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Students
![student pictures on campus](images/Dakar6.jpg)
What do students say?
"Dakar is an incredible city. If you are looking for a great place to use some French and learn wolof--there is no better city. There is always stuff going on and the Senegalese "Teranga" or hospitality is unbeatable."
(M.D., Brown University)
(M.D., Brown University)
Open your eyes to Dakar
![student artist in Dakar](images/Dakar5.jpg)
Courses Offerings
These courses are offered by various departments and institutes at the Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), or at the ACI Baobab Center and Art academies in Dakar.
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Languages & Linguistics
- French Conversation
- Intermediate level
- Advanced French
- French Composition
- French Grammar
- Stylistics and advanced composition
- Translation I (French to English)
- Translation II (English to French)
- Wolof
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Literature
- Introduction to African literatures
- African Tales in oral literature
- Afrcan-American literature
- Literature from English speaking Africa
- Literature of French speaking Africa
- Literature of the West Indies
- West African oral tradition
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History
- Education in Sénégal from 1850 to 1920
- History of Islam in Black Africa
- History of Islam in Senegal from the 10th to the 20th Century
- Islamic movements and geopolitical modifications in Western Africa
- Slave Trade
- La Sénégambie (1900-1960)
- Unité des religions afrigaines
- Sénégal: Twenty years of crisis (1920 to 1940)
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Philosophy & Religion
- African Philosophy
- History of Muslim thought
- Islamic Philosophy
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Sociology & present-day West African Society
- African Anthropology
- African Civilizations
- African Political systems
- African Demography
- African Economy
- Ethnic groups of Senegal
- Family and gender issues
- African Sociology
- Sociology of Developing Countries
- Rural Sociology
- Urban Sociology
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Fine Arts, Music & Dance
- African Art History
- African dance
- Painting
- Sculpture
- Traditional African instruments
Professor André Siamundele - Director of Study Program in Dakar, Senegal
Wells College 170 Main Street, Aurora NY 13026
Office: 315-364-3308 | Secretary: 315-364-3288 | Fax: 315-364-3257
email:
Wells College 170 Main Street, Aurora NY 13026
Office: 315-364-3308 | Secretary: 315-364-3288 | Fax: 315-364-3257
email: