Undergraduate & honours qualifications

Advanced Diploma in Electrical Engineering in Telecommunications

Qualification code: 90127
NQF level: 7
Total credits: 144
SAQA ID: 112182
APS/AS: 60
Rules:
From 2024, Engineering modules will be offered as year modules only. Please click on the modules to see further information.
Purpose statement:
The Advanced Diploma in Electrical Engineering in Power Engineering serves to provide learners with advanced knowledge in fundamental engineering. It emphasises electrical engineering principles and application. Also, the qualification provides learners with an in-depth knowledge base in a particular field or discipline and the ability to apply their knowledge and skills to specific career or professional contexts while equipping them to undertake more specialised and intensive learning. Programmes leading to this qualification tend to have a strong vocational, professional or career focus and holders of this qualification are usually prepared to enter a specific niche in the labour market. The specific purpose of this qualification is to build the necessary knowledge, understanding, abilities, and skills required for further learning towards becoming a competent practising Professional Engineering Technologist. This qualification provides: Preparation for careers in engineering and areas that potentially benefit from engineering skills, for achieving technical proficiency and competency to contribute to the economy and national development; The educational base required for registration as a Candidate or a Professional Engineering Technologist with Engineering Council of South Africa and; Possible entry to a Bachelor's qualification. Engineering learners completing this qualification will demonstrate competence in all the Exit Level Outcomes contained in this standard.
This qualification will be presented using both online and distance learning modes.

Who can register?

  • Applicants (new applicants & 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. Unisa reserves the right to not process and / or to cancel your registration if it is found that you were incorrectly admitted to a qualification. 
  • Re-registering students may register for the 2024 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.


How to choose your 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. You may NOT cancel your registration for Module A unless Module B is also cancelled.

  • 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.

The maximum number of credits do not include supplementary and / or aegrotat examinations from a previous semester. Modules taken for non-degree / non-diploma purposes also count towards the maximum number of credits allowed.

You must take your available time into consideration when choosing your modules, as this will impact your academic performance. You need approximately

  • 6 to 8 hours per week for semester modules.
  • 4 to 6 hours per week for year modules.

Click here for more information on managing your studies.

Curriculum for this qualification

While you are deciding on the modules for which you will be registering, write down the module names and codes so that you have something to refer to when completing your registration.

Please click on the modules below to see further information (eg semester/year module, NQF level)

First level

Module (Please click on the module to see further information) Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/Recommendation
Group A. Compulsory.
APM3700 - Differential Equations (Engineering)
APM3714 - Numerical Methods (Electrical Engineering)
ECD3701 - Computer Aided Design and Simulations IA
ECD3702 - Computer Aided Design and Simulations IB Co-requisite:ECD3701
ECM3701 - Electronic Communication Technology
EHF3701 - High Frequency Electronics
EIP3701 - Industrial Project IA
EIP3702 - Industrial Project IB Co-requisite:EIP3701
EOE3701 - Optoelectronics
ESP3701 - Digital Signal Processing
ETM3701 - Electricity and Magnetism
PME3701 - Project Management and Engineering Economics