North West University
Bachelor of Arts in Humanities
The Bachelor of Arts in Humanities in Humanities and Social Sciences is offered by North West University.
Program Length: 3 YEARS.
Bachelor of Arts in Humanities offered by the North-West University at the Faculty of Humanities
The general aim of the qualification is to combine three subject groups, namely languages, social sciences and philosophy, into a broad humanities programme. This combination allows for a wide choice of subjects in the humanities, but all the subjects are still related to one other. In addition to your main subject or major, you must take a language module, a social science module and a philosophy module in your first year (this is applicable in both the first and second semesters). Please note that your second-year module choices are determined by your first-year choices and that your third-year module choices are determined by your second-year module choices (i.e. modules follow from the first year to the second year, and from the second year to the third year). You must, therefore, ensure continuity between semesters and year levels for specific modules.
Programme outcomes
On completion of this programme, students should have acquired sufficient knowledge, skills and values to understand not only the demands of the specific occupation they wish to enter, but also those of the broader society within which they will function. Students should be able to understand key concepts, apply and extrapolate them within the field of the humanities and to master and apply the academic conventions valid within the humanities. The nature of the material and the methodology of the programme are particularly suitable for establishing a foundation for lifelong learning.
Degree optionsBachelor of Arts in Humanities
- This is a 3 year, full-time course
- Offered on the Potchefstroom (PC) & Vanderbijlpark (VC) Campuses
Core subjectsCombination of Philosophy, a language and a social science.In the first year you must take 1) a language module, 2) a social science module and 3) a philosophy module, and in the third year, your two major subjects should be a combination of two from these three disciplines, e.g. English and Philosophy, or Psychology and French. The possible majors in this BA in Humanities degree include:
- Afrikaans and Dutch (PC, VC)
- English (PC, VC)
- French (PC, VC)
- Geography (PC, VC)
- German (PC)
- History (PC, VC)
- History of Art (PC)
- Latin (PC)
- Philosophy (PC, VC)
- Politics (PC, VC)
- Psychology (PC, VC)
- Sesotho (VC)
- Setswana (PC)
- Social Anthropology (PC)
- Sociology (PC, VC)
Career opportunities
- Linguistics
- Law
- Education
- Journalism
- Political studies
- Psychology
- Personnel management
- Economics
- Environmental studies
- Computer science
