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Social Impact Assessment

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SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (SIA)

Social Impact Assessment coursework
The UJ Sociology Department offers a course in Social Impact Assessment. This course is offered both as a short learning programme and as part of a structured MA. The course is taught in two block weeks and must be attended on campus.

Minimum Requirements听

An Honours in the Social Sciences听

Career Prospects
The National Environmental Management Act of 1998 requires that the social and economic impact of all new development projects must be assessed. This affects the construction of new roads, factories, shopping centres, etc. The Social Impact Assessment MA provides training in social and economic impact assessment, and it is the only degree of its kind in South Africa. It, therefore, offers an excellent opportunity for entry to the many job opportunities that are being opened up by the act. The degree consists of the following four components: The Social Impact Assessment Process. The purpose of this module is to enable learners to predict the ability of a community or group to adapt to changing conditions; define the problems or clarify the issues involved in a proposed change; anticipate and assess impacts on the quality of life; illuminate the meaning and importance of anticipated change; identify mitigation opportunities or requirements; and advise communities and other stakeholders on how to comply with regulations and policies.

Participation and Institutional Development
The purpose of this module is to enable learners to analyse and contextualise the concepts and practice of participation and institutional development. It critically assesses the meaning of participation and investigates strategies for increasing the quality and quantity of participation in development, especially in relation to disadvantaged communities.

For more information about SIA contact the course coordinator, Prof Luke Sinwell at Lsinwell@uj.ac.za.

For first-time (new) applicants use the link below:

Wizard/Web Application:听

听And the RETURNING student web link is:

听Returning students鈥� viz. applicants would require your student numbers and PIN to apply using the link above.听 If you have forgotten your PINS, then you must call the UJ Call Centre on 011 559-4555 to update your biographical contact details e.g. email address and cell number.

听For either of the application processes above, a听token听(namely,听PGDSOC) must be typed in CAPS into the token field or else the qualification will not populate, and the application will remain incomplete.

听Once the application is done, all documents submitted via emailed must comply with the following:

  • Supporting documents must be certified.
  • When scanning, all documents must be scanned as separate attachments i.e. NSC results in separate, academic records and degree or diploma certificate etc.
  • The scanned format to be used must be as a jpeg, gif, tiff file, which is much more user-friendly for our document management system.

听Please follow the above guidelines and email, or re-email if needed, your documents with听only听your听student number in the subject line听to:

Curricular/Extra-curricular programmes: Block Code 0 =听ujappdocs@listsrv.uj.ac.za听

International applicants: Block Code 0 =听intappsdocs@listsrv.uj.ac.za

For more information about the Master’s degree, please contact the Master’s coordinator, Prof Melanie Samson at melanies@uj.ac.za