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The field of Africana Studies
offers a program leading to the degree
of Master of Professional Studies (African and African-American
Studies) . The curriculum reflects a multidisciplinary and comparative
approach to the experience of African peoples throughout the
world. Our program of study is particularly well-suited to those
students who plan to pursue a life-long scholarly interest in
Black Studies as a teacher, professor, researcher, or creative
artist. Recent graduates have entered doctoral programs
at Yale
University , UCLA
, Indiana
University , and Comell
University . Other graduates are teaching at the high school
or junior college level. A few have obtained administrative
positions in industry, government and various community action
organizations.
Besides servicing students at the Center, the program can also
be the focus of a minor for graduate students who are working
toward a doctorate in other fields. For example, a doctoral
student in government may minor in Africana Studies.
Applicants for the master's degree program are expected to have
some undergraduate preparation in African or African-American
studies. Degree candidates take a major concentration
in either African or African-American studies, and a minor concentration
in one of the areas not selected for the major. The minor
may also be taken in a field of graduate study outside the Center
(e.g., government, history, economics).
After the first semester, a student forms a Special Committee
to supervise his or her program. A thesis proposal must
be submitted at the end of the first year of graduate study.
The Center encourages each student to develop a thesis
selected from a range of topics, and earned out through library
research, creative work, field study, or an internship.
Financial support for graduate students is available through
University fellowships, teaching assistantships, and research
assistantships. In addition to financial support offered
by the University, the Center also supports a small number of
students through teaching and research assistantships. |
| Summary
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1.To receive the master's
degree, a student must satisfactorily complete thirty (30) course
credit hours, submit an approved thesis (which will constitute
4 to 6 credits of the required 30 credit hours), and pass a
thesis defense examination.
2.Each student will concentrate in a major (either African
or African-American studies) and a minor field (African or African-American
Studies or an approved minor from another graduate field within
the University). The student must complete at least sixteen
(16) hours of course credit in the major field and ten (10)
hours of course credit in the minor field.
3.The minimum residence requirement for graduate students
is one full academic year as determined by the student's Special
Committee .
4.To receive credit for a course, a student must achieve
a grade of B- (2.7) or better.
5.To remain in good standing in the master's degree program,
a student must maintain a 3.0 grade point average or better.
A GPA of 3.0 or better is also a prerequisite for graduation.
6.Each student selectes a Special Committee (representing
the major and minor fields), and designates a chairperson, by
the beginning of the second semester of the first year of graduate
study. The Special Committee chairperson must be a faculty
member of the Africana Center's graduate field. Normally,
the Special Committee consists of two members. Depending
on a student's particular needs, the Special Committee may consist
of three members.
7. The student's Special Committee approves course work
for the major and minor areas of concentration, allocates residence
units, approves the thesis proposal, supervises thesis research
and writing, approves the thesis, and conducts the thesis defense
examination.
At its discretion, the Special Committee can require a master's
degree candidate to take a written or oral examination (or both)
in the candidate's areas of concentration.
8. By the end of the first year, and no later than the
start of the second year, each student must file with the Graduate
Field Representative a thesis proposal that has been approved
by the Special Committee.
9. Except where a student's own choice of program demands
it, there is no foreign language requirement. |
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