NOTE: The areas of study details provided in the entries listed on this web page are for those students who commence their studies in 2017 - students who began their studies prior to this should consult the archived Handbook edition for the year in which they started their course.
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- Accountancy
- Accounting
- Anatomy and developmental biology
- Ancient cultures
- Anthropology
- Applied economics
- Art history and theory
- Astrophysics
- Atmospheric science
- Banking and financial management
- Biochemistry
- Biotechnology
- Business analytics
- Business law and taxation
- Chemistry
- Child and youth development - South Africa
- Chinese studies
- Communication and media studies - South Africa
- Communication design
- Communications and media studies
- Computational science
- Computer and information sciences
- Computer science
- Creative music technology
- Criminology
- Criminology and criminal justice - South Africa
- Drug discovery biology
- Ecology and conservation biology
- Econometrics
- Econometrics and business statistics
- Economics
- Economics and econometrics
- Education
- English as an international language
- Ethnomusicology and musicology
- Film and screen studies
- Finance
- Fine art
- Food science and technology
- Formulation science
- French studies
- Genetics
- Geographical science
- Geography and environmental science - South Africa
- Geosciences
- German studies
- History
- Human geography
- Human pathology
- Immunology
- Indigenous cultures and histories
- Indonesian studies
- Information technology
- International business management
- International studies
- International studies - South Africa
- Italian studies
- Japanese studies
- Journalism
- Journalism studies - South Africa
- Korean studies
- Linguistics
- Literary studies
- Management
- Marketing
- Materials science
- Mathematics and statistics
- Medical bioscience
- Medicinal chemistry
- Medicine use and safety
- Microbiology
- Music
- Music composition
- Music performance
- Pharmacology
- Philosophy
- Philosophy and ethics - South Africa
- Physics
- Physiology
- Plant sciences
- Politics
- Psychology
- Psychology - South Africa
- Regenerative medicine
- Religious studies
- Sociology
- Sociology - South Africa
- Spanish and Latin American studies
- Strategic marketing
- Theatre and performance
- Tropical environmental biology
- Ukrainian studies
- Zoology