EVERYDAY RELIGION IN AFRICA

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze diverse value and belief systems in various contexts. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Define key terms in religious studies and African studies. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Communicate effectively through close reading, writing, oral presentations, and discussion. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Interpret the interrelationships and impact of religious worldviews and communities in Africa. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Recognize cultural assumptions and knowledge claims as they relate to Africa and religion. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Demonstrate empathy toward the cultural perspectives and worldviews of others. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Utilize the terminology and methodology of cultural studies and religious studies in speech and writing. Audience: Graduate 8. Construct complex arguments using primary and secondary sources to support arguments about lived religion in Africa. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze diverse value and belief systems in various contexts. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Define key terms in religious studies and African studies. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Communicate effectively through close reading, writing, oral presentations, and discussion. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Interpret the interrelationships and impact of religious worldviews and communities in Africa. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Recognize cultural assumptions and knowledge claims as they relate to Africa and religion. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Demonstrate empathy toward the cultural perspectives and worldviews of others. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Utilize the terminology and methodology of cultural studies and religious studies in speech and writing. Audience: Graduate 8. Construct complex arguments using primary and secondary sources to support arguments about lived religion in Africa. Audience: Graduate