Rhodes University Bachelor of Arts Degree
BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE
A BA degree normally takes three years to complete. Ten courses need to be completed which must include two major subjects. To obtain a major subject, fi rst, second and third year level courses must be completed, e.g. History 1, History 2, History 3. Some majors require only two courses, e.g. Classical Civilisation 1, Classical Civilisation 2. These are the exception however.
Possible major subjects are listed below:
Afrikaans en Nederlands (2) Greek+
Anthropology History
Applied Mathematics (2) Human Kinetics and Ergonomics
Art History and Virtual Culture Organisational Psychology (2)
BA Studio Practice (Fine Art) Industrial & Economic Sociology (2)
Classical Civilisation (2) Journalism & Media Studies
Computer Science Latin+
Drama Legal Theory
Economics Mathematics
English Mathematical Statistics
English Language and Linguistics Music
Environmental Science (2) Philosophy (2)
Ethnomusicology Politics
French++ Psychology
Geography Sociology
German* Xhosa (Non Mother Tongue)*
+ With the exception of Latin IB, other Latin and Greek courses will only be offered if staffing resources permit. The courses indicated with (2) are possible 2 year major subjects. Please note that apart from Classical Civilisation, all courses do have a specific 1st year subject prerequisite.
++ An Introductory course is offered in this language, four years being required to complete a major in French if one does not begin with Matric level.
* The German and isiXhosa courses are designed for students with little or no prior knowledge of the language.
These Sample Curricula are provided to illustrate how to build up a three year BA degree. Note that these are only examples of numerous possible curricula. Ancillary subjects may be chosen from a wide variety of Humanities courses.
| First year (4 courses) | Second year (4 courses) | Third year (2 courses) |
| English 1
Geography 1 Psychology 1* Xhosa (NMT) 1* |
English 2
Geography 2 Psychology 2* History and Appreciation of Music* |
English 3
Geography 3 |
| First year (4 courses) | Second year (4 courses) | Third year (2 courses) |
| Economics 1
Philosophy 1 Politics 1 Maths 1 |
Economics 2
Philosophy 2 Politics 2* French 1* |
Economics 3
Philosophy 3
|
| First year (4 years) | Second year (4 courses) | Third year (2 courses) |
| Human Kinetics and Ergonomics 1
Psychology 1 History 1* English 1* |
Human Kinetics and Ergonomics 2
Psychology 2 Applied Physiology and Anatomy++ Computer Science 1 |
Human Kinetics and Ergonomics 3
Psychology 3
|
* ancillary courses
++ compulsory course for Human Kinetics and Ergonomics 3