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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

Global South Studies

Course Number

Course Title

^GSS 21

Literature of the Global South - Africa

History

Course Number

Course Title

HIAF 111

Modern Africa since 1880

HIAF 112

West Africa Since 1880

HIAF 113

Small Wars, Global Order/Africa & Asia

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 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 120N

Contention and Conflict in Africa

POLI 120P

Africa's Success Stories

Sociology

Course Number

Course Title

SOCI 157

Religion in Contemporary Society

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: 08/09/2022