African Studies Certificate

The African Studies Certificate is designed as a multi-discipline course of study to enhance understanding of the African continent, its peoples and its cultures. The certificate program is open to any student in good standing, enrolled at CSU and pursuing a baccalaureate degree. The requirements for the certificate are a total of 18 semester credit hours (a waiver of three credit hours is possible).

Courses for the African certificate

Required courses (6 credit hours)
ANTH/SOCI 3125: People and Cultures of Africa
Three semester hours of an indigenous African language (such as SWAH 1001) or demonstration of proficiency above the intermediate level in an indigenous African language.

Elective courses (12 credit hours)
Note: No more than six hours of any language or from any one discipline

ANTH/SOCI 3225: Model African Union
BIOL 5535: Selected Topic: The Ecology of Sub-Saharan Africa
BUSA 3135: International Business*
FREN 4555: Selected Topic: Francophone African Literature
HIST 3127: Introduction to Modern Africa
HIST 3128: Introduction to Traditional Africa
HIST 5546: Selected Topics in African History
HIST 5547: History of South Africa
POLS 3555: Selected Topic: Politics of Developing Nations*, African Political Economy
SOCI 3107: African Women and Development
SOCI 3120: Educational Development in Africa

Up to six semester hours of an African language (indigenous African language or the non-indigenous African languages of Arabic, French, Spanish or Portuguese).*

Independent Study with African content into one of the above disciplines for a maximum of three semester hours.*

Other selected topics courses with significant Africa-related content.*

Any online courses offered through the University System of Georgia's Online African Studies Certificate Program.

Courses at other institutions

A maximum of nine credit hours may be awarded for courses taken at other institutions that are deemed equivalent to CSU offerings.

*Approval is given by the African Studies Coordinator or, in his-her absence, by the director of the Center for International Education upon verification of the significant African-related content of the course.

For more information about these courses and their prerequisites, see CSU's catalog.