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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- Anthropology
- Applied linguistics
- Archaeology
- Arts enrichment units
- Behavioural studies
- Bioethics
- Child and youth development - South Africa
- Chinese studies
- Communication
- Communication and media studies - South Africa
- Communication, media and screen studies
- Communications and media studies
- Creative music technology
- Criminology
- Criminology and criminal justice - South Africa
- Cultural and creative industries
- Development studies - South Africa
- Digital humanities
- English as an international language
- Ethnomusicology and musicology
- Film and screen studies
- Film, media and communications PhD program
- French studies
- Gender studies
- Geography and environmental science - South Africa
- German studies
- Global cultural literacies
- Global studies
- Global studies in communication and media
- Governance and security
- Historical studies PhD program
- History
- Holocaust and genocide studies
- Human geography
- Human rights
- Indigenous cultures and histories
- Indonesian studies
- International development practice
- International diplomacy and trade
- International relations
- International studies
- International studies - South Africa
- International sustainable tourism management
- Interpreting and translation
- Islamic studies
- Italian studies
- Japanese studies
- Jewish studies
- Journalism
- Journalism studies
- Journalism studies - South Africa
- Korean studies
- Linguistics
- Linguistics and applied linguistics PhD program
- Literary and cultural studies PhD program
- Literary studies
- Media
- Music
- Music composition
- Music performance
- Performance
- Philosophy
- Philosophy and ethics - South Africa
- Philosophy PhD program
- Philosophy research master's program
- Political studies - South Africa
- Political violence and counter-terrorism
- Politics
- Psychology
- Psychology - South Africa
- Public relations practice - South Africa
- Religious studies
- Screen
- Screen studies
- Social and political sciences PhD program
- Sociology
- Sociology - South Africa
- Spanish and Latin American studies
- Theatre
- Theatre and performance
- Theatre, performance and music PhD program
- Tourism
- Translation
- Ukrainian studies
- Writing