Program Overview
Master of Arts
The Master of Arts degree program combines discipline-specific, advanced coursework with skills like critical thinking, analytic ability, and time management that are easily transferred if your career path changes.
Overview
The Master of Arts program offers a wide range of fields, including:
- 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
- Interpreting and Translation
- Journalism and Media Studies
- Labour Policy and Globalisation
- Media Studies
- Migration Studies
- Music
- Organisational Psychology
- Philosophy
- Political Studies
- Psychology
- Publishing Studies
- Sociology
- Translation
- Transnational Literary and Cultural Studies
Entry Requirements
The entry requirements for the Master of Arts program are as follows:
- For Masters by Coursework and Research Report: a bachelor's degree with honours from Wits or another university with a 65% total mark aggregate.
- For Masters by Dissertation: a bachelor's degree with honours from Wits or another university with a 65% total mark aggregate, and a supervisor from the Faculty of Humanities must be identified and approached prior to application.
- Additional entry requirements apply.
University Application Process
The application process for the Master of Arts program is handled centrally by the Student Enrolment Centre. Once the application is complete, it will be referred to the relevant School for assessment. Applicants can monitor the progress of their applications, and selections for programs with limited intake may only finalize the application at the end of the application cycle.
- Meeting the entry requirements does not guarantee a place, as final selection is made subject to the availability of places, academic results, and other entry requirements where applicable.
University Fees and Funding
The current average tuition fees for the Master of Arts program can be found on the university's fees website. The university also provides information about postgraduate funding opportunities, including the postgraduate merit award. Additionally, the National Research Foundation (NRF) offers bursaries and fellowships to students pursuing postgraduate studies.
Program Details
- Faculty: Humanities
- School: Across all schools
- Qualification: MA
- Duration: 1-2 years
- Study Mode: Full-time, Part-time
- Closing Date: 30 October