WCJ Academic Timetable
2026 Information and Links:
- Registration is solely online: https://www.wits.ac.
za/postgraduate - Contact information for student fee queries.
- Specific class times will be announced at the start of the semester but all classes will start in the first week of term.
- No prescribed books to be purchased ahead of the start of classes.
- All students must have an ICAM access card to enter the Wits Arts Museum building via the ramp behind the School of Arts or through the main entrance to the museum on Jorissen Street.
- The WCJ reception is on the 10th floor, Es’kia Mphalelele building (aka the Wits Arts Museum building).
- For WCJ academic enquiries, please email Andrea Gumede.
- Contact Tshepiso Ntombela at reception on +27 11 717 4028 for venue or other information.
- Wits University 2026 term dates.
- Staff profiles
FULL-TIME HONOURS |
MID-CAREER HONOURS |
MASTER’S FIRST YEAR |
MASTER’S SECOND YEAR |
PHD |
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| FIRST SEMESTER 3 Feb to 19 May |
Research (JOMS9000A) Dinesh Balliah (coordinator) |
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Journalism Practice A (SLLS4032A / JOMS4006A) Coordinators: Pheladi Sethusa and Collen Chambwera Starts 3 Feb, Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm, 10th Floor Newsroom |
Journalism for Communicators (SLLS4066A/JOMS4025A) Coordinator: Lesley Mofokeng Starts 3 Feb, Mondays, 4 – 6pm, 12th Floor Seminar Room |
Media and Society (SLLS7044A / JOMS7017A) Coordinators: Nechama Brodie and Lesley Mofokeng Starts 5 Feb, Wednesdays, 4 – 6pm, 10th Floor Drum Room |
Communications for Social Change (SLLS7078A/JOMS7027A) Coordinator: Collen Chambwera Tuesdays, 4 – 6pm |
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Journalism Studies A (SLLS4034A / JOMS4008A) Coordinator: Thandi Bombi Starts 6 Feb, Thursdays, 4 – 6pm, 10th Floor Newsroom Writing Intensive Classes Start TBC. Wednesdays, 4-6pm. |
Journalism Studies A (SLLS4034A / JOMS4008A) Coordinators: Thandi Bombi and Lesley Mofokeng Starts 5 Feb, Wednesdays, 4-6pm, 12th Floor Seminar Room Writing Intensive classes Start TBC. Thursdays, 4-6pm (lectures). |
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Financial Journalism (SLLS4045A / JOMS4014A) Coordinator: Gillian Jones Week-long intensive: 16 to 20 March, 9am to 1pm daily. Thereafter Thursdays, 4-6pm from 24 March – 26 May 2026 12th Floor Seminar Room |
Financial Journalism (SLLS4045A / JOMS4014A) Coordinator: Gillian Jones Week-long intensive: 16 to 20 March, 9am to 1pm daily. Thereafter Thursdays, 4-6pm from 24 March – 26 May 2026 12th Floor Seminar Room |
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| MID-YEAR 25 May to 19 July |
Video Journalism (SLLS4044A / JOMS4013A) Coordinator: Dinesh Balliah Between 25 May and 20 July, times to be confirmed, 10th Floor Newsroom |
Research (JOMS9001A) Coordinator: Dinesh Balliah |
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Radio Journalism (SLLS4040A / JOMS4012A) Coordinator: Dinesh Balliah Facilitator: Charles Leonard Between 25 May and 20 July, times to be confirmed, 10th Floor Drum Room |
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Introduction to Financial Journalism (no credit) Coordinator: Thalia Holmes Between 25 May and 20 July, times to be confirmed, 12th Floor Seminar Room |
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| SECOND SEMESTER 20 July to 27 October |
Journalism Studies B (SLLS4035A / JOMS4009A) Coordinators: Pheladi Sethusa and Collen Chambwera Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm. Term 3 only. |
Feature Writing (SLLS4067A/JOMS4020A) Coordinator: Lesley Mofokeng Tuesdays, 4 – 6pm |
Investigative Journalism (JOMS7001A) Coordinators: Nechama Brodie and Beauregard Tromp Mondays, 4 – 6pm, 12th Floor Seminar Room |
Media Law and Ethics (SLLS7032A / JOMS7009A) Coordinators: Nechama Brodie, Dario Milo, Odwa Abraham Tuesdays, 4 – 6pm |
Research (JOMS9001A) Coordinator: Dinesh Balliah |
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Journalism Practice B (SLLS4033A / JOMS4007A) Coordinators: Gillian Jones and Pheladi Sethusa Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm. Term 4 only. |
Media Law and Ethics (SLLS4036A / JOMS4010A) Coordinators: Nechama Brodie and Thandi Bombi Thursdays, 4 – 6pm |
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