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2007/2008 COURSE CATALOGUE

NAIROBI, KENYA

Course: MARY AFST 592: MAS Essay (Master of African Studies)

A minimum 50-page publishable quality essay worth two credits researched and written from on-site professional-quality field research.  

Requirements:

  1. Students with undergraduate degrees who are officially enrolled as MIAS students through the ordinary application process and have finished six courses. 

  2. Formal MAS application and acceptance.

  3. An essay proposal approved by the MIAS faculty. 

  4. Essay topic developed from one of the papers of the seven courses taken. 

  5. A minimum 3.0 grade point average (B) for the seven courses.

  6. Completion of the essay within five years from the time of acceptance into the MA program.

  7. Successful presentation and defense of essay in a colloquium.