Spring 2027

Reading and Writing African Cultural Studies

Reading and Writing African Cultural Studies covers academic writing norms and the mechanics of producing original scholarship, focusing on marshaling evidence for arguments in the humanities.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2017: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Define features of the emerging field of African cultural studies,

  • Analyze and critique scholarly writing that employs the phrase "African cultural studies".

  • Generate and evaluate arguments in humanities scholarship.

  • Compose cultural studies scholarship in a range of modes and forms, including proposals, abstracts, essays, and reviews.

  • Revise writing through self-reflection and external review.

  • Express scholarly ideas in engaging presentations.

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AFRICAN 700

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  • Graduate/professional standing

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the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2017: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Academic writing norms and expectations.
  • Producing original scholarship.
  • Marshaling evidence to support arguments.
  • African cultural studies.

Skills

  • Generating and evaluating arguments in humanities scholarship.
  • Marshaling evidence to support an argument.
  • Revising writing through self-reflection and external review.
  • Analyzing and critiquing scholarly writing.

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