Students
Tuition Fee
Not Available
Start Date
Not Available
Medium of studying
Fully Online
Duration
3 years
Details
Program Details
Degree
Bachelors
Major
Politics | Information Management
Area of study
Information and Communication Technologies | Social Sciences
Education type
Fully Online
Course Language
English
About Program

Program Overview


University Program Information

The university offers a wide range of programs, including undergraduate and honors qualifications, master's and doctoral degrees, and short learning programs.


Undergraduate and Honors Qualifications

The Bachelor of Arts degree is one of the undergraduate programs offered, with a qualification stream in Information Science and Politics. The qualification code is 99311 - ISP, and it is at NQF level 7, with a total of 360 credits. The SAQA ID is 14352, and the APS/AS is 20.


Rules

This qualification consists of 30 modules, and students are required to have access to a computer, printer, and the internet.


Purpose Statement

The purpose of this qualification is to familiarize learners with the content and basic theories of various disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. It aims to provide learners with a deeper grasp of one or more of these disciplines, as well as to enable them to place new knowledge in context and use appropriate methods for seeking resolution of problems.


Curriculum

The curriculum for this qualification includes compulsory modules, fundamentals, and electives. The compulsory modules are:


  • EUP1501 - Ethical Information and Communication Technologies for Development Solutions
  • INS1501 - Introduction to Information Science
  • INS1502 - Developing Information Skills for Lifelong Learning
  • PLC1501 - Politics as Social Activity
  • PLC1502 - Understanding the State

The fundamentals include:


  • AFC1501 - Isandulelo kwizifundo ngezindlela zokucwaninga ulwazi lwaseThebes/ Afrika (offered to NGUNI speaking students ONLY)
  • AFL1501 - Language Through an African Lens
  • ENG1503 - Academic Language and Literacy in English

The electives include:


  • AFK1501 - Voetspore: Op reis deur die Afrikaanse Letterkunde
  • AFK1502 - Inleiding tot teksontwerp in Afrikaans
  • AFK1503 - Afrikaans Vandag: Taalkunde en skriftelike kommunikasie
  • AFL1502 - African Language and Culture in Practice
  • AGE1501 - Introduction to Archaeology
  • AGE1502 - The Archaeology of Southern Africa
  • AHS1511 - Ancient Mythology in Context
  • AIS1501 - Introducing Applied Information Science
  • AIS1503 - Introducing Information Records and Sources
  • AIS1601 - Using the Internet as a Reference Tool
  • ANH1502 - Roman Ancient History
  • APC1501 - Political Evolution of the African State
  • APC1502 - The Politics of Contemporary Africa
  • APY1501 - Anthropology in a Diverse World
  • APY1502 - The Anthropology of Love and Sex
  • ARB1501 - Elementary Arabic
  • ARH1501 - Visual Literacy
  • ARH1502 - Introduction to Art History
  • ARM1502 - Managing Records
  • ARM1503 - Managing Archives
  • BLG1501 - Basic Biology
  • BLG1502 - Animal and Plant Diversity
  • BLG1603 - Biology Practical (co-requisite: BLG1501 & BLG1502)
  • BNU1501 - Basic Numeracy
  • BSM1602 - Business Management Fundamentals 1B (recommendation: BSM1501)
  • BTH1501 - Invitation to Theology
  • CLA1501 - Commercial Law IA
  • CLA1502 - Commercial Law IB
  • CML1501 - Communication Law
  • COM1511 - Principles of Decolonial Communication
  • COM1512 - Disruption and Communication
  • COM1513 - Communication in the context of the organisation
  • COM1514 - Fundamentals of Decolonising Media Studies
  • COS1521 - Computer Systems: Fundamental Concepts
  • DPR1503 - Introduction to Public Relations
  • DVA1501 - Introduction to Development Studies
  • DVA1502 - Development Problems and Institutions
  • ENG1501 - Foundations in English Literary Studies
  • ENG1502 - Foundations in English Language Studies
  • ENG1511 - English Proficiency for University Studies
  • ENG1512 - English for Economic and Management Science
  • ENG1513 - Foundations in English for University Study
  • FRC1501 - French Language and Culture: Beginners
  • FRC1502 - French Language and Culture: Lower Intermediate (pre-requisite: FRC1501)
  • HFL1501 - Historical Foundations of South African Law
  • HRD1501 - Introduction to Human Resource Development
  • HRM1501 - Introduction to Human Resource Management
  • HSY1511 - Africa in the World: Historical Perspectives
  • HSY1512 - Southern Africa Until the Early 1800s: Encounters and Transformations
  • ICS1501 - An Introduction to Islam
  • ILW1501 - Introduction to Law
  • INF1505 - Introduction to Business Information Systems
  • INF1511 - Visual Programming I
  • IOP1501 - Psychological Processes In the Work and Self-employed Context
  • IOP1502 - Customer Service in Tourism
  • IOP1503 - Environmental Psychology
  • IOP1601 - Personality In The Work And Self-employed Context (pre-requisite: IOP1501)
  • IPC1501 - Fundamentals of International Politics
  • IPC1502 - South Africa in International Politics
  • IRM1501 - Introduction to Research Methodology for Law and Criminal Justice
  • LIN1501 - Grammatical Patterns and Concepts
  • LIN1502 - Multilingualism: the Role of Language in the South African Context
  • LRM1501 - Introduction to Labour Relations Management
  • MAN1501 - Mandarin Chinese: Beginners
  • MAN1502 - Mandarin Chinese: Elementary Level (pre-requisite: MAN1501)
  • MHS1511 - Early Music to Baroque
  • MHS1512 - Introduction to African Music
  • MNB1501 - Business Management IA
  • MNB1601 - Business Management IB (pre-requisite: MNB1501)
  • MNM1501 - Personal Selling
  • MNM1502 - Customer Service
  • MNM1503 - Introduction to Marketing
  • MNM1504 - Introduction to Retailing
  • MNM1505 - Introduction to Consumer Behaviour
  • MNM1506 - Introduction to Merchandising
  • MNM1507 - Introduction to Marketing Communication
  • MNM1522 - Fundamentals of Branding
  • MNY1501 - The Dynamics of Mission (co-requisite: BTH1501)
  • MNY1502 - First Steps in Practical Theology (co-requisite: BTH1501)
  • NDE1505 - Applied African languages Grammar for Home Language Foundation and Intermediate Phase - isiNdebele
  • NDE1506 - Applied African Languages Literature for Home Language, Foundation Phase - isiNdebele
  • NDE1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - isiNdebele
  • NDE1508 - Applied African Languages Grammar for First Additional Language - isiNdebele
  • NDE1509 - Applied African Languages Literature for First Additional Language, Foundation Phase - isiNdebele
  • NSO1505 - Applied African languages Grammar for Home Language Foundation and Intermediate Phase - Sepedi
  • NSO1506 - Applied African Languages Literature for Home Language Foundation and Intermediate Phase - Sepedi
  • NSO1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - Sepedi
  • NSO1508 - Applied African Languages Grammar for First Additional Language - Sepedi
  • NSO1509 - Applied African Languages Literature for First Additional Language, Foundation Phase - Sepedi
  • PLS1501 - Introduction to Western Philosophy
  • PLS1502 - Introduction to African Philosophy
  • PTU1501 - Portuguese Language and Culture: Beginners
  • PTU1502 - Portuguese Language and Culture: Lower Intermediate (pre-requisite: PTU1501)
  • PYC1511 - Introduction to Psychology
  • PYC1512 - Foundations of Sub-Disciplines of Psychology
  • PYC1513 - Introduction to Psychological Intervention Perspectives
  • RST1501 - Introducing Religions of the World
  • RST1502 - Introducing Theories of Religion
  • SCL1501 - Skills Course for Law Students
  • SCR1501 - Christian Origins and Early Christian Contexts. Introduction to Early Christian Literature and History (co-requisite: BTH1501)
  • SCR1502 - Introduction to Ancient Israelite Literature, Theology, History and Archaeology (co-requisite: BTH1501)
  • SCR1503 - The Formation of New Testament Identities: Martyrs, Apologists, and Early Church Fathers (co-requisite: SCR1501)
  • SJD1501 - Social Dimensions of Justice
  • SOC1501 - Community, Society and Inequality in a Globalised World: Introduction to Sociology
  • SOC1502 - Understanding South Africa: Families, Education, Identities and Inequality
  • SSO1505 - Applied African languages Grammar for Home Language Foundation and Intermediate Phase - Sesotho
  • SSO1506 - Applied African Languages Literature for Home Language, Foundation Phase - Sesotho
  • SSO1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - Sesotho
  • SSO1508 - Applied African Languages Grammar for First Additional Language - Sesotho
  • SSO1509 - Applied African Languages Literature for First Additional Language, Foundation Phase - Sesotho
  • SWA1505 - Applied African languages Grammar for Home Language Foundation and Intermediate Phase - SiSwati
  • SWA1506 - Applied African Languages Literature for Home Language, Foundation Phase - SiSwati
  • SWA1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - SiSwati
  • SWA1508 - Applied African Languages Grammar for First Additional Language - SiSwati
  • SWA1509 - Applied African Languages Literature for First Additional Language, Foundation Phase - SiSwati
  • THE1501 - Reflection on Faith (co-requisite: BTH1501)
  • THE1502 - Introduction to Ethics (co-requisite: BTH1501)
  • THE1503 - Africa: Cradle of Christianity (co-requisite: BTH1501)
  • THL1501 - Introduction to Theory of Literature
  • THL1502 - Introduction to Literary Genres
  • TSO1505 - Applied African Languages Grammar for Home Language Foundation and Intermediate Phase - Xitsonga
  • TSO1506 - Applied African Languages Literature for Home Language, Foundation Phase - Xitsonga
  • TSO1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - Xitsonga
  • TSO1508 - Applied African Languages Grammar for First Additional Language - Xitsonga
  • TSO1509 - Applied African Languages Literature for First Additional Language, Foundation Phase - Xitsonga
  • TSW1505 - Applied African languages Grammar for Home Language Foundation and Intermediate Phase - Setswana
  • TSW1506 - Applied African Languages Literature for Home Language, Foundation Phase - Setswana
  • TSW1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - Setswana
  • TSW1508 - Applied African Languages Grammar for First Additional Language - Setswana
  • TSW1509 - Applied African Languages Literature for First Additional Language, Foundation Phase - Setswana
  • VEN1505 - Applied African languages Grammar for Home Language Foundation and Intermediate Phase - Tshivenda
  • VEN1506 - Applied African Languages Literature for Home Language, Foundation Phase - Tshivenda
  • VEN1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - Tshivenda
  • VEN1508 - Applied African Languages Grammar for First Additional Language - Tshivenda
  • VEN1509 - Applied African Languages Literature for First Additional Language, Foundation Phase - Tshivenda
  • XHO1505 - Applied African Languages Grammar for Home Language Foundation and Intermediate Phase - isiXhosa
  • XHO1506 - Applied African Languages Literature for Home Language, Foundation Phase - isiXhosa
  • XHO1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - isiXhosa
  • XHO1508 - Applied African Languages Grammar for First Additional Language - isiXhosa
  • XHO1509 - Applied African Languages Literature for First Additional Language, Foundation Phase - isiXhosa
  • ZUL1505 - Applied African languages Grammar for Home Language Foundation and Intermediate Phase - isiZulu
  • ZUL1506 - Applied African Languages Literature for Home Language, Foundation Phase - isiZulu
  • ZUL1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - isiZulu
  • ZUL1508 - Applied African Languages Grammar for First Additional Language - isiZulu
  • ZUL1509 - Applied African Languages Literature for First Additional Language, Foundation Phase - isiZulu

Second Level

The second level includes the following modules:


  • INS2601 - Exploring Information user Studies (pre-requisite: INS1501)
  • INS2602 - Investigating Information Ethics in the Information Era
  • INS2603 - Introducing Information Management
  • PLC2601 - Understanding Political Behaviour and Participation
  • PLC2602 - Politics and Public Policy
  • PSC2601 - South African Politics
  • EWS2601 - Engaging with Society: Meeting the Challenges of a Changing World
  • HRV1601 - Human Rights, Values and Social Transformation
  • PLS2601 - Critical Reasoning
  • PYC2615 - HIV/AIDS Care and Counselling in an African context
  • ADL2601 - Administrative Law (pre-requisite: ILW1501 & SJD1501)
  • AFK2601 - Genre and Theme
  • AFK2602 - Afrikaanse Grammatika (recommendation: AFK1502, AFK1503)
  • AFL2601 - Communication Dynamics in African Languages (recommendation: Students to complete AFL1501 and AFL1502 before they enrol for this module)
  • AFL2602 - Understanding African Management Practices as Reflected in African Languages Literature and Texts (recommendation: Students to complete AFL1501 and AFL1502 before they enrol for this module)
  • AFL2603 - Literature and Society: a Perspective on African Languages (recommendation: Students to complete AFL1501 and AFL1502 before they enrol for this module)
  • AGE2601 - Archaeological Fieldwork Techniques and Analytical Methods (recommendation: Students to complete AGE1501 before they enrol for this module)
  • AGE2602 - African Archaeology
  • AHS2611 - Perspectives on North Africa in Antiquity (recommendation: Students to complete AHS1511 & AHS1502 (Old codes: CLS1502, CLS1502; ANH1501, ANH1502) before they enrol for this module)
  • AIS2604 - Utilising Electronic Library Systems and Services (pre-requisite: AIS1503, co-requisite: AIS1601)
  • AIS2605 - Developing and Managing Information Collections (pre-requisite: AIS1501 & AIS1503)
  • APC2601 - Political Change in Contemporary Africa
  • APC2602 - Political Economy of Africa
  • APY2601 - Anthropological Theory in Practice
  • APY2602 - Anthropology of Health
  • APY2613 - Anthropology in an African Context
  • ARB2602 - Pre-Intermediate Arabic (pre-requisite: ARB1501)
  • ARB2603 - Intermediate Arabic (pre-requisite: ARB1501 & ARB2602)
  • ARH2601 - The Arts and Ideology I (pre-requisite: ARH1501)
  • ARH2602 - Introduction to Art History in Africa (pre-requisite: ARH1501)
  • ARH2603 - Visual Culture I (pre-requisite: ARH1501)
  • ARM2601 - Audio-Visual Archiving
  • ARM2602 - Organising Records: Classification Systems
  • ARM2603 - Appraisal and Disposal of Records
  • CLA2601 - Commercial Law IIA
  • CLA2602 - Commercial Law IIB
  • CLS2602 - Material Testimonies to the Classical World
  • CLS2603 - Ancient Empires
  • COM2611 - Applied Organisational Communication
  • COM2612 - Brand Communication
  • COM2613 - Communication Campaigns
  • COM2614 - Decolonising Communication Studies
  • COM2615 - Media Audiences
  • COM2616 - Media Content
  • CSL2601 - Constitutional Law (pre-requisite: ILW1501 & PLS1502)
  • DPR2605 - The Applied Public Relations Programme
  • DVA2601 - Projects and Programmes as Instruments of Development (recommendation: Students to complete DVA1501 and DVA1502 before they enrol for this module)
  • DVA2602 - Community Development and the Basic Needs Approach
  • DVA2603 - Urban Development
  • ENG2601 - Applied English Language Studies: Further Explorations (pre-requisite: ENG1502)
  • ENG2602 - Genres in Literature and Language: Theory, Style and Poetics (pre-requisite: ENG1501 & ENG1502)
  • ENG2603 - Colonial and Postcolonial African Literatures (pre-requisite: ENG1501 & ENG1502)
  • FRC2601 - French Language and Culture: Intermediate (pre-requisite: FRC1502)
  • FRC2602 - French for Professional Purposes: Introduction (pre-requisite: FRC1502)
  • FRC2603 - French Literature: Introduction (pre-requisite: FRC1502, co-requisite: FRC2601)
  • FUR2601 - Fundamental Rights (pre-requisite: ILW1501 & PLS1502)
  • HRD2601 - Education, Training and Development Practices (pre-requisite: HRD1501)
  • HRD2602 - Training and Development Practices
  • HRM2601 - Human Resource Provisioning (pre-requisite: HRM1501 or MNB1601)
  • HRM2602 - Human Resource Maintenance and Retention (co-requisite: HRM2601)
  • HRM2603 - Remuneration Practices (pre-requisite: HRM1501)
  • HRM2604 - Performance Management Practices (pre-requisite: MNB1501 or BSM1501)
  • HRM2605 - Human Resource Management for Line Managers
  • HSY2601 - Themes in the 19th Century History: Power and the Western World (pre-requisite: HSY1511 & HSY1512)
  • HSY2602 - Early State Formation, Slavery and Colonial Conquest in Africa (pre-requisite: HSY1511 & HSY1512)
  • HSY2603 - Transformation in Southern Africa in the 19th Century: Colonisation, Migration, Mining and War (pre-requisite: HSY1511 & HSY1512)
  • ICS2601 - Lived Islam in Africa
  • ICS2602 - History of Islam
  • ICS2603 - Foundation Sources of Islam
  • ICT2621 - Structured Systems Analysis and Design (pre-requisite: ICT1521& ICT1541or INF1505 or COS1521)
  • ICT2622 - Object-Oriented Analysis (pre-requisite: ICT1521& ICT1541or INF1505 or COS1521)
  • IND2601 - African Customary Law (pre-requisite: ILW1501 & PLS1502, recommendation: SCL1501 & ILW1501)
  • INF2603 - Databases I (pre-requisite: INF1505)
  • INF2611 - Visual Programming II (pre-requisite: INF1511)
  • IOP2601 - Organisational Research Methodology
  • IOP2602 - Organisational Psychology (pre-requisite: IOP1601)
  • IOP2603 - Ergonomics
  • IOP2604 - Psychological Adjustment in the Work Context (pre-requisite: IOP1601)
  • IOP2605 - Human Capacity Development (pre-requisite: IOP1601)
  • IOP2606 - Individual Differences and Work Performance (pre-requisite: IOP2602)
  • IOP2607 - Workgroup Dynamics and Diversity (pre-requisite: IOP1601)
  • IOP2608 - Forensic Industrial Psychology
  • IPC2601 - International Organisations
  • IPC2602 - International Political Dynamics
  • KSK1601 - Introduction to Creative Writing: A Practical Course (pre-requisite: THL1501 & THL1502)
  • LEG2601 - Legal Aspects of Environmental Management
  • LIN2601 - Language Acquisition in a Natural Environment
  • LIN2602 - Language in a Changing World
  • LIN2603 - Sound and Sound Structure
  • LLW2601 - Individual Labour Law
  • LLW2602 - Collective Labour Law
  • MAN2601 - Mandarin Chinese: Intermediate Level I (recommendation: Students to complete MAN1502 before they enrol for this module)
  • MAN2602 - Mandarin Chinese: Intermediate Level II (co-requisite: MAN2601)
  • MHS2611 - Classic and Romantic Music (pre-requisite: MHS1511)
  • MHS2612 - Music in Postcolonial Africa (pre-requisite: MHS1512)
  • MHS2613 - Music Business (pre-requisite: MNB1501)
  • MHS2614 - Jazz Studies
  • MNG2601 - General Management
  • MNL2601 - Leadership (pre-requisite: MNB1601)
  • MNM2604 - Business-to-Business Marketing (pre-requisite: MNM1501 or MNM1502 or MNM1503 or MNM1504 or MNM1505 or MNM1506 or MNM1507 or MNB1501)
  • MNM2605 - Consumer Behaviour (pre-requisite: MNM1601 or MNM1501 or MNM1502 or MNM1503 or MNM1504 or MNM1505 or MNM1506 or MNM1507 or MNB1501)
  • MNM2606 - Advertising and Sales Promotion (pre-requisite: MNM1501 or MNM1502 or MNM1503 or MNM1504 or MNM1505 or MNM1506 or MNM1507 or MNB1501 or MNM1601)
  • MNM2611 - Integrated Marketing Communication (pre-requisite: MNM1501 or MNM1502 or MNM1503 or MNM1504 or MNM1505 or MNM1506 or MNM1507 or MNM1601)
  • MNM2612 - E-Commerce in Business (pre-requisite: MNM1501 or MNM1502 or MNM1503 or MNM1504 or MNM1505 or MNM1506 or MNM1507 or MNB1601 or MNM1601)
  • MNM2613 - Value Chain Marketing (pre-requisite: MNM1502 or MNM1601)
  • MNM2614 - Product and Price Management (pre-requisite: MNM1501 or MNM1502 or MNM1503 or MNM1504 or MNM1505 or MNM1506 or MNM1507)
  • MNM2615 - Marketing in Africa (pre-requisite: MNM1601 or MNM1502 or MNM1501 or MNM1504 or MNM1505 or MNM1506 or MNM1507 or MNB1501)
  • MNY2601 - Working with Children and Young People in Communities (pre-requisite: MNY1501)
  • MNY2602 - Moving with the People: The Church in Globalised Cities (pre-requisite: MNY1501)
  • MNY2603 - Worship and Preaching in Diverse Communities (pre-requisite: MNY1502)
  • MNY2604 - Developing Faith and Youth Work (pre-requisite: MNY1502)
  • MNY2605 - Women in Society and Church (pre-requisite: THE1502)
  • MRL2601 - Entrepreneurial Law (pre-requisite: ILW1501)
  • PLS2602 - African Ethics and Politics
  • PLS2607 - Philosophy of Science
  • PTU2601 - Portuguese Language and Culture: Intermediate Level (pre-requisite: PTU1502)
  • PTU2602 - Modern Portuguese Literature and Society (pre-requisite: PTU1502, co-requisite: PTU2601)
  • PTU2603 - Portuguese Language and Culture: upper Intermediate Level (pre-requisite: PTU2601 & PTU2602)
  • PYC2611 - Personality Theories in Context
  • PYC2612 - Child and Adolescent Development
  • PYC2613 - Adulthood and Maturity
  • PYC2614 - Community psychology: Building foundations
  • PYC2616 - Psychological Survey Development
  • RSC2601 - Research in Social Sciences
  • RST2601 - Understanding Religion through Objects, the Senses and Technology (recommendation: RST1501 and RST1502)
  • RST2603 - Understanding New Religious Movements and Developments (recommendation: RST1501 and RST1502)
  • SCR2601 - The Foundation of New Testament Identities: From Letters to the Gospels (pre-requisite: SCR1501)
  • SCR2602 - Life Orientation and Biblical Interpretation
  • SCR2603 - Christianity changed the world (pre-requisite: THE1503)
  • SCW2601 - Introduction to Law for Social Work IIA
  • SCW2602 - Introduction to Law for Social Work IIB
  • SOC2601 - Theories of Social Change (recommendation: Students to complete SOC1501 and/or SOC1502 before they enrol for this module)
  • SOC2602 - Globalisation and Social Change in South Africa (recommendation: SOC1501, SOC1502, RSC2601)
  • SOC2604 - Sociology of Families and Social Problems (recommendation: SOC1501, SOC1502, RSC2601)
  • TEX2601 - Writing Skills for the Communication Industry (recommendation: AFK1502 (for students who major in Afrikaans))
  • THE2601 - Faith, Jesus and Social Change (pre-requisite: THE1501)
  • THE2602 - Ecclesiology: Studying Faith Communities (pre-requisite: BTH1501)
  • THE2603 - Ethics and Spirituality (pre-requisite: THE1502)
  • THE2604 - Christianity in South Africa (pre-requisite: THE1503)
  • THL2601 - Theory of the Sign in Literature and Culture (pre-requisite: THL1501)
  • THL2602 - Structuralist and Semiotic Theories of Genre (pre-requisite: THL1502)
  • THL2603 - Theories in Context - Ideology and Discourse

Third Level

The third level includes the following modules:


  • INS2701 - Information and Communication Technology for Information Science (pre-requisite: INS1501 & INS1502, co-requisite: EUP1501)
  • INS3702 - The Political Economy of Information
  • INS3703 - Using Information: The role of Information Behaviour
  • INS3705 - Information and Knowledge Management
  • INS3707 - Information Organisation and Retrieval
  • PLC3701 - Political Ideas
  • PLC3702 - Democracy and Other Forms of Regime
  • PLC3703 - Political Development and Political Economy
  • PSC3701 - Contemporary issues in Politics: Capita Selecta
  • PSC3702 - Political Conflict and Conflict Resolution
  • PSC3703 - Political Knowledge

Registration

To register for the Bachelor of Arts degree, applicants must have received an offer of placement from the university and have accepted the offer online. Re-registering students may register for the 2026 academic year once the registration period opens.


Module Selection

Each qualification is structured to require a certain number of NQF level credits within a certain amount of time to graduate. Students must choose their modules carefully, considering the co-requisites and pre-requisites for each module. The maximum number of credits allowed per academic year and semester is 60 credits per semester or 120 credits per academic year.


Examination Timetable

The examination timetable is available on the university's website.


Transitional Arrangements

Transitional arrangements are in place for students who have already started their studies.


Curriculum

The curriculum for the Bachelor of Arts degree includes compulsory modules, fundamentals, and electives. The compulsory modules are listed above, and the fundamentals and electives are also listed above.


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