The Master’s in Counseling Psychology curriculum emphasizes clinical courses as well as core courses that support the student’s evolving relationship to professional practice. The Master’s in Counseling Psychology meets the educational requirements of the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Senate Bill 33, Section 4980.36 of the Business and Professions Code (MFT). This degree also meets the educational requirements of the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Senate Bill 788, Section 4999.33 of the Business and Professions Code for the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC).

The curriculum consists of a dissertation that incorporates a research proposal to be completed within the first year of study.

The Department of English Literary Studies at UCT recently launched a revised coursework Master's degree that foregrounds research into English Literary Studies in the global South. The new MA aims to equip a new generation of postgraduate students to conduct research into the compelling issues that arise in our discipline at a time when questions of canonicity are under revision and new approaches to literary studies are generating new archives and addressing the coloniality of received archives. The course helps to equip students to develop their own research paths and would make excellent preparation before moving into the PhD

The purpose of the MA in Public Management and Governance is to provide students with specialized knowledge and insights into the nature of policy formulation, implementation, and evaluation as a higher-order management function and the nature of African governance, as instruments to improve developmental policy service delivery outcomes and good governance in practice.

The MA in Biblical and Religious Studies is a full-time postgraduate program run by the University of Pretoria. The Faculty of Theology emphasizes excellence, especially with regard to academia and, simultaneously, in the way it lives up to its values.

A student must work under the guidance of a study leader for at least one academic year.

The Master's in Psychology program takes a distinct approach to Transformative Learning, emphasizing the transformation of identity, as well as that of personal and professional life. The program emphasizes embodiment, meaning-making, and community-making as critical dimensions for creative participation in contemporary, postmodern society.

The purpose of the MCom in Industrial Psychology is to develop the intellectual and professional skills to provide evidence of the ability to independently produce scientific work at an acceptable level.

For this degree, the candidate should complete research and write a dissertation on an approved, relevant topic.

The MA Biblical and Religious Studies is a full-time postgraduate program run by the University of Pretoria. The Biblical and Religious Studies Masters is a full-time postgraduate program run by the University of Pretoria. The Faculty of Theology emphasizes excellence, especially with regard to academia and, simultaneously, in the way it lives up to its values.

This is an advanced study program that can be completed as a coursework-based study program. This program is designed to facilitate mastery of a complex and specialized knowledge area within the discipline of Strategic Communication. Due to an increasing convergence of Marketing Communications, Corporate Communications, and Public Relations, the program will address the integration between these communication disciplines.

In coursework mode the candidate should successfully complete the advanced course in Social Theory, the advanced course in Social Research Methodology, and complete research and write a minor dissertation on an approved, relevant topic. In research mode, the candidate should complete research and write a dissertation on an approved, relevant topic.

The Master’s by research entails only a research study – larger than the minor dissertation of the coursework Master’s, but not as large as a Doctoral thesis. The principal purpose of the master’s research is to develop advanced competencies in research. In addition, you will also develop expert knowledge in your field of study. The Master’s by Research program is ideal for students who are primarily interested in developing their research competence, do not want to participate in lectures or workshops, are highly self-motivated, independent, and self-directed, and have a focused, specific field of research interest.

The aim of this qualification is to develop advanced competencies in the facilitation of processes, techniques and principles of sustainable community programmes and projects based of people-centred, participatory theoretical approaches, to address inequality, poverty and injustices in a global and African context. Further students will be able to facilitate the establishment and management of community-based organisations within the context of community economic development integrating social and community development.

The MArch(SEEC) qualification is a one-year full-time program on sustainability and energy studies with a focus on cities, settlements, buildings, and architecture. With a strong focus on the energy and climate change challenge, this multi-disciplinary program aims to arm the graduates with an integrated range of competencies which will make them invaluable role players in decision making concerning the future/sustainability of cities and their built environment.