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Stellenbosch University

Master of Philosophy in Transdisciplinary Health and Development Studies

The Master of Philosophy in Transdisciplinary Health and Development Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences is offered by Stellenbosch University.

Program Length: 1 YEAR.

Master of Philosophy in Transdisciplinary Health and Development Studies offered by the Stellenbosch University at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

This new programme requires a minimum of one year of study. Depending on their training, students can register for one of two options for the MPhil degree. The first option (879) requires the writing of a thesis containing the results of independent research on a research problem. Additional course work supporting the development of a research proposal is required of all candidates. Once the proposal is approved by the programme committee, students begin research, analysis, and writing. The second option (899) requires the completion of four modules and a research assignment.

Co-hosted by the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology in collaboration with the Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences (Division of Community Health) in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, the proposed MPhil in Transdisciplinary Health and Development Studies offers an innovative approach to the social study of health and development challenges. The programme allows students to explore a set of intersecting concerns that cut across social studies and studies of health and development. The MPhil provides a conceptual foundation for theoretically and methodologically grounded engagements with applied concerns around health and development, and sets up students for professional work or further academic study.

Programme Codes

13135 - 879(180)

13135 - 899(180)

The programme aims to create a space for a diverse group of students to take on the social and political complexities of health and development through theoretically informed and methodologically rigorous social research.

Programme Structure

The programme aims to create a space for a diverse group of students to develop the theoretical and methodological skills necessary to take on the social and political complexities of health and development in Africa.

The specific option that you may register for in this MPhil is dependent on your training.

The first option (879) requires the writing of a thesis containing the results of independent research on a research problem. You must do additional course work in support of the development of a research proposal. Once the proposal is approved by the programme committee, you begin with the research, analysis, and writing.

The second option (899) requires the completion of four modules and a research assignment.

Please note: If you want to follow the programme over a period longer than one academic year you can, in consultation with the programme co-ordinator, enrol for those modules you want to follow in a particular year.

Programme Content

Compulsory Modules

879 (Full thesis option):

13150 : Thesis (Transdisciplinary Health and Development Studies) 871(180)

 

899 (Coursework option):

13187 : Critical Theory for Transdisciplinary Research in Health and Development 771(30)

13189 : History, Politics and Ethics of Health and Development in Africa 771(30)

13147 : Social Science Methods for Health and Development 871(30)

13148 : Directed Reading for Research Development 871(30)

13149 : Research Assignment (Transdisciplinary Health and Development) 871(60)

Assessment and Examination

879 (Full thesis option):

The thesis is assessed according to the regulations of Stellenbosch University for Master's theses as stipulated in the section on postgraduate qualifications in Part 1 (General) of the Calendar.

899 (Coursework option):

You obtain a mark in each module through flexible assessment by means of essays, reading assignments, group and individual participation, and practical assignments. The research assignment is assessed according to the standard regulations of Stellenbosch University.