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624 Steven J Green School of International and Public Affairs Undergraduate Catalog 2017-2018 Certificate Programs Professional Certificates in: Italian Language and Culture Certificates Portuguese Language and Brazilian Culture Studies Professional Language Certificate Programs are structured combinations of courses with a common base of interest from one or more African Studies Certificate Program disciplines into an area of concentration. Successful completion of a Certificate Program is Faculty: entered on the student’s transcript and records. Two types Iqbal S. Akhtar, Assistant Professor, Religious Studies of certificates are awarded: and Politics and International Relations Academic Certificate Pascale S. Bécel, Associate Professor and Chair, Modern Languages Awarded by an academic unit to a student at the time of John F. Clark, Professor and Acting Chairperson, Politics awarding a bachelor’s degree; or upon completion of the and International Relations appropriate coursework to a student who already has a Steven R. Blevins, Assistant Professor, English bachelor’s degree. Ferial Maya-Boutaghou, Assistant Professor, Modern An academic certificate shall not be awarded to a Languages and Women’s and Gender Studies student who does not possess either a bachelor’s degree Erin Damman, Assistant Professor, Politics and or does not complete a bachelor’s degree program. An International Relations academic certificate, to the greatest extent possible, is to Nandini Dhar, Associate Professor, English be interdisciplinary in nature. Brittany Gilmer, Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice Professional Certificate Hilary J. Jones, Associate Professor, History and African and African Diaspora Studies Awarded by an academic unit to an individual who Assefa Melesse, Associate Professor, Earth and completes the appropriate coursework in the area of Environment concentration. The professional certificate does not need Roderick P. Neumann, Professor, Global and to be interdisciplinary or associated with a degree Sociocultural Studies program. For details and course requirements, refer to the Okezi T. Otovo, Assistant Professor, History and appropriate certificate director or academic department. African and African Diaspora Studies Academic Certificates in: Tudor V. Parfitt, Research Professor, Religious Studies African Studies Jean M. Rahier, Professor, Global and Sociocultural Afro-Latin American Studies Studies Ancient Mediterranean Civilization David Rifkind, Assistant Professor, Architecture Asian Studies Heather Russell, Associate Professor, English Asian Globalization and Latin America Vicky Silvera, Head, Special Collection, Library Chinese Studies Chantalle F. Verna, Associate Professor, History and Conflict and Dispute Resolution Politics and International Relations Cuban and Cuban-American Studies Eric Von Wettberg, Assistant Professor, Biology European and Eurasian Studies Albert Kafui Wuaku, Associate Professor, Religious Food Studies Studies German Language and Culture Samba Camara, Adjunct Faculty, African and African Global Black Studies Diaspora Studies and Modern Languages Haitian Studies Mariama Jaiteh, Adjunct Faculty, African and African Human Rights and Political Transitions Diaspora Studies Jain Studies Zablon Mgonja, Adjunct Faculty, African and African Japanese Studies Diaspora Studies and Modern Languages Jewish Studies Noelle Theard, Adjunct Faculty, African and African Labor Studies Diaspora Studies Languages and Cultures of North Africa Latin American and Caribbean Studies African and African Diaspora Studies (AADS) Leadership Studies encompasses the study of and research on the peoples of Middle East and Central Asian Studies Sub-Saharan Africa and their experiences, and on National Security Studies communities of the African diaspora both in continental North American Studies Africa and elsewhere in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Pre-Law Skills and Professional Values Australia. It also involves the dissemination of knowledge Pre-Modern Cultures about Sub-Saharan continental African peoples and Public Policy Studies diasporic Africans internationally. South and Southeast Asia Area Studies Housed within the Steven J. Green School of Study of Spirituality International and Public Affairs, and more specifically in Translation and Interpretation the African & African Diaspora Studies Program (AADS), the African Studies Certificate provides students with an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the global, economic, cultural, and historical experiences of African peoples, communities, and nation-states. The Certificate Undergraduate Catalog 2017-2018 Steven J Green School of International and Public Affairs 625 complements students’ work in their major fields of study and at the undergraduate level while fostering greater SWA 1130 Swahili I 5 understanding of traditionally marginalized topics. SWA 1131 Swahili II 5 Thanks to the diversity of areas of research interests of or the core and affiliate AADS faculty, students will be able to WOL 1130 Wolof I 5 choose courses that will allow them to focus more or specifically on Sub-Saharan Continental Africa and WOL 1xxx Wolof II 5 Africans. or The Certificate places a strong emphasis on African SWA 1100 Introduction to Swahili Language and cultural expressions in all their regional, temporal, and Culture 3 socioeconomic diversities. It offers coordinated insights or into the ongoing challenges African communities face WOL 1170 Introduction to Wolof Language and locally, nationally, and internationally. It also focuses on Culture 3 the ways in which continental African communities and individuals have developed political and creative strategies Arts and Humanities Courses: (6-9 credits) for survival in the midst of, and resistance to, racism and AFS 3332 Gender and Sexualities in Sub-Saharan political, economic, and social oppression. This certificate African Contexts – GL program is open to degree-seeking students only. AFA 4930 African and African Diaspora Studies Theory General Requirements (18 or 20) AFA 4931 Special Topics in African Diaspora Studies Students complete 18 or 20 credit hours of study from AFS 4210 African Visual Arts – GL disciplines as diverse as geography, history, international AFA 4200 African Drum I relations, journalism, sociology, anthropology, literature, AFA 4201 African Drum II music and political science. The core requirements are: 1) AFA 4340 Health in African World AFH 2000 “African Civilizations – GL” or AFS 3011 AFA 4905 African and African Diaspora Studies “African Civilization, Religion and Philosophy – GL” (This Independent Study required course should be taken at the start of the AFH 4100 History of Africa I – GL Certificate Program); 2) an African language course: either AFH 4200 History of Africa II SWA 1130 (Swahili I for 5 credits), or SWA 1131 (Swahili AFH 4342 History of West Africa II for 5 credits), or WOL 1130 (Wolof I for 5 credits), or AFH 4405 History of East Africa WOL 1131 (Wolof II for 5 credits), or WOL 1170 AFH 4450 History of South Africa (Introduction to Wolof Language and Culture for 3 credits), ARH 3511 Introduction to the Visual Arts of the or SWA 1100 (Introduction to Swahili Language and African World Culture for 3 credits). WOL 1170 and SWA 1100 are ARH 4520 African Arts – GL offered during study abroad programs to either West or DAA 3347 West African Dance East Africa (Check with the African & African Diaspora FRW 4750 Francophone Literature of Africa Studies Program). If a student elects to take a language LIT 4351 Major African Writers course on campus (5 credits), the total of credits he/she REL 4370 African Religions will need to accumulate to satisfy the requirements for this WOH 4230 The African Diaspora and the Atlantic certificate will be 20 credits. If instead a student enrolls in Slave Trade either WOL 1170 or SWA 1100 during study abroad program, the total of credits he/she will accumulate to Social Sciences Courses: (6-9 Credits) satisfy the requirements for this certificate will be 18 AFS 3331 Women and Human Rights in Sub- credits. Although only one language course will be Saharan Africa – GL counted to meet the language requirement for the AFS 4265 Latin America and the Caribbean in Certificate in African Studies, students are encouraged to Africa: South-South Interactions – GL take the second level of the African language offered: ANT 4352 African Peoples and Cultures either SWA 1131 (Swahili II) or WOL 1131 (Wolof II). ANT 4396 Representations of Africa and Africans Taking either WOL 1130 and WOL 1131 or SWA 1130 in Films and SWA 1131 will also allow undergraduate students to CPO 3204 African Politics satisfy a university graduation requirement of at least two GEA 3600 Population and Geography of Africa – semesters of education in foreign languages. The other 15 GL credits must come from each of two lists, one comprising INR 3252 International Relations of North Africa the Arts and Humanities, and the other the Social INR 3253 International Relations of Sub-Saharan Sciences. The program director may approve other Africa courses upon request. Students requesting an exception from these lists must present a syllabus for the course they would like to enroll in. Not all courses are offered Afro-Latin American Studies Certificate every semester. Program Required Core Courses: (6-8 credits) Coordinating Committee AFH 2000 African Civilizations – GL 3 Danielle Clealand, Assistant Professor, Politics & or International Relations AFS 3011 African Civilization, Religion and Ulrich Oslender,