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Academics > ALA Curriculum > Overview
The ALA Curriculum: Designed to Prepare Africa’s Future Leaders
African Leadership Academy has developed a unique curriculum that will prepare each student
for a lifetime of leadership on the African continent. The ALA curriculum will combine a
world-class academic core with an innovative curriculum in leadership, entrepreneurship, and
African studies.
The Academic Core (A-Level)
The academic core at ALA combines broad interdisciplinary study in the first year with deep
exploration according to individual interests in the second year. At the end of the second year,
students will take exams for at least 3 subjects at A Level. ALA faculty will challenge students to
see linkages across disciplines and to apply their knowledge as young African leaders. Students in
an ALA English course will gain perspective on the African experience by discussing the writings of
Wole Soyinka or Steve Biko, while students studying electromagnetic waves in an ALA physics course
will not simply learn to regurgitate wave properties but will also discover how entrepreneurs used
microwave technology to create Africa’s world-class mobile phone infrastructure.
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Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and African Studies (LEA Curriculum)
The curriculum in leadership, entrepreneurship, and African studies will prepare each ALA
student to confront the most pressing challenges on the continent. In the interdisciplinary African
studies curriculum, students will understand the context for pressing challenges including hunger
eradication, health care provision, economic growth, and conflict resolution. In the
entrepreneurship curriculum, each student will develop the foundation to design innovative
solutions to these challenges and find the inspiration they need to turn an idea into action.
Finally, the holistic leadership curriculum will prepare each student to confront the challenges of
leadership as they implement their solutions and become agents of positive change on the African
continent.
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The Culminating Project
The Culminating Project is the capstone experience in the ALA curriculum, allowing each
student to synthesize and put into action the knowledge and skills gained over two years on campus.
Each student will consider how they want to have impact on the continent and will then design,
implement, present, and reflect on a culminating service project that has lasting positive impact
on an African community.
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