Undergraduate & honours qualifications

Bachelor of Arts

Qualification code:	99311
NQF level:	7
Total credits:	360
SAQA ID:	14352
APS/AS:	20
Rules: RULES: The curriculum for the BA General degree consists of: a. THIRTY MODULES b. An approved combination of TWO major subjects c. FIVE Fundamental modules from GROUP B d. Elective modules from GROUP C e. Not more than EIGHT of the thirty modules may be selected on the first level (NQF level 5) f. Not more than TWELVE of the thirty modules may be selected on the second level (NQF level 6) g. At least TEN modules must be on the third level (NQF level 7) h. Students may select both majors from the College of Human Sciences GROUP A OR i. Students may select one major from the College of Human Sciences GROUP A and one major outside the college GROUP AA j. Students are not allowed to select two major subjects outside the College of Human Sciences GROUP AA k. The BA General degree cannot be completed in less than THREE years NB: Below is the link for major combinations for group A and AA: https://www.unisa.ac.za/static/corporate_web/Content/registration/2024_BA_General_Majors.pdf For major combinations kindly refer to the link below for myModules: https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Register-to-study-through-Unisa/Subjects-&-modules/A
Purpose statement: To familiarise learners with the content and basic theories of a number of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, at the basic and intermediate level, and to provide them with a deeper grasp of one or more of these disciplines taken at exit level (level 6), as well as to enable them to place new knowledge in context and to use appropriate methods for seeking resolution of problems; To provide learners with a variety of basic scholarly and intellectual competencies, including the ability to question critically the assumptions of a limited range of theories and authorities, and to develop an understanding of elementary research methods used within one or more disciplines; To equip learners with the ability to give an accurate account of scholarly positions and the competence to express their own opinions clearly and coherently, both in written and oral communication; To prepare learners for post learner study; To provide learners with a well-rounded and broad education across a number of disciplines, thus preparing them for a wide range of professions crucial to the welfare of society; To produce learners who are able to think laterally, critically and creatively; To produce learners who are prepared for life-long learning; To produce learners who understand the principles of, and are capable of critical citizenship.
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)

First level

FIRST LEVEL EIGHT (8) MODULES

MODULES FROM THE COLLEGE OF HUMAN SCIENCE

See example below: According to the major combination. Note that other curriculums may differ.

Four (4) Compulsory modules for majors from GROUP A
Two (2) Fundamental modules from GROUP B
Two (2) elective modules from GROUP C

OR

MODULES OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE OF HUMAN SCIENCE

Two (2) Compulsory modules for a major from the College of Human Science from GROUP A AND
Two (2) Compulsory modules for a major from outside the college from GROUP AA
Two (2) Fundamental modules from GROUP B
Two (2) elective modules from GROUP C

NB: Students are allowed to select elective modules from group A and group AA major
combinations as part of their electives.

Module (Please click on the module to see further information)	Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/Recommendation
Group A. Compulsory modules: Select 2 modules from your chosen MAJOR or according to your MAJOR combination
AFK1501 - Voetspore: Op reis deur die Afrikaanse Letterkunde
AFK1502 - Inleiding tot teksontwerp in Afrikaans
AFK1503 - Afrikaans Vandag: Taalkunde en skriftelike kommunikasie
AFL1501 - Language Through an African Lens
AFL1502 - African Language and Culture in Practice
AGE1501 - Introduction to Archaeology
AGE1502 - The Archaeology of Southern Africa
AHS1511 - Ancient Mythology in Context
ANH1502 - Roman Ancient History
APC1501 - Political Evolution of the African State
APC1502 - The Politics of Contemporary Africa
APY1501 - Anthropology in a Diverse World
APY1502 - The Anthropology of Love and Sex
ARB1501 - Elementary Arabic
ARH1501 - Visual Literacy
ARH1502 - Introduction to Art History
ARM1502 - Managing Records
ARM1503 - Managing Archives
BTH1501 - Invitation to Theology
CLS1502 - Ancient Rome: Society, Myth and Literature
COM1501 - Fundamentals of Communication
COM1502 - Communication Contexts and Applications
COM1511 - Principles of Decolonial Communication
COM1512 - Disruption and Communication
COM1513 - Communication in the context of the organisation
COM1514 - Fundamentals of Decolonising Media
DVA1501 - Introduction to Development Studies
DVA1502 - Development Problems and Institutions
ENG1501 - Foundations in English Literary Studies
ENG1502 - Foundations in English Language Studies
FRC1501 - French Language and Culture: Beginners
FRC1502 - French Language and Culture: Lower Intermediate	Pre-requisite:FRC1501
HSY1511 - Africa in the World: Historical Perspectives
HSY1512 - Southern Africa Until the Early 1800s: Encounters and Transformations
ICS1501 - An Introduction to Islam
INS1501 - Introduction to Information Science
INS1502 - Developing Information Skills for Lifelong Learning
IPC1501 - Fundamentals of International Politics
IPC1502 - South Africa in International Politics
LIN1501 - Grammatical Patterns and Concepts
LIN1502 - Multilingualism: the Role of Language in the South African Context
MAN1501 - Mandarin Chinese: Beginners
MAN1502 - Mandarin Chinese: Elementary Level	Pre-requisite:MAN1501
MHS1511 - Early Music to Baroque
MHS1512 - Introduction to African Music
MNY1501 - The Dynamics of Mission	Co-requisite:BTH1501
MNY1502 - First Steps in Practical Theology	Co-requisite:BTH1501
PLC1501 - Politics as Social Activity
PLC1502 - Understanding the State
PLS1501 - Introduction to Western Philosophy
PLS1502 - Introduction to African Philosophy
PTU1501 - Portuguese Language and Culture: Beginners
PTU1502 - Portuguese Language and Culture: Lower Intermediate	Pre-requisite:PTU1501
PYC1501 - Basic Psychology
PYC1502 - Psychology in Society
PYC1511 - Introduction to Psychology
PYC1512 - Foundations of Sub-Disciplines of Psychology
PYC1513 - Introduction to Psychological Intervention Perspectives
RST1501 - Introducing Religions of the World
RST1502 - Introducing Theories of Religion
SCR1501 - Christian Origins and Early Christian Contexts. Introduction to Early Christian Literature and History	Co-requisite:BTH1501
SCR1502 - Introduction to Ancient Israelite Literature, Theology, History and Archaeology	Co-requisite:BTH1501
SCR1503 - The Formation of New Testament Identities: Martyrs, Apologists, and Early Church Fathers	Co-requisite:BTH1501 Recommendation:Students to register together with SCR1501
SOC1501 - Community, Society and Inequality in a Globalised World: Introduction to Sociology
SOC1502 - Understanding South Africa: Families, Education, Identities and Inequality
THE1501 - Reflection on Faith	Co-requisite:BTH1501
THE1502 - Introduction to Ethics	Co-requisite:BTH1501
THE1503 - Africa: Cradle of Christianity	Co-requisite:BTH1501
THL1501 - Introduction to Theory of Literature
THL1502 - Introduction to Literary Genres
Group B. Fundamentals: Select 2 modules
AFC1501 - Isandulelo kwizifundo ngezindlela zokucwaninga ulwazi lwaseThebes/ Afrika
ENG1503 - Academic Language and Literacy in English
Group C. Electives: Select 2 modules or more depending on your MAJOR combination
AIS1501 - Introducing Applied Information Science
AIS1503 - Introducing Information Records and Sources
AIS1601 - Using the Internet as a Reference Tool
BLG1502 - Animal and Plant Diversity
BLG1603 - Biology Practical	Co-requisite:BLG1501 & BLG1502
BSM1602 - Business Management Fundamentals 1B	Recommendation:BSM1501
CLA1501 - Commercial Law IA
CLA1502 - Commercial Law IB
COS1521 - Computer Systems: Fundamental Concepts
ENG1511 - English Proficiency for University Studies
ENG1512 - English for Economic and Management Science
ENG1513 - Foundations in English for University Study
EUP1501 - Ethical Information and Communication Technologies for Development Solutions
HFL1501 - Historical Foundations of South African Law
HRD1501 - Introduction to Human Resource Development
HRM1501 - Introduction to Human Resource Management
INF1505 - Introduction to Business Information Systems
INF1511 - Visual Programming I
IOP1502 - Customer Service in Tourism
IOP1503 - Environmental Psychology
MNB1501 - Business Management IA
MNB1601 - Business Management IB	Pre-requisite:MNB1501
MNM1501 - Personal Selling
MNM1502 - Customer Service
MNM1503 - Introduction to Marketing
MNM1504 - Introduction to Retailing
MNM1505 - Introduction to Consumer Behaviour
MNM1506 - Introduction to Merchandising
MNM1507 - Introduction to Marketing Communication
MNM1520 - Fundamentals of Public Relations
MNM1522 - Fundamentals of Branding
MNM1601 - Principles of Marketing Management
SCL1501 - Skills Course for Law Students
Group AA. Compulsory modules: Select 2 modules from your chosen MAJOR or according to your MAJOR combination
CMY1501 - Introduction to Criminology: Crime, Offenders and Criminal Behaviour
CMY1502 - Introduction to Criminology: Victims and Reduction of Crime
DSC1520 - Quantitative Modelling I
ECS1501 - Economics IA
ECS1601 - Economics IB (Macroeconomics I)	Co-requisite:ECS1501
GGH1501 - Discover the world: Introduction to Geography
GGH1502 - World Issues: A Geographical Perspective
ILW1501 - Introduction to Law
IOP1501 - Psychological Processes in Work Context
IOP1601 - Personality in Work Context	Pre-requisite:IOP1501
PUB1501 - The Nature, Content and Scope of Public Administration
PUB1601 - The Structuring and Functioning of Public Services	Co-requisite:PUB1501
PVL1501 - Law of Persons
QMI1500 - Elementary Quantitative Methods	Co-requisite:BNU1501

Second level

SECOND LEVEL (12) MODULES

MODULES FROM THE COLLEGE OF HUMAN SCIENCE

See example below: According to the major combination. Note that other curriculums may differ.

Six (6) Compulsory modules for majors from GROUP A
Three (3) Fundamental modules from GROUP B
Three (3) Elective modules from GROUP C

OR

MODULES OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE OF HUMAN SCIENCE

Three (3) Compulsory modules for a major from the College of Human Science from GROUP A AND
Four (4) Compulsory modules for a major from outside the college from GROUP AA
Three (3) Fundamental modules from GROUP B
Two (2) Elective modules from GROUP C

NB: Students are allowed to select elective modules from group A and group AA major
combinations as part of their electives.

Module (Please click on the module to see further information)	Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/Recommendation
Group A. Compulsory modules: Select 3 modules from your chosen MAJOR or according to your MAJOR combination
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.
AGE2601 - Archaeological Fieldwork Techniques and Analytical Methods	Recommendation:Students to complete AGE1501 before they enrol for this module
AGE2602 - African Archaeology
AHS2611 - Perspectives on North Africa in Antiquity	Recommendation:Students to complete AHS1511 & AHS1502 (Old codes: CLS1502, CLS1502; ANH1501, ANH1502) before they enrol for this module.
APC2601 - Political Change in Contemporary Africa
APC2602 - Political Economy of Africa
APY2601 - Anthropological Theory in Practice
APY2602 - Anthropology of Health
APY2613 - Anthropology in an African Context
ARB2602 - Pre-Intermediate Arabic	Pre-requisite:ARB1501
ARB2603 - Intermediate Arabic	Pre-requisite:ARB1501 and ARB2602
ARH2601 - The Arts and Ideology I	Pre-requisite:ARH1501
ARH2602 - Introduction to Art History in Africa	Pre-requisite:ARH1501
ARH2603 - Visual Culture I	Pre-requisite:ARH1501
ARM2601 - Audio-Visual Archiving
ARM2602 - Organising Records: Classification Systems
ARM2603 - Appraisal and Disposal of Records
CLS2602 - Material Testimonies to the Classical World
CLS2603 - Ancient Empires
COM2601 - Organisational Communication
COM2602 - Integrated Organisational Communication
COM2603 - Intercultural, Development and Health Communication
COM2604 - Media Studies: Mass Communication and Media Theory
CSL2601 - Constitutional Law	Pre-requisite:ILW1501 & PLS1502
DVA2601 - Projects and Programmes as Instruments of Development	Recommendation:Students to complete DVA1501 and DVA1502 before they enrol for this module
DVA2602 - Community Development and the Basic Needs Approach
DVA2603 - Urban Development
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
HSY2601 - Themes in the 19th Century History: Power and the Western World	Pre-requisite:(HSY1501 & HSY1502) or (HSY1511 & HSY1512)
HSY2602 - Early State Formation, Slavery and Colonial Conquest in Africa	Pre-requisite:HSY1501 & HSY1502 or HSY1511 & HSY1512
HSY2603 - Transformation in Southern Africa in the 19th Century: Colonisation, Migration, Mining and War	Pre-requisite:HSY1501 & HSY1502 or HSY1511 & HSY1512
ICS2601 - Lived Islam in Africa
ICS2602 - History of Islam
ICS2603 - Foundation Sources of Islam
INS2601 - Exploring Information user Studies	Pre-requisite:INS1501
INS2602 - Investigating Information Ethics in the Information Era
INS2603 - Introducing Information Management
IPC2601 - International Organisations
IPC2602 - International Political Dynamics
LIN2601 - Language Acquisition in a Natural Environment
LIN2602 - Language in a Changing World
LIN2603 - Sound and Sound Structure
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
MHS2611 - Classic and Romantic Music	Pre-requisite:MHS1511
MHS2612 - Music in Postcolonial Africa	Pre-requisite:MHS1512
MHS2614 - Jazz Studies
MNY2601 - Working with Children and Young People in Communities	Pre-requisite:MNY1501
MNY2602 - Moving with the People: The Church in Globalised Cities	Pre-requisite:MNY1501
MNY2603 - Worship and Preaching in Diverse Communities	Pre-requisite:MNY1502
MNY2604 - Developing Faith and Youth Work	Pre-requisite:MNY1502
MNY2605 - Women in Society and Church	Pre-requisite:THE1502
PLC2601 - Understanding Political Behaviour and Participation
PLC2602 - Politics and Public Policy
PLS2601 - Critical Reasoning
PLS2602 - African Ethics and Politics
PLS2607 - Philosophy of Science
PSC2601 - South African Politics
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
PYC2601 - Personality Theories
PYC2602 - Child and Adolescent Development
PYC2603 - Adulthood and Maturity
PYC2606 - Basic Measurement and Questionnaire Design
PYC2611 - Personality Theories in Context
PYC2612 - Child and Adolescent Development
PYC2613 - Adulthood and Maturity
PYC2614 - Community psychology: Building foundations
PYC2615 - HIV/AIDS Care and Counselling in an African context
PYC2616 - Psychological Survey Development
RSC2601 - Research in Social Sciences
RST2601 - Understanding Religion through Objects, the Senses and Technology	Recommendation:RST1501 and RST1502
RST2603 - Understanding New Religious Movements and Developments	Recommendation:RST1501 and RST1502
SCR2601 - The Foundation of New Testament Identities: From Letters to the Gospels	Pre-requisite:SCR1501
SCR2602 - Life Orientation and Biblical Interpretation
SCR2603 - Christianity changed the world	Pre-requisite:THE1503
SOC2601 - Theories of Social Change	Recommendation:Students to complete SOC1501 and/or SOC1502 before they enrol for this module.
SOC2602 - Globalisation and Social Change in South Africa	Recommendation:Students to complete SOC1501 and/or SOC1502 before they enrol for this module.
SOC2604 - Sociology of Families and Social Problems
TEX2601 - Writing Skills for the Communication Industry	Recommendation:AFK1502 (for students who major in Afrikaans)
THE2601 - Faith, Jesus and Social Change	Pre-requisite:THE1501
THE2602 - Faith, Church and Culture	Pre-requisite:THE1501
THE2603 - Ethics and Spirituality	Pre-requisite:THE1502
THE2604 - Christianity in South Africa	Pre-requisite:THE1503
THL2601 - Theory of the Sign in Literature and Culture	Pre-requisite:THL1501
THL2602 - Structuralist and Semiotic Theories of Genre	Pre-requisite:THL1502
THL2603 - Theories in Context - Ideology and Discourse
Group B. Fundamentals: Select 3 modules
EWS2601 - Engaging with Society: Meeting the Challenges of a Changing World
HRV1601 - Human Rights, Values and Social Transformation
PYC2605 - HIV/AIDS Care and Counselling
Group C. Electives: Select 3 modules or more depending on your MAJOR combination
ADL2601 - Administrative Law	Pre-requisite:ILW1501 & SJD1501
AIS2604 - Utilising Electronic Library Systems and Services	Pre-requisite:AIS1503 Co-requisite:AIS1601
AIS2605 - Developing and Managing Information Collections	Pre-requisite:AIS1501 & AIS1503
CLA2601 - Commercial Law IIA
CLA2602 - Commercial Law IIB
HRD2601 - Education, Training and Development Practices	Pre-requisite:HRD1501
HRD2602 - Training and Development Practices
HRM2601 - Human Resource Provisioning	Pre-requisite:HRM1501 or MNB1601
HRM2602 - Human Resource Maintenance and Retention	Co-requisite:HRM2601
HRM2603 - Remuneration Practices	Pre-requisite:HRM1501
HRM2604 - Performance Management Practices	Pre-requisite:MNB1501 or BSM1501
HRM2605 - Human Resource Management for Line Managers
IND2601 - African Customary Law	Pre-requisite:ILW1501 & PLS1502
LLW2601 - Individual Labour Law
LLW2602 - Collective Labour Law
MNG2601 - General Management
MNL2601 - Leadership	Pre-requisite:MNB1601
MNM2604 - Business-to-Business Marketing	Pre-requisite:MNM1501 or MNM1502 or MNM1503 or MNM1504 or MNM1505 or MNM1506 or MNM1507 or MNB1501
MNM2605 - Consumer Behaviour	Pre-requisite:MNM1601 or MNM1501 or MNM1502 or MNM1503 or MNM1504 or MNM1505 or MNM1506 or MNM1507 or MNB1501
MNM2606 - Advertising and Sales Promotion	Pre-requisite:MNM1501 or MNM1502 or MNM1503 or MNM1504 or MNM1505 or MNM1506 or MNM1507 or MNB1501 or MNM1601
MNM2607 - Public Relations	Pre-requisite:MNM1601 or MNM1502 or MNM1503 or MNM1507 or MNB1501
MNM2611 - Integrated Marketing Communication	Pre-requisite:MNM1501 or MNM1502 or MNM1503 or MNM1504 or MNM1505 or MNM1506 or MNM1507 or MNM1601
MNM2612 - E-Commerce in Business	Pre-requisite:MNM1501 or MNM1502 or MNM1503 or MNM1504 or MNM1505 or MNM1506 or MNM1507 or MNB1601 or MNM1601 or MNB102E or MAR111Y or PSS161Z
MNM2613 - Value Chain Marketing	Pre-requisite:MNM1502 or MNM1601
MNM2614 - Product and Price Management	Pre-requisite:MNM1501 or MNM1502 or MNM1503 or MNM1504 or MNM1505 or MNM1506 or MNM1507
MNM2615 - Marketing in Africa	Pre-requisite:MNM1601 or MNM1502 or MNM1501 or MNM1504 or MNM1505 or MNM1506 or MNM1507 or MNB1501
MRL2601 - Entrepreneurial Law	Pre-requisite:ILW1501
SCW2601 - Introduction to Law for Social Work IIA
SCW2602 - Introduction to Law for Social Work IIB
Group AA. Compulsory modules: Select 4 modules from your chosen MAJOR or according to your MAJOR combination
CMY2601 - Crime Risk Perspectives
CMY2602 - Principles of Crime Prevention, Reduction and Control
CMY2603 - Child and Youth Misbehaviour
CMY2604 - Dealing with Young Offenders
ECS2601 - Intermediate Microeconomics	Pre-requisite:ECS1501
ECS2602 - Intermediate Macroeconomics	Pre-requisite:ECS1601
ECS2603 - South African Economic Indicators	Pre-requisite:ECS1601
ECS2604 - Labour Economics	Pre-requisite:ECS1601
ECS2605 - South African Financial System	Pre-requisite:ECS1601
ECS2606 - Environmental Economics
ECS2608 - Economic History of the World	Pre-requisite:ECS1601
ECS2609 - Economic History of South Africa	Pre-requisite:ECS1601
GGH2601 - The African Challenge: People and Environment
GGH2602 - The Geography of Services Provision
GGH2603 - The Interpretation of Maps, Aerial Photographs and Satellite Images
GGH2604 - People and the Environment
GGH2605 - Environmental Politics
GGH2606 - Sustainable tourism in a geographic context
GGH2607 - Introduction to Spatial Science
GGH2608 - Fieldwork for Spatial Science	Pre-requisite:GGH2607 or GGH3703
IOP2601 - Organisational Research Methodology
IOP2602 - Organisational Psychology	Pre-requisite:IOP1601
IOP2603 - Ergonomics	Pre-requisite:IOP1601
IOP2605 - Human Capacity Development	Pre-requisite:IOP1601
IOP2607 - Workgroup Dynamics and Diversity	Pre-requisite:IOP1601
PUB2601 - Foundations of Public Administration	Pre-requisite:PUB1501 & PUB1601
PUB2602 - Protection Services	Pre-requisite:PUB1501 & PUB1601
PUB2603 - Creation of Wealth	Pre-requisite:PUB1501 & PUB1601
PUB2604 - Welfare and Social Services	Pre-requisite:PUB1501 & PUB1601
PUB2605 - Culture and Education	Pre-requisite:PUB1501 & PUB1601
PVL2601 - Family Law	Pre-requisite:ILW1501 & PVL1501
PVL2602 - Law of Succession	Pre-requisite:ILW1501 & PVL1501

Third level

THIRD LEVEL (10) MODULES

MODULES FROM THE COLLEGE OF HUMAN SCIENCE

Ten (10) Compulsory modules

OR

MODULES OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE OF HUMAN SCIENCE

Five (5) Compulsory modules for a major from the College of Human Science from GROUP A AND
Five (5) Compulsory modules for a major from outside the college of Human Science from GROUP AA

Module (Please click on the module to see further information)	Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/Recommendation
Group A. Compulsory modules: Select 5 modules from your chosen MAJOR
AFK3701 - Communicative Scenario's
AFK3702 - Comparatism: Intertextual Dialogues
AFK3703 - Language Variation and Language Politics	Pre-requisite:AFK2601, AFK2602 & TEX2601
AFK3704 - Ekokritiek: Mens, teks en omgewing /Ecocriticism: Man, text and environment
AFL3701 - African Languages: The Science of Language in Context	Recommendation:Students to complete AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603 before they enrol for this module.
AFL3702 - Indigenous Knowledge Systems and African Languages	Recommendation:Students to complete AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603 before they enrol for this module.
AGE3701 - The Interpretation of Archaeological Data	Pre-requisite:AGE1501 and AGE1502 Recommendation:In the case of a student enrolling for NDP the pre-requisites can be waived, allowing the student to complete all undergraduate archaeology modules in a single year.
AGE3702 - Applied Archaeology: Heritage Conservation, Cultural Resource Management and Archaeotourism
AGE3703 - World Archaeology	Pre-requisite:AGE1501, AGE1502 Recommendation:In the case of a student enrolling for NDP the pre-requisites can be waived, allowing the student to complete all undergraduate archaeology modules in a single year.
AGE3704 - Prehistoric Rock Art
AGE3705 - Archaeology and Human Evolution	Pre-requisite:AGE1501, AGE1502 Recommendation:In the case of a student enrolling for NDP the pre-requisites can be waived, allowing the student to complete all undergraduate archaeology modules in a single year.
AHS3712 - Ancient Democracy	Pre-requisite:CLS2602 and CLS2603
APC3701 - The Politics of Southern Africa
APC3702 - The Politics of East Africa
APC3703 - The Politics of West and North Africa
APY3701 - Qualitative Research Methodology: the Anthropological Strategy
APY3702 - Applied Anthropology: Contemporary Human Issues and the Practice of Anthropology
APY3704 - Themes in Anthropology: Tourism and Pilgrimage
APY3705 - Sociocultural Solutions to Problems of Human Adaptation
APY3713 - Ritual Life in a Disabling Society
ARB3704 - Advanced Arabic	Pre-requisite:ARB1501, ARB2602 & ARB2603
ARB3705 - Basic Arabic Literary texts	Pre-requisite:ARB1501, ARB2602 and ARB2603
ARB3706 - Specialist Arabic Literary Texts	Pre-requisite:ARB1501, ARB2602 and ARB2603
ARB3707 - Advanced Arabic Literary Texts	Pre-requisite:ARB1501, ARB2602 & ARB2603
ARH3701 - Art and Ideology II	Pre-requisite:ARH1501
ARH3702 - The Arts in Africa	Pre-requisite:ARH1501
ARH3703 - Visual Culture II	Pre-requisite:ARH1501
ARH3704 - Modernism and Postmodernism	Pre-requisite:ARH1501
ARH3705 - The Arts and the (Post)Colonial	Pre-requisite:ARH1501
ARM3701 - Legislation and Standards in Archives and Records Management
ARM3702 - ICT Applications in Archives and Records Management
ARM3703 - Organising Archives: Arrangement and Description
ARM3704 - Preservation Management of Archives and Records
ARM3705 - Archival Programming and Advocacy
CLS3701 - Classical Historical Writings	Pre-requisite:AHS2611 or CLS2601 and CLS2602
CLS3704 - Classical Heroes in Fact and Fiction	Pre-requisite:CLS2602 and CLS2603
CLS3705 - The Fall of Rome/Greco-Roman Drama	Pre-requisite:AHS2611 or CLS2601 and CLS2602
CLS3706 - Conquerors and Conquests in the Ancient World: from Text to Screen	Pre-requisite:CLS2602 and CLS2603
COM3701 - Marketing Communication
COM3702 - Media Studies: Institutions, Theories and Issues
COM3703 - Media Studies: Content, Audiences and Production
COM3704 - New Media Technology
COM3705 - International Communication
COM3706 - Communication Research	Pre-requisite:RSC2601
COM3707 - Political and Government Communication and Media Ethics
COM3708 - Advertising and Public Relations
COM3711 - Communication for Social Change: Health, development and intercultural perspectives (Offered from 2026)
COM3712 - Communication Policy (Offered from 2026)
COM3713 - Critical Organisational Communication (Offered from 2026)
COM3714 - Decolonising Communication Research (Offered from 2026)
COM3715 - Global Communication (Offered from 2026)
COM3716 - Media Industries and Institutional Culture (Offered from 2026)
COM3717 - Political and Government Communication (Offered from 2026)
DVA3701 - Development Theories
DVA3703 - Development Policy and Strategies
DVA3704 - Development Planning
DVA3705 - Empowerment and Popular Initiatives
DVA3706 - Rural Development
ENG3701 - The History and Spread of English	Pre-requisite:ENG2601, ENG2602 & ENG2603
ENG3702 - The English Language: Context and Purpose	Pre-requisite:ENG2601, ENG2602 & ENG2603
ENG3703 - Theoretical Approaches to English Language and Literature	Pre-requisite:ENG2601, ENG2602 & ENG2603
ENG3704 - Shakespeare's Dramatic Art	Pre-requisite:ENG2601, ENG2602 & ENG2603
ENG3705 - Modern and Postmodern Literature in English	Pre-requisite:ENG2601, ENG2602 & ENG2603
FRC3701 - French Language and Culture: Advanced Oral	Pre-requisite:FRC2601
FRC3702 - French for Professional Purposes: Hotel and Tourism	Pre-requisite:FRC2601
FRC3703 - French Literature: France (Advanced)	Pre-requisite:FRC2601
FRC3704 - French Literature: Francophone Countries (Advanced)	Pre-requisite:FRC2601
FRC3705 - Practical Translation from and Into French	Pre-requisite:FRC2601
HSY3701 - Decolonisation, Independence and Social Change in Modern Africa
HSY3702 - Themes in 20th Century World History: Towards Globalisation
HSY3703 - Globalisation
HSY3704 - Modern South Africa: Afrikaner Power, the Politics of Race and Resistance, 1902 to the 1970's
HSY3705 - Modern South Africa: From Soweto to Democracy
ICS3701 - Islam, colonialism and decoloniality
ICS3706 - Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Mysticism	Pre-requisite:ICS1501
ICS3707 - Islamic Law and Jurisprudence	Pre-requisite:ICS1501
INS2701 - Information and Communication Technology for Information Science	Pre-requisite:INS1501 & INS1502 Co-requisite:EUP1501
INS3702 - The Political Economy of Information
INS3703 - Using Information: The role of Information Behaviour
INS3705 - Information and Knowledge Management
INS3707 - Information Organisation and Retrieval
IPC3701 - International Political Theory
IPC3702 - International Political Economy
IPC3703 - Diplomacy
LIN3701 - Approaches in Linguistics
LIN3702 - Translation and Editing Techniques
LIN3703 - Learning and Teaching an additional Language
LIN3704 - Language Planning and Linguistic Description
LIN3705 - Text Structure and Function
MAN3701 - Mandarin Chinese: Upper-intermediate level	Pre-requisite:MAN2602
MAN3702 - Mandarin Chinese: Advanced Level I	Pre-requisite:MAN2602 Recommendation:Students to register together with MAN3701
MAN3703 - Mandarin Chinese: Advanced Level II	Pre-requisite:MAN3702 Recommendation:Students to register together with MAN3701
MAN3704 - Mandarin Chinese: Proficient Level I	Pre-requisite:MAN3703
MAN3705 - Mandarin Chinese: Proficient Level II	Pre-requisite:MAN3703
MHS3711 - Modernism and Twentieth Century Music	Pre-requisite:MHS2611
MHS3712 - Theory of African Music	Pre-requisite:MHS2612
MHS3713 - Psychology of Music	Pre-requisite:PYC1501 Recommendation:CST1511 or UNISA Grade 5 in Music theory
MHS3714 - Opera and Choral Music	Pre-requisite:MHS2611 Recommendation:MHS2612
MHS3715 - Popular Music
MNY3701 - Facilitating Anti-Racism, Healing and Justice	Pre-requisite:(MNY2602, MNY2603) & (MNY2601 or MNY2604 or MNY2605)
MNY3702 - Together Towards Life: Intercultural and Interreligious Encounters	Pre-requisite:(MNY2602, MNY2603) & (MNY2601 or MNY2604 or MNY2605)
MNY3703 - Christian Social Ethics	Pre-requisite:(MNY2602, MNY2603) & (MNY2601 or MNY2604 or MNY2605)
MNY3704 - Organising and Leading Faith Communities in the African context	Pre-requisite:(MNY2602, MNY2603) & (MNY2601 or MNY2604 or MNY2605)
MNY3705 - Pastoral Care in African contexts	Pre-requisite:(MNY2602, MNY2603) & (MNY2601 or MNY2604 or MNY2605)
NDE3702 - Indigenous Knowledge Systems and African Languages (IsiNdebele)	Recommendation:It is recommended that students complete NQF Level 6 (AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603) before they enrol for this module.
NDE3703 - An Introduction to Language Policy and Planning in South Africa: the Case of African Languages	Recommendation:Students to complete AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603 before they enrol for this module.
NDE3704 - Language Technology, Terminography and Lexicography (Isindebele)	Recommendation:Students to complete AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603 before they enrol for this module.
NDE3705 - Creative Writing and Translation (IsiNdebele)	Recommendation:Students to complete AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603 before they enrol for this module.
NSO3702 - Indigenous Knowledge Systems and African Languages (Sepedi)	Recommendation:Students should demonstrate competence in at least one indigenous African language of South Africa. It is recommended that students complete NQF Level 6 (AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603) before they enrol for this module.
NSO3703 - An Introduction to Language Policy and Planning in South Africa: the Case of African Languages (Sepedi)	Recommendation:Students should demonstrate competence in at least one indigenous African language of South Africa. It is recommended that students complete NQF Level 6 (AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603) before they enrol for this module.
NSO3704 - Language Technology, Terminography and Lexicography (Sepedi)	Recommendation:Students should demonstrate competence in at least one indigenous African language of South Africa. It is recommended that students complete NQF Level 6 (AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603) before they enrol for this module.
NSO3705 - Creative Writing and Translation (Sepedi)	Recommendation:Students should demonstrate competence in at least one indigenous African language of South Africa. It is recommended that students complete NQF Level 6 (AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603) before they enrol for this module.
PLC3701 - Political Ideas
PLC3702 - Democracy and Other Forms of Regime
PLC3703 - Political Development and Political Economy
PLS3701 - Theoretical and Applied Ethics
PLS3702 - Modern Philosophy
PLS3703 - Advanced African Philosophy
PLS3705 - Political Philosophy
PLS3709 - Advanced Western Philosophy
PSC3701 - Contemporary issues in Politics: Capita Selecta
PSC3702 - Political Conflict and Conflict Resolution
PSC3703 - Political Knowledge
PTU3701 - Portuguese Language for Specific Purposes: Advanced	Pre-requisite:PTU2601
PTU3702 - Portuguese Translation Practice	Pre-requisite:PTU3701
PTU3703 - Advanced Language Skills in Portuguese (Oral and Written)	Pre-requisite:PTU3701
PTU3704 - Modern Brazilian Literature and Society	Pre-requisite:PTU2601 & PTU2602
PTU3705 - Lusophone African Literature	Pre-requisite:PTU2601 & PTU2602
PYC3701 - Social Psychology
PYC3702 - Abnormal Behaviour and Mental Health
PYC3703 - Cognition: Thinking, Memory and Problem Solving
PYC3704 - Psychological Research	Pre-requisite:RSC2601
PYC3705 - Transformative Counselling Encounters
RST3708 - Analysing Philosophy of Religion	Recommendation:Students to complete RST1501 and RST1502 before they enrol for this module.
RST3709 - Analysing the Social Functions of Religion (in Politics and Gender)	Recommendation:Students to complete RST1501 & RST1502 before they enrol for this module.
RST3711 - Problematising Africa's Religious Heritage and World Religions	Recommendation:Students to register together with RST1501 & RST1502
RST3712 - Analysing Religion and the Spiritual Self	Recommendation:Students to register together with RST1501 & RST1502
RST3713 - Analysing Religion in Literary Writings, Audio and Visual Media Forms in Africa	Recommendation:Students to register together with RST1501 & RST1502
SCR3701 - Legacy of New Testament Identities: The Establishment of Christendom	Pre-requisite:SCR1501, SCR1503 & SCR2601
SCR3702 - New Testament Identities Today: Christian Discourses in the Public Spheres of Contemporary Culture
SCR3703 - Bible, Gender, and Ecology	Pre-requisite:SCR1502
SCR3704 - Bible, Power, Politics, and Poverty	Pre-requisite:SCR1502
SCR3705 - Reading the Old Testament to create new religious texts	Pre-requisite:SCR1502
SOC3701 - Thinking Sociologically: Research Methodology
SOC3702 - Industrial Sociology
SOC3703 - Sociology of Education
SOC3704 - Group Dynamics
SOC3705 - Theorising Modernity: Classical and Contemporary Social Theory
SSO3702 - Indigenous Knowledge Systems and African Languages (Sesotho)	Recommendation:It is recommended that students complete NQF Level 6 (AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603) before they enrol for this module.
SSO3703 - An Introduction to Language Policy and Planning in South Africa: the Case of African Languages	Recommendation:Students to complete AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603 before they enrol for this module.
SSO3704 - Language Technology, Terminography and Lexicography (Sesotho)	Recommendation:Students to complete AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603 before they enrol for this module.
SSO3705 - Creative Writing and Translation (Sesotho)	Recommendation:Students to complete AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603 before they enrol for this module.
SWA3702 - Indigenous Knowledge Systems and African Languages (Siswati)	Recommendation:It is recommended that students complete NQF Level 6 (AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603) before they enrol for this module.
SWA3703 - An Introduction to Language Policy and Planning in South Africa: the Case of African Languages	Recommendation:Students to complete AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603 before they enrol for this module.
SWA3704 - Language Technology, Terminography and Lexicography (Siswati)	Recommendation:Students to complete AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603 before they enrol for this module.
SWA3705 - Creative Writing and Translation (Siswati)	Recommendation:Students to complete AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603 before they enrol for this module.
TEX3701 - Persuasive Texts
THE3701 - Faith, Science and Environment	Pre-requisite:THE2602, THE2603 & THE2604
THE3702 - Faith, the Spirit and the Future	Pre-requisite:THE2602, THE2603 & THE2604
THE3703 - Contemporary Church History: Change Agents and Ecumenism	Pre-requisite:THE2602, THE2603 & THE2604
THE3704 - Sexual Ethics	Pre-requisite:THE2602, THE2603 & THE2604
THE3705 - Church and Society across the ages	Pre-requisite:THE2602, THE2603 & THE2604
THL3701 - Advanced Narrative Theory (Theory of Literature)	Pre-requisite:THL2602
THL3702 - Advanced Theory of Drama (Theory of Literature)	Pre-requisite:THL2602
THL3703 - Advanced Theory of Poetry (Theory of Literature)	Pre-requisite:THL2602
THL3704 - Theory and Practice of South African Literary Studies	Pre-requisite:THL2602
THL3705 - Literature, Psychoanalysis and Performativity	Pre-requisite:THL2601
TSO3702 - Indigenous Knowledge Systems and African Languages (Xitsonga)	Recommendation:It is recommended that students complete NQF Level 6 (AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603) before they enrol for this module.
TSO3703 - An Introduction to Language Policy and Planning in South Africa: the Case of African Languages	Recommendation:Students to complete AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603 before they enrol for this module.
TSO3704 - Language Technology, Terminography and Lexicography (Xitsonga)	Recommendation:Students to complete AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603 before they enrol for this module.
TSO3705 - Creative Writing and Translation (Xitsonga)	Recommendation:Students to complete AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603 before they enrol for this module.
TSW3702 - Indigenous Knowledge Systems and African Languages (Setswana)	Recommendation:It is recommended that students complete NQF Level 6 (AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603) before they enrol for this module.
TSW3703 - An Introduction to Language Policy and Planning in South Africa: the Case of African Languages	Recommendation:Recommendation: Students to complete AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603 before they enrol for this module.
TSW3704 - Language Technology, Terminography and Lexicography (Setswana)	Recommendation:Students to complete AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603 before they enrol for this module.
TSW3705 - Creative Writing and Translation (Setswana)	Recommendation:Students to complete AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603 before they enrol for this module.
VEN3702 - Indigenous Knowledge Systems and African Languages (Tshivenda)	Recommendation:It is recommended that students complete NQF Level 6 (AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603) before they enrol for this module.
VEN3703 - An Introduction to Language Policy and Planning in South Africa: the Case of African Languages	Recommendation:Students to complete AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603 before they enrol for this module.
VEN3704 - Language Technology, Terminography and Lexicography (Tshivenda)	Recommendation:Students to complete AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603 before they enrol for this module.
VEN3705 - Creative Writing and Translation (Tshivenda)	Recommendation:Students to complete AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603 before they enrol for this module.
XHO3702 - Indigenous Knowledge Systems and African Languages (isiXhosa)	Recommendation:It is recommended that students complete NQF Level 6 (AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603) before they enrol for this module.
XHO3703 - An Introduction to Language Policy and Planning in South Africa: the Case of African Languages	Recommendation:Students to complete AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603 before they enrol for this module.
XHO3704 - Language Technology, Terminography and Lexicography (IsiXhosa)	Recommendation:Students to complete AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603 before they enrol for this module.
XHO3705 - Creative Writing and Translation (IsiXhosa)	Recommendation:Students to complete AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603 before they enrol for this module.
ZUL3702 - Indigenous Knowledge Systems and African Languages (isiZulu)	Recommendation:It is recommended that students complete NQF Level 6 (AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603) before they enrol for this module.
ZUL3703 - An Introduction to Language Policy and Planning in South Africa: the Case of African Languages	Recommendation:Students to complete AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603 before they enrol for this module
ZUL3704 - Language Technology, Terminography and Lexicography (IsiZulu)	Recommendation:Students to complete AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603 before they enrol for this module.
ZUL3705 - Creative Writing and Translation (IsiZulu)	Recommendation:Students to complete AFL2601, AFL2602 and AFL2603 before they enrol for this module.
Group AA. Compulsory modules: Select 5 modules from your chosen MAJOR
CMY3701 - The Explanation of Crime
CMY3702 - Crime Typologies
CMY3704 - Formal Reaction to Crime
CMY3705 - Victimology
CMY3706 - Contemporary Criminological Issues
ECS3701 - Monetary Economics	Pre-requisite:ECS2602
ECS3702 - International Trade	Pre-requisite:ECS2601
ECS3703 - International Finance	Pre-requisite:ECS2602
ECS3704 - Public Economics	Pre-requisite:ECS2601
ECS3705 - History of Economic Thought	Pre-requisite:ECS2601 & ECS2602
ECS3706 - Econometrics	Pre-requisite:ECS2601, ECS2602 & (DSC1520 or QMI1500 or [STA1501 & STA1502])
ECS3707 - Development Economics	Pre-requisite:ECS2601 & ECS2602
GGH3701 - State of the Environment in Southern Africa
GGH3702 - Spatial Economic Development
GGH3703 - Introduction to Geographical Information Systems
GGH3704 - Development of Urban Space
GGH3705 - Assessing Environmental Impacts
GGH3707 - Ecotourism
GGH3708 - Environmental Awareness and Responsibility
GGH3710 - Applied Spatial Analysis	Pre-requisite:GGH2607 or GGH3703
GGH3711 - Spatial Analysis Project
IOP3701 - Industrial Psychological Testing and Assessment	Pre-requisite:IOP2601 & IOP2602
IOP3702 - Personnel Psychology: Organisational Entry	Pre-requisite:IOP2601 & IOP2602
IOP3703 - Career Psychology
IOP3704 - Employment Relations	Pre-requisite:IOP2601 & IOP2602
IOP3705 - Organisational Development and Change	Pre-requisite:IOP2601 & IOP2602
IOP3706 - Personnel Psychology: Employee Retention	Pre-requisite:IOP2601 & IOP2602
IOP3707 - Psychology of Leadership	Pre-requisite:IOP2601 & IOP2602
LAH3701 - Land and Housing	Recommendation:Should be taken together with or follow on ADL2601
PUB3701 - Public Management Skills	Pre-requisite:PUB1501 & PUB1601
PUB3702 - Public Human Resource Management	Pre-requisite:PUB1501 & PUB1601
PUB3703 - Public Policy	Pre-requisite:PUB1501 & PUB1601
PUB3704 - Organisational Studies in the Public Sector	Pre-requisite:PUB1501 & PUB1601
PUB3705 - Public Financial Administration and Management	Pre-requisite:PUB1501 & PUB1601
PUB3706 - Reflective Public Administration	Pre-requisite:PUB1501 & PUB1601
PUB3707 - Ethics in Public Administration and Administrative Justice	Pre-requisite:PUB1501 & PUB1601
PVL3701 - Law of Property	Pre-requisite:PVL2601 & PVL2602
PVL3702 - Law of Contract	Pre-requisite:PVL2601 & PVL2602
PVL3703 - Law of Delict	Pre-requisite:PVL2601 & PVL2602
PVL3704 - Enrichment Liability and Estoppel	Pre-requisite:PVL2601 & PVL2602