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

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-08-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-12-04 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

90

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

African studies View 13 other PhDs in African studies in United States

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

90

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Other requirements

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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International

12264 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 6132 USD per semester during 60 months.
National

12264 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 6132 USD per semester during 60 months.
In-State

12264 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 6132 USD per semester during 60 months.

Living costs for Berkeley

1750 - 2820 USD /month

Living costs

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