Bachelor of Arts Honours in Afrikaans and Dutch
The Bachelor of Arts Honours in Afrikaans and Dutch consists of a compulsory research assignment and six electives chosen from a variety of modules. You choose six modules in linguistics or literature in order to prepare yourself for a career in teaching Afrikaans, a career requiring advanced knowledge of Afrikaans language studies, or a career requiring advance knowledge of Afrikaans and/or Dutch literature.
Not all modules are necessarily available for selection in all years. This programme is presented in lecture format.
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Please note that selection for postgraduate programmes is highly competitive. Meeting the minimum admission requirements does not guarantee admission to the programme.
Minimum admission requirements
A BA degree with Afrikaans or Afrikaans and Dutch as a major.
An average mark of 60% in the subject needed for entry into the programme
Programme structure
Compulsory module
12788 : Research Assignment (Afrikaans and Dutch) 771(30)
Plus one of the following modules.
14029 : Formal Afrikaans Linguistics 771(15)
10028 : Literary Theory and Afrikaans Literature 771(15)
Plus five of the following modules, excluding the module you chose above.
10019 : Afrikaans Text Analysis 771(15)
11860 : Afrikaans and/or Dutch Drama and Film Studies 771(15)
10018 : Afrikaans Lexicographic Theory 771(15)
10023 : Afrikaans Poetry 771(15)
10025 : Afrikaans Prose 771(15)
14031 : Applied Afrikaans Linguistics 771(15)
10031 : Creative Writing 771(15)
14029 : Formal Afrikaans Linguistics 771(15)
14030 : Linguistic Citizenship and Afrikaans 771(15)
10028 : Literary Theory and Afrikaans Literature 771(15)
11859 : Methodology of Afrikaans Language Acquisition 771(15)
11532 : Modern Dutch Literature 771(15)