The Undergraduate Certificate 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 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. This certificate requires completion of 17 hours.
Akinloye A. Ojo Coordinator, Certificate in African Studies 317 Holmes/Hunter Academic Building akinloye@uga.edu
17 hours
| AFST(ANTH)(CMLT)(GEOG)(SOCI)(RELI) 2100 | Introduction to Africa | 3 |
Choose 1 group(s) from the following:
| ARAB 1001 | Elementary Modern Standard Arabic I | 4 |
| ARAB 1002 | Elementary Modern Standard Arabic II | 4 |
| ARAB 2003 | Intermediate Standard Arabic I | 3 |
| SWAH 1010 | Elementary Swahili I | 4 |
| SWAH 1020 | Elementary Swahili II | 4 |
| SWAH 2010 | Intermediate Swahili I | 3 |
| YORB 1010 | Elementary Yoruba I | 4 |
| YORB(AFAM) 1020 | Elementary Yoruba II | 4 |
| YORB(AFAM) 2010 | Intermediate Yoruba I | 3 |
Choose 3 credit hour(s) from the following:
| AAEC(AFST)(ENVM) 4720 | Applied International Development Economics | 3 |
| AFST 4200/6200 | Critical Issues in Contemporary Africa | 3 |
| ALDR(AFST)(LACS) 4710/6710 | International Agricultural Development | 3 |
| ANTH 2120H | Introduction to Anthropology (Honors) | 3 |
| ARAB 4100/6100 | Reading and Research in Arabic and Islamic Literature | 3 |
| BIOL 3990 (max. 2 hours) | Seminar in the Practice of Medicine | 1 |
| CMLT(AFST)(ANTH) 3030 | Introduction to African Languages and Cultures | 3 |
| CMLT(AFST) 3150 | Introduction to Modern African Literature | 3 |
| CMLT 3990 | Directed Study in Comparative Literature | 3 |
| CMLT(AFST)(ANTH) 4245/6245 | Oral Literature in Africa | 3 |
| CMLT(AFST) 4880/6880 | The Origins of African Literature | 3 |
| CMLT(AFST) 4890/6890 | Postcolonial African Literature | 3 |
| ECOL 4000/6000 | Population and Community Ecology | 3 |
| ECON 4850 | Special Topics for Economics | 3 |
| ESCI 4000/6000 (1-3 hours) | Special Problems in Science Education | 1-6 |
| GEOG(AFST) 3650 | Africa in the Global Economy | 3 |
| GEOL 1121H | Earth Processes and Environments (Honors) | 3 |
| GEOG 4710/6710 | Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa | 3 |
| HIPR 4750/6750 (1-3 hours) | Special/Independent Studies | 1-3 |
| HIPR 4751/6751 (1-3 hours) | Special/Independent Studies | 1-3 |
| HIST(AFST) 2052 | Multiculturalism in Modern America | 3 |
| HIST(AFST) 2501 | Introduction to African History to 1800 | 3 |
| HIST(AFST) 2502 | Survey of African History Since 1800 | 3 |
| HIST(AFST) 3511 | East Africa to the Nineteenth Century | 3 |
| HIST(AFST) 3512 | East Africa in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries | 3 |
| HIST(AFST) 3530 | Women in Sub-Saharan Africa | 3 |
| HIST(AFST) 4500/6500 | Studies in African History | 3 |
| HIST(AFST) 4540/6540 | Conflict in Twentieth-Century Southern Africa | 3 |
| HIST(AFST) 4550/6550 | Christianity and Colonialism in Africa | 3 |
| JRLC 5080 | International Mass Communication | 3 |
| KINS(AFST) 4800/6800 | Education and Sport in Africa | 3 |
| LAND 4910/6910 (1-3 hours) | Independent Project | 1-6 |
| LAND 4911/6911 | Independent Project | 1-6 |
| LING(CMLT)(WMST) 4870/6870 | Language, Gender, and Sexuality | 3 |
| MUSI(AFST)(AFAM) 2080 | African American Music | 3 |
| MUSI(AFST) 2860 | African Music Ensemble | 1 |
| MUSI 3020 | World Music Survey: Africa, Europe, and the Americas | 3 |
| MUSI 4270/6270 | Topics in Musical Cultures of the World | 3 |
| MUSI(AFST) 4291/6291 | African Music | 3 |
| MUSI(AFST) 4861/6861 (max. 4 hours) | Applied Ethnomusicology: African Music | 1 |
| RELI 4310/6310 | Gender, Culture, and Islam in Morocco | 4 |
| SOCI 4900 | Supervised Research in Sociology | 3 |
| SWAH(AFAM) 3990 (1-3 hours) | Directed Study in Swahili Language and Literature | 1-3 |
| THEA(AFST) 4460/6460 | History of Dramatic Art: Special Topics | 3 |
| THEA(AFST) 4470/6470 | African Theatre: An Historical Overview | 3 |
| THEA(AFAM) 4480/6480 | History of African American Drama and Theatre | 3 |
| TXMI 3010 (1-3 hours) | Directed Research | 1-12 |
| TXMI 5710/7710 (1-3 hours) | Study Tour in Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors | 1-3 |
| YORB 3990 (1-3 hours) | Directed Study in Yoruban Language and Literature | 1-3 |
| ZULU 3990 | Directed Study in Zulu Language and Literature | 3 |