Requirements:

Each student enrolled in the minor must earn a total of 18 credits, with at least 9 hours in the minor at the 200 level or above must be earned at the College of Charleston. Any questions contact Dr. Simon Lewis, Program Director: lewisS@cofc.edu

Core Courses:

AFST 101 Introduction to African Civilization

and

HIST 272 Pre-Colonial Africa or

HIST 273 Modern Africa

Twelve credit hours from the following:

AFST 202 Special Topics in African Studies

AFST 302 Special Topics in African Studies

AFST 400 Independent Study in African Studies

ANTH 322 Peoples and Cultures of Africa

ARTH 210: African Art

ENGL 233: Survey of Non-Western 20th Century Literature or

ENGL 234: Survey of Third-World Masterpieces

ENGL 352 Major African Writers

ENGL 353 African Women Writers

ENGL 358: Colonial and Postcolonial British Literature

FREN 320: Survey of Francophone Literature

FREN 326: Survey of Francophone Civilization

FREN 451 African Literature of French Expression

FREN 452: Literature of the Maghreb

FREN 482: French and Francophone Women Writers*

LTXX XXX: Any 200-level Literature in Translation survey course; as long as the course contains more than 1/3 African content

POLI 266 International Diplomacy Studies – Model African Union

POLI 342 Politics of Africa

Departmental special topics, tutorials and independent study courses may also be counted.

*provided that at least 1/3 of the course content focuses on Francophone women writers; requires Director approval.