| Qualification code: | 99310 |
| NQF level: | 7 |
| Total credits: | 360 |
| SAQA ID: | 96463 |
| APS/AS: | 20 |
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Rules: This qualification consists of 30 modules with Information Science as the MAJOR. Students should note that during the course of their studies they would be required to have access to a computer or laptop, printer and the internet. |
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| Purpose statement: The purpose of this qualification will enable learners to be trained in the use, organisation and management of information, which are essential skills in the information era. Such learners will also serve a valuable function in helping to develop and support a reading culture (recently identified as a problem area by the Ministry of Arts and Culture), and make information accessible and available for the community. |
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| This qualification will be presented using both online and distance learning modes. | |
Please note: Should you wish to start a new qualification, please apply online for the alternative qualification during the prescribed application period.
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.
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
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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)
AIS3701 has been replaced by AIS3711, students who have already passed AIS3701 may not register
AIS3711.
ENN103F has been replaced by ENG1503, students who have already passed ENN103F may not register
ENG1503.
| Module (Please click on the module to see further information) | Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/Recommendation |
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| Group A. Compulsory | |
| AIS2601 - Bibliographic Control, Basic Descriptive Cataloguing and Classification | Pre-requisite:AIS1503 |
| AIS2602 - Learning How to Provide Reference Services | Pre-requisite:AIS1503 |
| AIS2603 - Describing Library user Group and Meeting their Needs | Pre-requisite:AIS1503 |
| AIS2604 - Utilising Electronic Library Systems and Services | Pre-requisite:AIS1503 Co-requisite:AIS1601 |
| AIS2605 - Developing and Managing Information Collections | Pre-requisite:AIS1501 & AIS1503 |
| INS2601 - Exploring Information user Studies | Pre-requisite:INS1501 |
| INS2602 - Investigating Information Ethics in the Information Era | |
| INS2603 - Introducing Information Management | |
| INS2701 - Information and Communication Technology for Information Science | Pre-requisite:INS1501 & INS1502 Co-requisite:EUP1501 |
| RSC2601 - Research in Social Sciences | |
| Module (Please click on the module to see further information) | Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/Recommendation |
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| Group A. Compulsory | |
| AIS3702 - Subject Organisation | Pre-requisite:AIS2601 |
| AIS3703 - Serving the user in Library and Information Practice | |
| AIS3704 - Applying Research Methodology in Information Science | |
| AIS3705 - Practical Portfolio | Pre-requisite:AIS2601, AIS2602, AIS2603, AIS2604, AIS2605, INS2601, INS2602 & INS2603 Co-requisite:INS2701 Recommendation:It is advisable that students should have completed the two research modules RSC261 and AIS3704 before enrolling for this module. If possible, AIS should be one of the last modules students enrol for. |
| AIS3711 - Recording Information Resources | Pre-requisite:AIS2601 Recommendation:The topics dealing with concepts embedded in the co-requisites are the key to understand the further hierarchically built knowledge in this module: basic resource description/ descriptive cataloguing; information conceptualize/ bibliographic control; classification; collection; document/information resource/ record; information access; information management; information retrieval/ discovery; information service; information user; internet; metadata |
| AIS3717 - Information and Knowledge Entrepreneurship | |
| INS3702 - The Political Economy of Information | |
| INS3703 - Using Information: The role of Information Behaviour | |
| INS3705 - Information and Knowledge Management | |
| INS3707 - Information Organisation and Retrieval | |