Postgraduate Studies

Computer Science Honours

The Honours course is a one-year, full-time programme and consists of a coursework component and a project component. Students may also register for joint Honours in which the Honours’ programmes of two departments, for example, Information Systems and Management are taken 50%:50% or 60%:40% with some coursework and some project components selected from both departments. ...read more

Computer Science Masters by Coursework and Thesis

The Department of Computer Science at Rhodes University, in response to market research done in early 2010, offered a Masters Degree Program focused on Information Security for the first time in 2011.  This part-time offering has been designed specifically for Information Security practitioners in industry. The two year course will take the form of a combination of coursework in the first year, followed by a research project in the second year.   The taught part of the course will be delivered by a combination of resources within the University and leading information security practitioners from within the South African Information Security Industry. ...read more

Computer Science Masters and Doctoral by Thesis only

Suitably qualified students are encouraged to proceed to the research degrees of MSc and PhD under the supervision of staff in the Department. ...read more