Regional Specialization

Africa

Courses must focus on the countries of the African continent.

UPPER-DIVISION REGIONAL SPECIALIZATION COURSES MAY NOT OVERLAP WITH YOUR MAJOR.
Students entering as freshman must take 3 courses, of which 2 are UPPER DIVISION courses (#100-199).
Students entering as transfers must take 2 UPPER DIVISION courses (#100-199).
Language courses may not count for both language requirement and regional specialization.
Students must take ALL courses from the SAME region.
Only ONE course can be taken P/NP.
Qualifying AP credits for Regional Specialization counts as the one allowable lower-division requirement. It does not count as the one allowable P/NP course.
See General Catalog for complete course descriptions and pre-requisites: http://www.ucsd.edu/catalog
Students may overlap their Regional Specialization requirement with the Upper-Division Writing requirement. Please see Approved Courses for Upper-Division Writing to determine which classes are eligible for overlap.

(^) Must take at least TWO UPPER DIVISION courses to satisfy the Regional Specialization requirement
(#) Courses taught in native language, not English.
(*) May be used for Regional Specialization OR Fine Art requirement, NOT BOTH
(!) Can overlap with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion requirement

African American Studies

Course Number	Course Title
^AAS 11	Introduction to Black Diaspora Studies
^AAS 14	Introduction to African Studies

Anthropology

Course Number	Course Title
ANAR 144	Pharaohs...Pyramids: Intro To Egyptology
ANAR 145S	Study Abroad: Egypt of the Pharaohs

Communication

Course Number	Course Title
COMM 104F	Comparative Media Systems: Africa
COMM 138	Black Women, Feminism, and Media
COMM 139	Examining Marvel’s Black Panther

Global South Studies

Course Number	Course Title
^GSS 21	Africa: History, Culture, and Politics

History

Course Number	Course Title
HIAF 111	Modern Africa since 1880
HIAF 112	West Africa Since 1880
HIAF 113	Small Wars and the Global Order: Africa and Asia
HIAF 114	Black Internationalism
HIAF 120	History of South Africa
HIAF 123	West Africa from Earliest Times to 1800
HIAF 130	African Society and the Slave Trade
HIAF 161	Special Topics in African History
HIAF 199	Independent Study in African History
HIEU 137	History of Colonialism: From New Imperialism to Decolonization

Linguistics

Course Number	Course Title
LIGN 108	Languages of Africa

Literature

Course Number	Course Title
LTAF 110	African Oral Literature
LTAF 120	Literature and Film of Modern Africa
LTWL 101	Death and Life in Ancient Egypt

Music

Course Number	Course Title
^MUS 19	MUS 19. Blacktronika: Afrofuturism in Electronic Music
*MUS 137D	Seminar in Jazz Studies I
*MUS 137E	Seminar in Jazz Studies II
*MUS 137F	Seminar in Jazz Studies III
!*MUS 150	Jazz & The Music of the African Disapora: Special Topics Seminar

Political Science

Course Number	Course Title
POLI 118B	The Political Theory of Liberation Theology
POLI 120N	Contention and Conflict in Africa
POLI 120P	Africa's Success Stories

Sociology

Course Number	Course Title
SOCI 187	African Societies through Film
SOCI 188E	Community and Social Change in Africa
SOCI 188J	Change in Modern South Africa

Theatre & Dance

Course Number	Course Title
*TDMV 143	West African Dance

Visual Arts

Course Number	Course Title
*^VIS 8	Visuality and the African Diaspora
*^VIS 21C	Introduction to African Art
*VIS 123B	Contemporary Art of the African Diaspora
*VIS 126J	African and Afro-American Art

Last Updated: 9/26/24