African Studies
Director: Merle Bowen
Center Office: Room 210, International Studies Building, 910 South Fifth Street, Champaign, (217) 333-6335
Center Office: Room 210, International Studies Building, 910 South Fifth Street, Champaign, (217) 333-6335
Interdisciplinary Minor in African Studies
The Center for African Studies offers an interdisciplinary minor
as a complement to any major. The 20 hours selected by students
for the African studies minor should form a coherent program
of study. This program must be approved by the Center for
African Studies. The Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences will verify that the student has completed the program
on the recommendation of the Director of the Center for African
Studies and on completion of the requirements below.
E-mail:african@illinois.edu
| Hours | Requirements |
|---|---|
| 5 | Study of an indigenous African Language. Acceptable languages include but are not limited to Arabic, Bamana, Lingala, Swahili, Wolof, and Zulu. |
| African Studies core courses. These courses contain a minimum of 50 percent African content and are defined according to a list maintained and regularly updated by the Center for African Studies. Courses completed to satisfy the core must come from at least 3 separate departments and must include the following three components: | |
| 3 | Course-work surveying the continent. Choose one of the following: |
AFST 210 - Intro to Mod African Lit |
|
AFST 222 - Introduction to Modern Africa |
|
AFST 254 - Economic Systems in Africa |
|
HIST 110 - History of Africa |
|
SOC 122 - Africa in World Perspective |
|
| 6 | 300- or 400-level core courses. Language courses cannot be used to meet this requirement. |
| 6 | Additional core courses at any level. African language courses may be used to satisfy this requirement if they are at the advanced level (fifth semester or higher). Only 3 hours of AFST 199 - Undergraduate Open Seminar may be used to satisfy the requirements of the minor. |
| 20 | Total |