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Welcome Message from the Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Development and Business Sciences

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Prof Vusi Gumede
The qualifications offered in the Faculty include those that are career oriented such as Diploma, Advanced Diploma and Postgraduate Diploma in Hospitality Management. In addition, the Master of Tourism and Hospitality Management as well as the Higher Certificate in Events Management and the Diploma in Culinary Arts would be added in the career-oriented qualifications where students learn both the theory and practice of the hospitality industry in the iconic state of the art facilities that include a boutique hotel which is adjacent to a conference and wellness centre.
 
Other qualifications are more formative in nature, including the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Commerce where students can select from a range of subjects in the social sciences or in commerce. Yet other qualifications are formative but with a focus on development (Bachelor of Development Studies) or public administration (Bachelor of Administration). At the postgraduate level, the Faculty offers various Honours, Masters and Doctoral degrees which prepare students to undertake original research and add to new knowledge. The Faculty will continue to broaden the range of qualifications on offer. 


The Faculty of Economics, Development and Business Sciences includes three Schools:

  • School of Social Sciences;
  • School of Development Studies;
  • School of Hospitality and Tourism Management.

These Schools offer the following undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications:

 

Undergraduate:

  • Bachelor of Arts
  • Bachelor of Commerce (General)
  • Bachelor of Administration
  • Bachelor of Development Studies
  • Diploma in Hospitality Management
  • Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Management
  • Bachelor of Laws
  • Higher Certificate in Event Management 
 

Postgraduate:

  • Bachelor of Development Studies Honours
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Hospitality Management
  • Bachelor of Commerce Honours Economics
  • Bachelor of Arts Honours in English
  • Bachelor of Arts Honours in Sociology
  • Bachelor of Arts Honours Gender Studies
  • Bachelor of Administration Honours
  • Bachelor of Arts Honours in Psychology
  • Bachelor of Arts Honours in Siswati
  • Bachelor of Arts Honours in Industrial Psychology
  • Master of Arts
  • Master of Commerce
  • Master of Development Studies
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Development Studies
 

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