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African History Concentration
Department of History, Geography, and Global Studies

African History
African History Concentration
African History Curriculum Plan
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The requirements consist of a total of 36 hours, including:

I. Survey Course Options (6 hours)

In addition to the GER requirements, all majors in African History are required to take an additional 6 hours of survey courses, selected from the following groups:

HIST 201 World History I
HIST 202 World History II
or
HIST 203 U.S. History I
HIST 204 U.S. History II
or
HIST 205 African American History I
HIST 206 African American History II


II. Upper Level Requirements (15 hours)

All majors in African History are required to take the following courses:

HIST 207 Introduction to Africa
HIST 315 Modern Africa
HIST 440 Seminar in African History
HIST 423 Methods of Historical Research
GEOG 101 Elements of Geography or
GEOG 102 World Regional Geography


III. Departmental Electives (15 hours)

All majors in African History must take at least 15 hours in departmental electives, as outlined in the following three groups (see course descriptions for details). With the prior approval of the Department, other courses may be used to satisfy the requirements for concentration and support electives.


Concentration Electives (6 hrs)
HIST 313  History of Ancient Africa
HIST 405 History of Latin America
HIST 430 History of West Africa
HIST 432 History of Central Africa
HIST 436  History of South Africa
HIST 438 History of East Africa
HIST 442  Special Topics in History


Support Electives (6 hrs)
HIST 304 Problems in American History I
HIST 305 Problems in American History II
HIST 404  Modern Asia
HIST 407  United StatesEW Foreign Policy
HIST 410  History of Europe I
HIST 411  History of Europe II
HIST 426  History of Middle East
HIST 442  Special Topics in History
HIST 450 Seminar in International Studies


Geography Electives (3 hrs)
GEOG 101 Elements of Geography
GEOG 102  World Regional Geography
GEOG 304 Latin America Geography
GEOG 306  Urban Geography
GEOG 402  Political Geography
GEOG 405  African Geography

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