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E. Degree Requirements
1. Coursework
The Dual-Title Doctoral Degree in African Studies is awarded to students who are admitted to a
Ph.D. program that has adopted the dual-title degree program in African Studies. The minimum
course requirements for the dual-title Ph.D. degree in African Studies are as follows.
• Course work and other requirements of the primary program.
• 18 credits of Africa-related coursework at the 400 or 500-level of which the following are
required: AFR 501 (3), and a minimum of 6 credits from SOC/AFR 527 (3), AAAS 530
(3), AFR 532 (3) and AFR 534 (3), AFR 536 (3), AFR 537 (3).
• As many as 6 of the 18 credits may come from the primary program as approved by the
student’s academic advisers in the primary program and the African Studies Program.
• No more than 6 credits may be taken at the 400-level and no more than 6 combined
credits may come from 596 and 599.
• Communication and foreign language requirements will be determined by the student and
the academic advisers from the primary program and the African Studies Program.
The choice of electives in African Studies is to be proposed by the student subject to approval by
the academic advisers from the primary program and the African Studies Program. The suite of
selected courses should have an integrated, intellectual thrust, which probes a thematic, national
or regional issue and that is complementary to the student’s specialty in the primary program.
2. Language Requirement
The language requirement for the dual-title degree program is determined by the academic
advisers in the primary program and the African Studies Program, in accordance with the
existing language requirements of the primary program.
3. Candidacy Exam
The dual-title degree is guided by the Candidacy Exam procedure of the primary program. The
candidacy exam for the dual-title degree may be given after at least 18 post-baccalaureate credits
have been earned in graduate courses; it must be taken within three semesters (summer sessions
do not count) of entry into the primary program. There will be a single candidacy examination,
containing elements of both the major discipline and African Studies.
4. Committee Composition
The doctoral committee of a dual-title doctoral degree student must include a minimum of four
faculty members, i.e., the chair and at least three additional members, all of whom must be
members of the Graduate Faculty. The committee must include at least one member of the
African Studies graduate faculty. The chair of the committee is typically from the primary
program. If the chair is not also a member of the graduate faculty in African Studies, the
member of the committee representing African Studies should be appointed as co-chair.
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