Africa-Related Course Offerings for Winter 2012
NOTES: The following courses cover Africa to varying degrees, from 25% to 100%.
Cross-listed courses are listed under both or all departments in which they are offered.
FY= First Year
Table 1: courses offered through LSA course guide
Course /Sec Title
Arabic, Armenian, Persian, Turkish, Islamic Studies (AAPTIS)
291.002
Islam in Africa
531.001
Reading Modern Arab Authors in Arabic
Afro-American and Africa Studies (DAAS)
103.002
FY Social Science Seminar: Population, Health, and Development
103.004
FY Social Science Seminar: Reading Africa: Critical Perspectives on
Popular Development Books
103.005
FY Social Science Seminar: South Africa
104.001
FY Humanities Seminar: Migrations in 20th Century Black Literature and
Culture
104.002
FY Humanities Seminar: Introduction to Caribbean Studies: More than a
Beach
111.001
Introduction to Africa and its Diaspora
116.001
116.002
126.001
126.002
126.003
126.004
200.002
201.001
202.001
206.001
211.001
216.001
224.001
226.002
231.001
247.001
304.001
316.001
324.001
346.001
358.001
358.003
Elementary Swahili II
Elementary Swahili II
Elementary African Languages II: Akan
Elementary African Languages II: Bamana
Elementary African Languages II: Wolof
Elementary African Languages II: Zulu
Introduction to African Studies
Introduction to Afro-American Studies
Introduction to Afro-Caribbean Studies
Issues in African Studies: Performance and Power in Africa
Dynamics of the Black Diaspora
Intermediate Swahili II
African Visual Cultures: Akan/Kongo/Yoruba
Intermediate African Languages II: Bamana
Survey of Afro-American History II
Modern Africa
Gender and Immigration: Identity, Race, and Place
Advanced Swahili II
Dealing with the Past and Doing Justice in Africa: South Africa, Rwanda,
Sierra Leone
Literature in African History
Topics in Black World Studies: Africanist Dance Traditions: from
Minstrelsy to Hip Hop
Topics in Black World Studies: The Cultures of Portuguese-Speaking
Africa
Hrs
Instructor
3
3
Ware
Shamas
3
3
Fadlalla
Stein
3
3
Ashforth
Santamarina
3
Goodison
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
4
3
4
3
4
3
Gunning and
Johnson
Mpesha
Mpesha
Mpesha
Mpesha
Mpesha
Mpesha
Adunbi
Gaines
Turits
Ampene
Scott
Mpesha
Doris
?
Gaines
Hunt
Fadlalla
Mpesha
Henry
3
3
Peterson
Wilson
3
Arenas
358.005
Topics in Black World Studies: Gods and Cities, Urban Religion in Africa
and the African Diaspora
358.006
Topics in Black World Studies: Examining Revolution, Its Aftermath, and
Theories of Social Change
359.001
African Politics
362.001
Expressive Cultures of the Black Atlantic: Vision and Time
381.001
Intersections: Fictions and Feminisms of the African Diaspora
390.001
Homophobia in the Black World
394.001
Junior Seminar: Professional Writing
403.001
Education and Development in Africa
409.001
Maternal/Child Health and Environmental Pollution in Africa
422.001
African Culture
432.001
Violent Environments: Oil, Development, and the Discourse of Power
440.001
African Cinema
458.004
Issues in Black World Studies: Health and African Development
458.006
Issues in Black World Studies:
458.009
Issues in Black World Studies: The Politics and Culture of Fair Trade
468.001
Practicum in Field Studies in the Diaspora
469.001
Issues in Field Studies in the Diaspora: Preparation for Activism and
Assessment in the Field
480.001
Visual Culture as History in Africa
490.001
Special Topics in Black World Studies: Soul Power: Youth Culture and
Resistance in the African Diaspora
490.002
Special Topics in Black World Studies: Examining Apartheid and its
Aftermath in South Africa
495.001
Senior Seminar: Aids in Africa
495.002
Senior Seminar: The World of Zora Neale Hurston
497.001
Party Politics and Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa
526.001
Elementary African Language II: Akan
526.002
Elementary African Language II: Bamana
526.003
Elementary African Language II: Wolof
525.004
Elementary African Language II: Zulu
525.006
Elementary African Language II: Swahili
600.002
Proseminar: Interdisciplinary Approaches to African Studies
629.001
Studies in African History
662.001
Health and Socioeconomic Development
Ancient Civilizations and Biblical Studies (ACABS)
587.001
Selected Topics in Ancient Egyptian History and Culture: History:
Exhibiting the Ancients
American Culture (AMCULT)
103.001
FY Seminar: Migrations in Black Literature and Culture
Anthropology: Archaeology (ANTHARCH)
3
Osinulu
3
Partridge
4
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Pitcher
Doris
Sweeney
Haniff
Miles
Hill
Renne
Owusu
Adunbi
Ekotto
Stein
Doris
Partridge
Haniff
Haniff
3
2
Silverman
Ford
2
Partridge
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
Ashforth
Ellsworth
Pitcher
Mpesha
Mpesha
Mpesha
Mpesha
Mpesha
Murray
Ware
Stein
3
Richards
3
Santamarina
180.001
3
Wright
4
Strassmann
FY Seminar in Anthropological Archaeology: Madagascar, Ancient to
Post-Modern
Anthropology: Biological (ANTHRBIO)
467.001
Human Behavioral Ecology
Anthropology: Socio-cultural and linguistics (ANTHRCUL)
212.001
The Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic
331.001
Kinship, Social Organization, and Society
356.002
Topics in Socio-cultural Anthropology: Examining Revolution, Its
Aftermath, and Theories of Social Change
408.001
Maternal/Child Health and Environmental Pollution in Africa
409.001
Peoples and Cultures of the Near East and North Africa
411.001
African Culture
439.001
Economic Anthropology and Development
4445.001
Cultural Anthropology Mini-course: Examining Apartheid and its
Aftermath in South Africa
632.001
Comparative Analysis of Kinship
Asian Studies (ASIAN)
374.001
Korean War in Transnational Literature
Comparative Literature (COMPLIT)
350.001
The Text and its Cultural Context: Francophone Literature of the
Caribbean
Dance (DANCE)
262.001
Congolese Dance I
348.001
Africanist Traditions
Economics (ECON)
195.001
Seminar in Introductory Economics: Capitalism, Slavery, and
Consequences
English Language and Literature (ENGLISH)
380.001
Intersections: Fictions and Feminisms of the African Diaspora
389.001
Literature in African History
475.001
Studies in World Literatures in English: Global Bestsellers
549.002
Contemporary Literature: Global Bestsellers
Epidemiology (EPID)
661.001
Health and Socioeconomic Development
French and Francophone Literature and Culture (FRENCH)
270.005
France’s Orient
444.001
Reading Sub-Saharan African Literature and Cinema (in English
Translation)
History of Art (HISTART)
224.001
African Visual Cultures: Akan/Kongo/Yoruba
362.001
Expressive Cultures of the Black Atlantic: Vision and Time
408.001
Visual Culture as History in Africa
History (HIST)
247.001
Modern Africa
275.001
Survey of Afro-American History II
357.001
Topics in African History: Islam in Africa
362.001
Literature in African History
390.001
Topics Mini-Course: The Arab Uprising in the Middle East and North
Africa
397.005
History Colloquium: Slavery, Freedom, and Race in the Age of Revolution
4
4
3
Wyrod
Akin
Partridge
3
3
3
3
2
Renne
Shryock
Owusu
Owusu
Partridge
3
Feeley-Harnik
and Trautmann
3
Ryu
3
Clej
1
3
Biza
Wilson
3
Whatley
3
3
3
3
Sweeney
Peterson
Wenzel
Wenzel
3
Stein
3
3
Hayes
Ekotto
3
3
3
Doris
Doris
Silverman
4
3
3
3
1
Hunt
Gaines
Ware
Peterson
Randolph
4
Scott
497.001
Technology, Colonialism, and Development: Modern Africa
629.001
Studies in African History
Honors Program (HONORS)
250.001
Honors Social Sciences Seminar: Capitalism, Slavery, and Consequences
Nursing (NURS)
225.001
The Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic
Political Science (POLSCI)
140.001
Introduction to Comparative Politics
359.001
African Politics
458.001
Party Politics and Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa
682.001
Democratization in Global Perspectives
Portuguese Language and Literatures (PORTUG)
102.001
Elementary Portuguese
Residential College (RC) Core Courses (RCCORE)
309.01
Study Off-Campus: French Service Learning
334.004
Special Topics: Gods and Cities, Urban Religion in Africa and the African
Diaspora
Residential College (RC) Humanities (RCHUMS)
334.003
Special Topics in the Humanities: Arts in Cultural Contexts
Residential College (RC) Social Sciences (RCSSCI)
354.001
Nonviolence in Action
488.001
Technology, Colonialism, and Development: Modern Africa
Screen Arts and Culture (SAC)
440.001
African Cinema
Spanish Language and Literatures (SPANISH)
430.001
Advanced Studies in Hispanic Culture and Society: Spanish Colonialisms
in Africa
Women’s Studies (WOMENSTD)
212.001
The Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic
304.001
Gender and Immigration: Identity, Race, and Place
390.001
Homophobia in the Black World
Table 2: courses offered (not in LSA course guide)
School of Public Health
EHS 502
Environmental Health in Developing Areas
HMP 624
Health Policy Challenges in Developing Countries
HBEHED 550
The Challenge of HIV/AIDS: Strengthening Health Systems in ResourcePoor Settings
HBEHED 603
Population Change: Gender, Family, and Fertility in Africa and Asia
3
3
Hecht
Ware
3
Whatley
4
Wyrod
4
4
3
3
Clark
Pitcher
Pitcher
Inglehart
4
Fedrigo
2
3
Butler-Borruat
Osinulu
3
Andre
4
3
Fox
Hecht
3
Ekotto
3
Calderwood
4
3
3
Wyrod
Fadlalla
Haniff
3
3
3
Nriagu
Laren
Snow
3
Snow
Table 3: Study Abroad Courses/Course Components in Africa
Study Abroad (STDABRD) and Center for Global and Intercultural Studies (CGIS)
307.001
CGIS: American University in Cairo (AUC) in New Cairo, Egypt
310.001
CGIS: French and African Studies in Western Africa Program in Dakar,
Senegal
AAS 358.006 CGIS: Global Course Connections (GCC) course in Johannesburg and
Cape Town: Examining Apartheid and its Aftermath in South Africa
Micro 407 or CGIS: Global Course Connections (GCC) in Lusaka, Zambia: Global
Bio 207
Impact of Microbes: Fieldwork
AAS 469.001 CGIS: Global Course Connections (GCC): Pedagogy of Action in South
Africa (Durban, Johannesburg
487.001
CGIS: University of Cape Town (UCT) in Cape Town, South Africa
488.001
U-M at University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Global Intercultural Experience for Undergraduates (GIEU)
Gabon: Learning and Experiencing Francophone African cultures in
Gabon: Libreville, Lambaréné, and Oyem
Kenya: Teaching Technology in Kenya, part 2
Liberia: Sustainable Development in post-Conflict Countries: Educating
and Empowering the Next generation of Engineers and Agriculturalists
in Liberia to advance their country toward prosperity
Ghana: Collaboration with Manhyia Palace in Kumasi (Ghana) to
Digitize and Archive 12 Years of Video Documentation of Festivals,
Rituals, and Court Ceremonies
Tanzania: The Power of Language: Folklore’s Portrayal of Disability in
Tanzania
International Programs in Engineering (IPE)
ME 450 or
Ghana Internship: Design for Maternal Health
ENGNR 450
Graham Institute for Environmental Sustainability place-based courses
Conservation and Development in Cultural Landscapes: Fieldwork in
Kenya
Art and Design Abroad (ADABRD)
310.002
In the Center of the World: Community Engagement in Ghana
Global Reach program of the Medical School
Clinical Elective at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and
Technology in Kumasi, Ghana
Clinical Elective at University of Ghana Medical School in Accra, Ghana
1-18
12
3
Partridge
Fuller
3
Haniff
12
12
Nganka
Ransom and
Nwongase
Cotel & Wright
Ampene & Bray
Mpesha
Butt
3