Alphabetical Course Listing Please note that schedules are subject to change and not all courses are guaranteed to be offered every semester or every year. Consult the Office of Study Abroad website for the most up-to-date course offerings for each campus. A full listing of Undergraduate Course Descriptions can be found online here.
important events, main organizations, and the major conferences, congresses and conventions that contributed to the evolution and development of Pan- Africanism. AFCS 3000 Topics in Africana Studies (3) Provides a focus on a particular subject matter within the field of Africana studies. Its particular content, different from the subject matter covered in the other courses in the minor, will be based on an area of specialty around which the instructor decides to center the course. Intended primarily for students who wish to gain a broad, general overview of the field and its area of study, methods of inquiry, and conceptions and analysis of society. Students will learn about core concepts in sociology, including sociological perspectives on culture; social structure; socialization; social institutions; personality and the self; prejudice and discrimination; the significance of race, class and gender; political and social change; demography; human ecology; and crime and deviance. GCP Coding: (SSHB) (WCOM) ANSO 1000 Introduction to Sociology (3) Provides an introduction to a wide range of social problems around the globe, such as homelessness, crime and poverty, and how these social problems differ by race, class, gender and country. Includes major sociological as well as anthropological perspectives on such social problems. GCP Coding: (SSHB) (INTC) ANSO 1060 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3) Explores the concepts of culture, universals and diversities of humanity, transmission of culture, and the role of the anthropologist in modern society. GCP Coding: (ROC) (INTC) ANSO 1050 Global Social Problems (3)
ACCT 2010 Financial Accounting (3) Introduces accounting with an emphasis on the relationships
This focus will include examining the major theoretical, methodological and epistemological questions defining the continued evolution of Africana studies. Both classic and modern studies and texts in the field of Africana studies will be covered in order to give students a grounding in the intellectual history of the field. GCP Coding: (ROC) (INTC) Provides an historical survey, continent wide in scope, of the experiences of Africa and its people from prehistoric times to the present. AFCS 2200 Globalization and Contemporary Africa (3) This is an interdisciplinary course designed to study the various dimensions by which globalization impacts the challenges and opportunities facing the African continent in its struggle to overcome the burden of underdevelopment. This course will critically explore the ways in which the socio-economic and cultural life of Africa is affected by, and affects, the intense global integration of people, governments, economies and technologies. AFCS 1500 Survey of African History (3) AFCS 2500 African Diaspora Experiences (3) This course provides a critical overview of the African Diaspora. Its main purpose is to give students a firm understanding of the historical, political, economic and cultural experiences of those persons of African origin who were torn away from the African homeland during the European slave trade. It also looks at the contribution of the African Diaspora to the formation of new and vibrant cultures in the Americas. AFCS 2700 Origins and Development of Pan-Africanism (3) This course is designed to examine the transcontinental movement among African people, those on the continent and those in the Diaspora, to unite and liberate Africa and all of its scattered people. Particular attention is paid to the originators of the Pan-African idea, along with the
mechanisms of evolution, Homo sapiens’ place among the primates, and human variation. GCP Coding: (PNW) (CRI)
between business events and financial statements. The primary objective is to develop students who can explain how any given business event will affect the income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows. This objective also includes an understanding of the accounting cycle, accounting terminology, collection of accounting data, data entry into the accounting system, and the basic financial accounting statements. Managerial accounting emphasizes the use of accounting information for planning, control, and decision-making purposes in all types of organizations. This course explores topics in the areas of cost behavior, cost-volume- profit analysis, relevant cost analysis, cost accumulation and assignment, activity-based costing, profit planning and control, performance evaluation, responsibility accounting, and product costing systems. Prerequisite: ACCT 2010. ADVT 1940 Introduction to Marketing Communications (3) Students learn the major communications tools available to promote a product or service to target customers. In the course, students learn marketing communications definitions, concepts, and theories of promotional communications and the tools used—both traditional approaches and emerging technologies. ACCT 2025 Managerial Accounting (3) AFCS 1000 Introduction to Africana Studies (3) Provides a broad overview of the field of Africana studies—its unique content, core concepts and perspectives, and some major trends that have shaped and continue to shape the field. This is a survey course designed to introduce students to the field of Africana studies. Its main focus will center on the substantive content of the field, a critical study of Africa and peoples of African origin in Africa and abroad.
ANSO 2025 Topics in Archaeology (3)
This course is designed to allow for focused study of special topics in archaeology. Different time periods and areas of the planet will be covered in each manifestation of the course (e.g. Ancient Greece, Dynastic Egypt, Cahokian Missouri and Illinois, etc.). ANSO 1075 is recommended but not required prior to enrollment. May be repeated for credit if content differs. ANSO 2060 Culture and Communication (3) Begins with the concept of culture as a means of communicating with others; not only through language but with manners, etiquette, dress, rituals and ceremonials, gesture and movement —the entire system of symbols and signs that provide meaning for human behavior. Explores a variety of issues in cross-cultural communication, language use, and symbolic systems. GCP Coding: (ROC) (INTC) An introduction to the ways in which diverse cultures or specific geographic regions respond to some of the stress points of the contemporary world. Issues we will examine include: violence and warfare, ethnic conflicts, environmental degradation, economic inequalities, cultural imperialism and social change, human rights and the role of governments, and the many conflicts between "traditional" values and modernity. The course is designed to broaden the student's understanding of the processes taking place in the contemporary world, utilizing the lenses provided by anthropology. May be repeated for credit if content differs. GCP Coding: (GLBL) (INTC) ANSO 2200 Peoples and Cultures (3)
ANSO 2300 Social Movements (3) Provides an analysis of social
ANSO 1085 Human Origins (3)
movements and related themes. Topics include, but are not limited to, theories of movement formation, diversity and
Explores the evolution of humanity and culture through concepts and
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