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Bachelor of Arts Honours in Social Anthropology at North-West University

North-West University, South Africa

Programme overview

Bachelor of Arts Honours in Social Anthropology is an NQF level 8 honours degree in the School of Social Sciences of the Faculty of Humanities at North-West University, offered full-time and part-time on the Potchefstroom and Vanderbijlpark campuses. Qualification code: 1FP L01 L601P/V.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities  |  Department: School of Social Sciences  |  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 Research Report, Theory Through Ethnography, Research Methods in Social Anthropology, Urban Anthropology, Environmental Anthropology.

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Entry requirements

Registration for Honours students should take place no later than 31 January. A B-degree is required, for which all the modules in Anthropology were passed at the respective undergraduate levels. The Social Anthropology modules of the final undergraduate year must have been completed with an average of at least 65%. The school director in consultation with the subject group chairperson can approve exceptions.

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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