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| Application Deadline: | None, but early application advised | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 5,313 - ≈ € 14,088 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Birmingham / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 180 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Birmingham
This is the only Centre of West African Studies in the world, and we have built up 30 years of expertise in teaching and research in this fascinating area. We received a score of 23 out of 24 in the Teaching Quality Assessment conducted by the QAA. Students from all parts of Africa, Europe, America and the Caribbean, work together in a friendly community.
The MA African Studies is a multi-disciplinary course focusing on contemporary Africa. It provides students with an understanding of major social, cultural, political and economic developments in Africa and the Diaspora.
The course also enables students to develop their critical and analytical powers in relation to current events in Africa as well as their ability to approach contemporary African issues from interdisciplinary standpoints.
The MA African Studies provides students with the research training necessary to undertake a broad-based, multi-disciplinary study of contemporary Africa and enhances their ability to prepare and present to an audience material they have researched.
Contents
MA students obtain 120 credits from taught courses and 60 credits for a dissertation. They usually attend six courses over the first and second semesters and write a dissertation of 12,000 words.
The programme includes two compulsory courses: a research training module (Research Skills and Methods in African Studies) and a broad introduction to contemporary African issues (Advanced Perspectives on Africa). The remaining four modules are chosen from a list of options in African history, politics, gender studies, literature and popular culture.
Optional modules may include:
* History and Politics of Southern Africa
* Contemporary Gender Issues in Africa
* Media and Popular Culture in Africa
* African Fiction and its Critics
* Reading African Poetry
* Caribbean Fiction
* Caribbean Poetry
* Independent Study Module
* Any other Level 5 module offered in departments in Arts/Social Sciences
The coursework modules for the MA will be assessed in June, and then you are given permission to proceed to dissertation. Students who complete their course work successfully but fail to submit their dissertation will be awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in African Studies.
Skills gained
The programme provides you with the research training necessary to undertake a broad-based, multidisciplinary study of contemporary Africa and enhances your ability to prepare and present to an audience material you have researched.
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test if you come from a non-English speaking country.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
More informationRequirements
MA programmes normally require an upper second-class Honours degree or equivalent with some background in the disciplines to be studied. Applicants with a background in other disciplines, or with less traditional qualifications, may be accepted for the Diploma in African Studies.
* IELTS 6.5 with no less than 6.0 in any band.
* TOEFL 580 Paper- based test / 237 Computer-based test.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
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