BA Visual Studies at University of Pretoria

BA Visual Studies is a relatively new discipline that brings critical theories from a wide array of fields including Art History, Media Studies, Sociology, Cultural Studies, and Philosophy to bear on a host of visual objects.

Admission requirements

The following persons will be considered for admission: a candidate who is in possession of a certificate that is deemed by the University to be equivalent to the required Grade 12 certificate with university endorsement; a candidate who is a graduate from another tertiary institution or has been granted the status of a graduate of such an institution; and a candidate who is a graduate of another faculty at the University of Pretoria.

Candidates who comply with the minimum subject requirements and achievement levels, as well as the APS requirements of these programmes, will be granted placement in the programmes, subject to the availability of space.

The abovementioned is not applicable to selection programmes.

To retain admission, learners will be expected to obtain an APS of at least 28 in Grade 12.

Prospective students who have already been granted provisional admission in these programmes, but obtained at least an APS of 27
in Grade 12, will be considered by the Admission Committee should space be available.

The Admission Committee of the Faculty of Humanities will consider these students once the results of the National Benchmark Test (NBT) are available and depend on the availability of space.

The Faculty will assess satisfactory performance in the NBT in the light of its commitment to ensuring that an appropriate proportion of the applicants will be drawn from the disadvantaged category of the population.

Applicants who meet the minimum APS requirement, but who do not comply with the subject requirements must write the NBT.

Life Orientation is excluded when calculating the APS.

Minimum requirements

Achievement level
Afrikaans or English APS
NSC/IEB HIGCSE AS-Level A-Level

Duration of study 3 years

What jobs can you get with a Visual Studies degree?

Artist-in-Residence/Artist-in-Schools.

​Arts administrator.

Arts management.

Conservator/Restorer.

Critic.

Curator.

Development writer.

Director of Visual Arts Program.