Program Overview

University Program Information

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 program requires a specific depth of knowledge and specialization, together with practical skills and workplace experience, to enable successful students to enter the teaching profession.

• Qualification stream: School subject combination - Tourism and Geography
• Qualification code: 90104 - TRG
• NQF level: 7
• Total credits: 480
• SAQA ID: Not specified
• APS/AS: 23

Rules and Requirements

• 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 combinations.
• Students may only offer one of these combinations unless the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) approves the offering of a second BEd degree in a different school subject combination.
• Teaching Practice is a compulsory component in this program and must be taken according to specific criteria every year.

Purpose Statement

The qualification will develop qualified classroom teachers who can demonstrate knowledge and skills in the teaching of a particular specialization, phase, and/or subject(s). The program aims to:

• Foster self-reflexivity and self-understanding among prospective teachers.
• Develop the professional disposition and self-identity of students as teachers.
• Develop students as active citizens and enable them to develop the disposition of citizenship in their learners.
• Promote and develop the disposition and competences to organize learning among a diverse range of learners in diverse contexts.

Curriculum

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

First Level

• BPT1501 - Being a Professional Teacher
• BTE2601 - Becoming a Teacher
• GGH1501 - Discover the world: Introduction to Geography
• GGH1502 - World Issues: A Geographical Perspective
• HSY1511 - Africa in the World: Historical Perspectives
• HSY1512 - Southern Africa Until the Early 1800s: Encounters and Transformations
• TAM2601 - Teacher as Manager
• TPS2601 - Teaching Practice for Senior Phase I
• TRT1502 - Primary Factors of Tourism

Second Level

• AST1631 - General Introduction to Astronomy
• GGH2601 - The African Challenge: People and Environment
• GGH2602 - The Geography of Services Provision
• GGH2604 - People and the Environment
• MNB1501 - Business Management IA
• MNB1601 - Business Management IB
• TPS2602 - Teaching Practice for Senior Phase II
• TRT1602 - Secondary Factors of Tourism
• TRT2601 - Transport for Tourism

Third Level

• CIC2601 - Computer Integration in the classroom
• CUS3701 - Curriculum Studies
• GGH3701 - State of the Environment in Southern Africa
• INC3701 - Inclusive Education
• ISC3701 - Instructional studies
• PED3701 - Psychology of Education
• TMS3734 - Teaching Tourism in Further Education and Training
• TPS3703 - Teaching Practice for Senior Phase III
• TRT3701 - Hospitality Administration
• TRT3702 - Special Interest Tourism

Fourth Level

• AED3701 - Assessment in Education
• EDS3701 - Educational studies
• EED2601 - Environmental Education
• PDU3701 - Philosophy of Education
• PES3701 - Physical Education and Sports Coaching
• RCE2601 - Research and Critical reason
• SAE3701 - South African Education System
• SED2601 - Sociology of Education
• TMS3713 - Teaching Geography in Further Education and Training
• TPS3704 - Teaching Practice for Senior Phase IV

Registration and Admission

• Applicants may only register if they have received an offer of placement from the university and have accepted the offer online.
• Re-registering students may register for the academic year once the registration period opens.
• Students must register for the relevant Teaching Methodology in each year of registration with the applicable Teaching Practice module of the academic level.