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Unilever Ethics Centre

Launched in 1998 at the University of Natal, the Unilever Ethics Centre exists to help build ethics capacity, both inside and outside the University, by offering courses, seminars and workshops, by doing research, offering consulting services, building partnerships among people who share its vision and aims, and by means of community service. The centre is staffed by: Professor Martin Prozesky (Director), Professor Ben Parker (Deputy Director), Adjunct Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Ms Melissa Stobie (Lecturer), Mr Felix Murove (Lecturer) and Mrs. Diana Hawkins (Administrative Assistant). In addition, a number of colleagues from a range of disciplines are Associate members of the Centre. A particular concern of the Centre is to understand the ethical dimension of human existence in relation to the opportunities and challenges of three great contemporary realities: democratic transformation, cultural diversity and economic empowerment. The Centre’s approach to ethics is multidisciplinary and non-sectarian, with a strong emphasis on applied ethics in ...

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Ethical Studies Degree

The Context The Unilever Ethics Centre serves both the University of Natal and our wider South African society, which at this time: is characterized above all by democratic transformation, cultural diversity and redress of past injustices; is challenged by economic and gender disparity, AIDS, violence and environmental damage; and provides opportunities for creative, new ventures that draw on our strengths and meet our challenges. Central to those strengths is the moral wisdom of Africa itself, enriched by the ethics of philosophies both religious and secular that have their origins in Europe, Asia and other parts of the world. The Vision Our vision in the Unilever Ethics Centre is based on these realities, most of which are also present within the University. Amidst them, South Africa’s most pressing ethics need is enhanced ethical competence in individuals, social structures and organizations. Meeting this need involves the academic study of ethics, best ethical practice and renewed moral motivation, based on research ...

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Postgraduate Ethics Studies Degree

The Unilever Ethics Centre and the School of Human and Social Studies, UNP, offer a coursework Master’s Degree in Comparative and Applied Ethics. Aimed especially at educators (in both the school system and at tertiary level), managers and others in positions of leadership, people working in the human resources field, and all who have a strong interest in contemporary ethical issues, the course provides skills, knowledge and resources that can be used to develop ethics programmes in a variety of work situations. The first two semesters are devoted to the two coursework components of the degree, each counting 32 credits. The third and fourth semesters take the form of a supervised research project, culminating in the submission of a dissertation, which counts for the remaining 64 credits required for the degree. Ethics Studies 801: “Fundamentals” (32 credits, July-November) covers the following ground: * The nature of ethics ...

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Undergraduate Ethics Studies Degree

Aside from our off-campus courses, the Unilever Ethics Centre currently offers four on-campus, credit-bearing courses. Members of the Centre also contribute to courses located in other disciplines, like the Centre for Environment and Development (CEAD), at the University of Natal. Three of our courses are undergraduate offerings: * Ethics Studies 110 , “Applied Global Ethics”, is a first-semester, first-year level course located in the School of Human and Social Studies, bearing 16 credit points. The course begins by tracing the world’s main value-systems: African, Chinese, Judeo-Christian, Islamic, Hindu and Secular. We also briefly cover some key thoughts and terms in the Western philosophical debate about ethics. Using the theoretical background of these analyses, we then turn to examine particular practical issues, which may include: wealth and poverty, war and violence, the environment, business ethics, and morality and the law. * Ethics Studies 121 , ...

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Human and Management Sciences Degree

Most people, when they come to University, want a multi-purpose degree. Typically, we offer in our Faculty three multi-purpose degrees, which have a general focus but allow lots of choice: a Bachelor of Arts (which always includes a language subject), a Bachelor of Social Science (much the same but without language as a necessary component) and a Bachelor of Commerce for those who want a degree which deals generally with business. In these degrees, you take two main subjects (majors) but have a pretty wide choice of other subjects to make up the balance. These general degrees, which suit a wide range of purposes, all provide an excellent platform for more focused studies later. In many cases, these general degrees offer the best preparation for working life, in that they train the successful student to think, to analyse, to express herself or himself effectively, and give a broad general knowledge. All ...

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Faculty of Human and Management Sciences

Faculty of Human and Management Sciences at the University of Natal in Pietermaritzburg! There are two faculties on the Pietermaritzburg campus of the University of Natal: (1) The Faculty of Human and Management Sciences; (2) The Faculty of Science and Agriculture. Each of these faculties is divided into Schools (superseding the old academic “Departments”). Our Faculty of Human and Management Sciences offers undergraduate Bachelor degrees in areas such as Arts, Social Science, Theology, and Commerce. There are five Schools in the Faculty of Human and Management Sciences: 1. School of Business 2. School of Human and Social Studies 3. School of Language, Culture and Communication 4. School of Psychology 5. School of Theology. Within each School are a number of disciplines. For example, in the School of Language, Culture and Communication, disciplines include: * Afrikaans and Nederlands * Applied Language ...

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History Degree (Undergraduate)

Modules on Offer First Semester * History 110: Revolutions in our Global World Lecturers: Mr Jabulani Sithole, Dr Cornelius Thomas, Professor John Wright This module explores the origins of the “modern” world, and then goes on to explore explanations of the ways in which our world has become a “global” one over the last 200 years or so. The lecturers examine selected “revolutions” which have been crucial in transforming and connecting world societies in a variety of ways – political, economic, and cultural. * MultiDisciplinary Studies 310: South Africa: Apartheid and After Lecturers: Mr Jabulani Sithole and Dr Laurence Piper (Political Studies) This module explores the main analyses of South African politics which have emerged since the 1940s. It looks at the making of apartheid; ...

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Postgraduate History Degree

Masters-by-Thesis See the comments made above under “Prerequisites for our Honours and Masters Degrees”. Students accepted for this course work on advanced research projects supervised by the History staff, possibly with co-supervisors from other disciplines. The thesis for this degree is about 40 000 words in length. Doctorate Students doing the PhD degree in History work on research projects at a more advanced level than Masters students. They are accepted as doctoral students only if they have previously demonstrated that they have a highly developed capacity to do independent academic research. The thesis for this degree is about 80 000 words in length. Related Posts:Prerequisites for Honours and Masters DegreesHonours and Masters-by-CourseworkFaculty of Community and Development DisciplinesPostgraduate Degree in Development StudiesMasters in Environmental ManagementPowered by Contextual Related PostsPostgraduate History Degree is a post from: Degrees

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History Degree Modules

Modules on Offer: First Semester * History 740/840: History, Culture and Society Current ferments in the discipline of academic history; making “pastness” as a cultural phenomenon; the emergence of the history “profession”; making histories in the everyday; “heritage” and the commercialization of the past. * History 760/860: KwaZulu-Natal’s Regional Economy The nature of the precapitalist “homestead” economy; establishment of the colony of Natal and its economy; land, labour and the importation of indentured Indians; the rise and decline of an indigenous peasantry; the impact of the mining revolution on trade and agriculture in Natal; integration into the wider South African economy; migrant labour, industrialization and urbanization; the impact of globalization. Modules on Offer: Second Semester * History 711/811: Land and Conflict in Africa The causes of conflict ...

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Honours and Masters-by-Coursework

For Honours, you are required to register for four modules. Each counts for 25% of your overall mark for the course. Three of these consist in the three modules listed below; the fourth involves writing a research essay of 10 000 words. Normally you would take two course-work modules in the first semester and one in the second semester. Examinations in each module are written at the end of the semester in which you take it. You are expected to have the outline of a long essay topic worked out with your appointed supervisor by mid-April, and to spend the mid-year vacation and half the second semester working on it. It should be completed by the beginning of November to leave you free to concentrate on the examination for the remaining course-work module. For Masters-by-coursework, you are required to register for two of the modules listed below, and for a thesis of ...

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