MA Political Studies at University of the Witwatersrand

The Master of Arts in the field of Political Studies is a 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time degree. The programme consists of three semester-length taught units, which should normally be completed within the Department, and a research report, which students are expected to work on throughout the year. Students may select any unit from the range offered in this booklet, including, subject to the approval of the Co-ordinator of the Masters programme, a unit taught in another discipline.

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

What you will study

POLS7006 - 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 market, th

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