African Studies at UD

Requirements for the Minor


The African Studies minor requires 18 credit hours drawn from the courses below.
 Students must take six of the following courses selected from at least four different
departments. In addition, in consultation with the program director,
students may count toward the minor courses taken
during UD winter session programs in Africa.

ANTH 330  Peoples of Africa
ANTH/ARTH 457  Survey of African Art

ARTH 204  Art, Power and Architecture in Africa
ARTH 206  Introduction to Art and Architecture in Africa
ARTH 420  Seminar in African Art

BAMS/HIST 331  History of the Caribbean I
BAMS/HIST 332  History of the Caribbean II

ENGL 382  The African Novel

FREN 455  African Francophone Literature and Cinema
FREN 457  The Francophone World
FREN 458  Aspects of Francophone Literature
FREN 459  Negritude, Antillanite, Creolite?

HIST/BAMS 134  History of Africa
HIST 330  Peasants and Revolution in Africa
HIST 394  Africa Since 1960
HIST 395  Pan Africanism
HIST 397  History of South Africa
HIST/WOMS 439  Women and Revolution in Africa
HIST 440  Seminar in Africa Under Colonial Rule
HIST 475  The End of the French Empire

NTDT 452  Issues in International Nutrition

POSC 433  African Politics
POSC/BAMS 439  Problems in African Politics

Substitutions for the above courses may be made with permission of the
program director. Independent studies and special problems courses may
also count toward the minor with the director’s approval.

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