Undergraduate & honours qualifications

Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching

Qualification stream: School subject combination: Life Orientation and Language
Qualification code: 90104 - LOL
NQF level: 7
Total credits: 480
SAQA ID: 103108
APS/AS: 23
Rules:
This BEd degree is offered with Different Streams/School Subject Combinations. Each combination is structured for a specific teaching field and students need to follow one of these. Students may only offer one of these combinations, unless DHET (Department of Higher Education and Training) approves the offering of a second BEd degree in a different School Subject Combination. This School Subject Combination entails the study of Psychology and combined with Languages, which will equip students with the knowledge to teach Life Orientation and Languages in the FET phase. A student who has successfully completed this qualification will be able to teach from Grades 7 to 12 in the School Subject Combination selected. Teaching Practice is a compulsory component in this program and must be taken according to the specific criteria every year. Five weeks practical is required every year, and three weeks must be offered consecutively. This qualification comprises both semester and year modules. Year modules may only be registered during the January registration period of each academic year. Students must also register themselves with SACE (South African Council for Educators) from the first year of BEd registration. Please visit the SACE website for more information: https://www.sace.org.za/. With the migration from the non-aligned BEd to aligned BEd, transitional arrangements have been approved by the College of Education unique to this specific degree and stream, and is not transferable to any other qualification and/or stream. IMPORTANT: Students must register the relevant Teaching Methodology in each year of registration with the applicable Teaching Practice module of the academic level. UNISA reserves the right to cancel any teaching practice module that is not registered concurrently with the relevant teaching methodology. Some of the pre-requisites and/ or co-requisites outlined in this qualification may not apply, as they do not form part of the curriculum. Note that SPE1507 has been replaced by NSO1507. Students who have passed the SPE modules do not need to do the NSO modules.
Purpose statement:
The B Ed (Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching) is an initial comprehensive qualification for educators in schools teaching grades 7 - 10 as it makes provision for integration of academic school related subjects and educational subjects for teacher preparation in both the Senior Phase Further Education and Training Teaching in its structure. B Ed (Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching) teaching is aimed at preparation of learners for a multitude of careers and/or further study. In order to prepare prospective teachers for this comprehensive role, the B Ed (Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Teaching) programme seeks to: "Develop and consolidate in an integrated way appropriate disciplinary, practical, pedagogical and situational knowledge. "Cultivate a practical understanding of teaching and learning in a diverse range of South African schools, in relation to educational theory, phase and/or subject specialisation, practice and policy. "Foster self-reflexivity and self-understanding among prospective teachers. "Develop the professional dispositions and self-identity of students as teachers. "Develop students as active citizens and enable them to develop the dispositions of citizenship in their learners. "Promote and develop the dispositions and competences to organize learning among a diverse range of learners in diverse contexts.
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

Level Combination Rules:
Choose all the modules from Group A.
Choose TWO modules from Group B.
Choose ONE module from Group C.

Module (Please click on the module to see further information) Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/Recommendation
Group A. Compulsory.
BPT1501 - Being a Professional Teacher
ENG1501 - Foundations in English Literary Studies
ENG1502 - Foundations in English Language Studies
PYC1501 - Basic Psychology
PYC1502 - Psychology in Society
TAM2601 - Teacher as manager
TPS2601 - Teaching practice for Senior Phase I
Group B. LANGUAGES. Choose TWO of the following modules from the same language.
AFK1501 - Voetspore: Op reis deur die Afrikaanse Letterkunde
AFK1503 - Afrikaans Vandag: Taalkunde en skriftelike kommunikasie
AFL1501 - Language Through an African Lens
AFL1502 - African Language and Culture in Practice
ARB1501 - Elementary Arabic
FRC1501 - French Language and Culture: Beginners
FRC1502 - French Language and Culture: Lower Intermediate Pre-requisite:FRC1501
ICS1501 - An Introduction to Islam
MAN1501 - Mandarin Chinese: Beginners
MAN1502 - Mandarin Chinese: Elementary Level Pre-requisite:MAN1501
PTU1501 - Portuguese Language and Culture: Beginners
PTU1502 - Portuguese Language and Culture: Lower Intermediate Pre-requisite:PTU1501
Group C.. Language of Communicative Competence. Choose ONE module from the following (Must NOT be the same as Home or First Additional Language)
AFK1505 - Afrikaans vir beginners
NDE1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - IsiNdebele
NSO1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - Sepedi
SSO1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - Sesotho
SWA1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - SiSwati
TSO1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - Xitsonga
TSW1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - Setswana
VEN1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - Tshivenda
XHO1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - IsiXhosa
ZUL1507 - Applied African Language Communicative Competence for Second Additional Language - IsiZulu

Second level

Level Combination Rules:
Choose All the modules from Group A.
Choose THREE modules from Group B.

Module (Please click on the module to see further information) Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/Recommendation
Group A. Compulsory.
BTE2601 - Becoming a Teacher
PYC2601 - Personality Theories
PYC2602 - Child and Adolescent Development
RSC2601 - Research in Social Sciences
THL1501 - Introduction to Theory of Literature
TMS3722 - Teaching Life Orientation in the Senior Phase
TPS2602 - Teaching Practice for Senior Phase II Pre-requisite:TPS2601
Co-requisite:TMS3728 or TMS3708 or TMS3731 or TMS3733 or TMS3720 or TMS3722 or TMS3716 or TMS3726
Group B. LANGUAGES. Choose THREE of the following modules from the same language already completed on first year.
AFK2601 - Genre and Theme
AFK2602 - Afrikaanse Grammatika Recommendation:Students to complete AFK1502 or AFK1503 before they enrol for this module.
AFL2601 - Communication Dynamics in African Languages Recommendation:Students to complete AFL1501 and AFL1502 before they enrol for this module.
AFL2602 - Understanding African Management Practices as Reflected in African Languages Literature and Texts Recommendation:Students to complete AFL1501 and AFL1502 before they enrol for this module.
AFL2603 - Literature and Society: a Perspective on African Languages Recommendation:Students to complete AFL1501 and AFL1502 before they enrol for this module.
ARB2602 - Pre-Intermediate Arabic Pre-requisite:ARB1501
ARB2603 - Intermediate Arabic Pre-requisite:ARB1501 and ARB2602
ARB3704 - Advanced Arabic Pre-requisite:ARB1501, ARB2602 & ARB2603
ENG2601 - Applied English Language Studies: Further Explorations Pre-requisite:ENG1502
ENG2602 - Genres in Literature and Language: Theory, Style and Poetics Pre-requisite:ENG1501 & ENG1502
ENG2603 - Colonial and Postcolonial African Literatures Pre-requisite:ENG1501 & ENG1502
FRC2601 - French Language and Culture: Intermediate Pre-requisite:FRC1502
FRC2602 - French for Professional Purposes: Introduction Pre-requisite:FRC1502
FRC2603 - French Literature: Introduction Pre-requisite:FRC1502
ICS2602 - History of Islam
MAN2601 - Mandarin Chinese: Intermediate Level I Recommendation:Students to complete MAN1502 before they enrol for this module.
MAN2602 - Mandarin Chinese: Intermediate Level II Co-requisite:MAN2601
MAN3701 - Mandarin Chinese: Upper-intermediate level Pre-requisite:MAN2602
PTU2601 - Portuguese Language and Culture: Intermediate Level Pre-requisite:PTU1502
PTU2602 - Modern Portuguese Literature and Society Pre-requisite:PTU1502
Co-requisite:PTU2601
PTU2603 - Portuguese Language and Culture: upper Intermediate Level Pre-requisite:PTU2601 & PTU2602
TEX2601 - Writing Skills for the Communication Industry Recommendation:AFK1502 (for students who major in Afrikaans)

Third level

Choose All the modules from Group A.
Choose ONE module from Group B.

Module (Please click on the module to see further information) Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/Recommendation
Group A. Compulsory.
CIC2601 - Computer Integration in the classroom
CUS3701 - Curriculum Studies
INC3701 - Inclusive Education
ISC3701 - Instructional studies
PED3701 - Psychology of Education
PYC3701 - Social Psychology
PYC3702 - Abnormal Behaviour and Mental Health
THL1502 - Introduction to Literary Genres
TPS3703 - Teaching practice for Senior Phase III Pre-requisite:TPS2602
Co-requisite:TMS3723 or TMS3718 or SDC4701 or TMS3709 or TMS3704 or SDENG3J or TMS3719 or TMS3715 or TMS3714 or SDH4701 or TMS3729 or TMS3730 or TMS3705 or TMS3710 or TMS3716 or TMS3720
Group B: Teaching Methodology. Choose One of the following:
TMS3715 - Teaching Home Languages in FET
TMS3719 - Teaching Additional Language (FAL and SAL) in FET Phase

Fourth level