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African Studies

Contact Person
Akinloye A. Ojo
Coordinator, Certificate in African Studies
317 Holmes/Hunter Academic Building
akinloye@uga.edu

Department
African Studies Institute
College of Arts and Sciences

Description of the Program
The certificate program in African Studies is designed for the student who wishes to learn about Africa generally, and to focus on a specific sociocultural aspect of the of the region, for example, language, religion, or literature. In addition to providing regional education, the certificate program offers students an opportunity to complement majors in a wide array of disciplines including anthropology, sociology, geography, business, journalism, and education. Students can simultaneously satisfy the requirements of the certificate program while completing their college and university electives requirements. The certificate requires completion of 17 hours.

Required Course (3 hours):
AFST(ANTH)(CMLT)(GEOG)(SOCI)(RELI) 2100

Language Requirement Courses (11 hours):
Choose one of the following groups

Arabic
ARAB 1001
ARAB 1002
ARAB 2003

Swahili
SWAH 1010
SWAH 1020
SWAH 2010

Yoruba
YORB 1010
YORB(AFAM) 1020
YORB 2010

Elective Course (3 hours):
Choose three hours from the following courses

AAEC(AFST)(ENVM) 4720
AFST 4200/6200
ALDR(AFST)(LACS) 4710/6710
ANTH 2120H
ARAB 4100/6100
BIOL 3990 (repeatable; 2 hours maximum can be applied to certificate)
CMLT(AFST)(ANTH) 3030
CMLT(AFST) 3150
CMLT 3990
CMLT(AFST)(ANTH) 4245/6245
CMLT(AFST) 4880/6880
CMLT(AFST) 4890/6890
ECOL 4000/6000
ECON 4850
ESCI 4000/6000 (variable 1-6 hours)
GEOG(AFST) 3650
GEOL 1121H
GEOG 4710/6710
HIPR 4750/6750 (variable 1-3 hours)
HIPR 4751/6751 (variable 1-3 hours)
HIST(AFST) 2052
HIST(AFST) 2501
HIST(AFST) 2502
HIST(AFST) 3511
HIST(AFST) 3512
HIST(AFST) 3530
HIST(AFST) 4500/6500
HIST(AFST) 4540/6540
HIST(AFST) 4550/6550
JRLC 5080
KINS(AFST) 4800/6800
LAND 4910/6910 (variable 1-6 hours)
LAND 4911/6911
LING(CMLT)(WMST) 4870/6870
MUSI(AFST)(AFAM) 2080
MUSI(AFST) 2860
MUSI 3020
MUSI 4270/6270
MUSI(AFST) 4291/6291
MUSI(AFST) 4861/6861 (repeatable; 4 hours maximum can be applied to the certificate)
RELI 4310/6310
SOCI 4900
SWAH(AFAM) 3990 (variable 1-3 hours)
THEA(AFST) 4460/6460
THEA(AFST) 4470/6470
THEA(AFAM) 4480/6480
TXMI 3010 (variable 1-12 hours)
TXMI 5710/7710 (variable 1-3 hours)
YORB 3990 (variable 1-3 hours)
ZULU 3990

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