Hello, Can anyone tell me what are the difference among three doctoral degree of UNISA on: Doctor of Administration: Economics Doctor of Commerce: Economics Doctor of Literature and Philosophy: Economics Also, if I want to study Finance/Financial Management (my master degree is in practising accounting), should I apply for "Doctor of Admin/Comm: Accounting", or "Doctor of Admin/Comm: Economics" for more appropriate to study, and why? Thanks a lot.
Unisa postgraduate Greetings! I cannot say for sure..... but believe the postgrad qualifications are meant as an extension of your undergrad focus area -- be it Econ, Commerce, etc. I would contact the college of economic and management sciences for more information -- [email protected] <[email protected]>
It's been said in other threads that the South African Ministry of Education is in the midst of reorganizing the country's doctoral programs, and that as a result in a few years all doctoral degrees there will simply be PhD. Perhaps by the time you would be finished it wouldn't matter anyway? -=Steve=-
It's kind of a shame that they're doing that. The various degree names they currently have in South Africa represent a broad range of influences on the country's academic history. I can understand why reasons that they might want to standardize, but it still feels to me like something is being lost. Besides, I think it would be cool to earn a D.Litt in linguistics from Stellenbosch or a D.Litt et Phil linguistics from UNISA. I just kinda like the names.
I, conversely, wouldn't want to have to explain to my foreign colleagues what a "DLitt et Phil" is over and over again. There's something to be said for tradition, but sometimes things can be too quirky. -=Steve=-
Do you really think it would be that much of a problem? I've seen it discussed here before, but honestly, would it need to go much beyond "it's a doctorate from South Africa"?
Maybe, maybe not, but I'm a bit leery of finding out the hard way. All of the South African doctoral programs I'm considering are PhD, except for Unisa's DEd, and there are American versions of that, so I don't think that would be a problem either. -=Steve=-
Thank you for your opinion from above. It has been found that UNISA uses "DCompt" to represent "Doctor of Accounting Science". Do you know what is the meaning of "Compt"? And, why UNISA does not use "DAS" to denote "Doctor of Accounting Science", but using "DCompt"?
Taking a wild guess... Comptroller or Comptroler is a synonym for auditor or controller and is used in Europe more to define an auditor, whereas in the US it is used primarily to indicate a governmental equivalent of controller or auditor. Comptroller has a French derivation. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. Ann
Re: Taking a wild guess... You're right, compte is a French word for accounts. It likely is the case that the word is a cognate in Afrikaans.
