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

Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training

This qualification is designed to develop qualified classroom teachers who can demonstrate focused knowledge and skills in the teaching of particular specializations. The qualification requires a specific depth of, and specialization in, knowledge together with practical skills and workplace experience to enable successful students to enter the teaching profession and apply their learning as beginner teachers in schools in varying contexts.

Purpose Statement

The purpose of this qualification is to foster self-reflexivity and self-understanding among prospective teachers, develop the professional disposition and self-identity of students as teachers, and promote and develop the disposition and competences to organize learning among a diverse range of learners in diverse contexts.

Qualification Details

• Qualification stream: History and Economics
• Qualification code: 90104 - HSE
• NQF level: 7
• Total credits: 480
• SAQA ID: Not specified
• APS/AS: 23

Rules

• This BEd degree is offered with different streams/School Subject Combinations.
• Each combination is structured for a specific teaching field and students need to follow one of these.
• Students may only offer one of these combinations, unless DHET (Department of Higher Education and Training) approves the offering of a second BEd degree in a different School Subject Combination.
• A student who has successfully completed this qualification will be able to teach from Grades 7 to 12 in the School Subject Combination selected.
• Teaching Practice is a compulsory component in this program and must be taken according to the specific criteria every year.
• Five weeks practical is required every year, and three weeks must be offered consecutively.
• This qualification comprises both semester and year modules.
• Year modules may only be registered during the January registration period of each academic year.
• Students must also register themselves with SACE (South African Council for Educators) from the first year of BEd registration.

Curriculum

The curriculum for this qualification includes a range of modules, including:

• Group A: Compulsory modules, such as Being a Professional Teacher, Becoming a Teacher, Economics IA, and Economics IB.
• Group B: Language of Communicative Competence, where students must choose one module from a range of options, including Afrikaans for beginners, Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language, and Basic Sign Language.

Module Details

• First level modules include:
  • BPT1501: Being a Professional Teacher
  • BTE2601: Becoming a Teacher
  • ECS1501: Economics IA
  • ECS1601: Economics IB (Macroeconomics I)
• Second level modules include:
  • ECS2601: Intermediate Microeconomics
  • ECS2602: Intermediate Macroeconomics
  • ECS2603: South African Economic Indicators
• Third level modules include:
  • CIC2601: Computer Integration in the classroom
  • CUS3701: Curriculum Studies
  • ECS3701: Monetary Economics
• Fourth level modules include:
  • AED3701: Assessment in Education
  • EDS3701: Educational studies
  • EED2601: Environmental Education

Registration Information

• Applicants (new applicants and Unisa students who applied for admission to a new qualification) 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.
• Please note: 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.