Departments

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences hosts 18 departments that represent three broad disciplinary groups, namely Arts, Languages and Social Sciences.

Arts:

• Drama
• Music
• Visual Arts

Languages:

• African Languages
• Afrikaans and Dutch
• Ancient Studies
• English
• General Linguistics
• Modern Foreign Languages

Social Sciences:

• Geography and Environmental Studies
• History
• Information Science
• Journalism
• Philosophy
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Social Work
• Sociology and Social Anthropology

Centres

The following research and service centres are situated within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences:

• Centre for Applied Ethics
• Centre for Bible Interpretation and Translation in Africa
• Centre for Chinese Studies
• Centre for Geographical Analysis
• Centre for International and Comparative Politics 
• Centre for Knowledge Dynamics and Decision-making
• Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST)
• Centre for Regional and Urban Innovation and Statistical Exploration (CRUISE)
• Centre for Theatre Research
• Centre for Comic, Illustrative and Book Arts (CCIBA)
• HUMARGA