Master of Arts in Afrikaans

• A learner who achieves qualifications in this programme will be a competent reader, writer and speaker of Afrikaans at advanced level.
• A learner will acquire the ability to understand in what ways language can be a tool of oppression/liberation in the broader South African and beyond. The learner will be capable of researching aspects related to this and communicating its results clearly.
• A learner will acquire the ability to do advanced research in the field of literature and linguistics.

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)

The institution conducts RPL in terms of the policy and guidelines of the institution to recognise other forms of formal, informal and non-formal learning and experience.

In cases where learners do not comply with the formal admission requirements, the institution applies its RPL policy.

Entry requirements

The minimum entry requirement for this qualification is

• Bachelor of Arts Honours in Afrikaans, Level 8.

Or

• Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Afrikaans, Level 8.

1. Initiate, guide and reflect with participants on the empowerment of the community and its members in the artistic/linguistic spheres of life text.
2. Organise and manage his/her activities and time.
3. Analyse, reformat and evaluate a wide range of information pertaining to literature and linguistics.
4. Communicate effectively, using visual and language skills in the mode of oral and written presentation.
5. Demonstrate an understanding of the world as a set of related systems by recognising that problem-solving contexts do not exist in isolation.
6. Reflect and explore a variety of strategies to learn more effectively.
7. Be culturally and aesthetically aware across a range of social contexts.
8. Explore educational and career opportunities.

The qualified learner will be able to

Critical

• Ability to identify socially empowering perspectives in a wide range of Afrikaans literature.
• Analyse information regarding literature and linguistics in its social context.
• Ability to complete required tasks within the allocated time.
• Reformat and evaluate information regarding literary and linguistic members in its social context.
• Apply basic communicative skills: reading, writing, speaking.
• Demonstrate respect for cultural differences and sensitivities.
• Ability of learners to work independently.
• Ability to draw up a wide range of theoretical and practical skills from linguistic literary and social sciences.
• Demonstrate awareness of cultural differences in literary and linguistics context and perspectives.
• Demonstrate the ability to be a competent reader, writer, speaker and, if necessary, teacher of Afrikaans language and literature.

Integrated Assessment

Formative

• Seminars.
• Research proposal.

Summative

• Dissertation of considerable length.
• Oral examination.