Postgraduate studies

Honours in Afrikaans Language or Literature

Admission requirements:

The holders of a relevant Bachelor’s degree from the University or holders of other qualifications approved by Senate, or candidates who have passed the examinations on the grounds that they will be awarded a Bachelor’s degree by the University or on the grounds that the required status may later be granted to them, may be accepted as candidates for Honours degrees.

Additional requirements relating to the level of competence achieved for the Bachelor’s degree may be stipulated in the Faculty Rules. Senate may, with the approval of Council, determine the minimum number of new students who must register for a programme/module for it to be offered.

A Bachelor's degree with at least a 60% average for Afrikaans and/or Dutch at third-year level.

Duration of Study

One (1) year / Part-time (2 years)

Curriculum

Students select the core module (LAR402) and three other modules. Linguistics students select LAR 411, LAS401 and LAS412. Literature students select TAFL401, TAFL 402 and LAV402.

Module Name	Module Code	Presented	NQF Credits	NQF Level
Core
Treatise	LAR402	Semester 2	30	8
Select ALL modules from one of the following streams:
A. Linguistics				8
Variation Linguistics	LAR411	Semester 1	30	8
Semantics	LAS401	Semester 1	30	8
Lexicography	LAS412	Semester 2	30	8
B. Literature				8
Topics in Afrikaans literature (1900-1965)	TAFL401	Semester 1	30	8
Topics in Afrikaans literature (1965 – present)	TAFL402	Semester 2	30	8
Comparative Literature	LAV402	Semester 1	30	8
TOTAL CREDITS			120	8

MA in Creative Writing (Afrikaans, English or Isixhosa)

Admission Requirements

An Honours degree in one of the languages of the course (Afrikaans or English or isiXhosa). Candidates without such a degree may, at the discretion of the Department of Language and Literature, be admitted to the MA on the basis of their extensive publishing history.
A further selection criterion will be a portfolio of writing comprising at least fifty pages (1.5 spacing) of prose, poetry or a play manuscript, in Afrikaans or English or isiXhosa. The portfolio must also contain a covering letter and details of academic qualifications and/or publishing history. The covering letter should describe the proposed creative project that the candidate wishes to undertake for the MA (this is not a detailed proposal, but a succinct description of the proposed project).
Candidates without the required honours degree may, at the discretion of the Department of Language and Literature, be admitted to the MA on the basis of submitting examples of their publications as well as providing a detailed publishing record.
In order to widen student access to postgraduate education, students who do not possess the required Honours degree but wish to be admitted to the programme on the basis of recognition of prior learning may be given recognition in terms of the NMU RPL policy.

Statutory and other requirements

An application for registration as a student for a postgraduate research qualification may, after approval by the Head of Department or Director of School, be processed by prospective student via the online registration system.
Where applicable, a candidate must submit a research proposal for approval by the Faculty Postgraduate Studies Committee within the prescribed minimum period as stipulated in the postgraduate research policy. Once such approval has been obtained, an official research project is registered by the Manager: Faculty Administration.
Unless the Faculty Postgraduate Studies Committee decides otherwise, no candidate will be allowed to continue with his/her studies if a research project has not been registered within the prescribed minimum period as stipulated in the postgraduate research policy.

Duration

The qualification shall extend over two year of full-time or two years of part-time study.

Curriculum (Full-time)

	Presented	Module Code	Credit Value
First Year
Compulsary module:
Literary work and research / reflective essay	Year	LCRW500	180