8 courses with the subject SWA, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
SWA 1311Elementary Swahili I3
Credits: 3 hrs Elementary Swahili I is a proficiency-oriented course designed to help students develop language skills in Standard Swahili in all communicative areas: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Instruction will include use of multimedia material in the language laboratory. No previous knowledge of Swahili is required.
Credits: 3 hrs This course is the second part of the introductory course to Standard Swahili. As a continuation of Elementary Swahili I, it introduces more advanced grammar components and cultural information. At the same time, the course emphasizes more fluency in speaking, reading, listening, and writing simple sentences in standard Swahili.
SWA 1311 - Elementary Swahili I , assignment by placement examination, or consent of instructor. Area of Knowledge: Foreign Lang & Culture Curricular Theme: Globalization
SWA 2311Intermediate Swahili I3
Credits: 3 hrs. This course continues training in the Swahili language and cultural awareness skills begun in the Elementary Swahili sequence. The course affords students a survey of more advanced grammar, with emphasis on increasing conversational fluency, compositional skills, study of written texts in Standard Swahili, and discussion of grammatical variations. At the same time, the course emphasizes increased fluency in speaking, reading, listening, and writing short essays in standard Swahili.
SWA 1312 or consent of instructor. Area of Knowledge: Foreign Lang & Culture Curricular Theme: Globalization
SWA 2312Intermediate Swahili II
This course is the second part of Intermediate Swahili. It continues training in the Swahili language and cultural awareness skills begun in the Elementary Swahili sequence and Intermediate Swahili I. The course affords students a survey of more advanced grammar, with emphasis on increasing conversational fluency, compositional skills, study of written texts in Standard Swahili, and discussion of grammatical variations. At the same time, the course emphasizes increased fluency in speaking, reading, listening, and writing short essays in standard Swahili.
SWA 2311 or departmental approval Area of Knowledge: Foreign Lang & Culture Curricular Theme: Globalization
SWA 3301Swahili Composition and Grammar3
Credits: 3 hrs This course provides intensive practice in reading and writing Swahili. There will be emphasis on training in creative and expository writing, and in comprehending and analyzing both literary and non-literary texts. The course introduces techniques for drafting, editing, and proofing, as well as strategies for stylistic analysis and appreciation of texts in Swahili.
Credits: 3 hrs This course is a study of the development of Swahili culture and civilization from its beginnings to the present day. It charts the significant historical, geographical, intellectual, artistic, social, literacy and political aspects of the Swahili-speaking world. A special emphasis will be placed on the contact between the Swahili world and people from other parts of the world before colonialism and the eventual spread of Swahili language to other parts of Africa. This course will be taught in English or Swahili.
any FLS 2000 level courses or approval by the department Area of Knowledge: Foreign Language & Culture Curricular Theme: Globalization Level of Knowledge this Course Address(es): Breadth WSSU Student Learning Outcome: Critical Thinking Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: March 2023
SWA 3316Swahili Conversation and Pronunciation3
Credits: 3 hrs This course focuses on the development of oral communication skills in Swahili. Lessons and activities provide opportunities for natural conversation inside and outside of the classroom to enhance pronunciation, grammar knowledge, and vocabulary building. Students will engage in paired and group discussions of topics of current interest by reading cultural and literary texts, Swahili periodicals, newspapers, blogs, viewing Swahili language television broadcasts, and listening to Swahili radio programs.
Passing SWA 2312 with a C or better or departmental approval
SWA 3333Survey of Swahili Literature3
Credits: 3 hrs This course is an overview of major literacy works and movements of the Swahili-speaking world in all genres. Emphasis will be on literature from Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique and Democratic Republic of Congo. Students will also learn basic concepts of literary theory and criticism and they will learn to use these concepts in analyzing texts.
