Five College African Studies : African Studies Courses

African Studies Courses

The Five Colleges (Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Hampshire, Smith and the University of Massachusetts) have over 35 faculty who teach courses related to African Studies and offer a Five College Certificate in African Studies.

AFRICAN STUDIES COURSES:

- Fall 2012 Course information. Please be patient it may take a few seconds for the link to open.
- For a sample of past courses you can download a complete list of the spring 2008 courses and descriptions.

AFRICAN STUDIES CAPSTONE SPRING 2012:

Five College African Studies Capstone

Spring 2012

Smith College African Studies 300
Professor Holly Hanson
will meet at Amherst College, Wednesdays, 7:30-9:30pm
hhanson@mtholyoke.edu
office Skinner 314 Mount Holyoke. office phone 538-2094,

The Capstone Colloquium in African Studies represents an interdisciplinary capstone experience for students concentrating in African studies. Drawing on the resources of faculty in the Five College African Studies Council, we will seek to synthesize and productively utilize the Africa-oriented coursework, study abroad, internships, and research experiences of class participants. We will consider how the generation of knowledge about Africa has shaped academic disciplines, how knowledge about Africa contributes to endeavors focused on economic progress and political and social transformation on the continent and elsewhere, and how the study of Africa is likely to change in coming decades.

I will design the syllabus after I have learned the interests and experiences of the students who have pre-enrolled, but the major question of the course will be how scholarship on Africa contributes to understanding the work that class participants might anticipate doing over the next several decades after their graduation. We will spend two weeks each on questions related to

political structures,

local, national and global economies,

social organization and development

public health and HIV/AIDS

art and aesthetics.
Within each unit, we will spend one week discussing readings and using the works of African film makers to orient us to the topic, and one week listening to, and interacting with a panel which will consist of class participants presenting their own research projects, other class participants discussing the work of Five College faculty (these will be class participants who don’t have senior independent research projects to present), and Five College African studies faculty who will serve as discussants. We will include Five College African studies alums working in these fields in several of the panels.

Grades will be based on
Five 2 page reading responses for the reading-focussed weeks (40%)
Panel presentation (30%)
A final reflection paper (15%)
Class participation. (15%)

Register on Smith College’s BannerWeb. NonSmith students should click the 5 College students link, print out the form, and get my signature. This class requires permission: I will admit seniors or juniors whose undergraduate record demonstrates a strong interest in African studies, and will seek to ensure that all 5 colleges are equally represented. (Please note that I will be in Uganda from October 29 to November 8 and will not have reliable email access while there.)

AFRICAN LANGUAGE COURSES:

The Five College Center for the Study of World Languages also supports instruction in African languages including Swahili (taught by Agnes Kimokoti) and supervised independent study in Twi (from Ghana), Woloff (from Senegal), Yoruba (from Nigeria), Hausa (from Nigeria), and Zulu (from South Africa). You can find an independent study application form and instructions on their web site at http://www.umass.edu/fclang/fcsilpreg.html.

To schedule the required registration information session appointment for language classes or for more information contact: fcsilp@hfa.umass.edu or call 413-545-3453.

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	African Studies Courses The Five Colleges (Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Hampshire, Smith and the University of Massachusetts) have over 35 faculty who teach courses related to African Studies and offer a Five College Certificate in African Studies. AFRICAN STUDIES COURSES: - Fall 2012 Course information. Please be patient it may take a few seconds for the link to open. - For a sample of past courses you can download a complete list of the spring 2008 courses and descriptions. AFRICAN STUDIES CAPSTONE SPRING 2012: Five College African Studies Capstone Spring 2012 Smith College African Studies 300 Professor Holly Hanson will meet at Amherst College, Wednesdays, 7:30-9:30pm hhanson@mtholyoke.edu office Skinner 314 Mount Holyoke. office phone 538-2094, The Capstone Colloquium in African Studies represents an interdisciplinary capstone experience for students concentrating in African studies. Drawing on the resources of faculty in the Five College African Studies Council, we will seek to synthesize and productively utilize the Africa-oriented coursework, study abroad, internships, and research experiences of class participants. We will consider how the generation of knowledge about Africa has shaped academic disciplines, how knowledge about Africa contributes to endeavors focused on economic progress and political and social transformation on the continent and elsewhere, and how the study of Africa is likely to change in coming decades. I will design the syllabus after I have learned the interests and experiences of the students who have pre-enrolled, but the major question of the course will be how scholarship on Africa contributes to understanding the work that class participants might anticipate doing over the next several decades after their graduation. We will spend two weeks each on questions related to political structures, local, national and global economies, social organization and development public health and HIV/AIDS art and aesthetics. Within each unit, we will spend one week discussing readings and using the works of African film makers to orient us to the topic, and one week listening to, and interacting with a panel which will consist of class participants presenting their own research projects, other class participants discussing the work of Five College faculty (these will be class participants who don’t have senior independent research projects to present), and Five College African studies faculty who will serve as discussants. We will include Five College African studies alums working in these fields in several of the panels. Grades will be based on Five 2 page reading responses for the reading-focussed weeks (40%) Panel presentation (30%) A final reflection paper (15%) Class participation. (15%) Register on Smith College’s BannerWeb. NonSmith students should click the 5 College students link, print out the form, and get my signature. This class requires permission: I will admit seniors or juniors whose undergraduate record demonstrates a strong interest in African studies, and will seek to ensure that all 5 colleges are equally represented. (Please note that I will be in Uganda from October 29 to November 8 and will not have reliable email access while there.) AFRICAN LANGUAGE COURSES: The Five College Center for the Study of World Languages also supports instruction in African languages including Swahili (taught by Agnes Kimokoti) and supervised independent study in Twi (from Ghana), Woloff (from Senegal), Yoruba (from Nigeria), Hausa (from Nigeria), and Zulu (from South Africa). You can find an independent study application form and instructions on their web site at http://www.umass.edu/fclang/fcsilpreg.html. To schedule the required registration information session appointment for language classes or for more information contact: fcsilp@hfa.umass.edu or call 413-545-3453.