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People and Culture of Africa |
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AFRICAN CUL |
| CLASS CODE: |
INTST 349 |
CREDITS:
3
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| DIVISION: |
GENERAL STUDIES |
| DEPARTMENT: |
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: |
This course does not fulfill a General Education requirement. |
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| CATALOG DESCRIPTION: |
A survey of subsharan African cultures including prehistoric, colonial, and tribal Africa today. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
A survey of subsharan African cultures including prehistoric, colonial, and tribal Africa today. |
| TOPICS: |
Topics will include the African fossil record, prehistoric civilizations, the colonial period and its influence on modern African and tribal cultures of the immediate past and the present. |
| OBJECTIVES: |
Students will gain an understanding of historic cultures in Africa and an appreciation of diverse and threatened cultures in Africa today. |
| REQUIREMENTS: |
Students will be prepared to discuss in seminar a variety of assigned topics. Students will also be required to develop and complete a "learning contract". Contracts will be presented in class and/or in an acceptable journal format. |
| PREREQUISITES: |
Anthropology 101 is recommended. |
| OTHER: |
2 Saturday field trips may be required. |
| EFFECTIVE DATE: |
August 2003 |
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