AFRICAN POLITICS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing and POLI SCI 120 , 182 , or SOC/AFRICAN/AFROAMER/ANTHRO/GEOG/HISTORY/POLI SCI 277 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Examine the complex social, economic and political issues and problems confronting contemporary Africa. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Critically examine previously held beliefs about the way Africa works and become critical consumers of news coverage of Africa. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Explain the process of rapid political change in contemporary Africa and the emergence of new states. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Assess the state of a body of scholarly literature related to course themes, identify gaps in that literature, and formulate an original research question in the context of those gaps. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Examine the complex social, economic and political issues and problems confronting contemporary Africa. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Critically examine previously held beliefs about the way Africa works and become critical consumers of news coverage of Africa. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Explain the process of rapid political change in contemporary Africa and the emergence of new states. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Assess the state of a body of scholarly literature related to course themes, identify gaps in that literature, and formulate an original research question in the context of those gaps. Audience: Graduate