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African Studies Joint Honours – (B.A.)
University of Birmingham
School of History and Cultures| Application Deadline: | None, but early application advised | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 3,805 - ≈ € 12,790 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Birmingham / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 36 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Birmingham
A Joint Honours degree programme involves the study of two subjects to Honours degree level. If you study a subject in a Joint Honours programme, you work at exactly the same level and to the same academic standard as students taking that subject in a Single Honours programme. Joint Honours students are simply required to choose fewer topics from the range of options available in each half of the programme.
African Studies is a broad degree programme which combines arts and social science approaches. The Centre of West African Studies is a small, friendly community of undergraduates, postgraduates, visiting scholars and staff.
First year
You will explore a wide range of issues relating to the African subcontinent from different academic perspectives. In the first year you take three foundation modules in the Centre, to introduce you to the history, cultures, environments, societies and contemporary political situations of Africa. All students take Focus on Africa, which also gives you general and transferable skills.
Second year
In your second year you take Perspectives on Africa, which covers breaking news stories on Africa and provides dissertation preparation. You also choose five other modules.
Third year
In your third year you write a dissertation. In addition you choose four other modules.
Key facts Joint Honours combinations:
You can study African Studies as part of a Joint Honours degree with the following subjects:
* Anthropology (Joint Honours UCAS code LT65)
* English Language (Joint Honours UCAS code QT35)
* English Literature (Joint Honours UCAS code TQ53)
* French Studies (Joint Honours UCAS code RT15)
* Geography (Joint Honours UCAS code LT75)
* History (Joint Honours UCAS code TV51)
* History of Art (Joint Honours UCAS code TV53)
* Political Science (Joint Honours UCAS code TL52)
* Portuguese (Joint Honours UCAS code RT55)
Duration: 3 years, 4 years if the course involves a modern language
Start date: September 2012
Contents
Teaching and assessment
Our courses are made up of a combination of mostly lectures and tutorials, but with occasional student workshops, debates and presentations. You will be expected to devote at least as much time to private study as to attending formal lectures and tutorials. There are unseen examinations in some modules.
Career opportunities
Many of our students have gone on to postgraduate work and others have found careers in education, the media, commerce, government and with development agencies in the UK and overseas.
Additional information
Please read the entry for the other subject you wish to combine with African Studies.
Related links
Centre of West African Studies website:
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Number of A levels required: 3
Typical offer: ABB–BBB
General Studies: accepted
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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International students:
International Baccalaureate Diploma: 32–34 points
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | High School diploma |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.0 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade A (Score: 80) |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 93 |
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