Bachelor’s programme in African Studies (697 [3] - Version 2018)

Introductory and Orientation Period (15 ECTS)

EAS Basics of African Studies - Linguistics (5 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP: Modulprüfung Einführung in die afrikanische Sprachwissenschaft
• 140002 VO+UE ( OV STEOP ) Introduction into African Linguistics

EAL Basics of African Studies - Literatures (5 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP: Modulprüfung Einführung in die afrikanische Literaturwissenschaft
• 140123 VO+UE ( OV STEOP ) Introduction into African Literature

EAG Basics of African Studies - History (5 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP: Modulprüfung Einführung in die afrikanische Geschichtswissenschaft
• 140133 VO+UE ( OV STEOP ) Introduction into African History

Emphasis Phase (15 ECTS)

WG/VAS/VAL/VAG Emphasis Module (15 ECTS)

Linguistics Alternative 1: Basis and Perfection of one African Language (44 ECTS)

SB1A Hausa (22 ECTS)

• 140207 VU Hausa: Grammar 1 / Hausa: Nahawu 1
• 140278 VU Hausa: Tutorial 1 / Hausa: Ayyukan motsa k’wak‘walwa 1

SB1B Hausa (22 ECTS)

• 140208 SK Hausa: Grammar 3 / Hausa: Nahawu 3
• 140146 SK [ en ] Hausa: Texts 1
• 140177 SK [ en ] Hausa: Conversation 1

SB2A Swahili (22 ECTS)

• 140205 VU Swahili: Grammar 1
• 140204 VU Swahili: Tutorial 1

SB2B Swahili (22 ECTS)

• 140212 SK Swahili: Grammar 3 / Kiswahili Sarufi 3
• 140206 SK Swahili: Texts 1
• 140279 SK Swahili: Conversation 1 / Kiswahili cha mazungumzo 1

Linguistics Alternative 2: Basis of two African Languages (44 ECTS)

SB1A Hausa (22 ECTS)

• 140207 VU Hausa: Grammar 1 / Hausa: Nahawu 1
• 140278 VU Hausa: Tutorial 1 / Hausa: Ayyukan motsa k’wak‘walwa 1

SB2A Swahili (22 ECTS)

• 140205 VU Swahili: Grammar 1
• 140204 VU Swahili: Tutorial 1

SB3A Bambara (22 ECTS)

• 140209 VU Bambara: Grammar 1
• 140114 VU Bambara: Tutorial 1

Specialisation African Linguistics (46 ECTS)

AWL/ÜAS/PAS Overview 1 (14 ECTS)

• 140014 VO Introduction to the Phonology of African Languages
• 140117 PS Language and Society in Urban Africa

ÜAS/PAS Overview 2 (10 ECTS)

• 140014 VO Introduction to the Phonology of African Languages
• 140117 PS Language and Society in Urban Africa

SAS Focus Module (6 ECTS)

• 140067 VO Introduction to a Cushitic Language I: Somali
• 140198 VO Ritual patterns in verbal and nonverbal expressions: the self-conception of communication
• 140242 VO [ en ] The Chinese Diaspora in Africa: Topics in Sociocultural Linguistics and Beyond

BAS Bachelor’s Module (16 ECTS)

• 140202 SE Bachelor Seminar: African Linguistics and Literature

Specialisation African Literatures (46 ECTS)

AWL/ÜAL/PAL Overview 1 (14 ECTS)

• 140015 VO Power relations and inequality in African Studies: Perspectives on African literatures - Perspektiven auf afrikanische Literaturen
• 140137 VO [ en ] Language and Literature in their Social Contexts
• 140147 PS Marginality, Power, countervailing Power and Powerlessness: Strategies of Survival in Africa

ÜAL/PAL Overview 2 (10 ECTS)

• 140015 VO Power relations and inequality in African Studies: Perspectives on African literatures - Perspektiven auf afrikanische Literaturen
• 140137 VO [ en ] Language and Literature in their Social Contexts

SAL Focus Module (6 ECTS)

• 140248 VO From Praise to Protest: Reflections of Social Change in Southern African Performance Poetry - Performance Poetry als Spiegel gesellschaftlichen Wandels im südlichen Afrika

BAL Bachelor’s Module (16 ECTS)

• 140202 SE Bachelor Seminar: African Linguistics and Literature

Specialisation African History (46 ECTS)

AWL/ÜAG/PAG Overview 1 (14 ECTS)

• 140178 VO African Societies until the 16th Century
• 140224 PS Introductory Seminar: Methodological Approaches and Current Debates

ÜAG/PAG Overview 2 (10 ECTS)

• 140117 PS Language and Society in Urban Africa
• 140219 PS "Freedom is coming tomorrow!" Music and Liberation. Vignettes from Ghana and South Africa

SAG Focus Module (6 ECTS)

• 140132 VO History of North Africa 1
• 140218 VO History of Southern Africa 1

BAG Bachelor’s Module (16 ECTS)

• 140148 SE Bachelor Seminar: African History