Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences – FSS
Department: Behavioural Sciences – DOBS
Level: PHD – PHD
Description:
Sociology is an exciting discipline that attempts to study human social behaviour scientifically. It encourages an objective and dispassionate approach to the analysis of human social activity. The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree is a research degree. Research degrees involve independent study, directed by a supervisor, and the production of a thesis. The essential difference between the Master and Doctoral levels, aside from the length of the registration period, lies in the quality of a successful PhD thesis, which must be judged to be the result of original research, to be an addition to knowledge and to be worthy of publication either in full or in an abridged form in a refereed journal.