Honours specialising in Romance Languages and Literatures at University of Cape Town

Programme overview

The BA Honours specialising in Romance Languages and Literatures is a 126-credit postgraduate programme at HEQSF level 8 convened by Associate Professor M Arnold. It combines Romance philology and literature with electives in Italian, French and Spanish.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities | Department: School of Languages and Literatures: Romance Languages and Literatures | Duration: One year full-time (up to two years part-time at the discretion of the Head of Department) | Study mode: full-time | Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

What you will study

Four taught courses and a research essay: core courses Topics in Romance Philology and Topics in Romance Literature (24 credits each) and the 30-credit Research Essay/Project, plus two electives chosen from Italian (poetry, postcolonial and contemporary cultural studies, prose, advanced language), French and Francophone literatures, cultures and arts, Theories and Practices of Translation, and Topics in Spanish 1 to 3.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Faculty of Humanities Honours rule (FH3): applicants must hold a bachelor's degree with the equivalent of a major in the subject in which they proceed to Honours (from UCT's Faculty, another UCT faculty with courses accepted by Senate as equivalent, or another university recognised by Senate), and must meet any additional programme requirements.

Requirements published at faculty level.

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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