Program
African Studies
Center for International Studies

Degrees Offered
BA in International Studies
MA in International Affairs
Certificate in African Studies

Middle East Languages
Arabic (Elementary and Intermediate)
Sudanese Arabic

Courses
Arabic
Elementary and Intermediate Arabic Culture and Literature
 

Education
Cultural Studies in Education
Education and Cultural Diversity
Education and Development in Africa
Learning Non-Western Cultures

History
Middle East to 1800
Middle East Since 1800
History of Women in the Middle East
Traditional Africa
Modern Africa

International Studies
Introduction to Africa
African Studies
African Views

Philosophy
African Philosophy
Islam

Political Science
Middle East Politics
Government and Politics of Africa
The U.S. and Africa

Faculty
Lisa Aubrey (Political Science)
Lloyd M. Babu (Library)
Allysa Bernstein (Philosophy)
Gene Blocker (Philosophy)
Mani ChiKombero (Telecommunications)
Diane Ciekawy (Anthropology)
Keith Harris (Interdisciplinary Arts)
Walter Hawthorne (History)
Stephen Howard (Education)
Nasiombe Mutonyi (Linguistics)
Muhammed Najee (Education)
Judith Perani (Art)
Cosmo Pieterse (English)
Sholeh Quinn (History)
Robert Rhodes (African-American Studies)
Vattel Rose (African-American Studies)
Kasim Wabha (Linguistics)
Bob Walter (Geography)
Evan M Wangi (English)
James Williams (Education)
Jeff Wray (African-American Studies)

Directors
Graduate Program: William Stephen Howard
Undergraduate and Certificate Programs: Mary Anne Flournoy

Scholarships/Graduate Support
U.S. citizens and permanent residents are eligible for the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship for the study of Arabic, which provides a tuition waiver and living stipend
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer tuition waiver
tuition waivers and graduate assistantships awarded on a competitive basis to qualified students of African Studies

Special Features
Title VI National Resource Center for African Studies
Gifford B. Doxse North African Studies Lecture Series
African Film Festival (annual)

Students
Enrolled 1996-97:
38 Graduate
9 Undergraduate
1 Certificate

Graduate degrees granted in 1996: 14
Undergraduate degree granted in 1996: 1

Inquiries
Graduate Program:
W. Stephen Howard, Director
African Studies
Center for International Studies
Ohio University
Burson House 203
56 East Union
Athens OH 45701
614/593-1840
fax 614/593-1837
showard1@ohiou.edu
www.ohiou.edu/~african/main.htm