Aiding Africa

Catalog description

Same as POL SCI 2585 . This course examines the history of economic development on the African continent. Students will learn about the local and the international encounters that development has fostered; they will explore how Africans have experienced and reformulated development in different contexts and time periods; and they will study the changing international policies on development, which have shaped the lives of Africans. This course counts toward the Global Perspectives graduation requirement.