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Honours specialising in Historical Studies at University of Cape Town

University of Cape Town, South Africa

Programme overview

The BA Honours specialising in Historical Studies (126 NQF credits, HEQSF level 8) is a postgraduate course of four taught courses and a research essay.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities  |  Department: Historical Studies  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

What you will study

Core courses are the Research Essay/Project (30 credits) and Advanced Historical Methods and Approaches (24 credits). Candidates add three electives, such as Oral History: Method, Practice and Theory; Histories of Land and Labour in South Africa; Theory and Method in Histories of Medicine, Health and Healing; Writing and History; Racism, Colonialism and Genocide; Themes in Everyday History; Histories of Crisis: The Indian Ocean World Since 1800; and Materiality and Power. Some courses include compulsory fieldwork, and one elective from a cognate department may replace a listed elective with approval.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree majoring in History or Historical Studies, or in a cognate discipline, with a mark of 65% or above. Acceptance is on the recommendation of the Head of Department. Faculty rule FH3 also applies.

Tuition is charged per module, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

The application fee is R100 for undergraduate and postgraduate applications from South Africa and the SADC region, and R300 for applications from outside the SADC region; it is non-refundable and payable by direct deposit, EFT or credit card (online). UCT students and graduates are exempt except for GSB programmes.

Apply through the official page: https://applyonline.uct.ac.za

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