NOTE: The areas of study details provided in the entries listed on this web page are for those students who commence their studies in 2018 - 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
- Actuarial studies
- Anthropology
- Applied microbiology
- Archaeology
- Astrophysics
- Atmospheric science
- Banking and finance
- Behavioural studies
- Biochemistry
- Bioethics
- Business analytics
- Business information systems
- Business information systems - South Africa
- Business law
- Business management
- Business statistics
- Chemistry
- Child and youth development - South Africa
- Chinese studies
- Communication
- Communication and media studies - South Africa
- Communications and media studies
- Computational science
- Computer networks and security
- Computer networks and security - South Africa
- Computer science
- Criminology
- Criminology and criminal justice - South Africa
- Cybersecurity
- Data science
- Development studies - South Africa
- Developmental biology
- Digital humanities
- Earth science
- Ecology and conservation biology
- Econometrics
- Economics
- Economics and business decisions
- Economics and business strategy
- English as an international language
- Film and screen studies
- Finance
- French studies
- Games design
- Games development
- Gender studies
- Genetics
- Geographical science
- Geography and environmental science - South Africa
- German studies
- Global studies
- History
- Holocaust and genocide studies
- Human geography
- Human resource management
- Human rights
- IT for business
- Immunology
- Indigenous cultures and histories
- Indonesian studies
- Interactive media
- International business
- International relations
- International studies
- International studies - South Africa
- Islamic studies
- Italian studies
- Japanese studies
- Jewish studies
- Journalism
- Journalism studies
- Journalism studies - South Africa
- Korean studies
- Linguistics
- Literary studies
- Management practice
- Management studies
- Marketing
- Marketing and communications
- Marketing science
- Materials science
- Mathematical statistics
- Mathematics
- Microbiology
- Mobile apps development
- Molecular biology
- Music
- Performance
- Pharmacology
- Philosophy
- Philosophy and ethics - South Africa
- Physics
- Physiology
- Plant sciences
- Political studies - South Africa
- Politics
- Psychology
- Psychology - South Africa
- Public relations practice - South Africa
- Religious studies
- Screen studies
- Sociology
- Sociology - South Africa
- Software development
- Software development - South Africa
- Software engineering
- Spanish and Latin American studies
- Sustainability
- Taxation
- Theatre
- Tropical environmental biology
- Ukrainian studies
- Web development
- Writing
- Zoology