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University Bulletin: Undergraduate Programs 2003-2004 The George Washington University  

 
   
 

AFRICANA STUDIES


Committee on Africana Studies N. Blyden (Director), A. Alexander, A. Brooks, F. Buntman, Y. Captain, J. Hampton, J. Horton, J. James, K. Lornell, J.A. Miller, D. Moshenberg, P. Palmer, J. Vlach, G. Wald, A. Zimmerman

Minor in Africana studies—Offered through Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, the interdisciplinary minor consists of 21 credit hours, including a four-course core of Anth 178, AmSt 173/Hist 173, Hmn 7, and either Hist 116 or Anth 181, plus three additional courses selected either from African or African American courses, as listed below. Special topics or 700 courses that pertain may be selected with approval of the advisor.

AmSt 173/Hist 173 African American History
AmSt 174 Special Topics in African American History
Anth 170 Cultures of the Caribbean
Anth 178 Cultures of Africa
Anth 181 African Roots from Australopithecus to Zimbabwe
Engl 169 Ethnicity and Place in American Literature
Engl 183 Literature of Black America I
Engl 184 Literature of Black America II
Engl 185 Topics in African American Literary Studies
Engl 186 Cultural Theory and Black Studies
Geog 164 Geography of Africa
Hist 103 African History to 1880
Hist 104 Topics in African History since 1880
Hist 105 Africans in the Making of the Modern World
Hist 106/WStu 106 Women in Africa
Hist 116 West Africa to Independence
Hist 184 Civil War and Reconstruction
Hmn 7 African Humanities
IAff 93 Africa: Problems and Prospects
Phil 125 Philosophy of Race and Gender
PSc 182 African International Politics
PSc 186 U.S. Policies Toward Sub-Saharan Africa
Soc 179 Race and Minority Relations
 

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