2017-2018 Catalog

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African Studies Minor

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The African Studies Minor is an interdisciplinary program that complements all of the majors offered at USF. Students are required to take three core courses with full coverage of Africa and two elective courses. The flexibility of the program allows students to pursue their interest in Africa in disciplines of their choice.

Minor Requirements (20 Units)

Required (12 Units)

HIST 150 - Modern African History
or
POLS 348 - Politics and Development in Africa
2 additional courses offering full coverage of Africa (8 units)

Electives (8 Units)

1 course must offer full or partial coverage of Africa.

Partial coverage of Africa

ECON 372 - Economic Development
ECON 280 - The Global Economy *
ECON 473 - Development Microeconomics
PASJ 305 - Theater and Culture
FREN 450 - Sp Topics:Francophone Lit/Cult
HIST 341 - Feast and Famine: A History of Food
HIST 310 - The Ancient Near East
MS 407 - Alternative Media and Social Change *
POLS 113 - Introduction to International Politics
POLS 315 - Race and Ethnicity in Global Politics
POLS 332 - Political Thought of Developing Countries
POLS 345 - Global Economic Justice
POLS 352 - Human Rights/Global Change
POLS 360 - International Environmental Politics
ENVA 360 - International Environmental Politics
POLS 382 - Politics of International Aid and Development
POLS 450 - Political Economy of Developing Nations
SOC 231 - Introduction to Globalization
SOC 233 - Gender, Development and Globalization
SOC 322 - Resistance to Corporate Globalization
SOC 333 - Nationalism & Global Conflict
SOC 352 - Politics and Society
SOC 360 - Cities in a Global Context
ENVA 364 - Urbanization and Development
THRS 305 - Feminist Theology from the Third World(s)

Coverage of African-American Issues

ENGL 203 - African American Literature Survey I
ENGL 204 - African American Literature Survey II
ENGL 401 - African American Women Novelists
HIST 125 - African American History
POLS 324 - African-American Politics
PHIL 343 - African American Philosophy
PASJ 325 - The Harlem Renaissance
SOC 238 - African American Culture and Society
SOC 240 - People of Mixed Descent
HIST 363 - Race and Ethnicity in United States History
MS 204 - Media, Stereotyping, and Violence
MS 303 - Race, Ethnicity and Media
POLS 336 - Race, Equality & the Law
PSYC 305 - Psychology of Ethnic Groups in the United States
SOC 325 - Critical Approaches to Race and Ethnicity

Note:

* For non-International Studies majors only.

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