INTL 2700 - Introduction to Africa

4.00 Credit Hours

Prerequisites: None

(Social Science credit) Drawing on the social sciences, this multidisciplinary course examines the forces that have shaped African civilization. The course explores Africa’s cultural and historical legacy outside of the Eurocentric parameter. General themes include the continent’s geography, anthropology, religion, and art. The impacts that the Atlantic slave trade, European colonization, industrialization, and independence movements had on the Africa’s political, economic, and social growth are also examined.

(4 contact hrs)

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