Undergraduate & honours qualifications

Advanced Diploma in Animal Health

Qualification code: 90112
NQF level: 7
Total credits: 120
SAQA ID: 105730
APS/AS: 60
Purpose statement:
The primary purpose of the qualification is to provide students with a strong industry- oriented focus. The qualification also serves to provide students with the advanced knowledge, cognitive and conceptual tools and practical techniques for higher education in Animal Health. It may provide intellectual enrichment, enhance flexibility in the light of changing circumstances in the field of Animal Health, enable a change in career path or offer an intensive, focused and applied specialisation which meets the requirements in the labour market of the animal health industry. The graduates of the Advanced Diploma in Animal Health will have a deep and systematic understanding of current thinking, practice, theory and methodology in an area of specialisation. It is therefore particularly suitable for continuing professional development.
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
ACM4701 - Applied Animal Care & Management
AES4701 - Agricultural and Rural Development
AES4702 - Introduction to Agricultural Project Analysis
AEX4701 - Participatory Approaches to Extension
AGP4701 - Research Methodology
AND4701 - Animal Diseases IV: Non-Controlled
AND4702 - Animal Diseases IV: Controlled
EPD4701 - Epidemiology IV
GGH3703 - Introduction to Geographical Information Systems
VPH4701 - Veterinary Public Health IV