African Studies
Established in 1969, the African Studies Program at 91吃瓜 was the first of its kind in Canada. The Program offers courses across the disciplines leading to a Minor and Major Concentration and a Joint Honors Program, allowing students many exciting opportunities to explore a wide range of political, historical, social, economic, and environmental issues pertaining to Africa. The underlying conception of the African Studies Program emanates from the basic premise that African Studies is a foundational field of study and a global intellectual enterprise, rather than one constrained by territorial boundaries.
For students pursuing a Major or Minor concentration in African Studies, the plan of study begins with an introductory course that explores African issues from an interdisciplinary and global perspective and ends with an advanced research seminar. In addition to facilitating opportunities for students to travel and study in Africa, the Program also offers a course in Swahili, which greatly enhances knowledge of African culture and society and can, along with other courses offered, pave the path towards exciting future career and travel opportunities in Africa. The African Studies Program also sponsors a variety of other types of scholarly and cultural activities throughout the academic year related to Africa and the African diaspora, many of which are initiated by its undergraduate student organization, the African Studies Students Association (ASSA), as well as the 91吃瓜 African Students Society (MASS).
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To register for an African Studies program, you must have been offered admission into the Bachelor of Arts program at 91吃瓜. Please refer to this link for further information: /undergraduate-admissions/
Major Concentration African Studies (36 Credits)
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Major Concentration African Studies (36 Credits)
Program Requirement
The Major Concentration African Studies provides students with an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the African continent.
Students wishing to major in African Studies should consult the Program Advisor at the beginning of their first academic year. In the African Studies Major concentration, students will be encouraged to identify an area within a discipline of the Faculty, taking as many relevant courses as possible in that field.
During Winter 2020, the S/U option applied to all courses. For Fall 2020 and Winter 2021 terms, you could have used the S/U option for a total of 6 credits over the two terms that were taken to satisfy a program requirement.
Required Courses (6 Credits)
AFRI 200. Introduction to African Studies.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The African experience and current approaches to African studies, through adopting multidisciplinary perspectives on topics that include political conflict, governance and democratization, environment and conservation, economic development, rural life and urbanism, health and illness, gender, social change, popular culture, literature, film, and the arts.
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AFRI 598. Research Seminar in African Studies.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An interdisciplinary research seminar on topics of common interest to staff and students of the African Studies Program. As part of their contribution, students will prepare a research paper under the supervision of one or more members of staff.
- Prerequisite: an introductory course in any of the disciplines studying Africa
- Restriction: Open to final year Program students, and to others by permission of Program Adviser
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Group A (9 credits from)
ANTH 322. Social Change in Modern Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The impact of colonialism on African societies; changing families, religion, arts; political and economic transformation; migration, urbanization, new social categories; social stratification; the social setting of independence and neo-colonialism; continuity, stagnation, and progressive change.
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 202, or ANTH 204, or ANTH 205, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 209, or ANTH 212, or ANTH 227 or permission of instructor
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HIST 200. Introduction to African History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This course stresses the interactions of the peoples of Africa with each other and with the worlds of Europe and Islam from the Iron Age to the European Conquest in 1880.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-200D
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HIST 201. Modern African History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
While covering the general political history of Africa in the twentieth century, this course also explores such themes as health and disease, gender, and urbanization.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-200D
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POLI 324. Comparative Politics of Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The government and politics of African states south of the Sahara with reference to the ideological and institutional setting as influenced by the forces of tradition and the impact of Western colonialism.
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics.
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POLI 352. International Policy/Foreign Policy: Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A study of international politics in Africa; including Africa in the U.N., the Organization of African Unity, African regional groupings and integration, Africa as a foreign policy arena and African inter-state conflict and diplomacy.
- Prerequisite: A basic course in International or African politics or written consent of the instructor
- Note: The field is International Politics.
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Group B (21 credits from)
21 credits from the Group B course lists below drawn from at least 3 disciplines with no more than 9 credits from any one discipline
African Studies
AFRI 401. Swahili Language and Culture.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Basic knowledge of the Swahili language and culture with emphasis on handling circumstances that might be encountered in field research: everyday conversation, developing aural and oral skills and mastering basic grammar rules, understanding cultural norms and practices, issues of culture sensitivity and appropriateness.
- Note: Priority to students in the African Studies Program and/or participants of the Canadian Field Studies in Africa program and to students with a demonstrable need related to internship or research. Approval by African Studies Program Adviser required.
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AFRI 480. Honours Thesis.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Supervised reading, research and preparation of an undergraduate thesis under the direction of a staff member.
- Prerequisite: the completion of all available courses relevant to the topic, and permission of the instructor and Program Adviser prior to registration
- Restriction(s): Open only to Joint Honours students.
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AFRI 481. Special Topics 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Supervised reading in advanced special topics in African Studies under the direction of a member of staff.
- Prerequisite: the completion of all available courses relevant to the topic, and permission of the instructor and Program Adviser prior to registration
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AFRI 499. Arts Internships: African Studies.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Internship with an approved host institution or organization.
- Note: U2 and U3 students in good standing, normally after completing 30 credits of a 90-credit program or 45 credits of a 96-120 credit program, a minimum CGPA of 2.7, and permission from the departmental Internship Adviser. This course will normally not fulfill program requirements for seminar or 400-level courses.
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HIST 579D1. Seminar: African History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Readings in and discussion of a theme in African history.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 200 or HIST 201 or HIST 382 or permission of the instructor.
- Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate students and Honours students or advanced students with permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken HIST 486D1/D2.
- 1. Topics will vary by year.
- 2. Students must register for both HIST 579D1 and HIST 579D2.
- 3. No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 579D1 and HIST 579D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.
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HIST 579D2. Seminar: African History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
See for course description.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 579D1.
- Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate students and Honours students or advanced students with permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken HIST 486D1/D2.
- 1. Topics will vary by year.
- 2. Students must register for both HIST 579D1 and HIST 579D2.
- 3. No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 579D1 and HIST 579D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.
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Anthropology
ANTH 212. Anthropology of Development.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Processes of developmental change, as they affect small communities in the Third World and in unindustrialized parts of developed countries. Problems of technological change, political integration, population growth, industrialization, urban growth, social services, infrastructure and economic dependency.
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ANTH 322. Social Change in Modern Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The impact of colonialism on African societies; changing families, religion, arts; political and economic transformation; migration, urbanization, new social categories; social stratification; the social setting of independence and neo-colonialism; continuity, stagnation, and progressive change.
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 202, or ANTH 204, or ANTH 205, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 209, or ANTH 212, or ANTH 227 or permission of instructor
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ANTH 411. Primate Studies and Conservation.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Critical evaluation of theories in primate behaviour, ecology, and conservation that emphasizes direct observations, research design, and developing field methods.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: One course in Anthropology, Geography or Environmental Studies, Introductory Biology, or permission of the instructor.
- Restriction: Students must have completed at least two full semesters at their home university. Only open to students in the Canadian Field Studies in Africa program.
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ANTH 416. Environment/Development: Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Study of environmental effects of development in East Africa, especially due to changes in traditional land tenure and resource use across diverse ecosystems. Models, policies and cases of pastoralist, agricultural, fishing, wildlife and tourist development will be examined, across savanna, desert, forest, highland and coastal environments.
- Winter
- Restriction: Open only to students in the Study in Africa program, a full-term field study program in East Africa
- Prerequisite: One prior course in Anthropology, Geography or Environmental Studies
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Architecture
ARCH 355. Architectural History 4.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Architecture (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The study of cities and world architecture from 1900 to the present.
- (2-1-6)
- Prerequisites: ARCH 250 and ARCH 251
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Biology
BIOL 428. Biological Diversity in Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Biological diversity as exemplified by a particular taxonomic group chosen by the instructor, using field setting in East Africa to impart training in species identification, field research, and principles embodied in the phylogeny, systematics, biogeography, ecology, physiology and/or behaviour of the organisms concerned.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BIOL 328
- Winter
- Student must be enrolled in the Africa Field Study Seminar
- Prerequisite: BIOL 305 or equivalent or permission of instructor.
- Corequisite(s): NRSC/BIOL 451 and ANTH/GEOG 451
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BIOL 429. East African Ecology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Field settings (Uganda, Kenya, and/or Tanzania) are used to impart training in ecological principles critical to tropical conservation with an emphasis on research design and field research exercises.
- Winter
- The course is to be taught in Africa as a component of the Africa Field Study Semester. Students must register for the Africa Field Study Semester.
- Prerequisite: BIOL 215 or equivalent.
- Corequisite: NRSC/BIOL 451 and ANTH/GEOG 451
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken BIOL 329.
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BIOL 451. Research in Ecology and Development in Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Development of observation and independent inquiry skills through: 1) participation in short-term project modules in collaboration with existing researchers; 2) participation in interdisciplinary team research on topics selected to allow comparative analysis of field sites; 3) active and systematic observation, documentation, and integration of field experience in ecology and development issues.
- Winter
- Open only to U2 or later students in the AFSS.
- Corequisite(s): ANTH 451 or GEOG 451
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking NRSC 451.
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Canadian Studies
CANS 415. Black Canada.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Institute for Study of Canada (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The significant presence of people of African descent in Canada that dates back to the 17th century. Migration and immigration will be situated as part of the renewal of Canadian identity while examining the intellectual, historical and political presence of people of African descent.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CANS 401 when topic was "Caribbean Canadians" or "Black Diaspora".
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Economics
ECON 208. Microeconomic Analysis and Applications.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
A university-level introduction to demand and supply, consumer behaviour, production theory, market structures and income distribution theory.
- See section on Prerequisites for other courses which would meet prerequisites met by ECON 208
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ECON 230 or ECON 250
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MGCR 293, ECON 230 or ECON 250
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ECON 313. Economic Development 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
Microeconomic theories of economic development and empirical evidence on population, labour, firms, poverty. Inequality and environment.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 154-313D.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 154-313D.
- Prerequisite: ECON 208 and either ECON 209 or one development course.
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ECON 416. Topics in Economic Development 2.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This course gives students a broad overview of the economics of developing countries. The course covers micro and macro topics, with particular emphasis on the economic analysis at the micro level.
- Prerequisite(s): ECON 230 or ECON 250 and ECON 227D1/D2 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor.
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English
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ENGL 421. African Literature.
Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A study of African literature.
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at .
- Winter
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French
FREN 380. Litt茅ratures francophones 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: French Language & Literature (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
脡tude d鈥檜ne ou de plusieurs litt茅ratures francophones autres que les litt茅ratures qu茅b茅coise et fran莽aise.
- Aucun pr茅alable ni cours conjoint pour les 茅tudiants hors-D茅partement. Pr茅alables: Option Lettres: FREN 251, FREN 353, FREN 396; Option Lettres et traduction: FREN 251, FREN 353. Cours conjoints: Option Lettres: FREN 374, FREN 397; Option Lettres et traduction: FREN 374
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Geography
GEOG 216. Geography of the World Economy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The course introduces the geography of the world economic system. It describes the spatial distribution of economic activities and examines the factors which influence their changing location. Case studies from both "developed" and "developing" countries will test the different geographical theories presented in lectures.
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GEOG 403. Global Health and Environmental Change.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Major themes and contemporary case studies in global health and environmental change. Focus on understanding global trends in emerging infectious disease from social, biophysical, and geographical perspectives, and critically assessing the health implications of environmental change in different international contexts.
- Fall
- Prerequisite: GEOG 205 or GEOG 221 or GEOG 321 or GEOG 303 or permission from the instructor
- Restriction: Course not open to students who were registered for GEOG 303 in Winter 2008.
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GEOG 404. Environmental Management 2.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Practical application of environmental planning, analysis and management techniques with reference to the needs and problems of developing areas. Special challenges posed by cultural differences and traditional resource systems are discussed. This course involves practical field work in a developing area (Kenya or Panama).
- Winter
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 302 or permission of instructor
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GEOG 408. Geography of Development.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Examines the geographical dimensions of development policy, specifically the relationships between the process of development and human-induced environmental change. Focuses on environmental sustainability, struggles over resource control, population and poverty, and levels of governance (the role of the state, non-governmental organizations, and local communities).
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 210 or GEOG 216 or permission of instructor
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GEOG 410. Geography of Underdevelopment: Current Problems.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An examination of the cultural, political, and economic mechanisms and manifestations of contemporary underdevelopment and the response to it from different regional and national peripheral societies within the dominant world economic system.
- Winter
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 216 or permission of instructor
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GEOG 416. Africa South of the Sahara.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A synthetic overview of physical and cultural geography examining particularly the relation of African peoples to their landscapes, the causes and consequences of environmental changes, and the idea of sustainable development as it applies to African landscapes, resource systems and economies.
- Winter
- Offered in Kenya as part of the African Field Studies semester.
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GEOG 423. Dilemmas of Development.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Africa seems beset by development problems. Some of these appear to have no clear answer. Such dilemmas present significant barriers to moving forward with durable, effective development in Africa. This course will examine two primary and frequently interlocked dilemmas in East Africa with wide ranging impact - food security, and conflict.
- Prerequisite: GEOG 310 or GEOG 408 or GEOG 410, or equivalent
- Restriction: Open to students in the African Field Study Semester (AFSS) only
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GEOG 451. Research in Society and Development in Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Three intersecting components: 1) core development themes including culture change, environmental conservation, water, health, development (urban and rural), governance and conflict resolution, 2) research techniques for topics related to core themes, including ethics, risk, field methods and data analysis, 3) field documentation, scientific recording and communication.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: Open to U2 or later students in the AFSS.
- Corequisite: NRSC 452.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken, or are taking ANTH 451.
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History
HIST 200. Introduction to African History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This course stresses the interactions of the peoples of Africa with each other and with the worlds of Europe and Islam from the Iron Age to the European Conquest in 1880.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-200D
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HIST 201. Modern African History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
While covering the general political history of Africa in the twentieth century, this course also explores such themes as health and disease, gender, and urbanization.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-200D
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HIST 206. Indian Ocean World History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to the 鈥済lobal鈥� system connecting eastern Africa, the Middle East,
South and Southeast Asia, and the Far East, from the earliest times to c. 1900.
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HIST 210. Introduction to Latin American History
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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Historical development of Latin America鈥檚 peoples through the pre-Columbian, colonial and national periods, c. 1300-2000. Introduces key historiographical debates of the subfield and emphasizes the interpretation of primary source texts (in translation).
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HIST 381. Colonial Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An overview of the history of foreign intervention and anticolonial resistance in 19th and 20th century Africa. Topics include: theories of colonialism, the scramble for Africa, colonialism and disease, indirect rule, labour, nationalism and resistance, and changing gender roles.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 200, HIST 201, HIST 206 or AFRI 200 recommended.
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HIST 382. History of South Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
History of South Africa from precolonial times to the present. Topics include: precolonial societies; British and Dutch colonialism; slavery in colonial South Africa; the Zulu kingdom; mining capitalism; the Boer War; Afrikaner nationalism; apartheid; the anti-apartheid struggle; music, religion, and art; challenges of the post-apartheid state.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 200, HIST 201, HIST 206 or AFRI 200 recommended.
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HIST 389. Topics: African Country Survey.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
In depth survey of a single African country (other than South Africa), including the pre-colonial history of the region, colonialism, and post-colonial economic, cultural and political history.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 200, HIST 201, HIST 206 or AFRI 200 recommended.
- Country will vary from year to year.
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HIST 411. Topics in African History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
In depth examination of a specific topic or individual in African or African diasporic history.
- Prerequisite: A previous course in African history or permission of instructor.
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HIST 528. Indian Ocean World Slave Trade.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The origins, structure and impact of the Indian Ocean World slave trade from early times to the present day. Enslavement, the trading structure, slave functions, reactions to slavery, emancipation and 'slave' diaspora. Comparisons will be made to the Atlantic slave system.
- Prerequisites: HIST 200 or HIST 213 or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 467.
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HIST 579D1. Seminar: African History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Readings in and discussion of a theme in African history.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 200 or HIST 201 or HIST 382 or permission of the instructor.
- Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate students and Honours students or advanced students with permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken HIST 486D1/D2.
- 1. Topics will vary by year.
- 2. Students must register for both HIST 579D1 and HIST 579D2.
- 3. No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 579D1 and HIST 579D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.
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HIST 579D2. Seminar: African History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
See for course description.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 579D1.
- Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate students and Honours students or advanced students with permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken HIST 486D1/D2.
- 1. Topics will vary by year.
- 2. Students must register for both HIST 579D1 and HIST 579D2.
- 3. No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 579D1 and HIST 579D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.
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2024-2025 only:
HIST 298. Topics in History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
An introduction to a topic or theme in History.
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HIST 564D1. Seminar: Latin American History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Exploration of a selected topic in Latin America history.
- Prerequisites: HIST 309, HIST 360, HIST 366, HIST 409 or permission of instructor
- Students must register for both HIST 564D1 and HIST 564D2
- No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 564D1 and HIST 564D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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HIST 564D2. Seminar: Latin American History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
See for course description.
- Prerequisite: HIST 564D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 564D1 and HIST 564D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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Islamic Studies
ISLA 360. Islam and Politics in Africa
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Assessment of the relationship between Islam and politics in the contemporary Africa through various analytic themes, including political economy, social movement and gendered analysis.
- Prerequisite: ISLA 210 or permission of instructor.
- Prerequisite: ISLA 210 or AFRI 200.
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ISLA 410. History: Middle-East 1798-1918.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A study of the Middle East from Napoleon's invasion of Egypt to the end of WWI. Emphasis will be on the emergence of nationalisms in the context of European imperialism; political, social, and economic transformation; religion and ideology; and changing patterns of alliances.
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ISLA 221D1. Introductory Arabic.
Credits: 4.5
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic, including pronunciation and reading and writing of the Arabic script; and speaking and comprehension of basic sentences, commands, statements in the present tense.
- Prerequisites: Permission of the Institute required.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ISLA521D1/D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both ISLA 221D1 and ISLA 221D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Students must register for both ISLA221D1 and ISLA 221D2.
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ISLA 221D2. Introductory Arabic.
Credits: 4.5
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
See for course description.
- Prerequisite: ISLA 221D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both ISLA 221D1 and ISLA 221D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Students must register for both ISLA221D1 and ISLA 221D2.
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Natural Resources Sciences
WILD 375. Issues: Environmental Sciences.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences (Faculty of Agric Environ Sci)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Principles and trends in global ecology as they pertain to agricultural and natural ecosystems and the impact of environmental change on food production.
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Philosophy
PHIL 327. Philosophy of Race.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to issues in the philosophy of race, for example: the metaphysical status of race; the biology of racial categories; the social construction of race; the relationship between race and racism; the phenomenology of racialized subjectivity; or, intersections of race, gender, and other identity categories.
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Political Science
POLI 227. Introduction to Comparative Politics - Global South.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to politics across the Global South. A comparative examination of the legacies of colonialism, the achievement of independence, and political and socio-economic development in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Topics include modernization, dependency, state-building, political violence, revolution, the role of the military, authoritarianism, and democratization.
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics.
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POLI 324. Comparative Politics of Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The government and politics of African states south of the Sahara with reference to the ideological and institutional setting as influenced by the forces of tradition and the impact of Western colonialism.
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics.
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POLI 522. Seminar: Comparative Politics 1
.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Seminar on comparative politics.
- Prerequisite: At least one upper-level course in comparative politics.
- Restriction: Open to graduate students, final year honours students, and other advanced undergraduates with permission of the instructor.
- Note: The field is comparative politics
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Sociology
SOCI 254. Development and Underdevelopment.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Competing theories about the causes of underdevelopment in the poor countries. Topics include the impact of geography, the population explosion, culture and national character, economic and sexual inequalities, democracy and dictatorship. Western imperialism and multi-national corporations, reliance on the market, and development through local participation, cooperation, and appropriate technology.
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SOCI 365. Health and Development.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Main concepts and controversies linking health to broader social and economic conditions in low income countries. Topics include the demographic and epidemiological transitions, the health and wealth conundrum, the social determinants of health, health as an economic development strategy, and the impact of the AIDS pandemic.
- Prerequisite: SOCI 234 or SOCI 254
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SOCI 370. Sociology: Gender and Development.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Exploration of the main development theories and discussion of how gender is placed within them, analysis of the practical application of development projects and discussion of how they affect gender dynamics, and examination of power relations between development agencies and developing countries. Examples from Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America are used.
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SOCI 446. Colonialism and Society.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Forms that colonialism took, its impact on colonial societies, and its modern legacies, focusing on overseas colonialism between 1600 and the 1970s.
- Prerequisite: SOCI 210 or permission from instructor.
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SOCI 484. Emerging Democratic States.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Focus on the sociological aspects of recent transitions to democracy within developing countries - particularly within Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. Exploration of why democratization has taken place, to what extent it has been successful and the implications of democratization.
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SOCI 513. Social Aspects HIV/AIDS in Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Examination of the social causes and consequences of HIV/AIDS in Africa. Gender inequality, sexual behaviours, marriage systems, migration, and poverty are shaping the pandemic as well as how the pandemic is altering social, demographic and economic conditions across Africa.
- Prerequisites: SOCI 225 or SOCI 309 or Permission of Instructor.
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SOCI 550. Developing Societies.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Comparison of alternative explanations of underdevelopment: the impact of social stratification, relations of domination and subordination between countries, state interference with the market. Alternative strategies of change: revolution, structural adjustment, community development and cooperatives. Students will write and present a research paper, and participate extensively in class discussion.
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Minor Concentration African Studies (18 Credits)
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Minor Concentration African Studies (18 Credits)
Program Requirement
The Minor Concentration African Studies is available for those students majoring in a discipline of the Faculty of Arts who wish to acquire interdisciplinary knowledge of Africa.
This program may be expanded to the Major Concentration African Studies.
During Winter 2020, the S/U option applied to all courses. For Fall 2020 and Winter 2021 terms, you could have used the S/U option for a total of 6 credits over the two terms that were taken to satisfy a program requirement.
Required Courses (6 Credits)
AFRI 200. Introduction to African Studies.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The African experience and current approaches to African studies, through adopting multidisciplinary perspectives on topics that include political conflict, governance and democratization, environment and conservation, economic development, rural life and urbanism, health and illness, gender, social change, popular culture, literature, film, and the arts.
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AFRI 598. Research Seminar in African Studies.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An interdisciplinary research seminar on topics of common interest to staff and students of the African Studies Program. As part of their contribution, students will prepare a research paper under the supervision of one or more members of staff.
- Prerequisite: an introductory course in any of the disciplines studying Africa
- Restriction: Open to final year Program students, and to others by permission of Program Adviser
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Group A (3 credits from)
ANTH 322. Social Change in Modern Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The impact of colonialism on African societies; changing families, religion, arts; political and economic transformation; migration, urbanization, new social categories; social stratification; the social setting of independence and neo-colonialism; continuity, stagnation, and progressive change.
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 202, or ANTH 204, or ANTH 205, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 209, or ANTH 212, or ANTH 227 or permission of instructor
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HIST 200. Introduction to African History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This course stresses the interactions of the peoples of Africa with each other and with the worlds of Europe and Islam from the Iron Age to the European Conquest in 1880.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-200D
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HIST 201. Modern African History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
While covering the general political history of Africa in the twentieth century, this course also explores such themes as health and disease, gender, and urbanization.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-200D
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POLI 324. Comparative Politics of Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The government and politics of African states south of the Sahara with reference to the ideological and institutional setting as influenced by the forces of tradition and the impact of Western colonialism.
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics.
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POLI 352. International Policy/Foreign Policy: Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A study of international politics in Africa; including Africa in the U.N., the Organization of African Unity, African regional groupings and integration, Africa as a foreign policy arena and African inter-state conflict and diplomacy.
- Prerequisite: A basic course in International or African politics or written consent of the instructor
- Note: The field is International Politics.
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Group B (9 credits from)
9 credits from the Group B course lists below drawn from at least 2 disciplines with no more than 6 credits from any one discipline.
African Studies
AFRI 401. Swahili Language and Culture.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Basic knowledge of the Swahili language and culture with emphasis on handling circumstances that might be encountered in field research: everyday conversation, developing aural and oral skills and mastering basic grammar rules, understanding cultural norms and practices, issues of culture sensitivity and appropriateness.
- Note: Priority to students in the African Studies Program and/or participants of the Canadian Field Studies in Africa program and to students with a demonstrable need related to internship or research. Approval by African Studies Program Adviser required.
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AFRI 480. Honours Thesis.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Supervised reading, research and preparation of an undergraduate thesis under the direction of a staff member.
- Prerequisite: the completion of all available courses relevant to the topic, and permission of the instructor and Program Adviser prior to registration
- Restriction(s): Open only to Joint Honours students.
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AFRI 481. Special Topics 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Supervised reading in advanced special topics in African Studies under the direction of a member of staff.
- Prerequisite: the completion of all available courses relevant to the topic, and permission of the instructor and Program Adviser prior to registration
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AFRI 499. Arts Internships: African Studies.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Internship with an approved host institution or organization.
- Note: U2 and U3 students in good standing, normally after completing 30 credits of a 90-credit program or 45 credits of a 96-120 credit program, a minimum CGPA of 2.7, and permission from the departmental Internship Adviser. This course will normally not fulfill program requirements for seminar or 400-level courses.
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HIST 579D1. Seminar: African History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Readings in and discussion of a theme in African history.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 200 or HIST 201 or HIST 382 or permission of the instructor.
- Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate students and Honours students or advanced students with permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken HIST 486D1/D2.
- 1. Topics will vary by year.
- 2. Students must register for both HIST 579D1 and HIST 579D2.
- 3. No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 579D1 and HIST 579D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.
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HIST 579D2. Seminar: African History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
See for course description.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 579D1.
- Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate students and Honours students or advanced students with permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken HIST 486D1/D2.
- 1. Topics will vary by year.
- 2. Students must register for both HIST 579D1 and HIST 579D2.
- 3. No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 579D1 and HIST 579D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.
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Anthropology
ANTH 212. Anthropology of Development.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Processes of developmental change, as they affect small communities in the Third World and in unindustrialized parts of developed countries. Problems of technological change, political integration, population growth, industrialization, urban growth, social services, infrastructure and economic dependency.
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ANTH 322. Social Change in Modern Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The impact of colonialism on African societies; changing families, religion, arts; political and economic transformation; migration, urbanization, new social categories; social stratification; the social setting of independence and neo-colonialism; continuity, stagnation, and progressive change.
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 202, or ANTH 204, or ANTH 205, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 209, or ANTH 212, or ANTH 227 or permission of instructor
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ANTH 411. Primate Studies and Conservation.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Critical evaluation of theories in primate behaviour, ecology, and conservation that emphasizes direct observations, research design, and developing field methods.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: One course in Anthropology, Geography or Environmental Studies, Introductory Biology, or permission of the instructor.
- Restriction: Students must have completed at least two full semesters at their home university. Only open to students in the Canadian Field Studies in Africa program.
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ANTH 416. Environment/Development: Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Study of environmental effects of development in East Africa, especially due to changes in traditional land tenure and resource use across diverse ecosystems. Models, policies and cases of pastoralist, agricultural, fishing, wildlife and tourist development will be examined, across savanna, desert, forest, highland and coastal environments.
- Winter
- Restriction: Open only to students in the Study in Africa program, a full-term field study program in East Africa
- Prerequisite: One prior course in Anthropology, Geography or Environmental Studies
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Architecture
ARCH 355. Architectural History 4.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Architecture (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The study of cities and world architecture from 1900 to the present.
- (2-1-6)
- Prerequisites: ARCH 250 and ARCH 251
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Biology
BIOL 428. Biological Diversity in Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Biological diversity as exemplified by a particular taxonomic group chosen by the instructor, using field setting in East Africa to impart training in species identification, field research, and principles embodied in the phylogeny, systematics, biogeography, ecology, physiology and/or behaviour of the organisms concerned.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BIOL 328
- Winter
- Student must be enrolled in the Africa Field Study Seminar
- Prerequisite: BIOL 305 or equivalent or permission of instructor.
- Corequisite(s): NRSC/BIOL 451 and ANTH/GEOG 451
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BIOL 429. East African Ecology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Field settings (Uganda, Kenya, and/or Tanzania) are used to impart training in ecological principles critical to tropical conservation with an emphasis on research design and field research exercises.
- Winter
- The course is to be taught in Africa as a component of the Africa Field Study Semester. Students must register for the Africa Field Study Semester.
- Prerequisite: BIOL 215 or equivalent.
- Corequisite: NRSC/BIOL 451 and ANTH/GEOG 451
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken BIOL 329.
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BIOL 451. Research in Ecology and Development in Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Development of observation and independent inquiry skills through: 1) participation in short-term project modules in collaboration with existing researchers; 2) participation in interdisciplinary team research on topics selected to allow comparative analysis of field sites; 3) active and systematic observation, documentation, and integration of field experience in ecology and development issues.
- Winter
- Open only to U2 or later students in the AFSS.
- Corequisite(s): ANTH 451 or GEOG 451
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking NRSC 451.
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Canadian Studies
CANS 415. Black Canada.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Institute for Study of Canada (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The significant presence of people of African descent in Canada that dates back to the 17th century. Migration and immigration will be situated as part of the renewal of Canadian identity while examining the intellectual, historical and political presence of people of African descent.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CANS 401 when topic was "Caribbean Canadians" or "Black Diaspora".
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Economics
ECON 208. Microeconomic Analysis and Applications.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
A university-level introduction to demand and supply, consumer behaviour, production theory, market structures and income distribution theory.
- See section on Prerequisites for other courses which would meet prerequisites met by ECON 208
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ECON 230 or ECON 250
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MGCR 293, ECON 230 or ECON 250
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ECON 313. Economic Development 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
Microeconomic theories of economic development and empirical evidence on population, labour, firms, poverty. Inequality and environment.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 154-313D.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 154-313D.
- Prerequisite: ECON 208 and either ECON 209 or one development course.
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ECON 416. Topics in Economic Development 2.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This course gives students a broad overview of the economics of developing countries. The course covers micro and macro topics, with particular emphasis on the economic analysis at the micro level.
- Prerequisite(s): ECON 230 or ECON 250 and ECON 227D1/D2 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor.
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English
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ENGL 421. African Literature.
Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A study of African literature.
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at .
- Winter
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French
FREN 380. Litt茅ratures francophones 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: French Language & Literature (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
脡tude d鈥檜ne ou de plusieurs litt茅ratures francophones autres que les litt茅ratures qu茅b茅coise et fran莽aise.
- Aucun pr茅alable ni cours conjoint pour les 茅tudiants hors-D茅partement. Pr茅alables: Option Lettres: FREN 251, FREN 353, FREN 396; Option Lettres et traduction: FREN 251, FREN 353. Cours conjoints: Option Lettres: FREN 374, FREN 397; Option Lettres et traduction: FREN 374
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Geography
GEOG 216. Geography of the World Economy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The course introduces the geography of the world economic system. It describes the spatial distribution of economic activities and examines the factors which influence their changing location. Case studies from both "developed" and "developing" countries will test the different geographical theories presented in lectures.
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GEOG 403. Global Health and Environmental Change.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Major themes and contemporary case studies in global health and environmental change. Focus on understanding global trends in emerging infectious disease from social, biophysical, and geographical perspectives, and critically assessing the health implications of environmental change in different international contexts.
- Fall
- Prerequisite: GEOG 205 or GEOG 221 or GEOG 321 or GEOG 303 or permission from the instructor
- Restriction: Course not open to students who were registered for GEOG 303 in Winter 2008.
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GEOG 404. Environmental Management 2.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Practical application of environmental planning, analysis and management techniques with reference to the needs and problems of developing areas. Special challenges posed by cultural differences and traditional resource systems are discussed. This course involves practical field work in a developing area (Kenya or Panama).
- Winter
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 302 or permission of instructor
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GEOG 408. Geography of Development.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Examines the geographical dimensions of development policy, specifically the relationships between the process of development and human-induced environmental change. Focuses on environmental sustainability, struggles over resource control, population and poverty, and levels of governance (the role of the state, non-governmental organizations, and local communities).
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 210 or GEOG 216 or permission of instructor
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GEOG 410. Geography of Underdevelopment: Current Problems.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An examination of the cultural, political, and economic mechanisms and manifestations of contemporary underdevelopment and the response to it from different regional and national peripheral societies within the dominant world economic system.
- Winter
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 216 or permission of instructor
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GEOG 416. Africa South of the Sahara.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A synthetic overview of physical and cultural geography examining particularly the relation of African peoples to their landscapes, the causes and consequences of environmental changes, and the idea of sustainable development as it applies to African landscapes, resource systems and economies.
- Winter
- Offered in Kenya as part of the African Field Studies semester.
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GEOG 423. Dilemmas of Development.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Africa seems beset by development problems. Some of these appear to have no clear answer. Such dilemmas present significant barriers to moving forward with durable, effective development in Africa. This course will examine two primary and frequently interlocked dilemmas in East Africa with wide ranging impact - food security, and conflict.
- Prerequisite: GEOG 310 or GEOG 408 or GEOG 410, or equivalent
- Restriction: Open to students in the African Field Study Semester (AFSS) only
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GEOG 451. Research in Society and Development in Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Three intersecting components: 1) core development themes including culture change, environmental conservation, water, health, development (urban and rural), governance and conflict resolution, 2) research techniques for topics related to core themes, including ethics, risk, field methods and data analysis, 3) field documentation, scientific recording and communication.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: Open to U2 or later students in the AFSS.
- Corequisite: NRSC 452.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken, or are taking ANTH 451.
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History
HIST 200. Introduction to African History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This course stresses the interactions of the peoples of Africa with each other and with the worlds of Europe and Islam from the Iron Age to the European Conquest in 1880.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-200D
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HIST 201. Modern African History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
While covering the general political history of Africa in the twentieth century, this course also explores such themes as health and disease, gender, and urbanization.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-200D
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HIST 206. Indian Ocean World History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to the 鈥済lobal鈥� system connecting eastern Africa, the Middle East,
South and Southeast Asia, and the Far East, from the earliest times to c. 1900.
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HIST 210. Introduction to Latin American History
.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Historical development of Latin America鈥檚 peoples through the pre-Columbian, colonial and national periods, c. 1300-2000. Introduces key historiographical debates of the subfield and emphasizes the interpretation of primary source texts (in translation).
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HIST 381. Colonial Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An overview of the history of foreign intervention and anticolonial resistance in 19th and 20th century Africa. Topics include: theories of colonialism, the scramble for Africa, colonialism and disease, indirect rule, labour, nationalism and resistance, and changing gender roles.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 200, HIST 201, HIST 206 or AFRI 200 recommended.
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HIST 382. History of South Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
History of South Africa from precolonial times to the present. Topics include: precolonial societies; British and Dutch colonialism; slavery in colonial South Africa; the Zulu kingdom; mining capitalism; the Boer War; Afrikaner nationalism; apartheid; the anti-apartheid struggle; music, religion, and art; challenges of the post-apartheid state.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 200, HIST 201, HIST 206 or AFRI 200 recommended.
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HIST 389. Topics: African Country Survey.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
In depth survey of a single African country (other than South Africa), including the pre-colonial history of the region, colonialism, and post-colonial economic, cultural and political history.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 200, HIST 201, HIST 206 or AFRI 200 recommended.
- Country will vary from year to year.
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HIST 411. Topics in African History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
In depth examination of a specific topic or individual in African or African diasporic history.
- Prerequisite: A previous course in African history or permission of instructor.
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HIST 498. Independent Research.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Exceptionally, and under the direction of a member of staff, advanced and highly qualified students who have an extensive background in the proposed area
of study, may pursue this independent study.
- Prerequisite: Written permission from the instructor and the undergraduate program director.
- Restriction: Open to History Major Concentration, Honours or Joint Honours students only. Not open to students who have taken HIST 413.
- Students may only register for this course once.
- Students may count a maximum of 3 credits of HIST 498 or HIST 499 toward the 6-credits of 400-level or higher courses required for the History Major Concentration.
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HIST 528. Indian Ocean World Slave Trade.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The origins, structure and impact of the Indian Ocean World slave trade from early times to the present day. Enslavement, the trading structure, slave functions, reactions to slavery, emancipation and 'slave' diaspora. Comparisons will be made to the Atlantic slave system.
- Prerequisites: HIST 200 or HIST 213 or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 467.
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HIST 579D1. Seminar: African History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Readings in and discussion of a theme in African history.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 200 or HIST 201 or HIST 382 or permission of the instructor.
- Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate students and Honours students or advanced students with permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken HIST 486D1/D2.
- 1. Topics will vary by year.
- 2. Students must register for both HIST 579D1 and HIST 579D2.
- 3. No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 579D1 and HIST 579D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.
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HIST 579D2. Seminar: African History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
See for course description.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 579D1.
- Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate students and Honours students or advanced students with permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken HIST 486D1/D2.
- 1. Topics will vary by year.
- 2. Students must register for both HIST 579D1 and HIST 579D2.
- 3. No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 579D1 and HIST 579D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.
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2024-2025 only:
HIST 298. Topics in History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
An introduction to a topic or theme in History.
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HIST 564D1. Seminar: Latin American History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Exploration of a selected topic in Latin America history.
- Prerequisites: HIST 309, HIST 360, HIST 366, HIST 409 or permission of instructor
- Students must register for both HIST 564D1 and HIST 564D2
- No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 564D1 and HIST 564D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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HIST 564D2. Seminar: Latin American History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
See for course description.
- Prerequisite: HIST 564D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 564D1 and HIST 564D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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Islamic Studies
ISLA 360. Islam and Politics in Africa
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Assessment of the relationship between Islam and politics in the contemporary Africa through various analytic themes, including political economy, social movement and gendered analysis.
- Prerequisite: ISLA 210 or permission of instructor.
- Prerequisite: ISLA 210 or AFRI 200.
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ISLA 410. History: Middle-East 1798-1918.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A study of the Middle East from Napoleon's invasion of Egypt to the end of WWI. Emphasis will be on the emergence of nationalisms in the context of European imperialism; political, social, and economic transformation; religion and ideology; and changing patterns of alliances.
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ISLA 221D1. Introductory Arabic.
Credits: 4.5
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic, including pronunciation and reading and writing of the Arabic script; and speaking and comprehension of basic sentences, commands, statements in the present tense.
- Prerequisites: Permission of the Institute required.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ISLA521D1/D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both ISLA 221D1 and ISLA 221D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Students must register for both ISLA221D1 and ISLA 221D2.
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ISLA 221D2. Introductory Arabic.
Credits: 4.5
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
See for course description.
- Prerequisite: ISLA 221D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both ISLA 221D1 and ISLA 221D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Students must register for both ISLA221D1 and ISLA 221D2.
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Natural Resources and Sciences
WILD 375. Issues: Environmental Sciences.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences (Faculty of Agric Environ Sci)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Principles and trends in global ecology as they pertain to agricultural and natural ecosystems and the impact of environmental change on food production.
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Philosophy
PHIL 327. Philosophy of Race.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to issues in the philosophy of race, for example: the metaphysical status of race; the biology of racial categories; the social construction of race; the relationship between race and racism; the phenomenology of racialized subjectivity; or, intersections of race, gender, and other identity categories.
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Political Science
POLI 227. Introduction to Comparative Politics - Global South.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to politics across the Global South. A comparative examination of the legacies of colonialism, the achievement of independence, and political and socio-economic development in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Topics include modernization, dependency, state-building, political violence, revolution, the role of the military, authoritarianism, and democratization.
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics.
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POLI 324. Comparative Politics of Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The government and politics of African states south of the Sahara with reference to the ideological and institutional setting as influenced by the forces of tradition and the impact of Western colonialism.
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics.
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POLI 522. Seminar: Comparative Politics 1
.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Seminar on comparative politics.
- Prerequisite: At least one upper-level course in comparative politics.
- Restriction: Open to graduate students, final year honours students, and other advanced undergraduates with permission of the instructor.
- Note: The field is comparative politics
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Sociology
SOCI 254. Development and Underdevelopment.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Competing theories about the causes of underdevelopment in the poor countries. Topics include the impact of geography, the population explosion, culture and national character, economic and sexual inequalities, democracy and dictatorship. Western imperialism and multi-national corporations, reliance on the market, and development through local participation, cooperation, and appropriate technology.
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SOCI 365. Health and Development.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Main concepts and controversies linking health to broader social and economic conditions in low income countries. Topics include the demographic and epidemiological transitions, the health and wealth conundrum, the social determinants of health, health as an economic development strategy, and the impact of the AIDS pandemic.
- Prerequisite: SOCI 234 or SOCI 254
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SOCI 370. Sociology: Gender and Development.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Exploration of the main development theories and discussion of how gender is placed within them, analysis of the practical application of development projects and discussion of how they affect gender dynamics, and examination of power relations between development agencies and developing countries. Examples from Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America are used.
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SOCI 446. Colonialism and Society.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Forms that colonialism took, its impact on colonial societies, and its modern legacies, focusing on overseas colonialism between 1600 and the 1970s.
- Prerequisite: SOCI 210 or permission from instructor.
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SOCI 484. Emerging Democratic States.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Focus on the sociological aspects of recent transitions to democracy within developing countries - particularly within Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. Exploration of why democratization has taken place, to what extent it has been successful and the implications of democratization.
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SOCI 513. Social Aspects HIV/AIDS in Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Examination of the social causes and consequences of HIV/AIDS in Africa. Gender inequality, sexual behaviours, marriage systems, migration, and poverty are shaping the pandemic as well as how the pandemic is altering social, demographic and economic conditions across Africa.
- Prerequisites: SOCI 225 or SOCI 309 or Permission of Instructor.
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SOCI 550. Developing Societies.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Comparison of alternative explanations of underdevelopment: the impact of social stratification, relations of domination and subordination between countries, state interference with the market. Alternative strategies of change: revolution, structural adjustment, community development and cooperatives. Students will write and present a research paper, and participate extensively in class discussion.
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Joint Honours Component World Islamic & Middle East Studies (36 Credits)
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Joint Honours Component African Studies (36 Credits)
Program Requirement
The Joint Honours program in African Studies provides students with an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the African continent.
Students wishing to study at the Honours level in two disciplines can combine Joint Honours program components in any two Arts disciplines. For a list of available Joint Honours programs, see "Overview of Programs Offered" and "Joint Honours Programs". Joint Honours students should consult an adviser in each department to discuss their course selection and their interdisciplinary Honours thesis (if applicable).
Joint Honours students are expected to maintain a program GPA of 3.30 and, according to Faculty regulations, a minimum CGPA of 3.00, in general. For听First-Class Honours, the CGPA at graduation must be 3.50 or better.
At least 9 of the 36 credits must be at the 400 level or above.
During Winter 2020, the S/U option applied to all courses. For Fall 2020 and Winter 2021 terms, you could have used the S/U option for a total of 6 credits over the two terms that were taken to satisfy a program requirement.
Required Courses (9 Credits)
AFRI 200. Introduction to African Studies.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The African experience and current approaches to African studies, through adopting multidisciplinary perspectives on topics that include political conflict, governance and democratization, environment and conservation, economic development, rural life and urbanism, health and illness, gender, social change, popular culture, literature, film, and the arts.
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*
AFRI 598. Research Seminar in African Studies.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An interdisciplinary research seminar on topics of common interest to staff and students of the African Studies Program. As part of their contribution, students will prepare a research paper under the supervision of one or more members of staff.
- Prerequisite: an introductory course in any of the disciplines studying Africa
- Restriction: Open to final year Program students, and to others by permission of Program Adviser
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* Honours Thesis course must be taken for the AFRI Joint Honours component. Students must meet the specific requirements regarding Thesis credits of their second program in addition to the AFRI 480 Honours Thesis.
Group A (9 credits from)
ANTH 322. Social Change in Modern Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The impact of colonialism on African societies; changing families, religion, arts; political and economic transformation; migration, urbanization, new social categories; social stratification; the social setting of independence and neo-colonialism; continuity, stagnation, and progressive change.
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 202, or ANTH 204, or ANTH 205, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 209, or ANTH 212, or ANTH 227 or permission of instructor
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HIST 200. Introduction to African History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This course stresses the interactions of the peoples of Africa with each other and with the worlds of Europe and Islam from the Iron Age to the European Conquest in 1880.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-200D
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HIST 201. Modern African History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
While covering the general political history of Africa in the twentieth century, this course also explores such themes as health and disease, gender, and urbanization.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-200D
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POLI 324. Comparative Politics of Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The government and politics of African states south of the Sahara with reference to the ideological and institutional setting as influenced by the forces of tradition and the impact of Western colonialism.
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics.
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POLI 352. International Policy/Foreign Policy: Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A study of international politics in Africa; including Africa in the U.N., the Organization of African Unity, African regional groupings and integration, Africa as a foreign policy arena and African inter-state conflict and diplomacy.
- Prerequisite: A basic course in International or African politics or written consent of the instructor
- Note: The field is International Politics.
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Group B (18 credits from)
18 credits from the Group B course lists below drawn from at least 3 disciplines with no more than 9 credits from any one discipline.
African Studies
AFRI 401. Swahili Language and Culture.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Basic knowledge of the Swahili language and culture with emphasis on handling circumstances that might be encountered in field research: everyday conversation, developing aural and oral skills and mastering basic grammar rules, understanding cultural norms and practices, issues of culture sensitivity and appropriateness.
- Note: Priority to students in the African Studies Program and/or participants of the Canadian Field Studies in Africa program and to students with a demonstrable need related to internship or research. Approval by African Studies Program Adviser required.
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AFRI 481. Special Topics 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Supervised reading in advanced special topics in African Studies under the direction of a member of staff.
- Prerequisite: the completion of all available courses relevant to the topic, and permission of the instructor and Program Adviser prior to registration
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AFRI 499. Arts Internships: African Studies.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Internship with an approved host institution or organization.
- Note: U2 and U3 students in good standing, normally after completing 30 credits of a 90-credit program or 45 credits of a 96-120 credit program, a minimum CGPA of 2.7, and permission from the departmental Internship Adviser. This course will normally not fulfill program requirements for seminar or 400-level courses.
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Anthropology
ANTH 212. Anthropology of Development.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Processes of developmental change, as they affect small communities in the Third World and in unindustrialized parts of developed countries. Problems of technological change, political integration, population growth, industrialization, urban growth, social services, infrastructure and economic dependency.
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ANTH 222. Legal Anthropology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Exploration of dispute resolutions and means of social cohesion in various societies of the world. Themes: dichotomy between law and custom, local definitions of justice and rights, forms of conflict resolution, access to justice, gender and law, universality of human rights, legal pluralism.
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ANTH 322. Social Change in Modern Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The impact of colonialism on African societies; changing families, religion, arts; political and economic transformation; migration, urbanization, new social categories; social stratification; the social setting of independence and neo-colonialism; continuity, stagnation, and progressive change.
- Fall
- Prerequisite: ANTH 202, or ANTH 204, or ANTH 205, or ANTH 206, or ANTH 209, or ANTH 212, or ANTH 227 or permission of instructor
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ANTH 355. Theories of Culture and Society.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Contributions to contemporary anthropological theory; theoretical paradigms and debates; forms of anthropological explanation; the role of theory in the practice of anthropology; concepts of society, culture and structure; cultural evolution and relativity; interpretive anthropology, post-modernism.
- Winter
- Prerequisites: one 200-level anthropology course and one other anthropology course at any level
- Restriction: Honours, Joint Honours, Major and Minor students in Anthropology, U2 standing or above
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ANTH 411. Primate Studies and Conservation.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Critical evaluation of theories in primate behaviour, ecology, and conservation that emphasizes direct observations, research design, and developing field methods.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: One course in Anthropology, Geography or Environmental Studies, Introductory Biology, or permission of the instructor.
- Restriction: Students must have completed at least two full semesters at their home university. Only open to students in the Canadian Field Studies in Africa program.
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ANTH 416. Environment/Development: Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Study of environmental effects of development in East Africa, especially due to changes in traditional land tenure and resource use across diverse ecosystems. Models, policies and cases of pastoralist, agricultural, fishing, wildlife and tourist development will be examined, across savanna, desert, forest, highland and coastal environments.
- Winter
- Restriction: Open only to students in the Study in Africa program, a full-term field study program in East Africa
- Prerequisite: One prior course in Anthropology, Geography or Environmental Studies
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ANTH 451. Research in Society and Development in Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Anthropology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Instruction focuses on three goals: 1) existing research in selected core thematic areas, 2) participating in interdisciplinary team research, 3) developing powers of observation and independent inquiry. Students will be expected to develop research activities and interdisciplinary perspectives, and to become conversant with advances in local research in their field.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: Open to U2 or later students in the AFSS.
- Corequisite: NRSC 452.
- Restriction: Open only to AFSS students during the year of participation in the field. Not open to students who have taken GEOG 451.
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Architecture
ARCH 355. Architectural History 4.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Architecture (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The study of cities and world architecture from 1900 to the present.
- (2-1-6)
- Prerequisites: ARCH 250 and ARCH 251
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Biology
BIOL 428. Biological Diversity in Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Biological diversity as exemplified by a particular taxonomic group chosen by the instructor, using field setting in East Africa to impart training in species identification, field research, and principles embodied in the phylogeny, systematics, biogeography, ecology, physiology and/or behaviour of the organisms concerned.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken BIOL 328
- Winter
- Student must be enrolled in the Africa Field Study Seminar
- Prerequisite: BIOL 305 or equivalent or permission of instructor.
- Corequisite(s): NRSC/BIOL 451 and ANTH/GEOG 451
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BIOL 429. East African Ecology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Field settings (Uganda, Kenya, and/or Tanzania) are used to impart training in ecological principles critical to tropical conservation with an emphasis on research design and field research exercises.
- Winter
- The course is to be taught in Africa as a component of the Africa Field Study Semester. Students must register for the Africa Field Study Semester.
- Prerequisite: BIOL 215 or equivalent.
- Corequisite: NRSC/BIOL 451 and ANTH/GEOG 451
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken BIOL 329.
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BIOL 451. Research in Ecology and Development in Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Development of observation and independent inquiry skills through: 1) participation in short-term project modules in collaboration with existing researchers; 2) participation in interdisciplinary team research on topics selected to allow comparative analysis of field sites; 3) active and systematic observation, documentation, and integration of field experience in ecology and development issues.
- Winter
- Open only to U2 or later students in the AFSS.
- Corequisite(s): ANTH 451 or GEOG 451
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking NRSC 451.
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Canadian Studies
CANS 415. Black Canada.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Institute for Study of Canada (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The significant presence of people of African descent in Canada that dates back to the 17th century. Migration and immigration will be situated as part of the renewal of Canadian identity while examining the intellectual, historical and political presence of people of African descent.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CANS 401 when topic was "Caribbean Canadians" or "Black Diaspora".
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Economics
ECON 208. Microeconomic Analysis and Applications.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
A university-level introduction to demand and supply, consumer behaviour, production theory, market structures and income distribution theory.
- See section on Prerequisites for other courses which would meet prerequisites met by ECON 208
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ECON 230 or ECON 250
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MGCR 293, ECON 230 or ECON 250
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ECON 313. Economic Development 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
Microeconomic theories of economic development and empirical evidence on population, labour, firms, poverty. Inequality and environment.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 154-313D.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 154-313D.
- Prerequisite: ECON 208 and either ECON 209 or one development course.
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ECON 314. Economic Development 2.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Economics (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Macroeconomic development issues, including theories of growth, public finance, debt, currency crises, corruption, structural adjustment, democracy and global economic organization.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 154-313D
- Prerequisite: ECON 313
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English
* Note: Course is counted only when African materials are taught.
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ENGL 421. African Literature.
Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A study of African literature.
- For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at .
- Winter
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French
FREN 380. Litt茅ratures francophones 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: French Language & Literature (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
脡tude d鈥檜ne ou de plusieurs litt茅ratures francophones autres que les litt茅ratures qu茅b茅coise et fran莽aise.
- Aucun pr茅alable ni cours conjoint pour les 茅tudiants hors-D茅partement. Pr茅alables: Option Lettres: FREN 251, FREN 353, FREN 396; Option Lettres et traduction: FREN 251, FREN 353. Cours conjoints: Option Lettres: FREN 374, FREN 397; Option Lettres et traduction: FREN 374
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Geography
* Note: Normally offered as field courses (in African Studies Field Semester)
GEOG 216. Geography of the World Economy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The course introduces the geography of the world economic system. It describes the spatial distribution of economic activities and examines the factors which influence their changing location. Case studies from both "developed" and "developing" countries will test the different geographical theories presented in lectures.
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GEOG 302. Environmental Management 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An ecological analysis of the physical and biotic components of natural resource systems. Emphasis on scientific, technological and institutional aspects of environmental management. Study of the use of biological resources and of the impact of individual processes.
- Prerequisite: Any 200-level course in Geography or MSE or BIOL 208 or permission of instructor.
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fifth lecture day.
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: Any 200-level course in Geography or MSE or BIOL 308 or permission of instructor.
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GEOG 403. Global Health and Environmental Change.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Major themes and contemporary case studies in global health and environmental change. Focus on understanding global trends in emerging infectious disease from social, biophysical, and geographical perspectives, and critically assessing the health implications of environmental change in different international contexts.
- Fall
- Prerequisite: GEOG 205 or GEOG 221 or GEOG 321 or GEOG 303 or permission from the instructor
- Restriction: Course not open to students who were registered for GEOG 303 in Winter 2008.
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GEOG 408. Geography of Development.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Examines the geographical dimensions of development policy, specifically the relationships between the process of development and human-induced environmental change. Focuses on environmental sustainability, struggles over resource control, population and poverty, and levels of governance (the role of the state, non-governmental organizations, and local communities).
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 210 or GEOG 216 or permission of instructor
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GEOG 410. Geography of Underdevelopment: Current Problems.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Geography (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An examination of the cultural, political, and economic mechanisms and manifestations of contemporary underdevelopment and the response to it from different regional and national peripheral societies within the dominant world economic system.
- Winter
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: GEOG 216 or permission of instructor
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History
HIST 200. Introduction to African History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This course stresses the interactions of the peoples of Africa with each other and with the worlds of Europe and Islam from the Iron Age to the European Conquest in 1880.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-200D
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HIST 201. Modern African History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
While covering the general political history of Africa in the twentieth century, this course also explores such themes as health and disease, gender, and urbanization.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 101-200D
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HIST 210. Introduction to Latin American History
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Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Historical development of Latin America鈥檚 peoples through the pre-Columbian, colonial and national periods, c. 1300-2000. Introduces key historiographical debates of the subfield and emphasizes the interpretation of primary source texts (in translation).
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HIST 206. Indian Ocean World History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to the 鈥済lobal鈥� system connecting eastern Africa, the Middle East,
South and Southeast Asia, and the Far East, from the earliest times to c. 1900.
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HIST 381. Colonial Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An overview of the history of foreign intervention and anticolonial resistance in 19th and 20th century Africa. Topics include: theories of colonialism, the scramble for Africa, colonialism and disease, indirect rule, labour, nationalism and resistance, and changing gender roles.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 200, HIST 201, HIST 206 or AFRI 200 recommended.
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HIST 382. History of South Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
History of South Africa from precolonial times to the present. Topics include: precolonial societies; British and Dutch colonialism; slavery in colonial South Africa; the Zulu kingdom; mining capitalism; the Boer War; Afrikaner nationalism; apartheid; the anti-apartheid struggle; music, religion, and art; challenges of the post-apartheid state.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 200, HIST 201, HIST 206 or AFRI 200 recommended.
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HIST 389. Topics: African Country Survey.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
In depth survey of a single African country (other than South Africa), including the pre-colonial history of the region, colonialism, and post-colonial economic, cultural and political history.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 200, HIST 201, HIST 206 or AFRI 200 recommended.
- Country will vary from year to year.
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HIST 411. Topics in African History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
In depth examination of a specific topic or individual in African or African diasporic history.
- Prerequisite: A previous course in African history or permission of instructor.
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HIST 498. Independent Research.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Exceptionally, and under the direction of a member of staff, advanced and highly qualified students who have an extensive background in the proposed area
of study, may pursue this independent study.
- Prerequisite: Written permission from the instructor and the undergraduate program director.
- Restriction: Open to History Major Concentration, Honours or Joint Honours students only. Not open to students who have taken HIST 413.
- Students may only register for this course once.
- Students may count a maximum of 3 credits of HIST 498 or HIST 499 toward the 6-credits of 400-level or higher courses required for the History Major Concentration.
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HIST 528. Indian Ocean World Slave Trade.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The origins, structure and impact of the Indian Ocean World slave trade from early times to the present day. Enslavement, the trading structure, slave functions, reactions to slavery, emancipation and 'slave' diaspora. Comparisons will be made to the Atlantic slave system.
- Prerequisites: HIST 200 or HIST 213 or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 467.
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HIST 579D1. Seminar: African History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Readings in and discussion of a theme in African history.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 200 or HIST 201 or HIST 382 or permission of the instructor.
- Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate students and Honours students or advanced students with permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken HIST 486D1/D2.
- 1. Topics will vary by year.
- 2. Students must register for both HIST 579D1 and HIST 579D2.
- 3. No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 579D1 and HIST 579D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.
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HIST 579D2. Seminar: African History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
See for course description.
- Prerequisite(s): HIST 579D1.
- Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate students and Honours students or advanced students with permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken HIST 486D1/D2.
- 1. Topics will vary by year.
- 2. Students must register for both HIST 579D1 and HIST 579D2.
- 3. No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 579D1 and HIST 579D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.
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2024-2025 only:
HIST 298. Topics in History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
An introduction to a topic or theme in History.
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HIST 564D1. Seminar: Latin American History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Exploration of a selected topic in Latin America history.
- Prerequisites: HIST 309, HIST 360, HIST 366, HIST 409 or permission of instructor
- Students must register for both HIST 564D1 and HIST 564D2
- No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 564D1 and HIST 564D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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HIST 564D2. Seminar: Latin American History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: History and Classical Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
See for course description.
- Prerequisite: HIST 564D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both HIST 564D1 and HIST 564D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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Islamic Studies
ISLA 360. Islam and Politics in Africa
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Assessment of the relationship between Islam and politics in the contemporary Africa through various analytic themes, including political economy, social movement and gendered analysis.
- Prerequisite: ISLA 210 or permission of instructor.
- Prerequisite: ISLA 210 or AFRI 200.
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ISLA 410. History: Middle-East 1798-1918.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A study of the Middle East from Napoleon's invasion of Egypt to the end of WWI. Emphasis will be on the emergence of nationalisms in the context of European imperialism; political, social, and economic transformation; religion and ideology; and changing patterns of alliances.
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ISLA 221D1. Introductory Arabic.
Credits: 4.5
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic, including pronunciation and reading and writing of the Arabic script; and speaking and comprehension of basic sentences, commands, statements in the present tense.
- Prerequisites: Permission of the Institute required.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ISLA521D1/D2.
- No credit will be given for this course unless both ISLA 221D1 and ISLA 221D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Students must register for both ISLA221D1 and ISLA 221D2.
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ISLA 221D2. Introductory Arabic.
Credits: 4.5
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
See for course description.
- Prerequisite: ISLA 221D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both ISLA 221D1 and ISLA 221D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Students must register for both ISLA221D1 and ISLA 221D2.
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Natural Resource Sciences
WILD 375. Issues: Environmental Sciences.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Natural Resource Sciences (Faculty of Agric Environ Sci)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Principles and trends in global ecology as they pertain to agricultural and natural ecosystems and the impact of environmental change on food production.
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Philosophy
PHIL 327. Philosophy of Race.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Philosophy (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to issues in the philosophy of race, for example: the metaphysical status of race; the biology of racial categories; the social construction of race; the relationship between race and racism; the phenomenology of racialized subjectivity; or, intersections of race, gender, and other identity categories.
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Political Science
POLI 227. Introduction to Comparative Politics - Global South.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to politics across the Global South. A comparative examination of the legacies of colonialism, the achievement of independence, and political and socio-economic development in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Topics include modernization, dependency, state-building, political violence, revolution, the role of the military, authoritarianism, and democratization.
- Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics.
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POLI 324. Comparative Politics of Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The government and politics of African states south of the Sahara with reference to the ideological and institutional setting as influenced by the forces of tradition and the impact of Western colonialism.
- Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics.
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POLI 522. Seminar: Comparative Politics 1
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Credits: 3
Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Seminar on comparative politics.
- Prerequisite: At least one upper-level course in comparative politics.
- Restriction: Open to graduate students, final year honours students, and other advanced undergraduates with permission of the instructor.
- Note: The field is comparative politics
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Sociology
SOCI 254. Development and Underdevelopment.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Competing theories about the causes of underdevelopment in the poor countries. Topics include the impact of geography, the population explosion, culture and national character, economic and sexual inequalities, democracy and dictatorship. Western imperialism and multi-national corporations, reliance on the market, and development through local participation, cooperation, and appropriate technology.
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SOCI 365. Health and Development.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Main concepts and controversies linking health to broader social and economic conditions in low income countries. Topics include the demographic and epidemiological transitions, the health and wealth conundrum, the social determinants of health, health as an economic development strategy, and the impact of the AIDS pandemic.
- Prerequisite: SOCI 234 or SOCI 254
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SOCI 370. Sociology: Gender and Development.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Exploration of the main development theories and discussion of how gender is placed within them, analysis of the practical application of development projects and discussion of how they affect gender dynamics, and examination of power relations between development agencies and developing countries. Examples from Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America are used.
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SOCI 446. Colonialism and Society.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Forms that colonialism took, its impact on colonial societies, and its modern legacies, focusing on overseas colonialism between 1600 and the 1970s.
- Prerequisite: SOCI 210 or permission from instructor.
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SOCI 484. Emerging Democratic States.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Focus on the sociological aspects of recent transitions to democracy within developing countries - particularly within Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. Exploration of why democratization has taken place, to what extent it has been successful and the implications of democratization.
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SOCI 513. Social Aspects HIV/AIDS in Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Examination of the social causes and consequences of HIV/AIDS in Africa. Gender inequality, sexual behaviours, marriage systems, migration, and poverty are shaping the pandemic as well as how the pandemic is altering social, demographic and economic conditions across Africa.
- Prerequisites: SOCI 225 or SOCI 309 or Permission of Instructor.
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SOCI 550. Developing Societies.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Comparison of alternative explanations of underdevelopment: the impact of social stratification, relations of domination and subordination between countries, state interference with the market. Alternative strategies of change: revolution, structural adjustment, community development and cooperatives. Students will write and present a research paper, and participate extensively in class discussion.
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AFRI 598 Research Seminar in African Studies Winter 2021