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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
 
  Jan 21, 2026
 
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
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AFRCNA 0318 - HISTORY OF AFRICA BEFORE 1800


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Surveys history of Africa from earliest times to eve of European colonization. Looks at Africa from the inside out and aims at promoting an appreciation of Africa’s contribution to world civilization and an understanding of the historical processes that have shaped modern Africa. Major themes and topics include the ancient kingdoms, Islam, the slave trade and the European contact.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: African Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req.


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