Postgraduate Programme
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 Institute for Poverty, 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
- Postgraduate Diploma (PG) 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, May and August. Two modules are completed per teaching block.
- The 3 teaching blocks consist of lectures and classroom discussion and debate, informed by relevant reading.
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.
3. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
- Students continuing with MPhil (Coursework) will be required to attend the research methodology week
- Students should complete a concept note and work towards a proposal
COURSE FEES FOR 2009
- Postgraduate Diploma : R 14 760
- MPhil Coursework : R 14 760
PLAAS Seminar: 11 March 2010 - A case study of working with members of a small farmer cooperative in the Northern Cape by Sandra Kruger and Zaitun Rosenberg
2009 10 17 Grondonteiening ‘is nie kostedoeltreffend’