Honours

These qualifications serve to consolidate and deepen the student’s expertise in a particular discipline and to develop research capacity in the methodology and techniques of that discipline.

The Bachelor Honours Degree is a postgraduate specialisation qualification, characterised by the fact that it prepares students for research-based postgraduate study. This qualification typically follows a Bachelor’s Degree and serves to consolidate and deepen the student’s expertise in a particular discipline and to develop research capacity in the methodology and techniques of that discipline. This qualification demands a high level of theoretical engagement and intellectual independence.