Considering Africa (C022)
GEC Coordinator: Patrick Otim
Through a variety of disciplines students develop a complex understanding of various African worldviews, social practices, art forms, political initiatives, economic challenges, and ecological issues. Courses train students to think critically about African identities as historically produced and currently contested.
Complete four credits designated with the (C022) GEC attribute, with no more than two courses from any one department/program.
Two non-Bates credits and/or co-curricular activities may be applied toward this concentration if they are judged to be appropriate by the concentration coordinator. One independent study, pre-approved by the coordinator, may also count toward the concentration.
Active course offerings include:
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| AFR 105 | Africa: Special Topics in African History, 1500-1900 |
| AFR 233 | Literary Representations of the Africana Religions |
| AFR 268 | Survey of Literatures of Africa |
| AFR 306 | Queer Africana: History, Theories, and Representations |
| CMS 276 | Saints, Ships, and Sultans: The Horn of Africa in the Middle Ages |
| CMS 293 | Trans-Saharan Africa in the Middle Ages |
| ECON 309 | Economics of Less-Developed Countries |
| ENG 268 | Survey of Literatures of Africa |
| ENG 306 | Queer Africana: History, Theories, and Representations |
| ENVR 223 | Politics of Wildlife Conservation |
| EUS 206 | The Empire Strikes Back: The Ends of European Empires in the Twentieth Century |
| FRE 208 | Introduction to the Francophone World |
| FRE 240E | Le Maghreb: Vue de l'Enfance |
| FRE 240F | Borders and Disorders |
| FRE 377 | Colon/Colonisé: Récits de l'Expérience Nord-Africaine |
| FRE 379 | Documenting the Genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda |
| GSS 306 | Queer Africana: History, Theories, and Representations |
| GSS 363 | Gendered Perspectives in Africa |
| GSS 377 | Colon/Colonisé: Récits de l'Expérience Nord-Africaine |
| HIST 105 | Africa: Special Topics in African History, 1500-1900 |
| HIST 206 | The Empire Strikes Back: The Ends of European Empires in the Twentieth Century |
| HIST 276 | Saints, Ships, and Sultans: The Horn of Africa in the Middle Ages |
| HIST 287 | History of East Africa |
| HIST 293 | Trans-Saharan Africa in the Middle Ages |
| HIST 301P | South Africa: The Rise and Fall of Apartheid |
| PLTC 210 | International Human Rights in Africa |
| PLTC 290 | Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa |
| PLTC 339 | International Politics and Foreign Policy in Africa |
| PLTC 363 | Gendered Perspectives in Africa |
| REL 233 | Literary Representations of the Africana Religions |