Minor in Africa and Globalization
College of Liberal & Creative Arts
Acting Dean: Dr. David Landy
Africa and Globalization Program
Humanities Building, Room 280
Phone: (415) 405-2694
Interim Coordinator: Burcu Ellis
Program Scope
The Minor in Africa and Globalization is a multidisciplinary program in African history, politics, economics, and cultures, designed to provide students with a broad understanding of the issues facing African communities, societies, and nation-states in the past as well as the present. Courses from multiple departments and programs are incorporated into the Minor in Africa and Globalization, offering different disciplinary bases for the examination and analysis of African contributions to world civilizations. It enables students to integrate and apply knowledge in the evolution of African societies from being the cradle of humanity to providing labor for the use of other civilizations and through colonial and post-colonial linkages, technological expansion, and economic liberalization. Students will examine African accomplishments, mores, traditions, cultures, and civilizations to finish the minor with a greater degree of understanding of, and tolerance for, cultural differences and ethnic pluralism as well as the problems inherent in the process of social change in Africa and the African Diaspora.
Students who select this minor are presented with different disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives. Common to all these perspectives is the critical examination of social change, modernization, development, and globalization. It is hoped that students will be provided the tools to enable them to build their own frames of reference, syntheses of concepts, data, and theories, to enrich their social attitudes and cultural values concerning Africa, and to appreciate its richness and its unity in diversity.
Career Outlook
Students will be encouraged to take advantage of the Minor in Africa and Globalization to apply their knowledge, understanding, and interest in things African to their career goals including teaching, journalism, business, and international endeavors in the public sector, non-governmental agencies, and multilateral institutions.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Examine the history, politics, culture, literature, and art of the countries to illuminate the interplay between development, politics, societal change, and Africa’s role in international relations.
- Explore dynamics that affect the totality of the African continent as well as geographical/regional differences from an interdisciplinary perspective.
- Develop familiarity with issues such as environmental sustainability, social justice, resource management, artistic creativity, social change, immigration, governance, health and politics in the African continent.
Africa and Globalization Minor – 12 units minimum
Students interested in this minor should see the faculty advisor in the International Relations Department to choose the courses most appropriate to them. (Note: No more than 6 units may be taken on a CR/NC basis; no more than 3 units may be transferred from other campuses.)
A minimum of 6 upper-division units are required to complete the minor.
All coursework used to satisfy the requirements of the minor must be completed with a minimum grade point average of 2.0.
Core Requirements (6-8 units)
Select Two:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| AFRS 300 | From Africa to Olmec America: Ancient African Prehistory and History | 3 |
| CLAR 500/ARTH 407 | Art and Archaeology of Ancient Egypt | 3 |
| HIST 368 | Modern Africa | 3 |
| I R/PLSI 321 | Development and Foreign Policy: Africa | 4 |
| I R 336GW | Politics of Globalization | 3 |
| I R 540 | Rich and Poor Nations: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism | 4 |
Electives (6-8 units)
Core courses may be used as an elective if not used to satisfy the core.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| AFRS 305 | Ancient Egypt | 3 |
| CLAR/M S 502 | Ancient Egyptian Language and Literature | 3 |
| ECON 620 | Economic Development | 3 |
| HIST 366/ANTH 609 | Approaches to the African Past | 3 |
| I R 303 | Post-Western World: Political, Economic, and Cultural Challenges | 1 |
| I R/BIOL 305 | Global Politics of Science, Technology, and Health | 4 |
| I R 324 | Middle East and North Africa in International Relations | 4 |
| I R/ENVS 331 | Global Environmental Crisis | 4 |
| I R 361/C J 461 | Terrorism and Covert Political Warfare | 4 |
| I R/GEOG 428 | International Political Economy of Food and Hunger | 4 |
| I R 436/PHIL 435 | Human Rights in Global Perspective | 3 |
| I R/IBUS 446 | The Multinational Corporation in World Affairs | 4 |
| I R/PLSI 459 | Refugees in Global Perspective | 4 |
| I R/PLSI 544 | Women in the World | 4 |