Master of Arts at University of the Witwatersrand

Programme overview

Master’s degree programs combine discipline-specific, advanced coursework with skills like critical thinking, analytic ability, and time management that are easily transferred if your career path changes. Fields offered: African Languages and Linguistics African Literature Anthropology Applied Drama: Theatre in Education Archaeology Arts and Culture Management Communities and Social Context Critical Diversity Studies Demography and Population Studies Development Sociology Development Studies Digital Arts English eScience (with the Faculty of Science) French General Sociology Geography German Heritage Studies History History of Art Human Geography Industrial Sociology International Relations

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

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Entry requirements

Masters by Coursework and Research Report: A bachelors degree with honours from Wits or another university with a 65% total mark aggregate. Masters by Dissertation: A bachelors degree with honours from Wits or another university with a 65% total mark aggregate. A supervisor from the Faculty of Humanities must be identified and approached prior to application. Additional entry requirements 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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