An appropriate bachelor's honours degree, an appropriate postgraduate diploma, or a 480-credit bachelor's degree with a minimum of 96 credits at NQF level 8 in Religious Studies or a related field with an average of 60%. A student who is admitted on the strength of a postgraduate diploma or a 480-credit bachelor's degree with a minimum of 96 credits at level 8 and who has not completed a module in research methodology may be required to complete such a module ((RST4804) at NQF level 8 for NDP before he/she will be allowed to register for the dissertation.

All students with foreign qualifications, including those with qualifications from African countries, must have their qualifications evaluated at SAQA.

In addition to the above requirements, applicants must submit a transcript or an academic record, as well as a document describing their intended research. Students will be accepted on the following criteria:

Suitability and viability of the intended research

Adequate supervisory capacity and research expertise in the discipline or department

A research master's degree comprises a dissertation on an approved topic. You will be expected to have a research proposal approved in the first year of study.

: If you do not complete a research proposal in the first year of study, you will not be permitted to continue with the qualification. You will also be excluded from applying for admission to the same college for a period of two years.

In Master of Arts in Religious Studies an appropriate bachelor honours degree, or an appropriate postgraduate diploma, or a 480 credit bachelor's degree with a minimum of 96 credits at NQF level 8 in Religious Studies or a related field with an average of 60%. A student who is admitted on the strength of a postgraduate diploma or a 480-credit bachelor's degree with a minimum of 96 credits at level 8 and who has not completed a module in research methodology may be required to complete such a module ((RST4804) at NQF level 8 for NDP before he/she will be allowed to register for the dissertation.

Apply for a Student Number and Apply for Admission

Applications are online only! Applications for admission to master's and doctoral degrees are to be open from 2 September to 22 November 2024.

Applications for the following qualifications will, however, remain open until the end of June 2025:

All qualifications in the College of Science, Engineering and Technology (excluding Computer Science & Information Science qualifications)

Doctor of Philosophy (90040) - SET, MAT, TEC, CHE, COM, LIF, AST, STA, SCE & PHY options

Master of Science in Nature Conservation (full dissertation) (98022)

Qualifications in the Department of Decision Sciences (98597 - ORE; 98598; 98701)

Admissions Option 2

Pay the online application fee of R140,00 once you have received your Unisa student number.

The minimum amount payable on registrationis R905.00

Program Tuition Fees Option 2

Master

Humanities Studies

Theology

Religious Studies

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Master of Arts in Religious Studies - Online

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