African Studies Program
Minor in African Studies
Students on Summer 2024, Fall 2024, or Spring 2025 requirements AFRISTMIN
Requirements
The minor requires at least 15 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.
- Introductory course. One (1) course:
- AFRI-L 231 African Civilization
- AFRI-L 232 Contemporary Africa
- HIST-H 227 African Civilizations
AFRI-L 231 African Civilization
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A historical introduction to Africa.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of AFRI-L 231 or HIST-H 227.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
AFRI-L 232 Contemporary Africa
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An introduction to current social, economic, and political issues in Africa.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
HIST-H 227 African Civilizations
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to African culture; African environment; early humans in Africa; precolonial history; traditional political, economic, and social systems; language, religion, art, music, literature.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of AFRI-L 231 or HIST-H 227.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Elective Requirements. 12 credit hours:
- 100% Africa Content. One (1) course:
- AFRI-A 100 Introduction to African Studies
- AFRI-L 100 Topics in African Society and Culture (Approved topics: "GUMBOOT DANCE - BEAUTY FROM PAIN" (TPC 1); "POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN AFRICA" (TPC 12); "POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN AFRICA" (TPC 26); "REED DANCE" (TPC 6); "SOUTHERN AFRICAN CULTURE IN SONG AND DANCE" (TPC 4); "WOMEN POLITICAL LEADERS AFRICA" (TPC 19))
- AFRI-L 202 Occultism in Africa
- AFRI-L 210 Popular Akan Oral Art Forms
- AFRI-L 231 African Civilization
- AFRI-L 232 Contemporary Africa
- AFRI-L 400 Topics in African Studies
- AFRI-X 390 Readings and Research in African Studies
- AFRI-X 473 Internship in African Studies
- ANTH-E 300 Culture Areas and Ethnic Groups (Approved topics: "ISLAM IN AND OUT OF AFRICA" (TPC 39))
- ANTH-E 309 Problems in African Ethnography
- ANTH-E 312
- ANTH-E 417 African Women
- ANTH-P 314 Earlier Prehistory of Africa
- ANTH-P 315
- ANTH-X 476 Museum Practicum (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- ARTH-A 155 Introduction to African Art
- ARTH-A 255 Topics in African Art History
- ARTH-A 350 Topics in African, Oceanic, and Pre-Columbian American Art
- ARTH-A 352 Art of Eastern and Southern Africa
- ARTH-A 355 Art, Craft, and Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa
- ARTH-A 356 Art of Central Africa
- ARTH-A 396 Foreign Study in History of Art
- ARTH-A 453 Art of Sub-Saharan Africa I: Arts of Africa's Western Sudan
- ARTH-A 454 Art of Sub-Saharan Africa II: Arts of the West African Coast
- ARTH-A 458 Topics in the Ethnographic Arts
- ARTH-A 490 Topics in Art History (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CMLT-C 261 Introduction to African Literature
- CMLT-C 291 Studies in Non-Western Film
- CMLT-C 361 African Literature and Other Arts
- CMLT-C 390
- EAS-X 377 Field Geology and Paleoanthropology at Olduvai Gorge
- FOLK-E 302 Music in African Life
- FOLK-E 303 Zimbabwean Mbira Performance Ensemble
- FOLK-F 301 African Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music (Approved topics: "MUSIC IN AFRICAN LIFE" (TPC 300); "WEST AFRICAN MUSIC" (TPC 11))
- GEOG-G 425 Africa: Contemporary Geography Problems
- GNDR-G 104 Topics in Gender Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- HIST-E 200 Issues in African History
- HIST-E 300 Issues in African History
- HIST-E 331 African History from Ancient Times to Empires and City States
- HIST-E 332 African History from Colonial Rule to Independence
- HIST-E 333 Conflict in Southern Africa
- HIST-E 338 History of Muslim West Africa
- HIST-E 340 African Popular Culture
- HIST-H 227 African Civilizations
- HIST-J 300 Seminar In History (Approved topics: "AFRICAN HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY" (TPC 121); "AFRICAN MILITARY HISTORY" (TPC 71))
- INTL-I 300 Topics in International Studies
- INTL-I 499 Seminar in Conflict Studies
- INTL-X 473 Internship in International Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- LING-L 210 Topics in Language and Society (Approved topics: "AFRICAN COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE" (TPC 6))
- LING-L 431 Field Methods
- LING-L 432 Advanced Field Methods
- LING-L 480 Introduction to African Linguistics
- LING-L 481 Language in Africa
- LING-L 485 Topics in Linguistics (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- MELC-E 201 Egypt of the Pharaohs: History and Civilization of Ancient Egypt
- MELC-E 301 Religions of Ancient Egypt
- MELC-M 204 Topics in Middle Eastern Culture and Society (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- POLS-Y 338 African Politics
- SGIS-X 373 Internship in Global and International Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- BUS-D 271 GLOBAL BUSINESS ANALYSIS-INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
- BUS-L 272 GLOBAL BUSINESS IMMERSION-BUSINESS LAW & ETHICS (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- SPEA-V 450 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS (Approved topics: "AFRICAN POLITICAL ECONOMY" (TPC 681))
- SPEA-V 482 OVERSEAS TOPICS IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS (Approved topics: "PEACE, CONFLICT & DEVELOPMENT IN RWANDA" (TPC 32))
AFRI-A 100 Introduction to African Studies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Interdisciplinary introduction to African Studies, with topics focusing on history, geography, life-ways, music, religion, philosophy, literature, and the visual arts. Critically examines the framing of Africa in the Global North and modes of knowledge production about Africa. Provides foundation for further coursework in African Studies.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
AFRI-L 100 Topics in African Society and Culture
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of selected topics in African studies not covered in existing regularly scheduled courses.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
AFRI-L 202 Occultism in Africa
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines occultism in Africa by identifying major forms and their power of influence within selected regions. Develops a clear intellectual understanding of occult practice in Africa and the major role it plays there.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
AFRI-L 210 Popular Akan Oral Art Forms
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores popular elements of Akan oral art and their influence on the Akan culture in the context of Sub-Saharan Africa. Promotes a clear understanding of popular forms of African expressive culture and the major roles they play in the cultures that create them, using Akan as the prime example.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
AFRI-L 231 African Civilization
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A historical introduction to Africa.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of AFRI-L 231 or HIST-H 227.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
AFRI-L 232 Contemporary Africa
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An introduction to current social, economic, and political issues in Africa.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
AFRI-L 400 Topics in African Studies
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Intensive study of selected topics in African studies. Studies in special topics not ordinarily covered by African Studies program courses. Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
AFRI-X 390 Readings and Research in African Studies
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Junior or senior standing and approval of instructor
- Description
- Independent readings or research project in African Studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in AFRI-X 390 and AFRI-L 401.
AFRI-X 473 Internship in African Studies
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Provides students with an opportunity to receive academic credit for work/service in an organization in Africa, or in a U.S. based organization focused on Africa or working with an African constituency. Requires a research paper related to the internship.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in AFRI-L 402 and AFRI-X 473.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
ANTH-E 300 Culture Areas and Ethnic Groups
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An ethnographic survey of a selected culture area or ethnic group.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
ANTH-E 309 Problems in African Ethnography
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Concentrating on ethnographies of African cultures, this course seeks to create an understanding of specific social worlds through the interaction of cultural practices (economy, the arts, law, language, religion, politics) as they have been affected by colonialism, nationalism, modernity, and globalization.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-E 417 African Women
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The remarkably active roles that African women play in their communities bring them respect, but also heavy responsibilities. This course follows the themes of autonomy and control of resources, considering both economic resources such as land, labor, income and cattle, and social resources such as education, religion, and political power.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-P 314 Earlier Prehistory of Africa
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A survey of prehistoric developments on the African continent from 2.5 million years ago to the end of the Stone Age, including topics such as the archaeology of human origins, as well as the emergence and economic and cultural patterns of anatomically modern hunter-gatherers.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
ANTH-X 476 Museum Practicum
- Credits
- 1–8 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- ANTH-A 403, ANTH-A 405, or consent of instructor
- Description
- Independent work of student's choice in one aspect of the field of museum work. Relevant readings required.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credit hours in ANTH-X 476.
ARTH-A 155 Introduction to African Art
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- African art in its cultural setting. Major style areas: prehistoric Nok culture, kingdoms of Ife and Benin, Western Sudan, Guinea Coast, equatorial forests, Congo, eastern and southern Africa.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ARTH-A 155 or FINA-A 155.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
ARTH-A 255 Topics in African Art History
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Variable topics in African art and visual culture, including important issues and areas of the continent.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in ARTH-A 255 and FINA-A 255.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
ARTH-A 350 Topics in African, Oceanic, and Pre-Columbian American Art
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Special topics in the history and study of African, Oceanic, and Pre-Columbian American art.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 6 credit hours in ARTH-A 350 and FINA-A 350.
ARTH-A 352 Art of Eastern and Southern Africa
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A one-semester survey of visual arts, traditions of eastern and southern Africa, examining architecture, personal arts of the body and household, religious arts, and contemporary painting and sculpture. Emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, but some earlier traditions, such as Ethiopian Christian art and Swahili architecture, are also discussed.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ARTH-A 352 or FINA-A 352.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
ARTH-A 355 Art, Craft, and Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examination of technology, history, and uses of traditional African art materials, such as metals, ceramics, wood, and fiber. Emphasis is on furniture, textiles, decorative arts, and utilitarian objects.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ARTH-A 355 or FINA-A 355.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
ARTH-A 356 Art of Central Africa
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Analysis of visual art traditions of central Africa, focusing primarily on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but also including art from Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, and Angola.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ARTH-A 356 or FINA-A 356.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
ARTH-A 396 Foreign Study in History of Art
- Credits
- 1–9 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Intended only for students participating in IU Overseas Study Program; all art history majors are required to obtain prior approval from the undergraduate art history advisor.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 9 credit hours in ARTH-A 396 and FINA-A 396.
ARTH-A 453 Art of Sub-Saharan Africa I: Arts of Africa's Western Sudan
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Analysis of visual art traditions of West Africa, focusing primarily on the peoples of the Western Sudan and including the area from northern Nigeria to Senegal. Emphasis on the concepts and themes that give the art its beauty, power, and social relevance for the peoples who use it.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ARTH-A 453 or FINA-A 453.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
ARTH-A 454 Art of Sub-Saharan Africa II: Arts of the West African Coast
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Analysis of visual art traditions of West Africa, focusing primarily on the peoples of the Atlantic coast from Nigeria to the Republic of Guinea. Emphasis on the concepts and themes that give the art its beauty, power, and social relevance for the peoples who use it.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ARTH-A 454 or FINA-A 454.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
ARTH-A 458 Topics in the Ethnographic Arts
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Specific themes of particular interest in the ethnographic arts. Topics will be based on art categories (such as textiles and music) or geographic areas (such as new developments in the study of central Bantu initiation arts).
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 7 credit hours in ARTH-A 458 and FINA-A 458.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
ARTH-A 490 Topics in Art History
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Topic varies with the instructor and year and will be listed in the online Schedule of Classes.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours in ARTH-A 490 and FINA-A 490.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
CMLT-C 261 Introduction to African Literature
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Oral and written poetry, epic, fiction, drama, and film from around the continent with reference to historical and cultural contexts, and debates on language choice, "authenticity," gender, and European representations of Africa.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
CMLT-C 291 Studies in Non-Western Film
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Emphasis on non-Western film in relation to literary and cultural texts. Films may be studied as adaptations of literary works, as reworkings of generic or ideological traditions, and in their engagement with the aesthetics of non-Western theater and Hollywood. Focus on one regional tradition (African, Asian, Middle Eastern) each time the course is offered.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
CMLT-C 361 African Literature and Other Arts
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CMLT-C 205 or 3 credit hours of literature
- Description
- A focus on critical issues in the field of African letters, such as transnationalism, the question of orality, choice of language, the economics and politics of publishing--both within and outside the continent, and their impacts on cultural forms including new, non-literary media. Authors such as Achebe, Aidoo, Armah, Diop, Farah, Head, Kunene, Ngugi, p'Bitek, Sembene, and Soyinka.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
EAS-X 377 Field Geology and Paleoanthropology at Olduvai Gorge
- Credits
- 6
- Prerequisites
- Minimum 3.000 GPA and at least one course in geology, anthropology, physical geography, or related field of study; and department consent
- Description
- Interdisciplinary field course in geo-paleoanthropology in the Olduvai Gorge. Develops skills in the application of innovative theory and techniques in human evolutionary research. Promotes understanding of evolutionary processes, such as tectonics and climate episodes, and how these processes influence the development of savanna environments in the East African Rift Valley.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of EAS-X 377, GEOL-G 349, or GEOL-X 377.
- Fall 2024CASE NMcourse
FOLK-E 302 Music in African Life
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of how Africans create, perform, think about, and use music in their lives. Topics include traditional and popular musical styles in relationship to social and historical contexts, as well as translocal, transnational, and global cultural and musical exchanges in which Africans participate.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
FOLK-E 303 Zimbabwean Mbira Performance Ensemble
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to Zimbabwean music through a combination of applied music making and lecture/discussions. Students learn to play the Zimbabwean Mbira and various percussion instruments.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
FOLK-F 301 African Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Folklore, folklife, or folk music as aspects of African culture. The functions of folklore forms and performances within traditional societies and emergent nations.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated once when topics vary.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
GEOG-G 425 Africa: Contemporary Geography Problems
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines contemporary geographic problems confronting the countries of sub-Saharan Africa. Primarily focus on urbanization, rural-urban migration, unemployment, agriculture, and health care. Also analysis of terrain, resource base, and other aspects of the natural environment.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
GNDR-G 104 Topics in Gender Studies
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Analysis of selected ideas, trends, and problems in the study of gender across academic disciplines. Explores a particular theme or themes and also provides critical introduction to the challenges of analyzing gender within the framework of different disciplines of knowledge.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
HIST-E 200 Issues in African History
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics vary from semester to semester but usually are broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
HIST-E 300 Issues in African History
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of limited scope. Topics vary but usually cut across fields, regions, and periods.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
HIST-E 331 African History from Ancient Times to Empires and City States
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Origins and groupings of peoples of Africa; political, social, and economic evolution to 1750; Africa's contacts with ancient world, trans-Sahara and Indian Ocean trades, growth of states and empires, spread of Islam.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-E 331 or HIST-E 431.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
HIST-E 332 African History from Colonial Rule to Independence
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- 1750 to present. Slave trade, European imperialism; impact of Islam and Christianity, new state formations, reassertion of African culture and identity.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-E 332 or HIST-E 432.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
HIST-E 333 Conflict in Southern Africa
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Early populations and environment; spread of European settlement, interaction with African societies, and early race relations; Zulu power and white power; discovery of minerals and industrialization; urbanization and segregation; African and Afrikaner nationalisms; South Africa and its neighbors; Mandela and the new South Africa.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-E 333 or HIST-E 433.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
HIST-E 338 History of Muslim West Africa
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Develops the origins of Islam in West Africa and the ways West Africans incorporated, transformed, and amplified Muslim beliefs and practices throughout history.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-E 338 or HIST-E 438.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
HIST-E 340 African Popular Culture
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- African popular culture (music, sports, fashion) is the lens used to explore how Africans responded to and shaped life under colonial rule and after independence. We consider questions like: What is the relationship between popular culture and politics? How does popular culture change how we think about colonialism and independence?
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
HIST-H 227 African Civilizations
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to African culture; African environment; early humans in Africa; precolonial history; traditional political, economic, and social systems; language, religion, art, music, literature.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of AFRI-L 231 or HIST-H 227.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
HIST-J 300 Seminar In History
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The refinement of students\' skills as historians; will focus on the skills of writing, interpretation, historical reasoning, discussion, and research.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic and the authorization of the history undergraduate advisor for a total of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
INTL-I 300 Topics in International Studies
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- This course focuses on the intensive study and analysis of selected international problems and issues within an interdisciplinary format. Topics will vary but will cut across fields, regions, and periods.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
INTL-I 499 Seminar in Conflict Studies
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study and analysis of conflicts and conflict resolution around the world through selected case studies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 3 credit hours.
INTL-X 473 Internship in International Studies
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of department
- Description
- Provides students with an opportunity to receive academic credit for a part-time or full-time internship experience within the U.S. or overseas. Allows students to apply the knowledge gained through course work in International Studies to the work world, thereby developing additional knowledge and skills and exposing them to professional career options.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in INTL-I 498 and INTL-X 473.
LING-L 210 Topics in Language and Society
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The study of topics relating to the role of language as a social phenomenon.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
LING-L 431 Field Methods
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- LING-L 307
- Notes
- R: LING-L 310
- Description
- Introduction to the procedures involved in the structural description of language, using a native speaker of an unfamiliar language whose speech will be analyzed.
LING-L 432 Advanced Field Methods
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- LING-L 431
- Description
- Advanced analysis of the language under study in LING-L 431.
LING-L 480 Introduction to African Linguistics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- LING-L 203 or linguistics major
- Description
- Introduction to the linguistic study of African languages; questions of language distribution, typological and genetic classification, comparative reconstruction, and structural aspects of individual languages.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
LING-L 481 Language in Africa
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of language as an integral component of the lives of African peoples. Topics include linguistic rituals, such as greetings, condolences, apologies, and leave-taking; speaking the unspeakable, joking and insulting, storytelling, proverbs, and anthroponymy. Issues addressed include women and rhetoric, language education, and the dynamics of language spread.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
LING-L 485 Topics in Linguistics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- Prerequisites vary by topic
- Description
- Studies in special topics not ordinarily covered in departmental courses.
MELC-E 201 Egypt of the Pharaohs: History and Civilization of Ancient Egypt
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Covers the history and civilization of ancient Egypt, including important historical and cultural events, from the Egyptian Predynastic period (c. 5000 - 3050 BCE) to the end of Egypt\'s traditional culture (c. 450 CE).
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
MELC-E 301 Religions of Ancient Egypt
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Covers the major aspects of religious belief and practice in ancient Egypt (c. 3500 BCE to 500 CE), including mythology, ethics and wisdom, religious praxis, magic, personal piety, and the survival and revival of ancient Egyptian religion after the disappearance of Egypt\'s own culture.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of MELC-E 301 or NELC-E 301.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
MELC-M 204 Topics in Middle Eastern Culture and Society
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Analysis of selected Middle Eastern cultural or social issues. Topics will vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours in MELC-M 204 and NELC-N 204.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
POLS-Y 338 African Politics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores politics in Sub-Saharan Africa. Examines relevance of "traditional" political systems; impact on colonialism; building new nations and states; authoritarian regimes; process of democratization; management of ethnic, regional, religious and class conflict; political challenges of economic development; role of international actors, including the United States, United Nations, World Bank, and non-governmental organizations; and globalization.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
SGIS-X 373 Internship in Global and International Studies
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Provides academic structure to undergraduate students who wish to engage in a work experience through participation in internships domestically or internationally.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Grading
- S/F grading.
BUS-D 271 GLOBAL BUSINESS ANALYSIS-INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
- Credits
- 1.5–1.5 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
BUS-L 272 GLOBAL BUSINESS IMMERSION-BUSINESS LAW & ETHICS
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
SPEA-V 450 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
SPEA-V 482 OVERSEAS TOPICS IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS
- Credits
- 0–15 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Electives. Three (3) additional courses:
- Additional courses from the 100% Africa Content list
- Courses with 25% or higher Africa Content
- AAAD-A 100 African American Dance Company: Foundations and Practices
- AAAD-A 112 Black Music of Two Worlds
- AAAD-A 154 History of Race in the Americas
- AAAD-A 156 Black Liberation Struggles against Jim Crow and Apartheid
- AAAD-A 210 Black Women in the Diaspora
- AAAD-A 221 Dance in the African Diaspora
- AAAD-A 304 Black Paris
- AAAD-A 350 Black Atlantic
- AAAD-A 355 African American History I
- AAAD-A 360 Slavery: Worldwide Perspective
- AAAD-A 390
- AAAD-A 407 African American and African Protest Strategies
- AAAD-A 420 Transforming Divided Communities and Societies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- AAAD-A 430 The Cinema of Africana Women
- AMST-A 351 American Studies in Transnational Contexts
- ANTH-A 107 Becoming Human: Evolving Genes, Bodies, Behaviors, Ideas
- ANTH-A 122 Interpersonal Communication
- ANTH-A 200 Topics in Anthropology of Culture and Society (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- ANTH-A 205 Anthropology Today: Selected Topics in Current Research (Approved topics: "EXPLORE SUSTAINABLE AGRI&TRADE" (TPC 301))
- ANTH-A 208 Topics in the Anthropology of the Arts and Expressive Behavior
- ANTH-B 200 Bioanthropology
- ANTH-B 343 Evolution of Human Ecological Footprint
- ANTH-B 368 The Evolution of Primate Social Behavior
- ANTH-B 464 Human Paleontology
- ANTH-B 466 The Primates
- ANTH-E 105 Culture and Society
- ANTH-E 300 Culture Areas and Ethnic Groups (Approved topics: "NATURE & CULTURE:PERSPECTIVES ENVIRONMENTAL ANTH" (TPC 308); "PHOTOGRAPHY AND ETHNOGRAPHY" (TPC 305))
- ANTH-E 309 Problems in African Ethnography
- ANTH-E 314
- ANTH-E 381 Ethnographic Analysis of Family, Work, and Power
- ANTH-E 386 Performance, Culture, and Power in the Middle East and North Africa
- ANTH-E 400 Undergraduate Seminar (Approved topics: "MONEY, MATERIALITY AND VALUE" (TPC 106))
- ANTH-E 407 Visual Anthropology: Filmmaking
- ANTH-E 417 African Women
- ANTH-E 423 Life Histories
- ANTH-E 444 People and Protected Areas: Theories of Conservation
- ANTH-P 250 Introductory World Archaeology
- ANTH-P 314 Earlier Prehistory of Africa
- ANTH-P 380 Prehistoric Diet and Nutrition
- ANTH-P 399 Undergraduate Seminar (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- ARTH-A 327 Survey of Modern and Contemporary Islamic Art
- ARTH-A 458 Topics in the Ethnographic Arts (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- BIOL-L 433 Tropical Biology
- BIOL-L 465 Advanced Field Biology
- CMLT-C 262 Cross-Cultural Encounters (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CMLT-C 291 Studies in Non-Western Film (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CMLT-C 301 Special Topics in Comparative Literature (Approved topics: "FOLKLORE AND MAGICAL/ANIMIST AND REALISM" (TPC 2))
- CMLT-C 318 Satire
- CMLT-C 343 Literature and Politics (Approved topics: "MIGRANTS, REFUGEES, COSMOPOLITANS" (TPC 1))
- CMLT-C 360 Diasporic Literatures
- CMLT-C 363 Black Paris
- CMLT-C 464 French Language Literature of Africa and the Americas
- COLL-C 103 Critical Approaches to the Arts and Humanities (Approved topics: "THE EBONICS CONTROVERSY" (TPC 24))
- COLL-C 104 Critical Approaches to the Social and Historical Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- COLL-C 105 Critical Approaches to the Natural and Mathematical Sciences (Approved topics: "SISTER SPECIES: LESSONS FROM THE CHIMPANZEE" (TPC 36); "SISTER SPECIES: LESSONS FROM THE CHIMPANZEE" (TPC 27))
- ENG-L 224 Introduction to World Literatures in English
- FOLK-E 112 Black Music of Two Worlds
- FOLK-E 151 Global Pop Music
- FOLK-E 297 Popular Music of Black America
- FOLK-E 496 African American Religious Music
- FOLK-F 111 World Music and Culture
- FOLK-F 121 World Arts and Cultures
- FOLK-F 252 Folklore and the Humanities (Approved topics: "GLOBAL POP MUSIC" (TPC 10))
- FOLK-F 307
- FOLK-F 308 Middle Eastern and Arab Mythology
- FOLK-F 315 Latin American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
- FOLK-F 377 Popular Culture and Politics in the Middle East
- FOLK-F 450 Music in Religious Thought and Experience (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- FRIT-F 222 Media Studies in the Francophone World
- FRIT-F 300 French and Francophone Studies: Introduction (Approved topics: "MANGER, BOIRE ET AIMER EN LITTERATURE ET CINEMA" (TPC 7))
- FRIT-F 467 French Beyond the Hexagon
- GEOG-G 208 Environment and Society
- GEOG-G 315 Environmental Conservation
- GEOG-G 317
- GNDR-G 105 Sex, Gender and the Body
- GNDR-G 215 Sex and Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective
- HISP-P 290 Global Portuguese: Arts and Culture (Approved topics: "PORTUGUESE AROUND THE WORLD" (TPC 4))
- HISP-P 317 Reading and Conversation in Portuguese
- HISP-P 400 Literatures of the Portuguese-Speaking World I
- HISP-P 401 Literatures of the Portuguese-Speaking World II
- HISP-P 405 Literature and Film in Portuguese
- HISP-P 415 Women Writing in Portuguese
- HISP-P 420 Literatures of the Portuguese-Speaking World in Translation
- HISP-P 475 Theatre in Portuguese
- HISP-P 476 Prose in Portuguese
- HISP-P 498 Portuguese Honors Seminar (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- HIST-C 200 Issues in Ancient History
- HIST-C 205 Islamic History and Civilization
- HIST-H 101
- HIST-H 205 Ancient Civilization
- HIST-J 400 Seminar in History (Approved topics: "COLD WAR&CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMNT" (TPC 312); "CRADLE OF GLOBALIZATION" (TPC 147))
- HIST-W 200 Issues in World History (Approved topics: "WORLD WAR I FROM THE MARGINS" (TPC 22))
- HIST-W 210 Global Soccer
- HIST-W 300 Issues in World History (Approved topics: "SLAVERY AND UNFREEDOM - WORLD HISTORY" (TPC 32))
- HON-H 237 Law and Society (Approved topics: "BLACK GOLD:COFFEE, CULTURE & GLOBAL EXCHANGE" (TPC 8))
- INTL-I 206 Peace and Conflict (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- INTL-I 303 Advanced Topics in Global Development (Approved topics: "COMPARATIVE POLITICS OF NATURAL RESOURCES" (TPC 3))
- INTL-L 202
- JSTU-J 262 Muslim-Jewish Relations in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries
- LING-L 103 Introduction to the Study of Language
- LING-L 112 Language and Politics
- LING-L 306 Phonetics
- LING-L 308 Morphology
- LING-L 315 Introduction to Sociolinguistics
- LING-L 367 Languages of the World
- LING-L 485 Topics in Linguistics (Approved topics: "ADVANCED PHONOLOGY" (TPC 31))
- MELC-M 207 Topics in Islamic Studies
- MELC-M 265 Introduction to Islamic Civilization
- MELC-M 305 Issues in Middle Eastern Literature
- MELC-M 365 Islamic Philosophy
- MSCH-C 219 Media in the Global Context
- MSCH-F 204 Topics in Media, Culture, and Society (Approved topics: "EMERGING MEDIA:NOLLYWOOD FILMS" (TPC 2); "MIGRANTS & REFUGEES IN FILM" (TPC 5))
- MSCH-F 391 Media Audiences
- MSCH-F 398 National and Transnational Cinemas
- MSCH-J 448 Global Journalism: Issues and Research
- MSCH-X 478 Field Experience in Media
- POLS-Y 107 Introduction to Comparative Politics (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- POLS-Y 343 The Politics of International Development (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- REL-A 202 Issues in African, European, and West Asian Religions
- REL-A 300 Studies in African, European, and West Asian Religions
- REL-A 470 Topics in Islamic Studies
- REL-D 250 Religion, Ecology, and the Self
- SOAD-F 301 Fashion Studies: Topics in Cultural Analysis (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- SOC-S 346 Topics in Cross-Cultural Sociology
- THTR-D 242 Dance in Human Society
- BUS-D 411 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE STRATEGY
- BUS-D 496 FOREIGN STUDY IN BUSINESS
- BUS-L 272 GLOBAL BUSINESS IMMERSION-BUSINESS LAW & ETHICS
- MUS-E 459 INSTRUMENTAL PEDAGOGY
- SPEA-V 160 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLICY (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- SPEA-V 370 RESEARCH METHODS AND STATISTICAL MODELING
- SPEA-V 434 NGO MANAGEMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- SPEA-V 450 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS (Approved topics: "GLOBAL GOVERNANCE IN THE 21ST CENTURY" (TPC 689); "INTERNATNL NGO MANAGMNT IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE" (TPC 647); "ISSUES IN THIRD WORLD DEVELOPMENT" (TPC 678); "U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND THIRD WORLD REGIMES" (TPC 699))
- SPH-F 347 HUM DEV II:MID CHLDHD THRU ADOL (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- SPH-H 150 CHILDREN'S HEALTH UP TO AGE 5 (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- SPH-H 304 HEALTHY CHILDREN: BREASTFEEDING PROMOTION IN GLOBAL COMMUNITIES
- SPH-H 414 HEALTH EDUC IN PRE-K - GRADE 6 (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- Credits
- 2
- Prerequisites
- Consent of instructor by audition
- Notes
- R: Previous dance training desirable but not essential
- Description
- Emphasis on ethnic and jazz traditions, although other genres are regularly performed. Repertoire varies from semester to semester. Participation in on- and off-campus concerts, workshops, and lecture demonstrations required.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated individually or in combination with AAAD-A 110 or AAAD-A 120 for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An exploration of the relationships among musics of West and Central African people and their descendants in the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Emphasis placed on the conceptual and aesthetic continuities between musical expression in Old and New World contexts--a uniformity which exists because of shared African cultural ancestry.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of AAAD-A 112, FOLK-E 112, or FOLK-F 112.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Exploration of the development of racism and racial ideologies in the United States, the Caribbean, Latin America, and South America from colonial times to the present. Emphasizes the interaction among cultural, political, and economic factors in shaping patterns of conflict and collaboration, domination and resistance.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A comparative perspective on American race relations, specifically the similarities and differences of the struggles against Jim Crow in America and against apartheid in South Africa. In both places, the late twentieth century witnessed a revolt against the legal and philosophical framework of white supremacy.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Interdisciplinary examination of salient aspects of black women's history, identity, and experience, including policies, cultural assumptions, and knowledge systems that affect black women's lives. While the primary focus is North America, the lives of black women in other cultural settings within the African Diaspora are also examined.
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to the history, culture, music, and body movements of dances in the African American and African Diaspora tradition with a focus on African-derived dances, primarily from Cuba, Puerto Rico, and America. Instruction through classroom lectures, discussions, videos, readings, and movement sessions.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: 3 credit hours of literature
- Description
- The common and divergent experiences of African-American, Afro-Caribbean, and African travelers to the "City of Light," from eighteenth-century New Orleans Creoles to twenty-first-century youth of African descent, as seen through literature, performance, film, and other arts. Issues of colonization, expatriation, immigration, exile, the Harlem Renaissance and "negritude," race and diaspora, transnationalism.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of AAAD-A 304 or CMLT-C 363.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- This course is an interdisciplinary and comparative study of historical, cultural, and political issues related to Africa and the African Diaspora (the Americas and Europe). Emphasis will also be on team teaching using IUB faculty. Course will be of interest to students in all university departments and schools.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- History of blacks in the United States. Slavery, abolitionism, Reconstruction, and post-Reconstruction to 1900.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of AAAD-A 355 or HIST-A 355.
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines several aspects of the classical, indigenous, and modern political/social bondage.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An examination of the historical roles, structures, the impact of black protest strategies, and the origins of black movements to assess their impact on communities in Africa and in the diaspora.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Histories, theories, policies, and citizen, state, corporate, nonprofit sector models of transforming past and present societies divided by race, ethnicity, gender, class, caste, tribe, and religion through restorative and distributive justice movements and policies such as civil rights, affirmative action, reparations, and reconciliation tribunals.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Historical and critical overview of films produced by African American women from the 1940s to the present. The course emphasizes how black women filmmakers combine their creative abilities with a desire to capture dominant issues that affect black women's lives in America.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Invites a critical and historical analysis of the relation of culture to nation: why is the study of culture traditionally bound in national frames of reference, and how might we organize a study of culture differently? Pursues the question topically (by considering ideas, peoples, social movements, etc., that cross national borders) and conceptually (by attention to the intellectual traditions that make possible alternative mappings of cultural study).
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduces the interdisciplinary science of human evolution using evidence from genetics, comparative anatomy and behavior of living primates, fossils, and archaeology. Shows how understanding the evolutionary past is relevant to current and future human conditions.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-A 103, ANTH-A 105, ANTH-A 107, or ANTH-A 303.
- Fall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to the study of communication, culture, identity and power. Each student does original primary research. Covers a range of topics, including small group communication around the world and among high school and college students in the United States, gendered language, slang, verbal play, texting, and institutional language.
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Selected topics in the anthropological study of social and cultural institutions. Emphasizes understanding and developing anthropological approaches to questions about social, economic, political, and historical relationships among groups and individuals in contexts across the globe. Course topics may utilize ethnographic, archaeological, linguistic, and historical information.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Selected topics in anthropological methods, techniques, and area or thematic studies. Course content will draw on the fieldwork experiences and/or current research of the instructor(s).
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to selected topics in the anthropology of art, performance, music, literature, folklore, belief, and ritual. Examines the methods anthropologists use to study the arts or other expressive behaviors and explores art and expression in a variety of cultural settings.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to the natural history of humans (Homo sapiens). Includes coverage of evolutionary theory and its relevance for understanding contemporary human biology, genetics and inheritance, description and analysis of human biological variation and adaptation, human-environment biocultural interactions, similarities and differences between humans and non-human primates, and the fossil record for primate and human evolution.
- Fall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The current environmental crisis did not begin overnight and likely has roots deep in our evolutionary history. Although the scale of our effects on the biosphere has only recently shown exponential growth, it is worth examining how we got to this point today. This course explores a series of threshold moments in the history of our species that had great implications for the environment.
- Fall 2024CASE SLcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Major patterns of social organization in the order Primates, with focus on several important primate species. Examination of Darwinian theories of behavioral evolution. Particular attention paid to the influence of food-getting and diet on social behavior.
- Fall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- ANTH-B 200; or consent of instructor
- Description
- Covers the structure, classification, evolution, geologic range, and geographical distribution of human fossils.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- ANTH-A 107, ANTH-B 200, or ANTH-B 301; or consent of instructor
- Description
- Paleontology, functional morphology, behavior, and natural history of the infrahuman primates. Emphasis on behavioral and ecological correlates of morphology.
- Fall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to the ethnographic and comparative study of contemporary and historical human society and culture. ANTH-E 105 does not count toward major. May be taken simultaneously with ANTH-A 105.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of the following: ANTH-A 104, ANTH-A 304, ANTH-E 105, or ANTH-E 303.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An ethnographic survey of a selected culture area or ethnic group.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Concentrating on ethnographies of African cultures, this course seeks to create an understanding of specific social worlds through the interaction of cultural practices (economy, the arts, law, language, religion, politics) as they have been affected by colonialism, nationalism, modernity, and globalization.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- ANTH-E 200; or consent of instructor
- Description
- This course teaches ethnographic analysis as a set of intellectual and practical tools students can use to define and answer questions about the implications of economic and social changes in their own lives and the world at large. Students will learn to identify and debate the patterns of loyalty, authority, and conflict established by specific relations in families and workplaces whether these are described in readings or presented in actual situations.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Middle Eastern cultures are well known for their rich and diverse performance practices. Taking an ethnographic perspective, this course views performances as communicative events through which social relations are organized. It explores how performances both participate in local arrangements of power and constitute responses to colonialism, nationalism, and globalization.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-E 386 or CMCL-C 422.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Intensive examination of selected topics in anthropology. Emphasis on analytic investigation and critical discussion. Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- May be taken with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Junior standing or consent of instructor
- Description
- Experimental filmmaking concerning social behavior, institutions, and customs.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The remarkably active roles that African women play in their communities bring them respect, but also heavy responsibilities. This course follows the themes of autonomy and control of resources, considering both economic resources such as land, labor, income and cattle, and social resources such as education, religion, and political power.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Life histories give ethnographies accessibility, emotional impact, deep contextualization, and a deceptively transparent opening for authentic voices. An exploration of the complex issues of power and knowledge underlying this method, including interviewing strategies, consent, confidentiality, editing and publishing choices, and considers its position within broader research agendas. We discuss classic examples, recent narrative collections and contemporary experimental texts.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Seminar course that explores major theories and approaches to conservation, from "fortress conservation" to community-based and participatory strategies. Considers the implications of protected areas for local human populations and cultural diversity. Evaluates outcomes and unintended consequences of protected areas, and controversies over the "best" way to protect natural resources.
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SLcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to archaeological discovery in the Americas, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Near East. Reviews the last 10,000 years of human culture and history, looking for what varies and what does not. For non-majors and students who have an interest in archaeology and a desire to learn about ancient cultures.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A survey of prehistoric developments on the African continent from 2.5 million years ago to the end of the Stone Age, including topics such as the archaeology of human origins, as well as the emergence and economic and cultural patterns of anatomically modern hunter-gatherers.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- How the long-term history of human diet has influenced our genetic, physiological, cultural, and socioeconomic development. Evolutionary and ecological perspectives on modern human diet and nutrition, including survey of modern human and nonhuman primate diets and the record of prehistoric human diet and methods of dietary reconstruction.
- Fall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Intensive examination of selected topics in archaeology. Development of skills in analysis and criticism. Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- May be taken with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Provides a comprehensive overview of modern and contemporary art of the Middle East and North Africa.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ARTH-A 327 or FINA-A 327.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Specific themes of particular interest in the ethnographic arts. Topics will be based on art categories (such as textiles and music) or geographic areas (such as new developments in the study of central Bantu initiation arts).
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 7 credit hours in ARTH-A 458 and FINA-A 458.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Field course taught in a tropical area overseas. Topics center on ecology and evolution and may include plants and animals, their interactions in rain forests, seasonally dry forests and mangroves, cloud forests, marine biology, marine/land interface, coral physiology, and reef development. Requires detailed field journal and other projects on areas visited.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- BIOL-L 473 or equivalent; and consent of instructor
- Description
- Lectures and two to three weeks of fieldwork on various problems of ecosystem structure and dynamics. Quantitative comparisons will be made of ecosystems in several different environments.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated once for credit.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Encounters between different cultures explored in the literature, art, film, and music resulting from various forms of cultural contact (travel, colonization, religious diffusion, print and electronic technologies). Topics include transformation of cultural institutions, processes of cross-cultural representation, globalization of the arts and culture, development of intercultural forms. Historical and regional focus may vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Emphasis on non-Western film in relation to literary and cultural texts. Films may be studied as adaptations of literary works, as reworkings of generic or ideological traditions, and in their engagement with the aesthetics of non-Western theater and Hollywood. Focus on one regional tradition (African, Asian, Middle Eastern) each time the course is offered.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CMLT-C 205 or 3 credit hours of literature
- Description
- Special topics concerning two or more literary traditions or literature and other areas in the humanities.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CMLT-C 205 or 3 credit hours of literature
- Description
- Historical and analytical study of forms, techniques, and scope of satire from antiquity to the Internet. Consideration of the role of ridicule in defending or attacking institutions, values, and beliefs.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CMLT-C 218 or CMLT-C 318.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: 3 credit hours of literature
- Description
- The intersection of literature and political issues, the representation of political ideas in literary works, literature's impact on politics and its role in public debate. Time periods, literatures, and civilizations studied will vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CMLT-C 205 or 3 credit hours of literature
- Description
- Study of literature by writers of different regional and religious diasporas, with particular attention to issues relating to cultural identity and location. Consideration of closely related categories and concepts such as immigrant, ethnic minority, hybridity, and deterritorialized cultures.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CMLT-C 205 or 3 credit hours of literature
- Description
- The common and divergent experiences of African American, Afro-Caribbean, and African travelers to the "City of Light," from 18th-century New Orleans Creoles to 21st-century youth of African descent, as seen through literature, performance, film, and other arts. Issues of colonization, expatriation, immigration, exile, the Harlem Renaissance and "negritude," race and diaspora, transnationalism.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of AAAD-A 304 or CMLT-C 363.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Literary texts and films, their poetics and historical contexts. Particular consideration of the tension surrounding the use of French language in Africa and the Caribbean and the creation of French language literatures, their relationship to local oral traditions and metropolitan French literature. Course will be conducted in French.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Specific topics will vary by section and over time, but all versions of COLL-C 103 will meet the objectives of the College of Arts and Sciences Critical Approaches curriculum. The curriculum is intended for freshmen and sophomores, who will learn how scholars from the arts and humanities Breadth of Inquiry area frame questions, propose answers, and assess the validity of competing approaches. Writing and related skills are stressed.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of COLL-C 103 or COLL-S 103.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE CAPPcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Specific topics will vary by section and over time, but all versions of COLL-C 104 will meet the objectives of the College of Arts and Sciences Critical Approaches curriculum. The curriculum is intended for freshmen and sophomores, who will learn how scholars from the social and historical studies Breadth of Inquiry area frame questions, propose answers, and assess the validity of competing approaches. Writing and related skills are stressed.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of COLL-C 104 or COLL-S 104.
- Fall 2024CASE CAPPcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Specific topics will vary by section and over time, but all versions of COLL-C 105 will meet the objectives of the College of Arts and Sciences Critical Approaches curriculum. The curriculum is intended for freshmen and sophomores, who will learn how scholars from the natural and mathematical sciences Breadth of Inquiry area frame questions, propose answers, and assess the validity of competing approaches. Writing and related skills are stressed.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of COLL-C 105 or COLL-S 105.
- Fall 2024CASE CAPPcourse
- Fall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Comparing and analyzing works originating in at least two continents, this course introduces students to the complexity of human experience and diversity of global English as represented in literary works from various periods and world cultures.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An exploration of the relationships among musics of West and Central African people and their descendants in the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Emphasis placed on the conceptual and aesthetic continuities between musical expression in Old and New World contexts--a uniformity which exists because of shared African cultural ancestry.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of AAAD-A 112, FOLK-E 112, or FOLK-F 112.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Provides a broad survey of pop music from around the world. Structured thematically, will compare and contrast particular popular musics and explore what the study of these musics can reveal about the people who create and use them.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A chronological survey of Black popular music from 1945-2000: rhythm and blues, soul, funk, disco, hip hop, and their derivative forms. Emphasis placed on the context for evolution and the contributions of African Americans to the development of a multi-billion dollar music industry.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of AAAD-A 297, AAAD-A 397, FOLK-E 297, or FOLK-F 397.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An in-depth investigation of Negro spirituals and gospel music, with some treatment of the traditions of lining-out and shape note singing. Examination of genres will address and integrate both the musical and the socio-cultural perspectives.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of AAAD-A 496 or FOLK-E 496.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to ethnomusicology and the cross-cultural study of music and culture. Explores music, performance, and ideas from around the world. Analyzes the role music plays in human life, including a variety of social, political, and personal contexts. Music training is not required.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Surveying the customary arts of the world’s peoples offers a means of comprehending the human condition today. This course explores how culture is made manifest, especially in such media as landscapes, architecture, material culture, and expressive performances. A sampling of world arts, it also provides an introduction to folklife studies.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Basic theoretical approaches to the study of folklore, emphasizing the relationship to other humanistic disciplines such as literary and religious studies and history.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines "mythological" belief systems and related manifestations that exist as quasi-formal religious ideologies in Middle Eastern communities. Emphasis is placed on Arab groups and Islam-based ideologies. (Other groups may be selected for the student's research. Arabic language may be selected on individual basis for reading/research.)
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Cultural and functional analysis of traditional folklore or music genres developed in the cultures of Latin America. Emphasis on origin and the diffusion of folklore, folklife, and folk music as well as the peoples.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated once when topics vary.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Through ethnographic case studies, this course examines the dynamics of popular culture and mass media in the Middle East, including the Arabic speaking nations of Israel, Turkey, Iran, and North Africa.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the roles of music in select religious traditions of the world. Comparative analysis of relationships between music and ritual, religious music and popular culture, sacred music and mass media, music and religious identity, and music and trance. Focus on major world religious traditions, local traditions, and combinations thereof.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- No credit for French minor
- Description
- Study of the concepts of medium/media and mass media as they appear in the Francophone World, based on specific case studies and theoretical readings. Exploration of the ways in which Francophone people constantly interact with media in North America, Europe and Africa in a digital age. Taught in English.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- FRIT-F 250 or FRIT-F 265; or appropriate placement test score
- Description
- This course introduces students to different levels of style and expression and to written argumentation in French. Literary texts, films, and other media representing various periods and genres provide the basis for in-class discussion and for exercises designed to develop oral and written fluency. Topics vary by section. Conducted in French.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of FRIT-F 300 or FRIT-S 300.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Two of FRIT-F 305, FRIT-F 306, FRIT-F 361, FRIT-F 362, FRIT-F 363, FRIT-F 364, FRIT-F 375; or one of FRIT-F 222, FRIT-F 225, FRIT-F 226, FRIT-F 227, FRIT-F 310, FRIT-F 311, and one of FRIT-F 305, FRIT-F 306, FRIT-F 361, FRIT-F 362, FRIT-F 363, FRIT-F 364, FRIT-F 375; or consent of director of undergraduate studies
- Description
- Introduction to the literature, film, and popular culture of one or more French-speaking zones-Quebec, the Antilles, the Indian Ocean Islands, Southeast Asia, North Africa, or sub-Saharan Africa.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Just as we shape the environment, the environment shapes us. From globalization to food production to climate change, learn how humans and environments interact.
- Fall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SLcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the environmental impact of global population growth, natural resources utilization, and pollution. Examines current problems relating to energy consumption, farming practices, water use, resource development and deforestation from geologic and ecological perspectives. Strategies designed to avert predicted global catastrophe will be examined to determine success potential.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The course examines the diverse and historically varying relationships forged between biological sex, culturally formulated discourses of masculinity and femininity, and the sexed body. With themes, the course may employ a range of different approaches, depending on the instructor.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Investigation of forms in which gender, gender markings, gender meanings, and gender relations are arranged in different cultures of the world. Assessment of debates concerning the global salience of feminist claims about women’s “oppression,” political mobilization around gender, body rituals marking masculinity and femininity, indigenous women, and resistance to gender formations beyond Euro-American borders.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An introductory course on the arts and culture (e.g., literature, film, painting, music, architecture) of the Portuguese-speaking world, including Portugal, Brazil, and Portuguese-speaking Africa and Asia. Taught in English.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HISP-P 250 or consent of department
- Description
- Emphasis on conversational and reading skills using plays, short stories, poetry, and novels from Brazil, Portugal, and Lusophone Africa. Students will also be introduced to the basics of literary appreciation.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A general overview of the literature in Portuguese. The course emphasizes the unity and diversity of the literature in the major Portuguese-speaking areas of the world: Brazil, Portugal, and Lusophone Africa. Starting with the parallel development of one literature (Portuguese) in distinct geographical areas (the Portuguese colonies), it shows the changes that take place when new nations are created in these areas, and new national literatures become a reality. The course combines lecture and discussion, and is conducted in Portuguese.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A survey of the literatures from Brazil, Portugal, and Lusophone Africa. Lectures and discussions of selected works by representative authors of the major literary periods.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Survey of literary works and film adaptations from the Lusophone world.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A survey of women\'s writing from different Portuguese-speaking nations.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Readings of Brazilian, Portuguese and Lusophone African writers from a comparative perspective. Specific topics may vary in any given semester. Taught in English.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A survey of theatre in the Portuguese language from the sixteenth century to the late twentieth century. Particular attention will be given to the social and historical context in which works were produced.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Survey of prose writers and works from the middle ages to the present.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Consent of director of Portuguese Studies
- Description
- Topics will vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated once with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics vary from semester to semester but usually are broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Survey of Islamic history from its beginnings, circa 570 CE, to 1500 CE. Topics include the emergence of Islam, its expansion throughout Eurasia, the emergence of an Islamic \"civilization\" with its specific notions for law, philosophy, theology, individual and communal identity, religious ritual, everyday life, etc.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of HIST-C 205 or NELC-N 265.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- From birth of civilization in Mesopotamia and Egypt until Constantine's conversion to Christianity (337 A.D.). Role of the city in ancient world; nature of imperialism; and impact of Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and other charismatic leaders. Archaeology as a source for political and social history.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- HIST H-270; and a major in history or secondary education social studies
- Description
- Develops research skills in history, focusing on the issues and sources of a broad time period and/or theme with multi-national or global scope. Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics will vary from semester to semester but will usually be broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The sport of soccer is used to explore questions of race, gender, ethnicity, class, nationalism and empire; to understand how the "beautiful game" offers an alternative way to study themes such as religious animosities, dictatorship, decolonization and industrialization; and to illuminate the many intersections between the personal and the social, the local and the global.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics will vary from semester to semester but will usually be broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Law is not merely the normative framework creating order or fairness in public and private institutions. Among other things, it defines relationships among friends, creates predictability in city bus routes, and influences children's moral character. This course considers law beyond the ordinary bounds of the courtroom and lawmaker's chamber.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines concepts of nationalism and state ideology that shape the world's collective identities and contribute to conflicts nationally and internationally.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Advanced topics examining the interaction between social, political, and economic forces and human development at global, national, and subnational scales; in-depth analysis of theoretical perspectives on economic development and the function of markets.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Investigation into Muslim-Jewish relations in the twentieth century and the opening decades of the twenty-first century, focusing on North Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. Cooperation between Muslims and Jews is highlighted but tensions and violent conflicts are also discussed.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A survey of perspectives on language, covering topics such as the relation between the form of words and sentences and their meanings, the sounds of languages and their dialect variations, the use of language in daily life, language in humans and animals, and the relationship between language and thought.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores how language and politics influence each other. The speeches of presidents, vice presidents, congressmen, senators, governors, and action group members will be examined. Course topics include notions of context, political pronouns, parallelism, metaphors, questions and answers, political correctness, censorship, and the politics about languages (language policy issues).
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to the nature of speech, and the physiology and process of speech production, and training in IPA transcription of utterances drawn from the languages of the world, including various English dialects. The course includes an emphasis on naturally occurring speech and understanding physical aspects of speech behavior. Some laboratory work is included.
- Fall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- LING-L 103, LING-L 203, or LING-L 307
- Description
- An introduction to morphology, the study of the internal structure of words. Topics include the concept of the morpheme, the structure of words and processes of word formation, inflection versus derivation, and issues in morphological theory. Students will do morphological analyses on forms drawn from a variety of languages.
- Fall 2024CASE NMcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the relationship between language and society. Issues include the nature of sociolinguistics; the importance of age, sex, socioeconomic status, language ideologies; why people use different dialects/languages in different situations; bilingualism and multilingualism; language choice, language attitudes, language endangerment; the relevance of sociolinguistics to general linguistics theory.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- LING-L 103 or LING-L 203
- Description
- Survey of the language families of the world, including their chief grammatical characteristics, geographical distribution, and cultural status. Topics include methods and evidence for language grouping, causes for linguistic diversity, characteristics of endangered languages, and causes for their endangerment.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- Prerequisites vary by topic
- Description
- Studies in special topics not ordinarily covered in departmental courses.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Covers selected topics in Islamic Studies, from the beginnings of Islam to the present day. Course content varies by instructor.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Survey of Islamic civilization in the classical period. Topics covered include the life of Muhammad, Koranic and other teachings of Islam, conquests and caliphates, early successor states, law, sects, theology, philosophy, and the relationship between state and religion.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of MELC-M 265 or NELC-N 265.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Engages selected works of Middle Eastern literature in relation to a singular cultural problem or theme. Topics will vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours in MELC-M 305 and NELC-N 305.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduces the chief philosophers, schools, and issues of Islamic philosophy. Issues discussed include the relationship between religion and philosophy, philosophy and society, the nature of the soul, the basis of rational knowledge, the relationship between mysticism and philosophy, and the role of philosophy in Islamic religious education.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of MELC-M 365 and NELC-N 365.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Surveys media industries, products, and publics outside the United States context (e.g., Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America). Analyzes regional media in relation to local/global historical, economic, and social processes. Screenings may be required.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of MSCH-C 219 or CMCL-C 202.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Relationship between communication media and a range of social institutions, practices, and beliefs. Course may focus on a particular medium and/or period (e.g., television and family, film and the Cold War, censorship and the media). Topic varies.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in CMCL-C 204 and MSCH-F 204.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Studies audiences in the context of film, television, new media, and other media forms. Topic varies, but may include a focus on theories of spectatorship, historical reception studies, ethnographic and/or empirical audience studies, global or transnational audiences, Internet communities, performance theory, fan cultures, and subcultures.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in CMCL-C 391 and MSCH-F 391.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Historical survey of major national cinemas. Subject varies. Topics include Brazilian cinema, British cinema, Chinese cinema, French National cinema, German film culture, Indian cinema, and Italian cinema.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in CMCL-C 398 and MSCH-F 398.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- At least junior standing; or consent of instructor
- Description
- Structure and function of international communication systems and barrier to flow of information among nations. Emphasis on gathering and disseminating information around the world. Study of the major newspapers of the world, international news agencies, and international broadcasting and satellite networks.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of JOUR-J 448 or MSCH-J 448.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- Application for internship credit approved by the school
- Notes
- Application is available on the Media School website
- Description
- Topical course integrating classroom and field experience. Includes 10-day field experience during or after term offered. Field experience will change based on topic.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for credit with different topics in JOUR-J 418, MSCH-J 418, and MSCH-X 478.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines countries around the world to investigate fundamental questions about politics. Topics include democratic development, promotion of economic prosperity, maintenance of security, and management of ethnic and religious conflict. Critical thinking skills encouraged. Cases for comparison include advanced industrialized democracies, communist and former communist countries, and developing countries.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of POLS-Y 107 and POLS-Y 217.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the key debates and issues regarding how "poor" countries develop economically and socially. Analyzes the interactions between politics and economics in the development process at the global, national, and local levels. Cases for comparison will include countries from Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Selected issues and movements in African, European, and West Asian religions.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Selected topics and movements in African, European, and West Asian religions.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Selected topics on Islamic law, philosophy, theology, and mysticism.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in REL-A 470 and REL-R 456.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Deep ecology seeks fundamental transformations in views of world and self. It claims that there is no ontological divide in the forms of life and aims for an environmentally sustainable and spiritually rich way of life. This course is an introductory examination of Deep Ecology from a religious studies perspective.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of REL-D 250 or REL-R 236.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Dress as a reflection of the physical, social, psychological, and aesthetic environment of various non-US cultures; responses to and uses of dress as an aspect of global culture and individual behavior. Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of selected sociological issues with an emphasis on cross-cultural analysis. Specific topics announced each semester; examples include work, family, childhood, religion, and education.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The investigation of dance in other cultures will expand our understanding of dance as an integral component of human expression. Through seminars, lectures, and embodied research, students will gain an understanding of dance as art, religious practice, social customs, and political action.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 2–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- Credits
- 3–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- None
- 300–499 Level Electives. Three (3) courses:
- Courses with 100% Africa Content at the 300-499 level
- Courses with 25% or higher Africa Content at the 300-499 level
- Departmental Requirement. Elective courses must be from at least two (2) different departments.
AAAD-A 100 African American Dance Company: Foundations and Practices
AAAD-A 112 Black Music of Two Worlds
AAAD-A 154 History of Race in the Americas
AAAD-A 156 Black Liberation Struggles against Jim Crow and Apartheid
AAAD-A 210 Black Women in the Diaspora
AAAD-A 221 Dance in the African Diaspora
AAAD-A 304 Black Paris
AAAD-A 350 Black Atlantic
AAAD-A 355 African American History I
AAAD-A 360 Slavery: Worldwide Perspective
AAAD-A 407 African American and African Protest Strategies
AAAD-A 420 Transforming Divided Communities and Societies
AAAD-A 430 The Cinema of Africana Women
AMST-A 351 American Studies in Transnational Contexts
ANTH-A 107 Becoming Human: Evolving Genes, Bodies, Behaviors, Ideas
ANTH-A 122 Interpersonal Communication
ANTH-A 200 Topics in Anthropology of Culture and Society
ANTH-A 205 Anthropology Today: Selected Topics in Current Research
ANTH-A 208 Topics in the Anthropology of the Arts and Expressive Behavior
ANTH-B 200 Bioanthropology
ANTH-B 343 Evolution of Human Ecological Footprint
ANTH-B 368 The Evolution of Primate Social Behavior
ANTH-B 464 Human Paleontology
ANTH-B 466 The Primates
ANTH-E 105 Culture and Society
ANTH-E 300 Culture Areas and Ethnic Groups
ANTH-E 309 Problems in African Ethnography
ANTH-E 381 Ethnographic Analysis of Family, Work, and Power
ANTH-E 386 Performance, Culture, and Power in the Middle East and North Africa
ANTH-E 400 Undergraduate Seminar
ANTH-E 407 Visual Anthropology: Filmmaking
ANTH-E 417 African Women
ANTH-E 423 Life Histories
ANTH-E 444 People and Protected Areas: Theories of Conservation
ANTH-P 250 Introductory World Archaeology
ANTH-P 314 Earlier Prehistory of Africa
ANTH-P 380 Prehistoric Diet and Nutrition
ANTH-P 399 Undergraduate Seminar
ARTH-A 327 Survey of Modern and Contemporary Islamic Art
ARTH-A 458 Topics in the Ethnographic Arts
BIOL-L 433 Tropical Biology
BIOL-L 465 Advanced Field Biology
CMLT-C 262 Cross-Cultural Encounters
CMLT-C 291 Studies in Non-Western Film
CMLT-C 301 Special Topics in Comparative Literature
CMLT-C 318 Satire
CMLT-C 343 Literature and Politics
CMLT-C 360 Diasporic Literatures
CMLT-C 363 Black Paris
CMLT-C 464 French Language Literature of Africa and the Americas
COLL-C 103 Critical Approaches to the Arts and Humanities
COLL-C 104 Critical Approaches to the Social and Historical Studies
COLL-C 105 Critical Approaches to the Natural and Mathematical Sciences
ENG-L 224 Introduction to World Literatures in English
FOLK-E 112 Black Music of Two Worlds
FOLK-E 151 Global Pop Music
FOLK-E 297 Popular Music of Black America
FOLK-E 496 African American Religious Music
FOLK-F 111 World Music and Culture
FOLK-F 121 World Arts and Cultures
FOLK-F 252 Folklore and the Humanities
FOLK-F 308 Middle Eastern and Arab Mythology
FOLK-F 315 Latin American Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music
FOLK-F 377 Popular Culture and Politics in the Middle East
FOLK-F 450 Music in Religious Thought and Experience
FRIT-F 222 Media Studies in the Francophone World
FRIT-F 300 French and Francophone Studies: Introduction
FRIT-F 467 French Beyond the Hexagon
GEOG-G 208 Environment and Society
GEOG-G 315 Environmental Conservation
GNDR-G 105 Sex, Gender and the Body
GNDR-G 215 Sex and Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective
HISP-P 290 Global Portuguese: Arts and Culture
HISP-P 317 Reading and Conversation in Portuguese
HISP-P 400 Literatures of the Portuguese-Speaking World I
HISP-P 401 Literatures of the Portuguese-Speaking World II
HISP-P 405 Literature and Film in Portuguese
HISP-P 415 Women Writing in Portuguese
HISP-P 420 Literatures of the Portuguese-Speaking World in Translation
HISP-P 475 Theatre in Portuguese
HISP-P 476 Prose in Portuguese
HISP-P 498 Portuguese Honors Seminar
HIST-C 200 Issues in Ancient History
HIST-C 205 Islamic History and Civilization
HIST-H 205 Ancient Civilization
HIST-J 400 Seminar in History
HIST-W 200 Issues in World History
HIST-W 210 Global Soccer
HIST-W 300 Issues in World History
HON-H 237 Law and Society
INTL-I 206 Peace and Conflict
INTL-I 303 Advanced Topics in Global Development
JSTU-J 262 Muslim-Jewish Relations in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries
LING-L 103 Introduction to the Study of Language
LING-L 112 Language and Politics
LING-L 306 Phonetics
LING-L 308 Morphology
LING-L 315 Introduction to Sociolinguistics
LING-L 367 Languages of the World
LING-L 485 Topics in Linguistics
MELC-M 207 Topics in Islamic Studies
MELC-M 265 Introduction to Islamic Civilization
MELC-M 305 Issues in Middle Eastern Literature
MELC-M 365 Islamic Philosophy
MSCH-C 219 Media in the Global Context
MSCH-F 204 Topics in Media, Culture, and Society
MSCH-F 391 Media Audiences
MSCH-F 398 National and Transnational Cinemas
MSCH-J 448 Global Journalism: Issues and Research
MSCH-X 478 Field Experience in Media
POLS-Y 107 Introduction to Comparative Politics
POLS-Y 343 The Politics of International Development
REL-A 202 Issues in African, European, and West Asian Religions
REL-A 300 Studies in African, European, and West Asian Religions
REL-A 470 Topics in Islamic Studies
REL-D 250 Religion, Ecology, and the Self
SOAD-F 301 Fashion Studies: Topics in Cultural Analysis
SOC-S 346 Topics in Cross-Cultural Sociology
THTR-D 242 Dance in Human Society
BUS-D 411 INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE STRATEGY
BUS-D 496 FOREIGN STUDY IN BUSINESS
BUS-L 272 GLOBAL BUSINESS IMMERSION-BUSINESS LAW & ETHICS
MUS-E 459 INSTRUMENTAL PEDAGOGY
SPEA-V 160 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLICY
SPEA-V 370 RESEARCH METHODS AND STATISTICAL MODELING
SPEA-V 434 NGO MANAGEMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
SPEA-V 450 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS
SPH-F 347 HUM DEV II:MID CHLDHD THRU ADOL
SPH-H 150 CHILDREN'S HEALTH UP TO AGE 5
SPH-H 304 HEALTHY CHILDREN: BREASTFEEDING PROMOTION IN GLOBAL COMMUNITIES
SPH-H 414 HEALTH EDUC IN PRE-K - GRADE 6
- 100% Africa Content. One (1) course:
- Language requirement. Two (2) semesters of a language spoken on the African continent. This requirement may be fulfilled by completing two semesters of French, Portuguese, Arabic, or an African language offered through the African Studies Program.
- Minor GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
- Minor GPA. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the minor—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
- Minor Minimum Grade. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the minor.
- Minor Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed at the 300–499 level.
- Minor Residency. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
Minor Area Courses
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Unless otherwise noted below, the following courses are considered in the academic program and will count toward academic program requirements as appropriate:
- Any course at the 100–499 level with the
AFRI
subject area prefix—as well as any other subject areas that are deemed functionally equivalent - Any course contained on the course lists for the academic program requirements at the time the course is taken—as well as any other courses that are deemed functionally equivalent—except for those listed only under Addenda Requirements
- Any course directed to a non-Addenda requirement through an approved exception
- Any course at the 100–499 level with the
This program of study cannot be combined with the following:
- Certificate in African Studies (AFRIACRT1)
Exceptions to and substitutions for minor requirements may be made with the approval of the unit's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.