | 4 |
| WR | 100 G6 | 20th Century African American Voices | 4 |
| WR | 100 I3 | Global Transformations and Local Cultures | 4 |
| WR | 100 K1/L1/N1/M2 | Modern Novella | 4 |
| WR | 100 KH | Dreams of Universal Languages | 4 |
| WR | 100 | Writing Seminar | 4 |
| WR | 100 D2 | Into Africa: Lit of Sub-Saharan Africa | 4 |
| WR | 150 LE/J2 | Global Voices | 4 |
| WR | 150 MA/H2 | Travel Literature | 4 |
| WR | 150 C2/B3/C3 | Innovation in Technology | 4 |
| WR | 150 G8 | Modern Islamic Literature | 4 |