University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Humanities

The Faculty of Humanities is one of the faculties of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, located in the South West Engineering Building on East Campus.^[1] The Dean of the Faculty is Professor Tawana Kupe.^[2] The Faculty offers undergraduate Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Education (BEd) degrees, and postgraduate Honours (BA Hons.), Masters (MA) and PhD degrees. The Faculty encompasses the following schools:^[3]

• Social Sciences
• Literature and Language Studies
• Human and Community Development
• Arts
• Education

Courses provided

The School of Social Sciences, located in Central Block,^[4] provides undergraduate courses in:^[5]

• Anthropology
• History
• International Relations
• Philosophy
• Political Studies
• Sociology

The School of Literature and Language Studies, located in Senate House, provides undergraduate courses in:^[6]

• African Languages
• African Literature
• English Studies
• French
• German
• Italian
• Linguistics
• Media Studies
• Portuguese
• South African Sign Language
• Spanish
• Translation and Interpreting Studies

The School of Human and Community Development, located in the Umthombo Building,^[7] offers undergraduate courses in:^[8]

• Psychology
• Speech Pathology and Audiology
• Social Work

The School of Arts, located in the Wits School of Arts,^[9] offers undergraduate courses in:^[10]

• Digital Arts
• Drama
• Fine Arts
• History of Art
• Music
• Film and Television

The School of Education, located at Wits Education Campus, offers undergraduate courses in:^[11]

• Foundation Phases Teaching
• Senior Phase Teaching
• Secondary Teaching

External links

• Faculty of Humanities

University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
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