Students interested in a combined major should also consult with appropriate department chairs. Courses Accepted for the African Studies Combined Major and Minor AFS 101. A team-taught introduction to fundamental issues in the study of Africa, ranging from historical contexts to economic and political structures to African arts and issues of development. The value of interdisciplinary study and the challenges of moving beyond one's own framework to study other cultural systems are also discussed. The course looks at the physical environment of Africa with a particular emphasis on distribution of water resources.
Culture is approached as it relates to environment.
The course examines how people of different cultures conceptualize and value water resources, how the indigenous peoples of Africa have coped with frequently variable and unreliable water supplies and the impact of some controversial water development projects on people's lives. Seminar on African Development. An interdisciplinary research seminar that focuses on the critical theme of development and requires students to produce a substantial research essay confronting a development question, using the resources and methodologies of more than one discipline. Often, students can extend their investigation of a topic first studied in Kenya. Departmental Offerings Anthropology 153.