Undergraduate & honours qualifications

Bachelor of Commerce Honours in Industrial and Organisational Psychology

Qualification code: 98351
NQF level: 8
Total credits: 120
SAQA ID: 84866
APS/AS: 60
Rules:
Students must co-register for HMEMS80 and HRIOP87 if they have not yet passed HMEMS80. TAKE NOTE: Students who have registered for, but have not yet passed HRIOP84, HRIOP85 or HRIOP86, must register for HRIOP87. Students should note that during the course of their studies they would be required to have access to a computer, printer and the internet.
Purpose statement:
The purpose of the qualification is to consolidate, advance and deepen the student's professional expertise in the various practice areas of industrial and organisational psychology and develop research capacity in the methodology and techniques of a selected practice or specialisation area. In this regard, the qualification serves to educate and train researchers who can potentially contribute to the development of new knowledge in the profession at postgraduate level, leading to enhanced career and employment prospects. The qualification provides qualifying students with comprehensive and in-depth knowledge of the principles, major theories and paradigms, methods and technology of the science and profession of industrial and organisational psychology in various areas of specialisation. Successful completion of this qualification will enable the graduate to meet the competence requirements for registration as a Human Resources Practitioner with the South African Board for Personnel Practice (SABPP).
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)

Module (Please click on the module to see further information) Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/Recommendation
Group A. Compulsory
HMEMS80 - Research Methodology
HRIOP87 - Research Report in Employee and Consumer Behaviour Co-requisite:HMEMS80
IOP4861 - Industrial Psychological Assessment
IOP4862 - Managerial and Organisational Psychology
IOP4863 - Personnel and Career Psychology