African Studies Joint Honours Component (B.A.)

36 credits · Faculty of Arts · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Required Courses (9 credits)

  • AFRI 200 Introduction to African Studies (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • AFRI 480 Honours Thesis (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • AFRI 598 Research Seminar in African Studies (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Complementary Courses (27 credits)

Group A (9 credits)

9 credits from:

  • ANTH 322 Social Change in Modern Africa (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • HIST 200 Introduction to African History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 201 Modern African History (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 324 Comparative Politics of Africa (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Group B (18 credits)

18 credits from the Group B course lists below drawn from at least 3 disciplines with no more than 9 credits from any one discipline.

African Studies

  • AFRI 401 Swahili Language and Culture (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • AFRI 481 Special Topics 1 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • AFRI 499 Arts Internships: African Studies (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Anthropology

  • ANTH 212 Anthropology of Development (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ANTH 222 Legal Anthropology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ANTH 322 Social Change in Modern Africa (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ANTH 355 Theories of Culture and Society (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ANTH 416 Environment/Development: Africa (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ANTH 451 Research in Society and Development in Africa (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Economics

  • ECON 208 Microeconomic Analysis and Applications (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • ECON 313 Economic Development 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • ECON 314 Economic Development 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

English

  • ENGL 320 Postcolonial Literature (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ENGL 352 Theories of Difference (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ENGL 421 African Literature (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Geography

  • GEOG 216 Geography of the World Economy (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 302 Environmental Management 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 403 Global Health and Environmental Change (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • GEOG 404 Environmental Management 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GEOG 408 Geography of Development (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 416 Africa South of the Sahara (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GEOG 423 Dilemmas of Development (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GEOG 451 Research in Society and Development in Africa (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • GEOG 493 Health and Environment in Africa (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

History

  • HIST 200 Introduction to African History (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 201 Modern African History (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • HIST 382 History of South Africa (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • HIST 498 Independent Research (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall
  • HIST 528 Indian Ocean World Slave Trade (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Islamic Studies

  • ISLA 221D1 Introductory Arabic (4.5 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ISLA 221D2 Introductory Arabic (4.5 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ISLA 360 Islam and Politics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ISLA 375 Sufi Women (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ISLA 410 History: Middle-East 1798-1918 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ISLA 530 Advanced Sufism (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Political Science

  • POLI 227 Introduction to Comparative Politics - Global South (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 324 Comparative Politics of Africa (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 522 Seminar: Comparative Politics 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Sociology

  • SOCI 365 Health and Development (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • SOCI 370 Sociology: Gender and Development (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • SOCI 446 Colonialism and Society (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • SOCI 484 Emerging Democratic States (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • SOCI 550 Developing Societies (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

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