Degree Requirements 

Degree requirements for the 2009-10 cohort

• 70 TOTAL credit hours required
• CORE COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

1.  Seminar: Readings in African Studies, INST 601 Fall quarter (5 credits)
2.  African Studies Colloquium (1 credit/quarter – Winter, Spring, Fall)
3. Language (3 options) (9-15 credits):

One year of an African language at OU: Akan, Arabic, Gikuyu, Somali, Sudanese Arabic, Swahili, Tigrinya, Wolof Summer Intensive programs - You may fulfill your language requirement during the summer at the following programs: Summer Cooperative African Language Institute (SCALI) Intermediate Swahili in Mombasa, Kenya – Yale University Advanced Swahili GPA in Tanzania Advanced Zulu GPA in South Africa If already fluent in an African language, you may receive a waiver of this requirement.  Additional language study can be applied to African Studies core requirements – See Dr. Howard for details

4. Required area courses (10 credits):
      History (Dr. Nick Creary) – Modern Africa 1890-Present (Fall or Winter Quarter)
      Literature (Dr. Ghirmai Negash) – African Literature (Winter Quarter)
5. Social Science and Arts & Humanities requirements (20 credits)
 Students must take at least two additional Social Science courses (10 credits)
      Geography: Drs. Edna Wangui, Tom Smucker
      Political Science: Marton Markovits
      Economics: Drs. Julia Paxton, John Dogbey
      Anthropology: Dr. Diane Ciekawy
      History: Dr. Nick Creary
      Education: Dr. Francis Godwyll
Students must take at least two additional Arts & Humanities courses (10 credits)
      Theater: Dr. Esiaba Irobi
      Dance: Dr. Zelma Badu-Younge
      Music: Dr. Paschal Younge
      Interdisciplinary Arts: Dr. Andrea Frohne
      Literature: Drs. Ghirmai Negash, Zakes Mda
      Religion: Drs. Loren Lybarger, Gene Blocker
      Film/Communication: Dr. Vibert Cambridge     

6. Research Methods (5 credits): Field Research in Africa, Dr. Steve Howard (winter quarter); see Dr. Howard for additional options

• Institute for the African Child summer sessions courses (5 credits per course – 2 course minimum up to 3 courses).  The Institute for the African Child offers several short-term, intensive courses during the summer that enable students to gain a full quarters worth of credit. Some courses may also count towards the core program requirements. Courses have included, “Education, AIDS and Development in Africa,” “Linguistic Human Rights of the African Child,” “Theater for Development: An International Perspective,” and “Food and Nutrition Security in Africa.”

OR
OU Summer Program in Botswana or Ghana (See Education Abroad for details)

• ELECTIVE COURSE REQUIREMENTS

In addition to the program core requirements, students will enroll in up to 12 credits in a discipline or professional area of your choice (i.e. Anthropology, Business, Communications, Economics, Education, Geography, Health and Human Services, History, Humanities, Political Science, Public Administration).

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