CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT AND NGOS

AFRICAN 605

Introduces foundational texts in the study of modern Africa and the social, political, and economic contexts of the continent's cultural production and productivity. Conceptual explorations of interesting issues such as the African encounter with Europe, anticolonialism, race, racialism, and subjectivity, African and European languages and epistemology, transformations in gendered structures, and the environment, and the circulation and consumption of cultural forms and practices. Examines the long histories and theories of cultural production and practices in Africa, the local/global provenance of forms and styles, and the contexts of their local, national, and global circulation and consumption. Promotes critical thinking by putting like and unlike texts together and considering rhetoric and implied meanings, all in the context of Africa's interactive history with the world in the modern era.

AFRICAN/FRENCH 216

Modern and contemporary topics in the African francophone world, which includes both the African continent and the African diaspora. Taught in English.

FRENCH/INTLBUS 313

Study and analysis of the culture and sociology of professional environments in the French and Francophone worlds, including government, international organizations, NGO's and business. Students develop communication skills through interactive teaching methods in multimedia labs.

FRENCH 617

Examines how contemporary business and professional writing in French portrays professional skill sets for readers in Francophone Europe and North America, and to a lesser extent in Francophone Africa, particularly in the fields of international education, international development, marketing, management, and administration. Taught in French.

FRENCH 642

Survey of major socio-political, cultural, and economic developments in the major French-speaking regions of the world, with a focus on Europe, Africa and Canada. Taught in French.