African Studies Degree: Master

Overview
- Type
- Course of studies
- Degree
- Master
- Start of program
- Fall and spring semester
- Structure
- 1 course of studies with subject
- Duration of study
- 4 Semester
- Credits
- 120
- Language
- English
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Requirements
Dates & Deadlines
An interdisciplinary focus on Africa
There are many good reasons to study Africa. For anyone wishing to engage with the continent on a deeper level, the traditional formulas are for the most part inadequate. A single discipline can no longer cover or express the multiple demands faced by anyone dealing with Africa and its people. Where the usual interpretations fail, new knowledge is needed. In Basel, a wealth of such knowledge has been developed over decades and consolidated at the . Since 2002, the Centre offers a specialized interdisciplinary Master’s Degree in African Studies. The program draws on the social sciences, humanities and the natural sciences. Key thematic fields are media and imagination, knowledge production and transfer, governance and politics, public health and social life, and environment and development.