Undergraduate courses in African Studies

(Same as AFRICAST 207.) Seminar. The theory and practice of community reconstruction and development. Focus is on the Western Cape region. How S. African communities seek to redress economic injustice and stagnation in partnership with nongovernmental organizations, metropolitan government agencies, and higher education institutions. Innovative processes of community development and problem solving across sectors of the economy, neighborhoods, and demographic groups. National, regional and local policies, and community contexts which support or inhibit such processes.

5 units, Aut (Stanton, T)

AFRICAST 111. Education for All? The Global and Local in Public Policy Making in Africa

(Same as AFRICAST 211.) Policy making in Africa and the intersection of policy processes and their political and economic dimensions. The failure to implement agreements by international institutions, national governments, and nongovernmental organizations to promote education. Case studies of crowded and poorly equipped schools, overburdened and underprepared teachers, and underfunded education systems. GER:EC-GlobalCom

5 units, Spr (Samoff, J)

AFRICAST 112. AIDS, Literacy, and Land: International Aid and the Problems of Development in Africa

(Same as AFRICAST 212.) Public policy issues, their roots, and the conflicts they engender. The policy making process: who participates, how, why, and with what results? Innovative approaches to contested policy issues. Foreign roles and their consequences. Case studies such as: a clinic in Uganda that addresses AIDS as a family and community problem; and strategies in Tanzania to increase girls' schooling.

5 units, Win (Samoff, J)

AFRICAST 148. Media, Art, and Social Change in Africa

(Same as AFRICAST 248.) How does art both construct and intervene in social movements? What is the contested place of the media and arts in contemporary African identity formation? Given sub-Saharan Africa's place in the global economy, how does the consumption and circulation of global art and media offer key insights into debates about the political economy of globalization? Case studies include youth movements and artistic production, and the humanitarian intervention in the HIV/AIDS pandemic. GER:EC-GlobalCom

5 units, Spr (Hubbard, L)

AFRICAST 151. AIDS in Africa

Medical, social, and political aspects of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa including: biology, transmission, diagnosis,and treatment of HIV; mother-to-child transmission and breastfeeding; vaccines; community and activist responses to the HIV epidemic; economics of HIV treatment; governance and health; ethics in research and program implementation.

3 units, not given this year

AFRICAST 199. Independent Study or Directed Reading

May be repeated for credit.

1-5 units, Aut (Staff), Win (Staff), Spr (Staff)

AFRICAST 200. The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Tanzania: A Pre-Field Seminar

Goal is to prepare students for an HIV/AIDS prevention, service-learning experience in Tanzania. Topics include: history of HIV/AIDS epidemic globally and in Tanzania; social and economic impact of AIDS; national and societal responses; ethical issues in crosscultural service learning; teaching for prevention; biology of HIV transmission, disease progression, and prevention; introduction to Tanzanian history and politics; HIV/AIDS and development; social, cultural, and economic context of HIV risk; and strategies for HIV prevention in Tanzania.

1 unit, Spr (Katzenstein, D)

AFRICAST 212. AIDS, Literacy, and Land: International Aid and the Problems of Development in Africa

(Same as AFRICAST 112.) Public policy issues, their roots, and the conflicts they engender. The policy making process: who participates, how, why, and with what results? Innovative approaches to contested policy issues. Foreign roles and their consequences. Case studies such as: a clinic in Uganda that addresses AIDS as a family and community problem; and strategies in Tanzania to increase girls' schooling.

5 units, Win (Samoff, J)

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Undergraduate courses in African Studies