Program Overview

University Program Information

The university offers a range of programs, including undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications.

Postgraduate Certificate in Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching

This qualification is a professional 'capping' qualification for educators in schools.

• The qualification seeks to develop and consolidate appropriate disciplinary, pedagogical, practical, and situational knowledge.
• It aims to cultivate a practical understanding of teaching and learning in a diverse range of South African schools.
• The qualification will be presented using both online and distance learning modes.

Qualification Details

• Qualification stream: Geography and Management
• Qualification code: 90148 - GEM
• NQF level: 7
• Total credits: 132
• APS/AS: 50

Rules

• Teachers who are already professionally qualified to teach may not offer this qualification.
• It is the responsibility of the student to consult with the relevant Education Department districts or Provincial Education Departments on how to upgrade to additional REQV levels.
• Outstanding admission requirements may not be offered for non-degree purposes (NDP).
• Students who do not meet all the admission requirements for this qualification should rather consider applying for a BEd degree (if not already professionally qualified).
• UNISA reserves the right to cancel PGCE modules registered in excess of this number.
• Students completing the PGCE over more than one year must register the Teaching Methodology in the same year as the Teaching Practice.
• The maximum number of years in which the PGCE qualification may be completed is three years.

Curriculum

The qualification consists of 11 modules and 132 credits.

• First-level modules are compulsory, and one language module should be selected from the options provided.
• The language selected should be different from the languages taken in matric.

Modules

• Group A: Compulsory modules
  • AED3701 - Assessment in Education
  • CMG3701 - Classroom Management
  • CUS3701 - Curriculum Studies
  • ESC3701 - Educational Studies in context
  • INC3701 - Inclusive Education
  • PED3701 - Psychology of Education
  • TMS3708 - Teaching Economic and Management Sciences in the Senior Phase
  • TMS3713 - Teaching Geography in Further Education and Training
  • TPS3705 - Teaching practice for Senior Phase
  • TPS3706 - Teaching practice Further Education and Training
• Group B: Language of Communicative Competence (choose one module)
  • AFK1505 - Afrikaans vir beginners (Afrikaans for Beginners)
  • NDE1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - isiNdebele
  • NSO1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - Sepedi
  • SNL1507 - Basic Sign Language
  • SSO1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - Sesotho
  • SWA1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - SiSwati
  • TSO1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - Xitsonga
  • TSW1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - Setswana
  • VEN1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - Tshivenda
  • XHO1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - isiXhosa
  • ZUL1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - isiZulu

Registration

• Applicants may only register if they have received an offer of placement from UNISA and have accepted the offer online.
• Re-registering students may register for the 2026 academic year once the registration period opens.
• Should you wish to start a new qualification, please apply online for the alternative qualification during the prescribed application period.

Choosing Modules

• Each UNISA qualification is structured in such a way that you need to pass a certain number of NQF level credits within a certain amount of time in order to graduate.
• Co-requisite: Module A is a co-requisite for Module B. You want to register for Module B, but have not yet passed Module A. You must then register for both Modules A and B simultaneously.
• Pre-requisite: If Module A is a pre-requisite for Module B, you must pass Module A before you may register for Module B.
• You may not register for more than the allowed maximum number of credits/modules per academic year and/or semester: 60 credits per semester or 120 credits per academic year.
• The maximum number of credits does not include supplementary and/or aegrotat examinations from a previous semester.
• Modules taken for non-degree
  on-diploma purposes also count towards the maximum number of credits allowed.
• You must take your available time into consideration when choosing your modules, as this will impact your academic performance.
• You need approximately 6 to 8 hours per week for semester modules and 4 to 6 hours per week for year modules.