BA Honours Linguistics at University of the Witwatersrand

Programme overview

The Bachelor of Arts with Honours in the field of Linguistics is a 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time degree. The Honour’s degree in Linguistics is a significant opportunity for advanced training and application of theory in the broad field of Linguistics. Students of Linguistics have now reached the position where they can both gain theoretical training, and apply advanced methodological approaches.

Faculty: Humanities | Department: Literature, Language and Media | Duration: 1 - 2 years | Study mode: full-time | Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

What you will study

Courses on offer (subject to change each year): Selected topic in Linguistics Phonology Psycholinguistics Sociolinguistics Syntax Research report A choice of any 5 units, of which one must be a research report. As part of the Honour’s degree, students are expected to produce a long research essay. Students should choose issues that contribute to the discipline.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A bachelor’s degree or equivalent with 65% course mark aggregate in a third year major. At least an upper second class pass in the final undergraduate course in the subject. Additional entry requirements may apply.

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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