{"id":2954,"date":"2025-05-13T21:47:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T21:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/?p=2954"},"modified":"2025-06-16T17:34:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T17:34:48","slug":"fall-2025-course-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/fall-2025-course-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2025 course list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Join African Studies faculty members this fall for a diverse range of coursework.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Africa courses<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>ART H 205: Arts of Africa<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Jennifer A. Baez<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MW | 11:00-12:20 p.m. | Location Art 229<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (A&amp;H, W) | SLN: 10560<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thematic exploration of art and artists from Africa and its diaspora.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>ANTH 483: Africa Living with HIV\/AIDS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: James Pfeiffer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TTh | 3:30-5:20 p.m. | Location FSH 107<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (SSc) | SLN: 10367<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Examines the epidemiological, historical, political-economic, and social-cultural dimensions of Africa living with HIV\/AIDS and the current challenges and debates in international HIV\/AIDS policy and programming. Various approaches and analytical models help students grasp the complicated and multiple effects, responses, conditions, and debates surrounding the African HIV\/AIDS pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>ENGL 319: African Literatures<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Laura H. Chrisman\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TTH | 3:30-5:20 p.m. | Location SAV 131<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (A&amp;H, DIV) | SLN 14912<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Course Description\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Introduces and explores African literatures from a range of regions. Pays particular attention to writings connected with the historical experiences of colonialism, anti-colonial resistance, and decolonization. Considers the operations of race, gender, nationhood, neocolonialism, and globalization within and across these writings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>MELC 101: Gateway To The Middle East And the Horn of Africa<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Kathryn McConaughy Medill<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MW | 1:30-3:20 p.m. | Location FSH 107<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (SSc or A&amp;H) | SLN 18697<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Introduces the development of Middle East and Horn of Africa cultures from ancient origins in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, and Central Asia through the present day. Invites students into the world&#8217;s earliest cultures, the diversity of its peoples, and their contributions to contemporary society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>African Diaspora courses<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>AFRAM 101: Introduction To African American Studies<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Alekzandr Wray<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TTh | 1:30-2:50 p.m. | GWN 201<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (SSc, DIV) | SLN: 10177<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">History, culture, religion, institutions, politics, economics, arts, and psychology of peoples of African descent as developed from experience in both the old and new worlds. Multidisciplinary analysis of social life from a black perspective as illustrated in selected historical and contemporary writings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>AFRAM 404: Advanced African American Studies In Humanities<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Sonnet H. Retman<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">F | 11:30-2:20 p.m. | Location MEB 243<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (A&amp;H, DIV) | SLN 23260<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Advanced and interdisciplinary engagement with racial formation, Black cultural production, and resistance among people of African descent throughout the Diaspora. Draws upon cultural studies perspectives with an emphasis on literature, film, music, performance, visual and material culture. Topics include art, labor, migration, politics; racial capitalism and political economy; social movements and cultural history; black intellectual traditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>DANCE 218: Afro-Peruvian Dance<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Monica Rojas<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MW | 10:30-12:20 p.m. | MNY 267<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2-3 credits (A&amp;H) | SLN: 13787<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Covers one or more of the following Afro-Peruvian dance genres: festejo, zapateo, lando, zamacueca, and\/or marinera. Studio-based course that focuses on movement practice developed by African-descent populations in the Peruvian coast. Includes an introduction to the cultural, historical, and sociopolitical context in which the dances emerged and evolved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>DANCE 280: African Dance Techniques\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: TBA<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MW | 4:30-6:20 p.m. | MNY 265<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2-3 credits (A&amp;H) | SLN: 13794<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Course Description\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Studio instruction in traditional and contemporary dance techniques of Africa and the African diaspora.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>GEOG 331 A: Global Poverty and Care<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Patricia Lopez<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MW <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">| 11:30am-1:20 p.m. | MUE 155<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (DIV, SSc, W) | SLN: 16056<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Explores the causes and patterns of global poverty, and the urgent need for studies of care in both academic work and public policy. Considers the possibilities and challenges of caring across distance, and ways to respectfully engage with people in different places<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Language courses<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>AMHAR 101: Elementary Amharic I<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Mehari Zemelak Worku<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TTh | 10:30-12:20 p.m. | CDH 141<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (A&amp;H) | SLN: 23211<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Enables students to acquire the Amharic language including its unique writing script. Familiarizes students with major historical and cultural aspects of Ethiopia. Includes multiple practice sessions targeted at developing listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>ARAB 101 \/ ARAB 511: Elementary Arabic<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Khalil Ahmed<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 9:30-10:20 a.m. | ECE 045<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 10:30-11:20 a.m. | THO 134, THO 125<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits | SLN: 10378, 10379, 10386, 10387<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Develops the four communicative language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Stresses communication skills and emphasizes the links between language and culture, using mainly Modern Standard Arabic, with exposure to Egyptian Colloquial Arabic. First in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>ARAB 201 \/ ARAB 521: Intermediate Arabic<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Amina Moujtahid<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MWF | 9:30-10:50 a.m. | JHN 026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (A&amp;H) | SLN: 10380, 10388<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Explores aspects of Arab culture and emphasizes all skills of language acquisition: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students also learn more about Arab society in general and about features of Arab culture that influence the use of the language in daily life. Focuses on developing communication skills. First in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>ARAB 301 \/ ARAB 531: Third Year Arabic<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Amina Moujtahid<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MWF | 11:00-12:20 p.m. | LOW 105<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (A&amp;H) | SLN: 10381, 10389<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Helps students acquire an advanced proficiency in Arabic by focusing on developing all four skills of language acquisition: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Explores topics related to Arabic culture, Arabic society, Arabic music and arts, and Arabic literature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>ARAB 411\/ ARAB 551: Arabic Through Song<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Hussein M. Elkhafaifi<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">M | 3:30-5:20 p.m. | DEN 258<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (A&amp;H) | SLN: 10383, 10391<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Emphasizes history, language, and culture explored, learned, and analyzed via songs. Considers how song reflects and portrays language and its usage; current and past events; and cultural nuances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Arab 541: Current Issues In Arab Media<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Amina Moujtahid<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 10:30-11:20 a.m. | MGH 291<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits | SLN: 10390<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Studies authentic, unedited Arabic language materials from Arabic media. Topics include politics, economics, business, sports, and women&#8217;s issues. Emphasis on developing fluency in oral and written expression through discussions, debates, presentations, and written work. Taught in Arabic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>FRENCH 101: Elementary French<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Helene Collins, Irina Markina<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 10:30-11:20 a.m. | Synchronous Online<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 1:30-2:20 p.m. | SMI 313<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits | SLN: 14765, 14766<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Development of speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills to a basic level of proficiency. Teaches students to communicate in French and understand the cultural context of the language. Methods and objectives are primarily oral-aural. Oral practice in the language laboratory is required. First in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>FRENCH 102: Elementary French<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Claire Wagenseil, Helene Collins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 12:30-1:20 p.m. | CHL 105<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 1:30-2:20 p.m. | Synchronous Online<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits | SLN: 14767, 21380<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Development of speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills to a basic level of proficiency. Teaches students to communicate in French and understand the cultural context of the language. Methods and objectives are primarily oral-aural. Oral practice in the language laboratory is required. Second in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>FRENCH 101: Elementary French<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Helene V. Collins, Lamia C. Mezzour-Hodson<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 9:30-10:20 a.m. | THO 234<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 11:30 a.m-12:20 p.m. | SAV 162<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 12:30-1:20 p.m. | THO 231<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 1:30-2:20 p.m. | THO 331<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits | SLN: 15581, 15582, 15583, 15584<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Development of speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills to a basic level of proficiency. Teaches students to communicate in French and understand the cultural context of the language. Methods and objectives are primarily oral-aural. Oral practice in the language laboratory is required. First in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>FRENCH 102: Elementary French<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: TBA<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 9:30-10:20 a.m. | THO 331<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 10:30 a.m-11:20 p.m. | Synchronous Online<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits | SLN: 15585, 23325<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Development of speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills to a basic level of proficiency. Teaches students to communicate in French and understand the cultural context of the language. Methods and objectives are primarily oral-aural. Oral practice in the language laboratory is required. Second in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>FRENCH 103: Elementary French<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Hedwige Meyer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 10:30 a.m-11:20 p.m. | RAI 107<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits | SLN: 15592<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Development of speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills to a basic level of proficiency. Teaches students to communicate in French and understand the cultural context of the language. Methods and objectives are primarily oral-aural. Oral practice in the language laboratory is required. Third in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>FRENCH 201: Intermediate French<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Irina Markina, Hedwige Meyer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 12:30-1:20 p.m.\u00a0 | SAV 131, RAI 116<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 11:30-12:20 p.m. | RAI 107<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (A&amp;H) | SLN: 15605, 15606<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Designed to bring students to an intermediate level of proficiency. Emphasis on experiencing the language in context through a multi-media approach. First in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>FRENCH 203: Intermediate French<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: TBA<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 11:30-12:20 p.m.\u00a0 | THO 331<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (A&amp;H) | SLN: 15611<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Designed to bring students to an intermediate level of proficiency. Emphasis on experiencing the language in context through a multi-media approach. Third in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>FRENCH 216: Literature in Translation<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Richard H. Watts<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 2:30-4:20 p.m.\u00a0 | MLR 301<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">3-5 credits (A&amp;H) | SLN: 15612\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Introduction to the study of literary works in translation and the contexts and movements from which they emerge. All readings and discussions in English.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>FRENCH 301: Language In The Francophone World<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Irina Markina<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 10:30-12:20 p.m.\u00a0 | THO 335<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (A&amp;H) | SLN: 15618<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Introduces students to varieties of the French language across time and space. Considers language diversity in France and the uses and varieties of the French language in world regions where it plays an important role, with particular attention to the history of its establishment and the implications of its current status. Develops advanced language skills and cultural competency through oral and written production in the target language.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>SWA 101: Basic Swahili<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Jacqueline Waita<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 11:30 a.m-12:20 p.m. | MGH 288<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 12:30-1:20 p.m. | MGH 288<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits | SLN: 22047, 22048<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Introduces the Swahili language and the diverse cultures and customs of the people of East Africa. Provides a basic foundation in speaking, reading, and writing. First in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>PORT 110: Accelerated Elementary Portuguese<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: TBA, Eduardo Viana Da Silva<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 11:30-12:20 p.m. | SAV 158<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 1:30-2:20 p.m. | SAV 158<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (A&amp;H) | SLN: 20773, 20774<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Covers the equivalent of PORT 101 and PORT 102 to prepare for . May not be taken in addition to PORT 101 or PORT 102.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>PORT 202: Intermediate Portuguese<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Eduardo Viana Da Silva<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 12:30 -1:20 p.m. | SAV 158<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (A&amp;H) | SLN: 20775<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Modern texts, compositions, conversation, and a systematic review of grammar. Second in a sequence of three.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>SWA 201: Intermediate Swahili<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instructor: Jacqueline Waita<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MTWThF | 9:30-10:20 a.m. | MGH 288<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">5 credits (A&amp;H) | SLN: 22049<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Course Description<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Builds proficiency in the language by speaking, reading, and writing. Includes children&#8217;s stories, newspaper articles, poetry, and folklore. First in a sequence of three.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join African Studies faculty members this fall for a diverse range of coursework. Africa courses ART H 205: Arts of Africa Instructor: Jennifer A. Baez MW | 11:00-12:20 p.m. | Location Art 229 5 credits (A&amp;H, W) | SLN: 10560 Course Description Thematic exploration of art and artists from Africa and its diaspora. 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