BA Honours Political Studies at University of the Witwatersrand

Programme overview

Develop your knowledge of political theory and enhance your understanding of the political landscape. There are four taught modular units, at least three of which must be completed within the Department. Ordinarily students will be expected to complete at least two essays of between 10 and 20 pages per unit.

Faculty: Humanities | Department: Social Sciences | Duration: 1 - 2 years | Study mode: full-time | Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

What you will study

Curriculum POLS4012 – Development Theory The aim of this course is to introduce students to the major social, economic, and political, assumptions underpinning ‘development studies’, and, most importantly, to the strategies that might best be adopted to ‘promote’ or ‘manage’ development. In this way, the ‘problem of development’ in three loosely defined and inter-connected areas of social life—the

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Entry requirements

Honours: Applicants to Honours will normally have a BA major in Political Studies and have achieved at least 65% in this major. Closing Dates [standardised but date needs to checked]

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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