Program Overview

Transnational Literary and Cultural Studies

The Master of Arts in the field of Transnational Literary and Cultural Studies is a 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time degree.

Overview

The programme offers a comprehensive study of transnational literary and cultural studies.

Entry Requirements

• A bachelor's degree with honours from Wits or another university with a 65% total mark aggregate.
  • Additional entry requirements may apply.

University Application Process

• Applications are handled centrally by the Student Enrolment Centre (SEnC). Once your application is complete in terms of requested documentation, your application will be referred to the relevant School for assessment.
• Applicants can monitor the progress of their applications via the Self Service Portal.
• Selections for programmes that have a limited intake but attract a large number of applications may only finalise the application at the end of the application cycle.
• Please note that the Entry Requirements are a guide. Meeting these requirements does not guarantee a place. 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 are available on the Fees site, which also provides information about the payment of fees and closing dates for fees payments.
• Once you have applied, you will be able to access the fees estimator on the student self-service portal.
• For information about postgraduate funding opportunities, including the postgraduate merit award, the University's Postgraduate Funding portal is a database of scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities available to Wits postgraduate students.
• The National Research Foundation (NRF) offers a wide range of opportunities in terms of bursaries and fellowships to students pursuing postgraduate studies.

Programme Details

• Programme Code: ACA00
• Faculty: Humanities
• School: Literature, Language and Media
• Qualification: MA
• Duration: 1 - 2 years
• Study Mode: Full-time; Part-time

Closing Date

Please check with the School.

Administrative Contact

The School Administrative Manager is Mr. Mondli Hadebe.