COURSES
African Studies'
course offerings are included in the Departments of Anthropology, Asian
and Middle Eastern Studies, Comparative Literature, Economics, English,
Folklore and Folklife, History, History of Art, History and Sociology of
Science, International Studies & Business, Linguistics, Music, Philosophy,
Political Science,  Religious
Studies, Romance Languages, Sociology, and Women's Studies, as well as
the Schools of Education, Social Work, Nursing, Wharton, and the Penn Language
Center. Scholarly
activities of Africanists on the Penn campus are coordinated by Penn faculty
associated with the African Studies Center. The program also includes visiting
scholars and interested academics throughout the Philadelphia area. The
Center works to keep the Penn community abreast of current research, events,
and scholarship, and maintains a large network of Africanists who exchange
information on courses and activities.
The African Studies
Center is a member of a consortium that includes Haverford, Bryn Mawr and
Swarthmore Colleges. Students may take courses for credit at any consortium
campus.
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Related Courses
 
 
ANTH
441 Cross-Cultural
Approaches to Health (Huss-Ashmore)
ANTH
459 Nutritional
Anthropology (Huss-Ashmore)
ANTH 527
Food & Population (Huss-Ashmore)
ANTH
528 Topics
in Medical Anthropology (Huss-Ashmore)
ANTH
591 Demographic Anthropology (Huss-Ashmore)
CPLN
737 Urban
Development for Developing Countries and Emerging Economies (Hoek-Smit)
CPLN
738 Field Research Methods in Developing
Countries (Hoek-Smit)
DEMG 607
Introduction to Demography (Van de Walle)
DEMG 621
Mortality (Preston, Ewbank)
DEMG 622
Fertility (Morgan)
DEMG
777 Special
Topics in African Demography (McDaniel/Van deWalle)
ECON
660 Development
Economics (Behrman)
ECON
760 Development
Economics: Basic Micro Topics (Behrman)
EDUC
810 Cultural
Perspectives on Human Development (Wagner)
EDUC
817 Human
Development and National Development in Developing Countries (Wagner)
NURS
516 International
Nutrition (Sharman-Bader)
PSCI 417
Religion and Politics of the Third World (Smith)
PSCI 418
Military Politics of the Third World (Smith)
PSCI 465
Contemporary African Politics (Callaghy)
PSCI
532 The
Political Economy of North-South Relations (Callaghy)
PSCI
533 Comparative
Political and Economic Change (Callaghy)
PPMT
789 State,
Politics, and Markets in Less Developed Countries (Pack)
SWRK 750
Comparative Social Welfare (Estes)
WHAR 656
Global Immersion Program: Africa Section (Staff)
All African languages
(2 semesters, including LING 490 - African Language Tutorial)
Humanities
Related Courses 
ANTH 442
West African State, Society and Culture (Barnes)
ANTH 514
Societies and Cultures of Africa (Kopytoff)
AMES
465 Egyptian
Artifacts (Wegner)
AMES
467 Introduction
to Egyptian Culture and Archaeology (Staff)
AMES
468 The
Religion of Ancient Egypt (Silverman)
AFST
469 Archaeology
of Nubia (Wegner)
AMES
547 Egypt
and Canaan during the Bronze Age (Oran)
AMES
566 History
of Ancient Egypt (Wegner)
AMES
569 Problems
in Ancient Egyptian History (Staff)
ARTH 409
African Art in the Diaspora (Staff)
ARTH 610
African Art (Staff)
ENGL
570 Topics
in African-American Literature (Baker)
ENGL
572 Topics
in African Literature (Barnard)
FOLK
430 African
Diasporic Folklore (Abrahams)
FOLK
455 African
Folklore (Ben-Amos)
FOLK
503 Issues
of Folklore Theory (Staff)
FOLK
530 Afro-American
Folklore (Roberts)
FOLK
531 Prose
Narrative (Ben-Amos)
FOLK
629 Theories
of Myth (Ben-Amos)
FREN 693
Africa Looks to Europe (Moudileno)
HIST 498
Africa and the Islamic World (Staff)
HIST 507
Modern African History (Cassanelli)
HIST 615
Colonialism, Culture and Power (Staff)
HIST 630
African History: Core Issues of Social Process (Feierman)
LING 502
Introduction to Field Linguistics (Liberman)
MUSC 403
The Music and Performance of Africa (Staff)
MUSC 605
Anthropology of Music (Staff)
MUSC 705
Popular Music in Cross-Cultural Perpsective (Staff)
PHIL 438
African Philosophical Thought (Staff)
All African Languages (2 semesters, including LING 490 - African Lang. Tutorial)<
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Language
Courses
The requirement for
an African Studies Certificate in the Language track is, in addition to
AFST 701: Four (4) semesters of African
language study, either 2 semesters each of 2 different languages or
4 semesters of the same language. Click
here to go to African languages.
Social
Science Courses
ANTH 441
Cross-Cultural Approaches to Health (Huss-Ashmore)
ANTH 442
West African State, Society and Culture (Barnes)
ANTH 459
Nutritional Anthropology (Huss-Ashmore)
ANTH 514
Societies and Cultures of Africa (Kopytoff)
ANTH 527
Food & Population (Huss-Ashmore)
ANTH 528
Topics in Medical Anthropology (Huss-Ashmore)
ANTH 591
Demographic Anthropology (Huss-Ashmore)
CPLN 737
Urban Dev. for Developing Countries & Emerging Economies (Hoek-Smit)
CPLN 738
Field Research Methods in Developing Countries (Hoek-Smit)
DEMG 607
Introduction to Demography (van de Walle)
DEMG 777
Special Topics in Demography: Sub-Saharan Africa (Van de Walle, McDaniel)
ECON 660
Development Economics (Behrman)
ECON 760
Development Economics: Basic Micro Topics (Behrman)
EDUC 810
Cultural Perspectives on Human Development (Wagner)
EDUC 817
Human Dev. & Nat'l Dev. in Developing Countries (Wagner)
HIST 507
Modern African History (Cassanelli)
HIST 630
African History: Core Issues of Social Process (Feierman)
HSSC 438
Who Owns the Past? (Kuklick)
HSSC 539
Science and Colonialism (Kuklick)
HSSC 545
Comparative Medicine (Feierman)
LING 502
Introduction to Field Linguistics (Liberman)
NURS 516
International Nutrition (Sharman)
PSCI 417
Religion and Politics of the Third World (Smith)
PSCI 418
Military Politics of the Third World (Smith)
PSCI 465
Contemporary African Politics (Callaghy)
PSCI 532
The Political Economy of North-South Relations (Callaghy)
PSCI 533
Comparative Political and Economic Change (Callaghy)
SWRK 750
Comparative Social Welfare (Estes)
WHAR 656
Global Immersion Program: Africa Section (Staff)
All African Languages
(2 semesters, including LING 490 - African Lang. Tutorial)
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