African Studies Certificate Program
Department of Political Science | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
丁香园AV Calendar 2012 Spring
This program requires a minimum of 30 units: 18 lower division and 12 upper division. Special topics courses that are relevant to Africa may be included in place of those listed below with permission of the certificate program committee. Visit the department鈥檚 general office to obtain a list of University-wide courses with African content.
Program Requirements
Lower Division Requirements
Students complete six of the following courses.
- ARCH 252-3 Ancient Egypt and Africa
- HIST 146-3 Africa after the Transatlantic Slave Trade
- HIST 151-3 The Modern Middle East
- HIST 231-3 History of Africa to the Nineteenth Century: From Ancient Times to the Slave Trade
- HIST 249-3 Classical Islamic Civilization
- IS 210-3 Comparative World Politics: Trajectories, Regimes, Challenges
- POL 231-3 Comparative Politics
- POL 241-3 Introduction to International Politics
Upper Division Requirements
Students complete three of the following courses, and any prerequisite courses that are required for those listed below.
- HIST 343-4 Africa and the Slave Trade
- HIST 344-4 Themes in Modern East Africa
- HIST 348-4 A History of Twentieth Century South Africa
- HIST 354-4 Imperialism and Modernity in the Middle East
- HIST 466-4 Religion and Society in Africa, Nineteenth and Twentieth Century
- HIST 467-4 Modern Egypt
- HIST 473-4 The Making of South African Society
- POL 374-4 Africa in the Global Political Economy
- POL 470-4 African Social and Political Thought