Two of the four courses may be approved Honours courses not taken before, and students may take one course from outside the Department, with permission of the Head of Department. Information concerning the courses offered by the Department in any particular year may be obtained from the Department. The subject of the mini-dissertation will be decided in discussions between the student and his or her supervisor. This two-year fulltime programme is offered jointly by the departments of History and Archaeology. This will necessitate the submission of an acceptable research proposal by 15 December and a formal UCT application for MA studies.
Admission is by application and subject to the approval of the programme conveners.
Atleast a good second class bachelor degree with a major in History or Archaeology isrequired, but other appropriate majors will be considered by the conveners. A semester-length Honours course in History, Archaeology or another disciplineappropriate to the research interests of each student. The proposal should include a discussion of the sources and methodologies to beemployed and the topic should be one which is related to the programme as a whole. The dissertation must be submitted by 15 December of thesecond year. Students will also be required to attend and give seminars on work inprogress during the year.