The African Studies minor provides a broad familiarity with African history, culture and contemporary problems. Study in this program may be coordinated with relevant language study through Pan-African Studies.
Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; ELR Experiential Learning; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive
Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity, writing-intensive and the experiential learning requirements.
AFRICAN STUDIES MINOR REQUIREMENTS (18 credits) |
Type |
Course |
Title |
Credits |
|
Choose from the following: |
18 |
|
ANTH |
38250 |
Religion: A Search for Meaning (3) |
|
DG |
|
48212 |
Kinship and Social Organization (3) |
|
|
ARAB |
11101 |
Elementary Arabic I (5) |
|
|
|
11102 |
Elementary Arabic II (5) |
|
|
ARTH |
22020 |
Art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas (3) |
|
DG |
|
42025 |
Art of West Africa (3) |
|
DG |
|
42026 |
Art of Nigeria (3) |
|
DG |
|
42027 |
Art of Central Africa (3) |
|
|
ECON |
32075 |
Introduction to International Trade (3) |
|
|
|
42075 |
International Economic Relations (3) |
|
|
|
42076 |
Economic Development (3) |
|
|
GEOG |
31070 |
Population and Environment (3) |
|
DG |
|
37040 |
Geography of Africa (3) |
|
|
|
41073 |
Conservation of Natural Resources (3) |
|
|
|
44010 |
Geography of a Global Economy (3) |
|
|
HIST |
31130 |
History of African Civilization (3) |
|
|
|
41131 |
History of Africa to 1880 (3) |
|
|
|
41132 |
History of Africa, 1880 to Present (3) |
|
|
MCLS |
30420 |
Foreign Languages and Cultural Studies (3) |
|
|
MUS |
42111 |
African Music and Culture (3) |
|
|
PAS |
10101 |
Elementary Kiswahili I (4) |
|
|
|
10102 |
Elementary Kiswahili II (4) |
|
|
|
15200 |
Introduction to West African Cultures (3) |
|
|
|
22200 |
Introduction to African Arts (3) |
|
|
|
25200 |
East African-Kiswahili Cultures (3) |
|
|
|
32050 |
African Literature (3) |
|
|
|
33200 |
Ancient African Civilizations (3) |
|
DG |
|
34000 |
Introduction to the African World View (3) |
|
|
|
34100 |
Islamic West Africa (3) |
|
|
|
35200 |
African Social and Political System (3) |
|
|
|
37020 |
Model African Union (3) |
|
|
|
37100 |
Pan-African Women's Literature (3) |
|
|
|
42095 |
Special Topics in the Literature of Pan-Africa (3) |
|
|
|
43395 |
Study Abroad: Ghana (3) |
|
|
|
44095 |
ST: Contemporary Africa (3) |
|
DG |
POL |
30540 |
African Politics (3) |
|
|
|
30840 |
Nongovernmental Organizations |
|
|
|
40530 |
Politics of War (3) |
|
DG |
|
40560 |
Human Rights and Social Justice (3) |
|
|
MINIMUM TOTAL |
18 |
Minimum cumulative 2.000 GPA required for graduation.
Students must complete at least two upper-division courses in the minor at Kent State on a graded basis (A-F). For information on the major Residence Requirements please visit the University Residence Requirements policy.
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