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Ph.D. Program
Requirements:
Admission to the program and for graduation are defined by the University
of California. Admission criteria include (1) a degree from an accredited
institution, comparable to the bachelor's degree offered at Berkeley;
(2) sufficient undergraduate training to undertake graduate study in
the chosen field.
Admissions
The department will admit graduate students to the Fall Semester only.
Applicants must file a completed application for admission as well as
all additional documents by the deadline. The deadline for admission
to the Fall semester is normally on or before December 15th for Fellowship
applicants and non-Fellowship applicants. Applications are accepted
for the Ph.D. only. The application must be accompanied by a $60 nonrefundable
fee, (check or money order only) payable to the "Regents of the
University of California." International applications (outside
of North America) will be sent after a mailing fee of $15 (payable to
UC Regents and written in U.S. currency on a U.S. bank) has been received
by the African American Studies Department. Graduate Application requests
must be made at least 30 days prior to the deadline.
Admission Check List
* A completed University of California, Berkeley graduate application;
* 2 official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended;
* 3 letters of recommendation;
* Writing sample (15 pages or less) that best reflects the quality of your work in African Diaspora Studies;
* TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) or IELTS (International English Language Testing System (required for all international students).
Program Requirements
a)
Students will be required to be literate in at least one language
of the African Diaspora, e.g., Spanish, French, Portuguese, Yoruba, Swahili,
or Creole languages. The choice of language should be related to the students'
area of concentration. This foreign language requirement will ensure that
students have the ability to acquire wide knowledge in the field of study
and will be able to gain access to international developments in the field.
b) Students' specific fields of emphasis will be focused
in two general areas.
Issues of Development in the Diaspora
History of the African Diaspora
Social and Cultural Institutions
Urban Sociology
Politics of Culture
Political Economy of the Diaspora
Cultural
Studies
Comparative
Literatures and Cultures
Critical Theory,
Popular Culture, Performance and Film
Women's Studies
In all of these, the central focus will be upon racial and identity construction within the context of "resistance and struggle," "nationalities and national identities," "migration and displacement," and "history, culture, and expressive modes." All of these special features combine to make this program innovative and unique when compared with any other program in the entire country.
Required core courses will include 12 units of credit:
African
American Studies 201A: - (4)
Introduction
to African Diaspora Studies
African American Studies 201B/C:
- (4)
Interdisciplinary
Research Methods
Prerequisite: AAS 101 A/B or equivalent undergraduate course
in research methodology.
African American Studies 301: Critical
Pedagogy: Instructor Training: (4)
Required course for department Graduate Student Instructors. All graduate
students must complete the course before fulfilling the requirement to
teach a minimum of one semester during their graduate years.