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African Studies

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Bachelor of Arts

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Placement

Cut off Range:

75-77%

Program Summary

Africa is the most culturally and geographically diverse continent on earth. The African Studies program offers you an opportunity to study the histories, cultures, languages, geographies, politics and economics of this fascinating continent. You will also learn about aid, trade and investment, and migration flows that link Africa to the rest of the world in the era of globalization.

Students in the Combined Honours program can benefit from a work placement opportunity, a mentorship program and the chance to study in Africa through our African Studies Abroad course or by doing their third year at one of the African universities with which Carleton has exchange agreements.

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The Carleton Advantage

Carleton’s African Studies program gives students a unique opportunity to encounter Africa from all possible angles and demonstrates that research in Africa flows across borders and touches issues across the globe. You will take courses in interdisciplinary fields including African history, politics, literatures, cinema, legal systems and economics. Faculty in the Institute of African Studies are globally recognized in diverse research fields that span special African regional foci as well as broader continental experience of globalization, pop culture and youth culture in Africa. You will have the option to participate in our Institute’s annual undergraduate research conference, take a placement course where you will work with an organization that specializes in African issues or study a selected topic abroad with a Carleton professor in an African country.

You will take courses in interdisciplinary fields including African history, politics, literatures, cinema, legal systems and economics.

Faculty in Carleton’s African Studies department are globally recognized in diverse research fields that span special African regional foci as well as broader continental experience of globalization, pop culture and youth culture in Africa.

Carleton’s department of African Studies is the first in North America to initiate an annual undergraduate research conference.

You will have the option to take a placement course where you will work with an organization that specializes in African issues or study a selected topic abroad with a Carleton professor in an African country.

What students are saying

Through the African Studies program, I’ve been offered opportunities to explore topics I'm curious about, and to develop my skills through field placements and leadership positions, such as hosting an undergraduate conference. The support and encouragement I received from the Institute of African Studies made this experience more enjoyable.

Seyi Ishola, Economics and African Studies student

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