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African Studies

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.

mailto:E-mail:african@uiuc.edu

Web address for most current program requirements:
http://www.las.uiuc.edu/students/programs/AFRST/f_ AFRST.shtml

HOURS     REQUIREMENTS

5         Study of an indigenous African Language. Acceptable 
           languages include but are not limited to Amharic, 
           Arabic, Bamana, Hausa, Lingala, Swahili, and 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:
         AFRST 210-Introduction to Modern African Literature
         AFRST 222-Introduction to Modern Africa
         AFRST 254-Economic Systems of Africa
         HIST 177-History of Africa
         SOC 122-Africa in World Perspective
6        300-level core courses. Language courses cannot be 
          used to meet this requirement.
6        Additional 100, 200, or 300-level core courses. 
          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 AFRST 199-Undergraduate Open Seminar 
          may be used to satisfy the requirements of the 
          minor.
20       Total

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