College of Human Sciences

<i>In</i> the uni-versity but not <i>of</i> the uni-versity

In the uni-versity but not of the uni-versity

Unisa champions indigenous languages in academia

Unisan elected as PanSALB Deputy Chairperson

UNILISA 2025 urges academics to be part of the Fifth Industrial Revolution

Generative AI in electoral campaigns: A double-edged sword for democracy

In the uni-versity but not of the uni-versity

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Unisa champions indigenous languages in academia

Unisan elected as PanSALB Deputy Chairperson

UNILISA 2025 urges academics to be part of the Fifth Industrial Revolution

Generative AI in electoral campaigns: A double-edged sword for democracy

The College of Human Sciences offers high-quality general academic and career-focused distance education tuition in the arts, humanities, social sciences, religion and theology. Offerings in the School of Arts, School of Humanities and School of Social Sciences include internationally recognised undergraduate degrees and diplomas, honours, and master’s degrees through coursework and research, and doctoral programmes.

Schools, departments, centres, institutes & units

School of Arts

Department of African Languages Department of Afrikaans and Theory of Literature Department of Art and Music Department of Communication Science Department of English Studies Department of Information Science Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages

School of Humanities

Department of Anthropology and Archaeology Department of Biblical and Ancient Studies Department of Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology Department of History Department of Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology Department of Religious Studies and Arabic

School of Social Sciences

Department of Development Studies Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies Department of Health Studies Department of Political Sciences Department of Psychology Department of Social Work Department of Sociology

Centres

Centre for Applied Information and Communication Centre for Applied Psychology Centre for Pan African Languages and Cultural Development Khanokhulu Centre The John Povey Centre for the Study of English in Southern Africa

Institutes

Research Institute for Theology and Religion Institute for Social and Health Sciences (ISHS)

Units

Anthropology and Archeology Museum African Languages Literary Information Museum Unisa Art Gallery Chief Albert Luthuli Research Chair Africa Charter