BA Honours Digital Arts at University of the Witwatersrand

Programme overview

The Digital Arts Honours Degree is a research and coursework programme and can be taken in three subject areas: Animation, Interactive Media, Interactivity & Writing or Game Design. The degree can be taken part-time over two years or full-time in one year. The Digital Arts Honours programme will introduce you to the key debates in current theory together with practice courses in your chosen field. You will also get the opportunity to take your interests further in a supervised research project.

Faculty: Humanities | Department: Wits School of Arts | Duration: 1 - 2 years | Study mode: full-time | Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

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Application information

Entry requirements

1. Previous Degree: a. NQF level 7 2. Marks Transcript from Previous Degree: a. Marks 65 % or above b. Very good practice portfolio allowing for marks in theory at 60% or above. 3. Creative Portfolio & CV: a. Evidence of previous degree or experience (in a CV) in Animation, Interactivity, Game Design or Interactive Writing. b. Portfolio of creative work reflecting practice in Animation, Interactivity, Game Design or Interactive Writing. 4. RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning) Applications Applicants who have extensive industry experience and may not have the pre-request entry degree qualification, or who's degree's were completed a long time ago, can apply for RPL but with the following additional entry requirements: RPL applications can only be done in consultation with the Digital Arts Dept. please email the Dept. to confirm an RPL application. Applicant should be 26 years old or over.

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.

Postgraduate applications are made online at www.wits.ac.za/applications; the closing date for each programme is listed in its course finder entry. The application fee is R200 (not payable by current Wits students applying online), paid via the Self-Service Portal or by EFT to the Wits University Application Fees account at FNB.

Apply through the official page: https://www.wits.ac.za/applications

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