Undergraduate & honours qualifications
Diploma in Early Childhood Care and Education
| Qualification code: |
90187 |
| NQF level: |
6 |
| Total credits: |
360 |
| SAQA ID: |
119964 |
| APS/AS: |
18 |
Purpose statement:
In light of the need to professionalise the birth to four workforce in South Africa, the purpose of the Diploma in ECCE is to develop professionally competent educators who are knowledgeable, skilled and ethically inclined to facilitate early care and learning in diverse early childhood contexts. The UNISA open distance e learning environment (ODel) will afford multi-modal learning opportunities to develop in-depth specialisation of knowledge, practical skills and experience required for quality ECCE in a rapidly transforming context. |
| 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.
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
Language choices are dependent on the Home Language on your matric certificate. You MUST continue
with the Home Language stipulated on your certificate. The First Additional Language option is
English if it is not your Home Language. If English is your home language, you can choose either an
African language or Afrikaans as your First Additional Language. The Second Additional Language
(Communicative Competence) is then from a different group to your Home Language and First Additional
Language.
Example 1: Home language on Matric certificate is Sepedi, so you will take Sepedi Home Language.
You will then choose the English First Additional language options and you can choose either
Afrikaans or another African language (other than Sepedi) as your Second Additional Language.
Example 2: Home language on Matric certificate is English, so you will take English Home Language
(ENG1515). You can then choose any African language or Afrikaans as First Additional language
options and you can choose either Afrikaans or another African language (other than the one chosen
as First Additional language) as your Second Additional Language.
Example 3: Home language on Matric certificate is Afrikaans, so you will take Afrikaans Home
Language. You will then choose English (ENG1514) as First Additional language options and you can
choose either any African language as your Second Additional Language.
Important: All modules in Group A are compulsory. Select either a module from Group B (English as
Home Language) or Group C (English as First Additional Language) and select ONE Module from Group D
(Second Additional Language [communicative competence]).
Second level
Important: All modules in Group A are compulsory, based on the module selected at FIRST LEVEL from
Group B (Home Language) or Group C (First Additional Language), select a module from the same Group
at SECOND LEVEL. If English is selected from Group B, select any TWO modules from Group E, if
English is selected from Group C, select any TWO modules from Group D. The modules selected from
Group D or E must be from the same language group and may not be the same language selected in Group
D at FIRST LEVEL.
| Module (Please click on the module to see further information) |
Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/Recommendation |
| Group A. Compulsory |
| CEY2601 - Curriculum in the early years (offered from 2025)
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| CRE1501 - Creativity in the early years 1 (offered from 2025)
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| CTP2602 - Teaching Practice II (offered from 2025)
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Pre-requisite:CTP1501 |
| EAM2601 - Early mathematics 2 (offered from 2025)
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| ECL2601 - Early communication language and literacy 2 (offered from 2025)
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| EWB1501 - Well being (offered from 2025)
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| HSN1501 - Health, safety and nutrition (offered from 2025)
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| LEN2601 - Learning environments in the early years (offered from 2025)
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| Group B. English as Home Language (HL). If you select from this group, you do not select Group C. |
| ENG1517 - Applied English Literature Foundation Phase Home Language
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| Group C. English as First Additional Language (FAL). If you select from this group, you do not select Group B. |
| ENG1516 - Applied English Literature Foundation Phase First Additional Language
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| Group D. African Language as Home Language. Choose TWO modules from the same language if you have chosen ENG1514 and ENG1516. Do not select if selected in Group E. |
| AFK1501 - Voetspore: Op reis deur die Afrikaanse Letterkunde
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| AFK1502 - Inleiding tot teksontwerp in Afrikaans
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| NDE1505 - Applied African languages Grammar for Home Language Foundation and Intermediate Phase - IsiNdebele
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| NDE1506 - Applied African Languages Literature for Home Language, Foundation Phase - IsiNdebele
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| SSO1505 - Applied African languages Grammar for Home Language Foundation and Intermediate Phase - Sesotho
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| SSO1506 - Applied African Languages Literature for Home Language, Foundation Phase - Sesotho
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| SWA1505 - Applied African languages Grammar for Home Language Foundation and Intermediate Phase - SiSwati
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| SWA1506 - Applied African Languages Literature for Home Language, Foundation Phase - SiSwati
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| TSO1505 - Applied African Languages Grammar for Home Language Foundation and Intermediate Phase - Xitsonga
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| TSO1506 - Applied African Languages Literature for Home Language, Foundation Phase - Xitsonga
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| TSW1505 - Applied African languages Grammar for Home Language Foundation and Intermediate Phase - Setswana
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| TSW1506 - Applied African Languages Literature for Home Language, Foundation Phase - Setswana
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| VEN1505 - Applied African languages Grammar for Home Language Foundation and Intermediate Phase - Tshivenda
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| VEN1506 - Applied African Languages Literature for Home Language, Foundation Phase - Tshivenda
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| XHO1505 - Applied African Languages Grammar for Home Language Foundation and Intermediate Phase - IsiXhosa
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| XHO1506 - Applied African Languages Literature for Home Language, Foundation Phase - IsiXhosa
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| ZUL1505 - Applied African languages Grammar for Home Language Foundation and Intermediate Phase - IsiZulu
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| ZUL1506 - Applied African Languages Literature for Home Language, Foundation Phase - IsiZulu
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| Group E. First Additional Language (FAL) African Language as First Additional Language. Choose two modules from the same language if you have chosen ENG1515 and ENG1517. Do not select if selected in Group D. |
| AFK1503 - Afrikaans Vandag: Taalkunde en skriftelike kommunikasie
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| AFK1506 - Ontdek die Afrikaanse Letterkunde
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| NDE1508 - Applied African Languages Grammar for First Additional Language - IsiNdebele
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| NDE1509 - Applied African Languages Literature for First Additional Language, Foundation Phase - IsiNdebele
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| SSO1508 - Applied African Languages Grammar for First Additional Language - Sesotho
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| SSO1509 - Applied African Languages Literature for First Additional Language, Foundation Phase - Sesotho
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| SWA1508 - Applied African Languages Grammar for First Additional Language - IsiSwati
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| SWA1509 - Applied African Languages Literature for First Additional Language, Foundation Phase - SiSwati
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| TSO1508 - Applied African Languages Grammar for First Additional Language - Xitsonga
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| TSO1509 - Applied African Languages Literature for First Additional Language, Foundation Phase - Xitsonga
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| TSW1508 - Applied African Languages Grammar for First Additional Language - Setswana
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| TSW1509 - Applied African Languages Literature for First Additional Language, Foundation Phase - Setswana
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| VEN1508 - Applied African Languages Grammar for First Additional Language - Tshivenda
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| VEN1509 - Applied African Languages Literature for First Additional Language, Foundation Phase - Tshivenda
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| XHO1508 - Applied African Languages Grammar for First Additional Language - IsiXhosa
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| XHO1509 - Applied African Languages Literature for First Additional Language, Foundation Phase - IsiXhosa
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| ZUL1508 - Applied African Languages Grammar for First Additional Language - IsiZulu
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| ZUL1509 - Applied African Languages Literature for First Additional Language, Foundation Phase - IsiZulu
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Third level
All modules are compulsory
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