Postgraduate

First meeting

All prospective postgraduate students MUST register as soon as possible before they can be allowed on campus according to the University of Pretoria requirements at the beginning of 2019. 2019. Registration closes 4 February – but please note that classes also already start on 4 February. You must attend classes and you must register before the classes start. Please register online for your honours field of specialisation: Information Science, Multimedia or Publishing and please ensure that you register before classes start. You are strongly advised to do the degree over two years if you are working fulltime. The following apply for each field:

• Information Science: please register for all applicable modules – core as well as elective modules (your choices will be checked at the first meeting)
• Multimedia: please register for all applicable modules – core as well as elective modules (your choices will be checked at the first meeting)
• Publishing: please register for all applicable modules – core as well as elective modules (your choices will be checked at the first meeting)

All honours students must attend the first meeting at the beginning of the year during which very important information concerning your study direction, course content, confirmation of your choice of modules and timetable will be conveyed to you. Please bring your registration form along which indicates what modules you registered for. This meeting will be 1 February – please see the detail below.

Students registering for their second year (i.e. part time students or full time students with outstanding modules) are welcome to attend the first meeting or they can contact the coordinator for their honours degree (i.e. Information Science, Multimedia or Publishing) to confirm their choice of modules.

Students who need to register for a third year need to contact the coordinator for their honours degree (i.e. Information Science, Multimedia or Publishing) before registering online to verify if they are allowed to continue with their studies.

Please consult the BIS Honours handout for students for detail on the time table, module
coordinators and module content.

Details of first meeting

DATE	TIME	DEGREE	VENUE
Tuesday, 29 January 2019	17:30	BIS (Hons) Publishing Package coordinator: Prof Beth le Roux [email protected] tel (012) 420 2426	IT Building (IT 6-48)
Tuesday, 29 January 2019	17:30	BIS (Hons) Information Science Package coordinator:  Prof Ina Fourie [email protected] tel: (012) 420-5216 It is highly recommended that you attend the first meeting, but if you cannot make it, please send your registration form with email to the package coordinator to check.	IT Building (Tswelopele lab 4th floor)
Tuesday, 29 January 2019	17:30	BIS (Hons) Multimedia Package coordinator:  Mr Koos de Beer [email protected] tel (012) 420 2833	IT Building (VRI lab, 4th floor)
By appointment: Enquiries: Prof Archie Dick 012 420 2961 [email protected]	Research Master's and Doctoral degrees MIS Multimedia (research) (Mr Koos de Beer; [email protected]) MIS Information Science (research) (Prof Ina Fourie; [email protected]) MIS Library Science (research) (Prof Ina Fourie; [email protected]) MIS Publishing (research) (Dr Beth le Roux; [email protected]) DPhil: Library Science (Prof Archie Dick; [email protected]) DPhil: Information Science (Prof Archie Dick; [email protected]) PhD: Publishing (Prof Archie Dick; [email protected])

REGISTRATION, TUITION / REGISTRATION FEES AND FACULTY CONTACT

Please see the following for information:

http://www.up.ac.za/fees-and-funding/article/277377/summary-of-fees

http://www.up.ac.za/en/fees-and-funding/article/262098/postgraduate-fees

Please see the following for online registration:

New postgraduate students

Online registration for postgraduate students

Guidelines to online registration

 

ENQUIRIES

Department of Information Science

Prof Archie Dick, Tel.:+27 12 420 2961, E-mail: [email protected]

 

EBIT Faculty Administration

Admissions - honours:

Ms Patience Ngwenya, Tel.: +27 420 4186 , E-mail: [email protected]

Admissions – postgraduate master's and doctoral degrees:

Mrs Stefanie Steenberg, Tel.: +27 420 5315, E-mail: [email protected] (Research Master’s
degrees)

Mrs Dawn Taljaard, Tel.:+27 12 420 4095, E-mail: [email protected] (Coursework Master’s and Doctoral degrees)

The Department of Information Science offers the following programmes for honours, master's and doctoral degrees:

BACCALAUREUS INFORMATIONIS SCIENTIAE HONORES [BIS (Hons)]
BACCALAUREUS INFORMATIONIS SCIENTIAE HONORES [BIS (Hons)] BIS (Hons) Information Science (Code 12240003) BIS (Hons) Multimedia (Code 12240004) BIS (Hons) Publishing (Code 12240005)	Programme manager: Prof AL Dick IT-building 6-73 Tel.: +27 12 420 2961 e-mail: [email protected]

 

MAGISTER INFORMATIONIS SCIENTIAE [MIS] (Research)

MAGISTER INFORMATIONIS SCIENTIAE [MIS] (Research) and [MA] (Research) MIS Library Science (Code 12254001) MIS Information Science (Code 12254003) MIS Multimedia (Code 12254005) MIS Publishing (Code 12254007) Please see the Guidelines for master's and doctoral applications if you intend applying for any of the research master's or doctoral programmes. Please see the department's Research focus areas.

Programme manager: Prof AL Dick IT-building 6-73 Tel.: +27 12 420 2961 e-mail: [email protected] Prof Ina Fourie IT-building 6-65 Tel: +27 12 420 5216 e-mail: [email protected]

  

MASTERS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY [MIT] (Research & Coursework)
MASTERS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY [MIT] (Research & Coursework) Please click the link above or see the M.IT Stream B information Brochure for more information. Send an e-mail to [email protected] if you have any queries.	Programme manager: Prof AL Dick IT-building 6-73 Tel.: +27 12 420 2961 e-mail: [email protected]

 

DOCTOR PHILOSOPHIAE [DPhil, PhD] (Research)
DOCTOR PHILOSOPHIAE [DPhil, PhD] (Research) DPhil Information Science (Code 12264002) PhD Publishing (Code 12264003) DPhil Library Science (Code 12264001) Please see the Guidelines for master's and doctoral applications if you intend applying for any of the research master's or doctoral programmes. Please see the department's Research focus areas.	Programme manager: Prof Archie Dick IT-building 6-73, Tel: +27 12 420 2961 e-mail: [email protected]