The new BA Program in African Studies at the Faculty of Classical and Modern Philology is aimed at students who are interested in acquiring a comprehensive understanding of the linguistic, literary, cultural, historical, and socio-economic diversity of Africa. It is the only one in Bulgaria which offers a full cycle of philological studies in English as a first language and French or Portuguese as a second language combined with the opportunity to study one or two African languages and different aspects of African cultures and societies. The Program is for eight semesters and the students have the opportunity to specialize in one of the three areas, Anglophone Africa, Francophone Africa, or Lusophone Africa, after their fifth semester of studies. After graduating the students can work as highly qualified specialists and translators in governmental and non-governmental organizations and cultural institutions working with/for or in Africa. There is an opportunity as well to become teachers either in English and French or in English and Portuguese if they decide to take the pedagogical module, which is offered as an elective. In the course of their studies, the students can participate in various exchange programs with African universities with which Sofia University has student-mobility agreements.

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Tuition

€2,900

Specific Areas of Study

Area & Cultural Studies

Format

Full Time

Admissions Requirements

They must have completed secondary education that makes them eligible to continue their studies in higher educational institutions in the country in which they have completed their secondary education; In the applicant's diploma for secondary education, the grades relevant to the major applied for are not lower than 62% of the maximum grade in accordance to the grading system in the country, in which the applicant has completed secondary education (i.e. the equivalent to a grade Good 4).