2022-23 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 05, 2025  
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POL 290 - Introduction to African Politics and Society

Insight and background to traditional, contemporary African society; orientation into aspects of African colonial administration, post independence politics. Also listed as AAS 290. Fulfills: LASR. (3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code O = offered occasionally

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Describe traditional, geopolitical, and modern African societies.
  2. Explain colonial and post-colonial theories in the development and the underdevelopment of African Societies.
  3. Explain the role of modern political institutions and their relationships to the African human condition. 
  4. Evaluate Africa's current interaction with the non-African world.



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