Extra Courses

This is a list of high-quality courses that, for one reason or another, didn't make it into the curriculum. The most common reasons are that the course isn't available often enough, or that there was an alternative that fit better into the curriculum.

History and Politics

Courses Duration Effort
Archaeology and Heritage of Africa (Coursera) 4 weeks 3–5 hours/week
Climate Adaptation in Africa (Coursera/University of Cape Town) 4 weeks 2–4 hours/week
AFAM 162: African American History: From Emancipation to the Present (Open Yale Courses) 25 lectures Self-paced

Culture, Literature, and Arts

Courses Duration Effort
21M.293: Music of Africa (MIT OpenCourseWare) Full semester Self-paced
African American History Lecture Series (Stanford YouTube) Varies Self-paced

Development and Society

Courses Duration Effort
Global Health Policy (Coursera) 6 weeks 2–3 hours/week

Online Learning - Great Courses

Courses Duration Effort
Learning How to Learn 4 weeks 2 hours/week
Mindshift 4 weeks 2 hours/week
Powersearching with Google 3 weeks 4-6 hours/week