21.4 Fall - African Studies Course List

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1	African Studies 2021 Fall Course List
2	Approvals indicated on this list were relevant at the time of creation and may no longer be accurate. If you would like more information on a specific course, please reach out to your advisor.
3	Only graduate level courses (numbered 400 and above) are eligible for Rackham credit (with administrative approval) and can be counted toward the total semester hour requirement. Independent study and directed reading courses may also be used when appropriate. Courses in the 300 level may be audited with permission from the instructor and with additional graduate-level work classified as a 650 Independent Study.
4	UM Subject	Course/Section	Title	Instructor	Credits	Level	AS MIRS Approved	AS-Related: Requires Further Approval

5	AAS	200.001	Introduction to African Studies	Ekotto, Frieda	3	Undergrad
6	AAS	206.001	Issues in African Studies: African Religions	Deese, Adrian	3	Undergrad
7	AAS	207.001	Performing Arts and Power in Sub-Saharan Africa	Ampene, Kwasi	3	Undergrad
8	AAS/HISTORY	246.001	Africa to 1850	Jimenez, Raevin	3	Undergrad
9	AAS	260.001	The Political Economy of African Development	Stein, Howard	3	Undergrad
10	AAS	290.005	Selected Topics in Black World Studies: The Black Memoir (mini-course)	Boisseron,Benedicte M	2	Undergrad
11	AAS	290.006	Selected Topics in Black World Studies: The Black Memoir (mini-course)	Boisseron,Benedicte M	2	Undergrad
12	AAS/WGS	304.001	Refugees of Unjust Worlds: Globalization, Gender and Nation	Fadlalla, Amal Hassan	3	Undergrad		x
13	STDABRD	305.001	CGIS: Language and Culture in Rabat, Morocco	N/A	1-15	Undergrad
14	AAS	309.001	Global Health in African Contexts	Ashforth, Adam	3	Undergrad		x
15	STDABRD	315.001	CGIS: Wildlife Management Studies in Rhotia, Tanzania	N/A	1-15	Undergrad
16	AAS/ENVIRON	322.001/335.001	Introduction to Environmental Politics: Race, Class and Gender	Adunbi, Omolade	4	Undergrad		x
17	HISTORY	328.004	Humanities Topics in History: Reverence and Malevolence in Africa	Jimenez, Raevin	3	Undergrad		x
18	HISTORY	328.005	Humanities Topics in History: People's Power!: Revolution in 20th Century Africa	Poteet, Ellen Spence	3	Undergrad		x
19	AAS/ENGLISH/HISTORY	346.001/389.001/362.001	Literature in African History	Peterson, Derek R	3	Undergrad		x
20	POLSCI	352.001	How to be an Autocrat	Hassan, Mai	4	Undergrad		x
21	AAS/POLSCI	356.001/355.001	Democracy and Development in Africa	Pitcher, Anne	4	Undergrad		x
22	AAS/HISTORY/INTLSTD/JUDAIC/MIDEAST	358.002/328.003/384.001/318.003/391.002	Topics in Black World Studies: Blackness and Jewishness: A History of Encounters	Roby, Bryan Karle	3	Undergrad		x
23	AAS	358.003	Topics in Black World Studies: Learning Culture through African Children's Literature	Mpesha, Nyambura	3	Undergrad		x
24	AAS	358.005	Topics in Black World Studies: Institutions, Development, and the Environment in Africa	Klein, Brian	3	Undergrad		x
25	FRENCH	365.001	African Studies (Sub-Saharan): Power and Protest in African Literature	Joseph-Gabriel, Annette	3	Undergrad		x
26	AAS	366.001	Music of Africa	Ampene, Kwasi	3	Undergrad		x
27	ANTHRARC	385.001	The Archaeology of Early Humans	Stewart, Brian	3	Undergrad		x
28	ENGLISH	407.001	Literature and Human Rights	Bakara, Hadji	3	All		x
29	AAS/HISTART	407.001/406.001	Looking at African Things	Doris, David T	3	All	x
30	AAS/HISTORY/LACS/RELIGION	421.001	Religions of the African Diaspora	Johnson, Paul Christopher	3	All	x
31	STDABRD	438.001	CGIS: Health and Community in Brazil, India, South Africa, and the U.S.	N/A	1-15	Undergrad
32	STDABRD	439.001	CGIS: Health and Community in Argentina, South Africa, Vietnam, and the U.S.	N/A	1-15	Undergrad
33	STDABRD	446.001	CGIS: Africa in the 21st Century in Accra, Ghana	N/A	1-15	Undergrad
34	EDUC	450.001	Education, Peace, and Conflict	Bellino, Michelle	3	All		x
35	AAS/POLSCI	453.001/489.014	Culture, Class, and Conflict in Southern Africa	Pitcher, Anne	3	All	x
36	POLSCI	455.001	Democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa After the End of the Cold War	Hassan, Mai	3	Undergrad		x
37	AAS/POLSCI	458.003/489.013	Issues in Black World Studies: Political Violence in Africa	Davis, Justine Maisha	3	All	x
38	AAS/AMCULT/HISTORY/JUDAIC/MIDEAST	458.006/601.004/698.003/617.004/590.002	Issues in Black World Studies: Cartographies of Race	Roby, Bryan Karle	3	All		x
39	MENAS/EDUC	461.001	Earth Odysseys: Morocco	Stanzler, Jeffrey Adam	3	Undergrad		x
40	MUSICOL	465.001	Music in Africa	Lwanga,Charles	3	Undergrad		x
41	STDABRD	487.001	CGIS: University Study in South Africa - University of Cape Town	N/A	1-15	Undergrad
42	STDABRD	490.001	CGIS: Health, Culture and Development in Cape Town, South Africa	N/A	1-15	Undergrad
43	POLSCI	489.008	Topics in Contemporary Political Science: Electoral Politics in the Developing World	Nathan,Noah Louis	3	Undergrad		x
44	AAS	495.001	Senior Seminar: Contemporary Africa and the World	Murray, Martin J	4	Undergrad		x
45	INTLRGN	501.001	International and Regional Studies Research Design Seminar I	Slater, Dan; Lopez Jr, Donald S	1.5	Grad
46	MUSICOL	565.001	Music in Africa	Lwanga,Charles	3	Grad	x
47	INTLRGN	600.001	International and Regional Studies Graduate Colloquium	TBD	1	Grad
48	AAS/EAS	600.001/501.001	Proseminar: Interdisciplinary Approaches to African Studies	Adunbi, Omolade	3	Grad	x
49	ANTHRBIO	665.001	Topics in Human Evolution: The Role of Africa in Human Evolution	Wolpoff, Milford H	2	Grad		x
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