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Nature of course request C01941 :

Title change

Description change

400/500 course

From:
Course Prefix & Number	Descriptive Title	Credits/Hours
HST 497/597	East Africa: Democracy and Dictatorships	4 - 0
To:
Course Prefix & Number	Descriptive Title	Credits/Hours
HST 497/597	Islam in Africa	4 - 0

Abbreviation for Class Schedule(20 spaces) Islam in Africa

Current Course Description: History of Ethiopia (from Emperor Haile Selassie's reign in the 1960s thru the socialist regime of Mangistu Haile Mariam), Tanzania under Julius Neyrere, Somalia under Mohammad Said Barre, Uganda (from Milton Obote to Idi Amin), Kenya under Jomo Kenyatta, and Zambia under Kenneth Kaunda.

New Course Description: This course examines the spread of Islam in Africa and the evolution of Islamic societies in Africa from the Seventh Century to the present. We will explore the historical, religious, cultural, social, and political aspects of the expansion and development of Islam in Africa. We will address both the Islamization of Africa as well as the Africanization of Islam.

Justification for changing the course (e.g. alignment with other institutions, program revision, etc.): Faculty changes

Students/Program affected: History

Approval Queue C01941

Attached Files:

2012 January Slash Course Policy.docx		Download
History 497 Islam Africa Syllabus.docx		Download