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2009 Applications are now open.

For information on the Postgraduate Programme, please email Carla Henry [chenry@uwc.ac.za].


Download the programme brochure for more details

LAND AND AGRARIAN STUDIES AT UWC

This programme is housed within the School of Government at the University of the Western Cape, and administered by the Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS). Academics from the University of Cape Town’s History Department and the practitioners from the Legal Resource Centre (LRC) contribute to teaching on the programme.

PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES

The purpose of the programme is to enhance the capacity of government and civil society organisations to develop and implement policies and programmes of land and agrarian reform that seek to achieve both the redistribution of productive assets and sustainable development.  The specific objective is to develop appropriate knowledge and skills which will enable policy makers, planners, managers, researchers and fieldworkers in the sector to:
  • conceptualise key policy issues of land and agrarian reform
  • analyse problems of policy formulation and programme design
  • plan effective programmes and projects
  • undertake research on important questions of policy and practice

PROGRAMME OUTLINE

1.    POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA STUDENTS 

  • P/G diploma students must complete six modules, each worth 20 National Qualifications Framework (NQF) credits.
  • Each of the six modules is comprised of a pre-contact assignment, structured teaching over a two week period, and a post-contact assignment.
  • There are three on-campus teaching blocks every year: February/March, June/July and September. Two modules are completed per teaching block.
  • The 3 teaching blocks consist of lectures and classroom discussion and debate, informed by relevant reading.

Course Fees: R13 410 (2008)


2.    MPHIL (COURSEWORK) STUDENTS

            • The mini thesis is worth 60 NQF credits.
            • Students must complete the coursework programme outlined above in their first year.
            • Students must complete a mini-thesis in their second year.

Course Fees: R14 400 (2008)


3.    MPHIL RESEARCH STUDENTS

        • Students must complete a single module in research methods (20 NQF credits) and a full thesis (160 NQF credits).

APPLICATIONS



For more information, please contact the Programme Administrator, Carla Henry:
Tel: +27 21 959 3727
Fax: +27 21 959 3732

download programme brochure

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Last modified 2008-07-21 10:43