SOCI 222 - African World Perspectives

(3 credits)
Prerequisite: SOCI 102 or SOCI 103 or SOCI 104 or consent of instructor
See Addenda to the 2025/2026 Catalog  for changes to this course effective Spring 2026

This course will examine some of the key events in African history from European colonialism to present including continental colonialism; apartheid in South Africa; the HIV/AIDS epidemic; war, conflict, and genocide; the impacts of globalization and political economy; social outcomes such as child labor, access to education, women’s rights, and infrastructural poverty; and people’s movements for social change and social justice. Offered fall semester. (CGCL; CMCL; CSOC)