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MA African and African Diaspora Studies at University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas at Austin, United States

Programme overview

The graduate program in AADS provides students with the skills and analytical frameworks necessary to engage interdisciplinary approaches for examining the lives of people of African descent throughout Africa and the African Diaspora, including the United States, the Caribbean, and Latin America.

Faculty: College of Liberal Arts  |  Duration: 36 semester credit hours  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Austin, TX, United States

What you will study

The programme requires 36 semester credit hours. Students must complete 36 semester hours of coursework, including a prescribed number of hours in core coursework, professional development, and supporting coursework. As part of the 36 hours, students must complete a two-part Master’s Report that consists of AFR 397R and AFR 398R. AFR 398R must be taken in the final semester of program enrollment.

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Application information

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate entry terms are summer and fall; each graduate program sets its own application deadline.

Graduate application fees: $65 for U.S. graduate applicants and $90 for international graduate applicants; MBA (and dual programs with MBA) $200; MPA $125. Each graduate program sets its own application deadline. Fee waivers are available only to U.S. citizens/permanent residents applying for a first graduate degree (not MBA or MPA).

Apply through the official page: https://gradschool.utexas.edu/admissions/apply

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