Humanities
Honours degree
The minimum requirement for any applicant to an Honours programme is that the applicant have a Bachelors degree in the relevant discipline or equivalent qualification. Further requirements beyond this minimum typically apply, although these will be specific to any given programme of study. Applicants should consult the relevant departmental website for details of any further requirements beyond this minimum.
Master's degree
Applicants are required to have a Hons degree or equivalent qualification. Further requirements beyond this minimum typically apply, although these will be specific to any given programme of study. Applicants should consult the relevant departmental website for details of any further requirements beyond this minimum. In addition, for Masters by Research (Dissertation 100%), a research proposal must be submitted and no formal registration can take place until the proposal has been considered and approved by the department's Higher Degrees Committee (HDC).
PhD
Applicants are required to have the required academic background -- a master's degree or equivalent qualification -- and demonstrable ability to develop an acceptable research proposal for which supervision is available.
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
For all postgraduate degrees, admission through the recognition of prior learning is possible in appropriate circumstances. Such admission is processed and decided in terms of the RPL policy and must be supported by the HOD and approved by the Deputy Dean of Research and Postgraduate Affairs.
What would normally be required is evidence of your prior experience in the tasks that would expected at postgraduate level. Some evidence of the capacity for conceptual and analytical thought at an advanced level would be expected. For example: Analytical writing such as prior publications, research reports or essays, or creative works (as part of a creative programme).
A condition of admission might include completion of prescribed undergraduate or postgraduate coursework prior to admission.