UCT Faculty of Humanities Postgraduate Courses Offered

The Humanities Faculty offers the following postgraduate degrees and diplomas:

Doctor of Education

Doctor of Fine Art

Doctor of Literature

Doctor of Music
Composition & Dissertation
Dance
Performance & Dissertation

Doctor of Philosophy
African Languages & Literature
African Studies
Afrikaans & Netherlandic Studies
Archaeology
Art Historical Studies
Classical Studies
Criminology
Dance
Drama
Economics
Education
English Language & Literature
Environmental & Geographical Sciences
Media Studies
Film Studies
Fine Art
French Language & Literature
Gender Studies
German Language & Literature
Historical Studies
Industrial Sociology
Italian
Library & Information Science
Linguistics
Music
Philosophy
Political Studies
Psychology
Religious Studies
Rhetoric Studies
Social Anthropology
Social Work
Sociology

Doctor of Social Science
General

Master of Arts
(coursework & dissertation)
Applied Drama & Theatre Studies
Applied Economics
Art Historical Studies
African languages & Literatures
Afrikaans & Netherlandic Studies
Classical Studies
Clinical Psychology
Creative Writing
Economics
Economics & Demography
Environmental & Geographical Studies
Film Theory & Practice
French Language & Literature
German Language & Literature
Health Economics
Historical Studies
Italian Language & Literature
Jewish Studies
Language, Literature & Modernity
Literary studies
Philosophy
Political Communication
Public Affairs & Administration
Psychological Research
Practical Anthropology
Sociology
South African & Comparative Politics
Theatre & Performance

Master of Arts
(dissertation)
Art Historical Studies
African Languages & Literatures
Afrikaans & Netherlandic Studies
Drama
English Language & Literature
Film Studies
French Language & Literature
German Language & Literature
Historical Studies
Italian Language & Literature
Linguistics
Philosophy
Political Studies
Religious Studies
Social Anthropology
Sociology

Master of Education
(coursework & dissertation)
Adult Education
Applied Language & Literacy Studies
Curriculum Studies
Educational Administration, Planning & Social Policy
Higher Education Studies
History Education
History of Art Education
Information Communication Technologies
Mathematics Education
Science Education
Teaching

Master of Education
(dissertation)

Master of Library & Information Science

Master of Philosophy in Education
Adult Education
Applied Language & Literacy Studies
Curriculum Studies
Educational Administration, Planning & Social Policy
Higher Education Studies
History Education
History of Art Education
Information Communication Technologies
Mathematics Education
Science Education
Teaching

Master of Philosophy
(coursework & dissertation)
African Studies
Development Studies
Digital Curation
Diversity Studies
Family Law & Development
HIV/AIDS in Society
Justice & Transformation
Literary & Cultural Theory
Politics, Philosophy & Social Theory
Politics, Philosophy & Economics
Public Culture
Public Policy
Rhetoric Studies
Workplace Change & Labour Law

Master of Philosophy
(dissertation only)
African Studies
Rhetoric Studies
Library & Information Studies
General

Master of Public Administration

Master of Social Science
(coursework & minor dissertation)
Archaeology
Clinical Practice in Social Work
Comparative & International Politics
Democratic Governance
Economics
Economics & Demography
Environmental & Geographical Studies
Health Economics
International Relations
Organisational Psychology
Philosophy
Political Communication
Political Philosophy & Social Theory
Practical Anthropology
Probation & Correctional Practice
Public Affairs & Administration
Religious Studies
Social Anthropology
Social Development
Social Policy & Management
Sociology
South African & Comparative Politics

Master of Social Science
(dissertation only)
Economics
Environmental & Geographical Studies
Gender Studies
Health Economics
Industrial Sociology
Organisational Psychology
Philosophy
Political Studies
Psychology
Religious Studies
Social Anthropology
Social Development
Social Planning & Administration
Sociology

Masters of Arts in Fine Art

Masters of Fine Art
Fine Art
New Media
Film & TV Production

Postgraduate Certificate in Education – Further Education

Postgraduate Certificate in Education – Intermediate & Senior Phase

Postgraduate Certificate in Education – Senior Phase & Further Education

Postgraduate Diploma in African Studies

Postgraduate Diploma in Art
Fine Art

Postgraduate Diploma in Education
Adult Education
Applied Language & Literacy Studies
Curriculum Studies
Educational Administration, Planning & Social Policy
Higher Education Studies
History of Art Education
History Education
HIV/AIDS in Society
Information Communication Technologies
Mathematics Education
Science Education
Teaching

Postgraduate Diploma in Library & Information Studies

Postgraduate Diploma in Music in Performance