Honours in Economics

📋 Entry Requirements

An appropriate Bachelor’s Degree with an average of 60% in the final year; OR An appropriate Advanced Diploma, provided that a 360 credit Diploma or appropriate equivalent has been completed, with an average of 60% in the final year. Candidates must have completed modules in the Economics discipline up to NQF level 7, with an average of 60% for Economics (NQF level 7) and an average of 60% for either Econometrics (NQF level 7) or Statistics (NQF level 7), to be considered for entrance into the honours programme. In addition, candidates must have completed a foundation research module at the undergraduate level, preferably at NQF Level 7. Those who have not completed a foundation research module at undergraduate level will be required to do The IIE Introduction to Research SLP and need to be able to demonstrate an understanding of basic research before they can commence with their research report. Candidates are required to have achieved a minimum final year average of 60% in their third year (NQF L7) modules. Those with a final year average of 55 - 59% will be admitted if they attained an average of 60% or higher for the designated cognate/core discipline module at final-year (NQF L7) level.