University of the Witwatersrand campus

Arts & Humanities

Joint Honours at University of the Witwatersrand

University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Programme overview

The Bachelor of Arts honours may be taken as a joint honours programme in a number of fields. Fields offered: African Literature and Publishing Studies African Literature and English African Literature and History African Literature and Media Studies Anthropology and English Anthropology and Sociology Cultural Policy and Management and History of Art Development Studies and International Relations Economics and Political Studies European Literature and English English and French English and History of Art English and International Relations English and Italian English and Linguistics English and Media Studies English and Philosophy English and Political Studies English Literature & Translati

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

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Application information

Entry requirements

Honours: A bachelors 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. N.B. Entry requirements may differ for each of the joint programmes offered. Please contact the School offering the programme for specific entry requirements.

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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