African Studies MA/Diploma

Taught modules

You will study two core modules: Research Skills and Methods in African Studies and Advanced Perspectives on Africa.

You will also choose four optional modules from a range which typically includes:

• African Fiction and its Critics
• Contemporary Gender Issues in Africa
• Independent Study
• Letting Them Speak: Ethnographies of Marginalisation
• Livelihoods and Development in Africa
• Slavery and Freedom in Twentieth Century Africa

For more information, see our African Studies and Anthropology module descriptions

In addition to your taught modules, you will conduct a piece of independent research with the support of a supervisor, culminating in a 15,000-word dissertation.

Please note that the optional module information listed on the website for this programme is intended to be indicative, and the availability of optional modules may vary from year to year. Where a module is no longer available we will let you know as soon as we can and help you to make other choices.