Program: African Studies Minor - Kansas State University

Mar 05, 2025

2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog

The African Studies minor is designed to provide students with knowledge of and appreciation for African History, society and natural environment. The African Studies minor will provide students the opportunity to understand and experience this diverse region through courses that offer knowledge, the necessary language skills and first hand experience in various parts of Africa. The minor will have a special focus on African agriculture, health, environment from various perspectives.

Students must have a minimum GPA of 2.0 to qualify for the minor. A minimum of 21 credit hours of designated course work with a grade of C or above for fall courses is needed to complete the minor.

Required courses:

AFRI 501 - Seminar I Credits: 3
AFRI 502 - Seminar II Credits: 3
ANTH 509 - Cultures of Africa Credits: 3
SWAH 101 - Swahili I Credits: 4
SWAH 102 - Swahili II Credits: 4
or
Two semesters of any indigenous African language or French

Study Abroad program or equivalent:

African Study Abroad (AFRI 400) will provide students the opportunity to apply their knowledge of an African language and to learn first hand various African societies, cultures, farming systems, environment, health and other issues related to their host country.

This course will be taught by various faculty affiliates in the African Studies Center and will involve African collaborators in the host countries who will offer lectures and coordinate site visits.

Other African experiences can be taken into account for credit with approval from their African Studies advisor. The course will be coordinated in collaboration with the Study Abroad program at K-State.

AFRI 400 - African Study Abroad Credits: 1-4

Recommended course for the Minor:

Recommended Electives for GE-College of Agriculture

AGEC 120 - Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Credits: 3
AGEC 710 - Comparative Food and Agriculture Systems Credits: 3
AGRON 335 - Environmental Quality Credits: 3
HORT 256 - Human Dimensions of Horticulture Credits: 3

Recommended Electives for GE-College of Arts and Sciences

ANTH 210 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Honors Credits: 3
ANTH 720 - Field Methods in Linguistics Credits: 3
BIOL 303 - Ecology of Environmental Problems Credits: 3
BIOL 330 - Public Health Biology Credits: 3
BIOL 697 - Topics in Biology Credits: 1-6 (African Ecology and Conservation)
ECON 527 - Environmental Economics Credits: 3
ECON 681 - International Trade Credits: 3
ECON 682 - Development Economics Credits: 3
ECON 688 - Health Economics Credits: 3
FREN 721 - Francophone Literature and Culture Credits: 3 (with emphasis on Africa)
GEOG 200 - Human Geography Credits: 3
GEOG 121 - Introductory Physical Geography: Earth Systems Science Credits: 3
GEOG 340 - Natural Resources Credits: 3
GEOG 780 - Cultural Geography Credits: 3
GEOL 506 - Environmental Studies Credits: 3
HIST 539 - African-American History Credits: 3
POLSC 145 - World Politics Credits: 3
POLSC 135 - Introduction to Comparative Politics Credits: 3
POLSC 626 - African Politics Credits: 3
POLSC 654 - International Politics of Africa Credits: 3
SOCIO 507 - International Development and Social Change Credits: 3
SOCIO 633 - Gender, Power, and International Development Credits: 3

Recommended Electives for GE-College of Health and Human Sciences

GNHE 310 - Human Needs Credits: 3
FNDH 400 - Human Nutrition Credits: 3
FNDH 599 - Topics in Human Nutrition Credits: 1-3
FNDH 600 - Public Health Nutrition Credits: 3
FNDH 702 - Nutrition in Developing Countries Credits: 3
HDFS 110 - Introduction to Human Development Credits: 3

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