Undergraduate & honours qualifications

Bachelor of Education Honours

Qualification stream: Adult Continuing Education and Training
Qualification code: 90125 - ACE
NQF level: 8
Total credits: 120
SAQA ID: 112504
APS/AS: 60
Rules:
The Bachelor of Education Honours must be taken over two years. Students register for a specific stream according to their chosen field of study/discipline. The programme consists of 5 modules: Group A: Compulsory (all modules must be taken in year 1, except HREDU82) 1. RSE4801 2. HREDU82 3. One module in the chosen field of study and/or discipline Group B: Two modules selected Students register up to four modules in the first year among which should be RSE4801 AND the core module from the stream, as well as at least one module from Group B. A student has to pass RSE4801 and the core module according to the stream to be admitted to the fifth module, HREDU82, in the second year. Students register for not more than three modules in the second year which includes HREDU82. RSE4801 is a prerequisite for HREDU82.
Purpose statement:
The Bachelor of Education Honours is intended to prepare students for research-based post-graduate study in Education. It serves to consolidate and deepen a student's expertise in Foundations of Education and the use of these understandings in an integrated way to explore a range of educational issues related to their areas of major combinations or stream. The qualification further aims to develop research capacity with special attention to methodology and techniques in education research. The qualifying students will demonstrate a high level of theoretical knowledge in major combinations and the ability to conduct research in a particular discipline.
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.

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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 (all modules must be taken in year 1, except HREDU82)
HED4803 - Adult Teaching, Learning and Development
HREDU82 - Research Project in Education Pre-requisite:RSE4801
RSE4801 - Research in Education Co-requisite:ICH4801or PSE4801 or CSP4801 or HED4802 or HED4803 or HED4804 or HED4804 or HED4805 HED4806 or HED4807 or HED4808 or HED4809 or HED4810 or HED4811 or HED4812 or HED4813 or HED4814 or HED4815 or HED4816 or HED4816 or HED48017 or HED4818
Group B. Elective Core Modules (choose any 2)
HED4802 - Curriculum Studies
HED4804 - Philosophy in Education
HED4805 - South African History of Education
HED4806 - International and Comparative Education
HED4809 - Sociology of Education
HED4814 - Psychology of Education