Undergraduate qualifications

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First-Year Experience Massive Open Online Course

For many students, the transition to the Unisa study environment is a big and difficult step. To facilitate your first-year journey, Unisa's Student Retention Unit (SRU) has created the First-Year Experience Massive Open Online Course (FYE MOOC), an instrument that orientates and prepares first-time entering students to successfully undertake their studies at Unisa.

All first-time Unisa applicants must complete the First-Year Experience MOOC. Remember to use your Unisa student number as your user ID when registering  on the MOOC platform.

You will ONLY be able to accept Unisa's offer for the 2024 academic year once you have completed UOL009-FYE101_2024 (FYE MOOC).

Please follow these instructions carefully:

  1. Go to https://mooc.unisa.ac.za
  2. Click on "Log in" (top right-hand side of the screen)
  3. Click on “Create new account”
  4. Enter all the required information and then click on “Create my new account”
  5. After successfully completing the registration, an email will be sent to the email address you used in the MOOC registration form – open the email and verify your FYE MOOC registration.
  6. Once verified, click on “Log in” again, type your Student number and Password and you will be able to access the UOL009-FYE101_2024 under ‘my courses’ tab.
  7. Read the Overview page and continue with the FYE MOOC.
  8. Make sure ALL the study units studies as well as the self-assessment activities are complete.
  9. Once you have successfully completed UOL009-FYE101_2024, you will need to wait for five (5) minutes before you can accept your study offer.