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Tuition Fees: | $2,884 for the full programme |
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Part-time Study: | 2 Years |
Applications Begin: | April 2021 |
Final Award: | Master of Arts (MA) |
Start Date: | January 2022 |
Academic Unit: | Faculty of Humanities |
Campus: | East Campus |
Course Type: | Master by Dissertation/Creative Work |
Specialisations: | Game Design; Game Studies; Interactive Narrative |
Application Deadline: | 30 June 2021 |
Research in these fields fall under the Masters by Dissertation, or Dissertation with Creative Work. The degree allows candidates to focus on a range of topics, and have the option to link their research to their own creative practice.
Research topics in Games include Game Design, Games in Culture, Games as Artistic Expression, Games in Education, Serious and Applied Games, and Simulation.
Research in Interactive Narrative includes work on Storytelling in Interactive Environments, Visual Storytelling, Hypermedia Narrative, Creative Writing in Interactive Media, and Scriptwriting of Interactive Environments.
This Masters allows for research from the perspective of candidates from other disciplines in the humanities (for example Anthropology, English Literature, Psychology), from arts and design backgrounds AND candidates from engineering, science and technology backgrounds who wish to engage with the creative possibilities offered by games and interactive stories.
As this is a developing field in South Africa with almost no research available within a local context, Wits encourages study into South African and African industries and practices.
Admission Requirements
Masters by Coursework and Research Report:
– A bachelors degree with honours from Wits or another university with a 65% total mark aggregate.
Masters by Dissertation:
– A bachelors degree with honours from Wits or another university with a 65% total mark aggregate.
– A supervisor from the Faculty of Humanities must be identified and approached prior to application.
Additional Entry Requirements
A portfolio of work (for creative practice applicants) and a letter of motivation showing why the applicant is specifically interested in the field. Shortlisted applicants are interviewed before acceptance.
How to apply
– Applications are handled centrally by the Student Enrolment Centre (SEnC). Once your application is complete in terms of requested documentation, your application will be referred to the relevant School for assessment. Click here to see an overview of the Wits applications process.
– Please apply online. Upload your supporting documents at the time of application, or via the Self Service Portal.
– Applicants can monitor the progress of their applications via the Self Service Portal, view academic application status, accept an offer (once certified hardcopies have been received by SEnC), apply and check residence application status, and generate a fees estimate.
– Selections for programmes that have a limited intake but attract a large number of applications may only finalise the application at the end of the application cycle.
Some career opportunities are;
– Animated Filmmaker.
– Medical Animator.
– Mobile App Designer.
– Lighting Designer.
– Comic Book Artist.
– Visual Effects Editor.
– Environment Modeler.
– Compositor.
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*Students from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) member countries pay the same annual tuition fees as South Africans plus an International Registration Fee (IRF). The SADC member countries are Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
*Students sponsored by the Government of Rwanda will be treated as and pay the same amount as SADC students.
*Students from all other countries (Non-SADC) will pay the same amount as South African Students
*Diplomats and their dependents stationed in South Africa & International Wits employees and their dependents will pay South African tuition fees + International Registration Fee (IRF).