Bachelor of Arts Honours in Afrikaans and Dutch with Sociolinguistics at North-West University

Programme overview

Bachelor of Arts Honours in Afrikaans and Dutch with Sociolinguistics is an NQF level 8 honours degree in the School of Languages of the Faculty of Humanities at North-West University, offered full-time and part-time on the Vanderbijlpark campus. Qualification code: 1FA L02 L601V. The programme aims to develop scientific insight into and knowledge of the linguistics and literature of Afrikaans and Dutch.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities | Department: School of Languages | Duration: 1-2 years full-time; 2-3 years part-time | Study mode: full-time | Location: Potchefstroom, North West, South Africa

What you will study

Modules include Language and society, Text study and text linguistics, Afrikaans poetry: Poetry and Intertext, Afrikaans Narrative text, Themes in Dutch literature, Linguistic Theory, The Study of Language.

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Entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification is required for which the following modules or their equivalents (before 2010) were passed with an average of at least 60%: AFLL121, 211, 221 or 222, 311, 321 or their equivalents (before 2010). The following categories of students may be required to take compulsory course units and/or pass an admission test: (i) students who completed their Bachelor's degree at another university; (ii) students who passed Afrikaans and Dutch as a major but who did not obtain an average of 60% on level 3. For the Honours modules AFLW671 and AFLW672 any language subject passed at third-year level is a prerequisite. For the Honours modules LPRA671, LPRA675, LPRA676, LPRA684, LPRA685, LPRA686, LPRA687 and LPRA688 every prospective student will be expected to successfully sit an entrance exam.

Duration: 1-2 years full-time; 2-3 years part-time

Apply through the official page: https://studies.nwu.ac.za/studies/apply

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