Admissions

Prerequisites

Admission to the graduate program requires a Bachelor’s degree (BA or BS) with substantial coursework related to the expressive cultures of Africa. Admitted students with an insufficient background in African cultural studies may be asked to complete additional coursework beyond the regular degree requirements. Applicants should have a minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 grading scale or equivalent academic performance on other scales. The Department will consider special cases, however, for probationary admission. If you have questions about your eligibility, contact the Graduate Coordinator, Toni Landis, at tllandis@wisc.edu.

Admission into the PhD program requires an MA in a closely related field (with the thesis or another substantive piece of graduate-level writing submitted as a writing sample).

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