Program Overview

University Program Information

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

Colleges

The university is divided into several colleges, each offering a range of programs and courses. These colleges include:

• Accounting Sciences
• Agriculture & Environmental Sciences
• Economic & Management Sciences
• Education
• Human Sciences
• Law
• Science, Engineering & Technology
• College of Graduate Studies

Research

The university is committed to research and innovation, with a range of research initiatives and programs. These include:

• Problem-solving research with relevance and impact
• Research & innovation initiatives
• Directorate of Innovation, Technology Transfer and Commercialisation
• Research support
• Research ethics

Program Details

One of the programs offered by the university is Explosives IIIA - EXP3702. This is a diploma program, offered as a semester module, with an NQF level of 7 and 12 credits. The program is presented in English and is offered online. The purpose of the program is to apply explosives technologies and skills to supervise limited production processes and to perform routine tasks in a commercial explosives environment.

Program Outcomes

On successful completion of the program, students will be able to:

• Apply and use elementary explosive technologies during manufacturing processes in a commercial explosives environment
• Supervise limited manufacturing processes
• Apply quality assurance principles
• Solve management problems

Target Audience

The program is primarily intended for members in the explosives industries who are in middle to senior management positions in the police, military, labor, health and safety, and commercial industries.