READING AND WRITING AFRICAN CULTURAL STUDIES
Covers the norms and expectations that inhere in academic writing as well as the mechanics of producing original scholarship. Designed to develop a full understanding of the craft of marshaling evidence to support an argument in the humanities, particularly African cultural studies.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Define features of the emerging field of African cultural studies, Audience: Graduate 2. Analyze and critique scholarly writing that employs the phrase "African cultural studies". Audience: Graduate 3. Generate and evaluate arguments in humanities scholarship. Audience: Graduate 4. Compose cultural studies scholarship in a range of modes and forms, including proposals, abstracts, essays, and reviews. Audience: Graduate 5. Revise writing through self-reflection and external review. Audience: Graduate 6. Express scholarly ideas in engaging presentations. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Define features of the emerging field of African cultural studies, Audience: Graduate 2. Analyze and critique scholarly writing that employs the phrase "African cultural studies". Audience: Graduate 3. Generate and evaluate arguments in humanities scholarship. Audience: Graduate 4. Compose cultural studies scholarship in a range of modes and forms, including proposals, abstracts, essays, and reviews. Audience: Graduate 5. Revise writing through self-reflection and external review. Audience: Graduate 6. Express scholarly ideas in engaging presentations. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027