
The School offers one of the most exciting areas of study at the University and boasts many of South Africa’s leading internationally trained intellectuals, lecturers, researchers and writers in this field.
The School’s Bachelor of Arts degree is a three-year programme studied on a full-time basis. The purpose of this degree is to ground students in the study of humankind’s history, societies and arts. The degree forms the basis for all study within Wits’ School of Social Sciences.
The School also offers Honours, Masters and PhD postgraduate programmes.

Demography & Population Studies

Anthropology
Seeks to understand the great diversity of human life and experiences

Political Studies

Development Studies
Explores practical ways of achieving an improvement in the human condition

History
Founded in 1917, the Division continues to attract top-class academics.

International Relations
Studies foreign affairs and global issues that affect states within the international system

Philosophy
Seeks to understand ourselves, our relationships with one another, and our place in the world

Sociology
Studies society in all its complexity, from both an empirical and a theoretical perspective