Institute of African Studies
(Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Faculty of Public Affairs)
439 Paterson Hall
613-520-2600 ext. 2220
http://www2.carleton.ca/africanstudies/
This section presents the requirements for programs in:
Graduation Requirements
In addition to the program requirements listed below, students must satisfy:
- The University regulations (see the Academic Regulations of the University section of this Calendar).
- The Faculty regulations applying to all B.A. students (see the Academic Regulations for the Bachelor of Arts Degree in this Calendar).
Students should consult the Institute when selecting courses and planning their program.
Some of the courses listed have prerequisites that are not explicitly included in the program. Students should note that it is their responsibility to ensure that they have completed the prerequisites for any courses that they wish to take.
Other courses with relevant subject matter such as special topics or courses taken on exchange at the University of Ottawa may be substituted, with permission of the Institute.
Institute Language Requirement
The Institute requires Honours students to demonstrate proficiency in at least one language relevant to Africa other than English. The Institute will maintain a list of those languages suitable for meeting this requirement. Students may demonstrate proficiency either through the completion of any first-year course (or its approved equivalent) in a relevant language offered at Carleton or through passing a language proficiency test administered by the Institute. In the case of the language proficiency test, availability of the test in a given language will depend upon faculty resource availability.
Program Requirements
African Studies
B.A. Combined Honours (20.0 credits)
| A. Credits included in the African Studies Major CGPA (7.0 credits) | ||
| 1. 1.0 credit from: | 1.0 | |
| Introduction to African Studies I and Introduction to African Studies II | ||
or FYSM 1901 [1.0] | Selected Topics in African Studies | |
| 2. 0.5 credit in: | 0.5 | |
AFRI 2001 [0.5] | Regions in Africa: Cultures, Society, Politics | |
| 3. 0.5 credit in: | 0.5 | |
AFRI 3001 [0.5] | Globalization and Popular Culture in Africa | |
| 4. 1.0 credit from: | 1.0 | |
HIST 2706 [0.5] | Ancient and Pre-Colonial Africa | |
HIST 2707 [0.5] | Modern Africa | |
HIST 3702 [0.5] | The Scramble for Africa, 1876-1918 | |
HIST 3906 [0.5] | Topics in World History | |
| 5. 0.5 credit from: | 0.5 | |
PSCI 3100 [0.5] | Politics of Development in Africa | |
PSCI 3101 [0.5] | Politics of War in Africa | |
PSCI 4203 [0.5] | Southern Africa After Apartheid | |
PSCI 4207 [0.5] | Globalization, Adjustment and Democracy in Africa | |
PSCI 4802 [0.5] | International Politics of Africa | |
| 6. 0.5 credit from: | 0.5 | |
ANTH 2620 [0.5] | Ethnography of Sub-Saharan Africa | |
ANTH 2660 [0.5] | Ethnography of North Africa | |
ANTH 4620 [0.5] | Advanced Studies in Contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa: Current Issues in Anthropological Research | |
| 7. 0.5 credit from: | 0.5 | |
ENGL 2956 [0.5] | Literatures of the Americas I | |
ENGL 2957 [0.5] | Literatures of the Americas II | |
HIST 2710 [0.5] | Introduction to Caribbean History | |
HIST 3403 [1.0] | Comparative Slavery and Emancipation in the Atlantic World | |
HIST 3406 [0.5] | African-American Women | |
HIST 3710 [0.5] | Themes in Caribbean History | |
MUSI 2005 [0.5] | Introduction to Jazz History | |
MUSI 4005 [0.5] | Issues in Jazz Studies | |
| 8. 0.5 credit from: | 0.5 | |
ENGL 2926 [0.5] | African Literatures I | |
ENGL 2927 [0.5] | African Literatures II | |
FREN 4212 [0.5] | Littératures francophones | |
MUSI 4105 [0.5] | Issues and Processes in African Music | |
| 9. 0.5 credit from: | 0.5 | |
AFRI 3100 [0.5] | African Studies Abroad: Selected Topics | |
AFRI 3900 [0.5] | Placement | |
AFRI 4900 [0.5] | Tutorial in African Studies | |
ANTH 2850 [0.5] | Development and Underdevelopment | |
ANTH 3025 [0.5] | Anthropology and Human Rights | |
ANTH 3800 [0.5] | Studies in Applied and Participatory Anthropology | |
ECON 3508 [0.5] | Introduction to Economic Development | |
ECON 3509 [0.5] | Development Planning and Project Evaluation | |
ECON 3510 [0.5] | African Economic Development | |
ECON 4507 [0.5] | The Economics of Development | |
ECON 4508 [0.5] | International Aspects of Economic Development | |
GEOG 2200 [0.5] | Global Connections | |
GEOG 3209 [0.5] | Sustainability and Environment in the South | |
HIST 3111 [0.5] | History of Humanitarian Aid | |
LAWS 3602 [0.5] | International Human Rights | |
LAWS 4603 [0.5] | Transitional Justice | |
PSCI 2102 [0.5] | Comparative Politics of the Global South | |
PSCI 3302 [0.5] | Comparative Political Thought | |
PSCI 3502 [0.5] | Gender and Politics: Global South | |
PSCI 4104 [0.5] | Theory and Practice of Development in the Global South | |
PSCI 4105 [0.5] | Selected Problems in Development in the Global South | |
PSCI 4409 [0.5] | Issues in Development Management | |
PSCI 4505 [0.5] | Transitions to Democracy | |
SOWK 3206 [0.5] | Community Development and Social Change in an International Context | |
SOWK 3207 [0.5] | Human Rights Practice in Civil Society | |
TSES 4011 [0.5] | Technology and Society: Development | |
| 10. 0.5 credit from: | 0.5 | |
AFRI 3100 [0.5] | African Studies Abroad: Selected Topics (if not used in Item 8 above) | |
AFRI 3900 [0.5] | Placement (if not used in Item 8 above) | |
AFRI 4900 [0.5] | Tutorial in African Studies (if not used in Item 8 above) | |
| Race and Ethnicity | ||
| Studies in Race and Ethnicity | ||
| Advanced Studies in Race and Ethnicity | ||
ENGL 4802 [0.5] | Race, Ethnicity and Canadian Lit. | |
HIST 3406 [0.5] | African-American Women | |
HUMR 3301 [0.5] | Racialization, Racism and Human Rights | |
HUMR 3401 [0.5] | Histories of Persecution and Genocide | |
MUSI 2008 [0.5] | Music of the World's Peoples | |
MUSI 3106 [0.5] | Popular Musics of the World | |
PSCI 3805 [0.5] | Politics of Race | |
WGST 2800 [0.5] | Intersectional Identities (See Note, below) | |
| 11. 0.5 credit from: | 0.5 | |
AFRI 4050 [0.5] | Selected Topics in African Studies | |
ANTH 4620 [0.5] | Advanced Studies in Contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa: Current Issues in Anthropological Research | |
PSCI 4203 [0.5] | Southern Africa After Apartheid | |
PSCI 4207 [0.5] | Globalization, Adjustment and Democracy in Africa | |
PSCI 4802 [0.5] | International Politics of Africa | |
| 12. 0.5 credit in: | 0.5 | |
AFRI 4000 [0.5] | Advanced Topics in African Studies | |
| B. Credits Not Included in the Major CGPA (13.0 credits) | 13.0 | |
| 13. The requirements of the other discipline must be satisfied | ||
| 14. The Institute language requirement must be met | ||
| 15. Sufficient free electives to make 20.0 credits for the degree | ||
| Total Credits | 20.0 | |
Minor in African Studies (4.0 credits)
Requirements:
| 1. 1.0 credit in: | 1.0 | |
| Introduction to African Studies I and Introduction to African Studies II | ||
or FYSM 1901 [1.0] | Selected Topics in African Studies | |
| 2. 0.5 credit in: | 0.5 | |
AFRI 2001 [0.5] | Regions in Africa: Cultures, Society, Politics | |
| 3. 0.5 credit in: | 0.5 | |
AFRI 3001 [0.5] | Globalization and Popular Culture in Africa | |
| 4. 0.5 credit from: | 0.5 | |
HIST 2706 [0.5] | Ancient and Pre-Colonial Africa | |
HIST 2707 [0.5] | Modern Africa | |
HIST 3702 [0.5] | The Scramble for Africa, 1876-1918 | |
HIST 3906 [0.5] | Topics in World History | |
| 5. 0.5 credit from: | 0.5 | |
PSCI 3100 [0.5] | Politics of Development in Africa | |
PSCI 3101 [0.5] | Politics of War in Africa | |
| 6. 0.5 credit from: | 0.5 | |
ANTH 2620 [0.5] | Ethnography of Sub-Saharan Africa | |
ANTH 2660 [0.5] | Ethnography of North Africa | |
| 7. 0.5 credit from: | 0.5 | |
ENGL 2926 [0.5] | African Literatures I | |
ENGL 2927 [0.5] | African Literatures II | |
ENGL 2956 [0.5] | Literatures of the Americas I | |
ENGL 2957 [0.5] | Literatures of the Americas II | |
HIST 2710 [0.5] | Introduction to Caribbean History | |
HIST 3403 [1.0] | Comparative Slavery and Emancipation in the Atlantic World | |
HIST 3406 [0.5] | African-American Women | |
HIST 3710 [0.5] | Themes in Caribbean History | |
MUSI 2005 [0.5] | Introduction to Jazz History | |
MUSI 4005 [0.5] | Issues in Jazz Studies | |
| 8. The remaining requirements of the major dicipline(s) and degree must be satisfied | ||
| Total Credits | 4.0 | |
African Studies (AFRI) Courses
Institute of African Studies
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
AFRI 1001 [0.5 credit]
Introduction to African Studies I
Introduction to African studies, including history, geography, literature, and the arts.
Introduction to African Studies I
Introduction to African studies, including history, geography, literature, and the arts.
Lecture three hours per week, or two-hour lecture and one hour discussion group per week.
AFRI 1002 [0.5 credit]
Introduction to African Studies II
Introduction to contemporary political, economic, and social dimensions of Africa.
Introduction to African Studies II
Introduction to contemporary political, economic, and social dimensions of Africa.
Lecture three hours per week.
AFRI 2001 [0.5 credit]
Regions in Africa: Cultures, Society, Politics
Using dominant linguistic borderlines that have shaped much of the African experience in the last century, this course will look at crosscutting themes in culture, geography, society and politics in francophone, Anglophone, lusophone and arabphone Africa.
Regions in Africa: Cultures, Society, Politics
Using dominant linguistic borderlines that have shaped much of the African experience in the last century, this course will look at crosscutting themes in culture, geography, society and politics in francophone, Anglophone, lusophone and arabphone Africa.
Prerequisite(s): One of AFRI 1001, AFRI 1002, ANTH 1001, ANTH 1002, ANTH 1003, FYSM 1901, GEOG 1020, PSCI 1200, SOCI 1001, SOCI 1002, SOCI 1003, or permission of director.
Lecture three hours a week.
Lecture three hours a week.
AFRI 3001 [0.5 credit]
Globalization and Popular Culture in Africa
Informed by the background that popular culture in everyday life in Africa can be “slippery” or “elusive” to conceptualize, this course examines new popular life-worlds in Africa related to the role of youth culture and social media in an age of globalization and democratization.
Globalization and Popular Culture in Africa
Informed by the background that popular culture in everyday life in Africa can be “slippery” or “elusive” to conceptualize, this course examines new popular life-worlds in Africa related to the role of youth culture and social media in an age of globalization and democratization.
Prerequisite(s): third year standing and one of AFRI 1001, AFRI 1002, FYSM 1901, AFRI 2001 or permission of instructor.
Lecture three hours a week.
Lecture three hours a week.
AFRI 3100 [0.5 credit]
African Studies Abroad: Selected Topics
Based at one of Carleton's partner universities in Africa, course will include lectures, seminars, guest speakers, field visits and group research projects to examine a topic in African studies, as selected by the instructor. Topic and location may change annually.
African Studies Abroad: Selected Topics
Based at one of Carleton's partner universities in Africa, course will include lectures, seminars, guest speakers, field visits and group research projects to examine a topic in African studies, as selected by the instructor. Topic and location may change annually.
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing and approval by the Director of the Institute of African Studies.
AFRI 3900 [0.5 credit]
Placement
Placement for one term with an African focus.
Placement
Placement for one term with an African focus.
Prerequisite(s): permission of the Institute of African Studies.
AFRI 4000 [0.5 credit]
Advanced Topics in African Studies
Seminar examining a specialized topic in African studies. The topic will vary from year to year.
Advanced Topics in African Studies
Seminar examining a specialized topic in African studies. The topic will vary from year to year.
Prerequisite(s): fourth-year standing and one of AFRI 1001, AFRI 1002, FYSM 1901, AFRI 2001, AFRI 3001 or permission of the Institute of African Studies.
Seminar three hours per week.
Seminar three hours per week.
AFRI 4050 [0.5 credit]
Selected Topics in African Studies
Selected topics in African studies not ordinarily treated in the regular course program. The choice of topic varies from year to year. Students should check with the institute regarding the topic offered.
Selected Topics in African Studies
Selected topics in African studies not ordinarily treated in the regular course program. The choice of topic varies from year to year. Students should check with the institute regarding the topic offered.
Prerequisite(s): AFRI 1001 and AFRI 1002, or FYSM 1901 and fourth-year standing.
Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as AFRI 5050, for which additional credit is precluded.
Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as AFRI 5050, for which additional credit is precluded.
AFRI 4900 [0.5 credit]
Tutorial in African Studies
A tutorial on selected topics in which seminars are not available.
Tutorial in African Studies
A tutorial on selected topics in which seminars are not available.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Institute of African Studies and agreement of an instructor.
Summer session: some of the courses listed in this Calendar are offered during the summer. Hours and scheduling for summer session courses will differ significantly from those reported in the fall/winter Calendar. To determine the scheduling and hours for summer session classes, consult the class schedule at central.carleton.ca
Not all courses listed are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of course offerings for the current session and to determine the term of offering, consult the class schedule at central.carleton.ca