20809246African Politics
Course Information
Description
African Politics examines continental political development in an interdisciplinary context. Students summarize African history, analyze internal and external influences on African politics, and evaluate relationship among African states, societies, and interests.
Total Credits
3
Course Competencies
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Summarize the development and practice of studying African politicsAssessment StrategiesWritten Objective TestEssayCriteriaSummarize the history, development, and practice of studying African PoliticsAnalyze role of concepts such as geography, the state, civil society, and interests to the study of African PoliticsEvaluate the costs and benefits of studying African Politics within an interdisciplinary academic context
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Summarize the history of Africa’s pre-colonial and colonial periodsAssessment StrategiesWritten Objective TestEssayCriteriaSummarize the Pre-Colonial Periods (Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern) of African PoliticsAnalyze the Colonial Period of African PoliticsEvaluate development of African Politics during the Colonial Period
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Analyze the role of ideology in African politicsAssessment StrategiesWritten Objective TestEssayCriteriaSummarize the meaning and importance of [ideology] in the history and study of African PoliticsAnalyze the role of [ideology] in African PoliticsEvaluate the significance of [ideology] to the development of African Politics
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Analyze the role of ethnicity and religion in African politicsAssessment StrategiesWritten Objective TestEssayCriteriaSummarize the meaning and importance of [ethnicity and religion] in the history and study of African Politics.Analyze the role of [ethnicity and religion] in African PoliticsEvaluate the significance of [ethnicity and religion] to the development of African Politics
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Analyze the role of social class in African politicsAssessment StrategiesWritten Objective TestEssayCriteriaSummarize the meaning and importance of [social class] in the history and study of African politicsAnalyze the role of [social class] in African politicsEvaluate the significance of [social class] to the development of African politics
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Analyze the role of legitimacy in African politicsAssessment StrategiesWritten Objective TestEssayCriteriaSummarize the meaning and importance of [legitimacy] in the history and study of African politicsAnalyze the role of [legitimacy] in African politicsEvaluate the significance of [legitimacy] to the development of African politics
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Analyze the role of coercion in African politicsAssessment StrategiesWritten Objective TestEssayCriteriaSummarize the meaning and importance of [coercion] in the history and study of African politicsAnalyze the role of [coercion] in African politicsEvaluate the significance of [coercion] to the development of African politics
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Analyze how sovereignty and external Interests influence African politicsAssessment StrategiesWritten Objective TestEssayCriteriaSummarize the meaning and importance of [sovereignty and external influences] in the history and study of African politicsAnalyze the role of [sovereignty and external influences] in African politicsEvaluate the significance of [sovereignty and external influences] to the development of African politics
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Analyze how sovereignty and internal interests influence African politicsAssessment StrategiesWritten Objective TestEssayCriteriaSummarize the meaning and importance of [sovereignty and internal influences] in the history and study of African politicsAnalyze the role of [sovereignty and internal influences] in African politicsEvaluate the significance of [sovereignty and internal influences] to the development of African politics
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Evaluate the importance of authority to modern African politicsAssessment StrategiesWritten Objective TestEssayCriteriaSummarize the meaning and importance of [authority] to modern African PoliticsAnalyze the importance of [authority] to modern African PoliticsEvaluate the significance of [authority] to modern African Politics
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Evaluate the importance of democracy to modern African politicsAssessment StrategiesWritten Objective TestEssayCriteriaSummarize the meaning and importance of [democracy] to modern African politicsAnalyze the importance of [democracy] to modern African politicsEvaluate the significance of [democracy] to modern African politics
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Evaluate the Importance of Hybrid Regimes to Modern African PoliticsAssessment StrategiesWritten Objective TestEssayCriteriaSummarize the meaning and importance of [hybrid regimes] to modern African politicsAnalyze the importance of [hybrid regimes] to modern African politicsEvaluate the significance of [hybrid regimes] to modern African politics