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African Studies

Institute of African Studies
(Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Faculty of Public Affairs)

This section presents the requirements for:

Graduation Requirements

In addition to the program requirements listed below, students must satisfy:

  1. the University regulations (see the Academic Regulations of the University section of this Calendar),
  2. the Faculty regulations applying to all B.A. students including those relating to First-Year Seminars and Breadth requirements (see the Academic Regulations and Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree in this Calendar).

Students should consult the Institute when selecting courses and planning their program.

Some of the courses listed have prerequisites that are not explicitly included in the program. Students should note that it is their responsibility to ensure that they have completed the prerequisites for any courses that they wish to take.

Other courses with relevant subject matter such as special topics or courses taken on exchange at the University of Ottawa may be substituted, with permission of the Institute.

Institute Language Requirement

The Institute requires Honours students to demonstrate proficiency in at least one language relevant to Africa other than English. The Institute will maintain a list of those languages suitable for meeting this requirement. Students may demonstrate proficiency either through the completion of any first-year course (or its approved equivalent) in a relevant language offered at Carleton or through passing a language proficiency test administered by the Institute. In the case of the language proficiency test, availability of the test in a given language will depend upon faculty resource availability.

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Program Requirements

African Studies
B.A. Combined Honours (20.0 credits)

  1. Credits included in the African Studies Major CGPA (7.0 credits):
  1. 1.0 credit in AFRI 1001 and AFRI 1002;
  2. 1.0 credit from HIST 2706, HIST 2707, HIST 3702, HIST 3711, HIST 3906;
  3. 0.5 credit from PSCI 3100, PSCI 3101, PSCI 4203, PSCI 4207, PSCI 4802;
  4. 0.5 credit from ANTH 2620, ANTH 2660, ANTH 4620;
  5. 1.0 credit from ENGL 2956, ENGL 2957, HIST 2704 [1.0], HIST 3403, HIST 3406, HIST 3710;
  6. 0.5 credit from ENGL 2926, ENGL 2927, FREN 4212;
  7. 1.0 credit from (AFRI 3100 or AFRI 3900), ANTH 2850, ANTH 3025, ANTH 3800, ANTH 4800,ECON 3508, ECON 3509, ECON 3510,ECON 4507, ECON 4508, GEOG 2200, GEOG 3209, HIST 3111, HUMR 4501, LAWS 3602, LAWS 4603, PSCI 2102, PSCI 3302, PSCI 3404, PSCI 3502, PSCI 4104, PSCI 4105, PSCI 4409, PSCI 4505, SOWK 3206, SOWK 3207, TSES 4011;
  8. 0.5 credit from (AFRI 3100 or AFRI 3900 not used in Item 6 above), ANTH 2020, SOCI  2020, ANTH 3020, SOCI 3020, ANTH 4020, SOCI 4020, ENGL 4802, HIST 3406, HUMR 3301, HUMR 3401, MUSI 2008, MUSI 3106, PSCI 3805, WGST 2800 (See Note, below);
  9. 0.5 credit from AFRI 4050, ANTH 4620, PSCI 4203, PSCI 4207, PSCI 4802;
  10. 0.5 credit in AFRI 4000;
  1. Credits Not Included in the Major CGPA (13.0 credits):
  1. The requirements of the other discipline must be satisfied;
  2. The Institute language requirement must be met;
  3. Sufficient free electives to make 20.0 credits for the degree.
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Minor in African Studies (4.0 credits)

Requirements:
  1. 1.0. credit in AFRI 1001 and AFRI 1002;
  2. 1.0 credit from HIST 2706, HIST 2707, HIST 3702, HIST 3711, HIST 3906;
  3. 0.5 credit from PSCI 3100, PSCI 3101;
  4. 0.5 credit from ANTH 2620, ANTH 2660;
  5. 1.0 credit from ENGL 2926, ENGL 2927, ENGL 2956, ENGL 2957, HIST 2704 [1.0], HIST 3403, HIST 3406, HIST 3710;
  6. The remaining requirements of the major discipline(s) and degree must be satisfied.
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