Overview
The study of Africa, North America, and the Caribbean are central components of African American Studies from University of California, Berkeley.
Features
- Students are expected to apply a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the international and national divisions of race as they pertain to persons of African descent, wherever they may find themselves.
- Such an approach is to be employed for the study and understanding of development and underdevelopment, domination and power, self determination, mutual cooperation, and aesthetic and creative expression.
- Issues of identity construction, marginality, territoriality and the universal role of race in the organization of political economy and in class formation are critical to the program’s intellectual agenda.
Programme Structure
Courses include:- Interdisciplinary Research Methods
- Qualitative Research Methods
- Theories of the African Diaspora
- Critical Pedagogy (Required to GSI)
- Directed Dissertation Research
- Individual Study or Research
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 60 months
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African studies View 13 other PhDs in African studies in United StatesAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
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General requirements
- A completed University of California, Berkeley graduate application
- 3 letters of recommendation
- Please submit a sample of your writing (no more than 15 pages) that best reflects your interests or previous work in the field. Examples include excerpts of theses, published work etc. The deadline to submit the writing sample is the same as the application deadline, December 1st.
- TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) or IELTS (International English Language Testing System (required for all international students).
Tuition Fee
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12264 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 6132 USD per semester during 60 months. -
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12264 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 6132 USD per semester during 60 months. -
In-State
12264 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 6132 USD per semester during 60 months.
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