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Programs of Study, 1997-1999
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AFRICAN STUDIES
Director of Graduate Studies: P. T. Zeleza
Correspondence and Information: Director of the Center for African Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 210 International Studies Building, 910 South Fifth Street, Champaign, IL 61820; (217) 333-6335
GRADUATE FACULTY
Professors: E. Accad, E. Bokamba, D. Crummey, R. Hay, D. Johnson, B. Kachru, A. Kagan, A. Sofranko, C. Stewart, G. Yu, P. T. Zeleza
Associate Professors: S. Ambrose, T. Bassett, M. Bowen, D. Brewer, K. Cloud, A. Deck, A. Glaze, A. Gottlieb, V. Hoffman, I. Kakoma, W. Martin, D. Prochaska, M. Saul, T. Turino
Assistant Professors: K. Cuno, E. Kalipeni, A. Murdoch, A. Winter-Nelson
GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS
The Center for African Studies administers a two-year program of language and area courses leading to an interdisciplinary master of arts degree. The program provides both language and area training for three constituencies of students: those seeking to match area expertise with professional training; those proceeding to disciplinary-based doctoral work; and those for whom the degree would stand on its own. The center also administers graduate minors in African studies with various departments.
MASTER OF ARTS
A candidate must complete 8.5 units of graduate credit in area studies courses, drawn from at least three different units, and must study or demonstrate proficiency in a language indigenous to Africa to the advanced (third-year) level. One of the area courses must be African Studies 450, the center-originated interdisciplinary seminar.
MINOR FOR THE DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEGREE
A doctoral candidate who elects African studies as a minor must secure approval from the center and must earn at least four units of graduate credit in approved courses in at least two departments. Courses are available in the following fields: agricultural economics, anthropology, art history, comparative literature, economics, education, French, geography, history, linguistics, political science, and sociology.
FINANCIAL AID
Each year the center is generally able to assist a limited
number of graduate students in area studies through awards of Foreign Language and
Area Studies Fellowships.
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