POSTGRADUATE INFORMATION
The Department of Consumer Sciences offer an Honours qualification. Its designed to ensure postgraduate students are fully prepared for careers in professional and academic paths, equipped for leadership in policy and decision-making, and are competent to contribute to building a vibrant “knowledge economy” in post-apartheid South Africa and beyond.
Honours Degree in Consumer Sciences
B (Hons) (Consumer Science) [QUALIFICATION CODE 4HON06]
Admission requirements
A 3-year bachelor’s degree in Home Economics / Consumer Science.
Duration of degree
One-year full-time study.
Curriculum
The approved module from the Honours syllabus in Development Studies or Tourism
may be substituted for one Honours module in Consumer Sciences on approval of the
respective Heads of Departments.
A specialisation module may not be offered in any given year if a suitably qualified staff
member is not available.
Prospective students must contact the head of department before the end of January.
examination).
- Modules
Compulsory Modules [4CNS508 and 4CNS509] - 4CNS508 Research methods
- 4CNS509 Research project and oral.
Specialisation Modules
Advanced study in three of the following topics:
- 4CNS501 Non-Formal Education and Extension
- 4CNS502 Family studies and Household Resource Management
- 4CNS503 Advanced Nutrition
- 4CNS504 Housing and Interior Design
- 4CNS505 Community Nutrition
- 4CNS506 Foods
- 4CNS507 Food Service Management Systems
Examination
Theory papers: 3-hour examinations.
Research project (including an oral examination).
MCONS SCI (Consumer Sciences) [QUALIFICATION CODE: 4MSC21
[MODULE CODE 4MSC21 – Module Code: 4CNS700 – for 1st Year; Module Code:
4CNS702 – for 2nd Year; Module Code: 4CNS703 – for 3rd Year; Module Code:
4CNS704 – for 4th Year; Module Code: 4CNS705 – for 5th Year]
Admission requirements
To be admitted to M Cons Sci in Consumer Sciences a candidate shall have passed
Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in Consumer Sciences or an equivalent
qualification.
Curriculum
A dissertation (4MSC21) on an approved topic. An oral examination on the contents
of the dissertation may be required. Also see General Rules.
Examination
In consultation with the head of the department the degree may be awarded by
dissertation only or by two written papers and a dissertation.