African Studies Joint Honours

Description

Joint Honours programmes with African Studies promote an interdisciplinary understanding of Africa, its history, cultures and societies. The Department of African Studies and Anthropology is a small department, whose strong sense of community and support among its undergraduates, postgraduates and staff is well known in the University.

Detailed Course Facts

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Course Content

In this programme, you study half of your modules (60 credits) in African Studies and half in your other subject.

First year

African Studies: You will explore a wide range of issues relating to the African subcontinent from different academic perspectives. In the first year you are introduced to the history, cultures, environments, societies and contemporary political situations of Africa.

• Focus on studying societies
• 40 credits of African Studies modules

Second year

African Studies: In your second year you take Perspectives on Africa, which covers breaking news stories on Africa and provides dissertation preparation. You also choose two other African Studies modules.

Third year

African Studies: In your third year, you may write a Dissertation (10,000 words, 40 credits) or take an Independent Study (5,000 words, 20 credits). If you are undertaking independent research on the other side of your degree programme, however, we allow you to choose mainly taught modules in African Studies, so as to guarantee a reasonable amount of contact time.

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6 CAE score : 80(Grade A) TOEFL iBT® test : 93

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Requirements

Number of A levels required: 3

Typical offer: ABB-BBB

International Baccalaureate: 32-34 points

Additional information:

Typical offer grades are for guidance only, and will depend on the subjects you are combining. Please read the entries for both subjects. Where there is a disparity between the typical offer for Subject A and the typical offer for Subject B, the higher offer should be taken as the usual offer for the combination of the two.
Other qualifications are considered

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Work Experience

No work experience is required.

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