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.

Colleges

The university is divided into several colleges, each offering a range of programs:

• 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 initiatives and support programs in place, including:

• 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 Ecosystemic Psychology - PYC4808, which is an honors module presented in English and online.

Ecosystemic Psychology - PYC4808

• Level: Honours
• Year module: Yes
• NQF level: 8
• Credits: 12
• Co-requisite: HMPYC80
• Purpose: The purpose of this module is to equip and expose students to the ecological way of thinking and to apply this way of thinking to their living circumstances, and to different contexts.
• Module description: The module is designed to introduce students to the epistemological shifts from modernism, to postmodernism; and the shift from individual psychology theories, to systemic and cybernetic psychology theories. In addition, students will be introduced to first and second order cybernetic concepts and learn how to apply these theories and concepts in the field of psychology. Students should also be able to compare and contrast the different epistemological paradigms, and to describe and discuss these epistemologies in different contexts, integrating both ecosystemic theory and African perspectives to different contexts.