34 Bachelor's degrees offered by the university

The study of Botany at Rhodes University includes the classification of plants (naming and cataloguing of organisms), plant ecology (how plants interact with their environment and other living organisms), structure and anatomy (what makes up a plant), and physiology (how plants work).

The four-year Music program of Rhodes University is intended for students who wish to pursue music as a profession.

The Philosophy program of Rhodes University prides itself on its eclectic range of teaching and research interests, ranging over a broad spectrum of philosophical traditions, from African, Ancient, Medieval and Chinese Philosophy to contemporary Analytic as well as Continental debates in Epistemology, Metaphysics, Political Philosophy, Feminism, Critical Race Theory, and more.

The Chinese Studies (Honours) program of Rhodes University aims at familiarising students with the Chinese language for academic purposes.

At the History program of Rhodes University we have abandoned old-fashioned approaches to History. We do NOT require you to rote-learn dry factual material. Rather do we stimulate you to think independently, imaginatively and critically.

The German Studies program of Rhodes University is a three-year major subject which may be studied for degree curricula in the Faculty of Humanities. In the literature and cultural studies sections the medium of instruction and examining is primarily English, though texts have to be read and studied in German.

The Microbiology program at Rhodes University is teaching students about the study of microbes that are mostly too small to observe with the naked eye.

Classical Studies is the study of ancient cultures; their art, literature, thought and history. The focus of Classics is the ancient Mediterranean – Greece, Rome, Egypt and the Near East – but our courses also include modules on ancient Africa, India and China. The Classics program of Rhodes University is designed to stimulate, inform, and encourage reflection.

Entry into the Journalism program of Rhodes University and moving up the degree is competitive and therefore all enrolling students start the subject at first-year level (irrespective of credits gained at other higher learning institutions).

The Computer Science program of Rhodes University teaches students basic problem solving techniques with an emphasis on logical, algorithmic and computational processes using the Python programming language.

The Accounting program of the Rhodes University acknowledges South Africa’s fractured history and the diversity of its cultures and seeks to educate its students within the framework of a non-racial, non-sexist and socially just environment in line with the principles and values enshrined in the South African Constitution. 

The program in African Languages at Rhodes University to promote and advance scholarship in African languages.

The aim of the Mathematics program of Rhodes University is to help students develop appropriate mathematical tools necessary to represent and interpret information quantitatively. It also aims to develop certain skills and meaningful ways of thinking, reasoning and arguing with quantitative ideas in order to solve problems in any given context.

The focus of the Human Kinetics and Ergonomics study at Rhodes University is the Human factor at different activities and different conditions of life.