Undergraduate & honours qualifications

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

Qualification stream: School subject combination: Tourism and Geography
Qualification code: 90104 - TRG
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 Tourism and Geography. 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 Note that SPE1507 has been replaced by NSO1507.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

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
BPT1501 - Being a Professional Teacher
BTE2601 - Becoming a Teacher
GGH1501 - Discover the world: Introduction to Geography
GGH1502 - World Issues: A Geographical Perspective
HSY1511 - Africa in the World: Historical Perspectives
HSY1512 - Southern Africa Until the Early 1800s: Encounters and Transformations
TAM2601 - Teacher as manager
TPS2601 - Teaching practice for Senior Phase I
TRT1502 - Primary Factors of Tourism
Group B. 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

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
AST1631 - General Introduction to Astronomy
GGH2601 - The African Challenge: People and Environment
GGH2602 - The Geography of Services Provision
GGH2604 - People and the Environment
MNB1501 - Business Management IA
MNB1601 - Business Management IB Pre-requisite:MNB1501
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
TRT1602 - Secondary Factors of Tourism Pre-requisite:TRT1501 or TRT1502 or DTM1503
TRT2601 - Transport for Tourism Recommendation:TRT1601 or TRT1602
Group B. Choose ONE module from the following.
TMS3728 - Teaching Natural Sciences in the senior Phase
TMS3731 - Teaching Social Sciences in the senior Phase

Third level

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
GGH3701 - State of the Environment in Southern Africa
INC3701 - Inclusive Education
ISC3701 - Instructional studies
PED3701 - Psychology of Education
TMS3734 - Teaching Tourism in Further Education and Training
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
TRT3701 - Hospitality Administration Recommendation:MNG2601 or TRT1601 or TRT1602
TRT3702 - Special Interest Tourism Recommendation:MNG2601 or TRT1601 or TRT1602

Fourth level

Module (Please click on the module to see further information) Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/Recommendation
Group A. Compulsory
AED3701 - Assessment in Education
EDS3701 - Educational studies
EED2601 - Environmental Education
PDU3701 - Philosophy of Education
PES3701 - Physical Education and Sports Coaching
RCE2601 - Research and Critical reason
SAE3701 - South African Education System
SED2601 - Sociology of Education
TMS3713 - Teaching Geography in Further Education and Training
TPS3704 - Teaching Practice for Senior Phase IV Pre-requisite:TPS3703
Co-requisite:TMS3713 or TMS3706 or TMS3704 or TMS3701 or TMS3734 or TMS3718 or TMS3719 or TMS3721 or TMS3725