University of Pretoria Yearbook 2023

Bachelor of Social Work [BSW] (01130144)

Department Social Work and Criminology
Minimum duration of
4 years
study
Total credits 523
NQF level 08

Programme information
The purpose of this integrated programme is to provide qualifiers with professional training for a career in social
work. The theoretical training goes hand in hand with appropriate practical skills training.
A police clearance certificate (PCC) is required to study social work. In accordance with the Children’s Act (2005),
all registered student social workers have to complete Form 30 in Part B of the National Child Protection Register
(NCPR).

Admission requirements
Important information for all prospective students for 2023
The admission requirements below apply to all who apply for admission to the University of Pretoria with a
National Senior Certificate (NSC) and Independent Examination Board (IEB) qualifications. Click
here for this Faculty Brochure.
Minimum requirements
Achievement level
English Home
Language or English APS APS
First Additional (Grade 11) (NSC/IEB completed)
Language
5 30 28
* To retain admission, candidates must obtain an APS of at least 28 in the NSC/IEB.
* A police clearance certificate (PCC) is required to study social work. In terms of the Children’s Act (2005), all
registered student social workers have to complete Form 30 in Part B of the National Child Protection Register
(NCPR).
Life Orientation is excluded when calculating the APS.
You will be considered for final admission to degree studies if space allows, and if you have a National Senior
Certificate (NSC) or equivalent qualification with admission to bachelor’s degree studies, and comply with the
minimum subject requirements as well as the APS requirements of your chosen programme.
Applicants with qualifications other than the abovementioned should refer to the Brochure:
Undergraduate Programme Information 2023: Qualifications other than the NSC and IEB, available at click here.

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International students: Click here.
Transferring students
A transferring student is a student who, at the time of applying at the University of Pretoria (UP) is/was a
registered student at another tertiary institution. A transferring student will be considered for admission based
on NSC or equivalent qualification and previous academic performance. Students who have been dismissed from
other institutions due to poor academic performance will not be considered for admission to UP.
Closing dates: Same as above.
Returning students
A returning student is a student who, at the time of application for a degree programme is/was a registered
student at UP, and wants to transfer to another degree at UP. A returning student will be considered for
admission based on NSC or equivalent qualification and previous academic performance.
Note:
● Students who have been excluded/dismissed from a faculty due to poor academic performance may be
considered for admission to another programme at UP, as per faculty-specific requirements.
● Only ONE transfer between UP faculties and TWO transfers within a faculty will be allowed.
● Admission of returning students will always depend on the faculty concerned and the availability of space in the
programmes for which they apply.
Closing date for applications from returning students
Unless capacity allows for an extension of the closing date, applications from returning students must be
submitted before the end of August via your UP Student Centre.

Other programme-specific information

● Students with an achievement level of 5 or 6 or 7 for English Home Language or an achievement level of 6 or 7
for English First Additional Language, or the foreign qualification equivalence as per the conversion table, may
apply for an exemption from ALL 110 and ALL 125.
● Students who are deemed NOT to be at risk of their level of academic literacy are compelled to take language
modules to the value of 12 credits from the other departments. ENG 118 or SEP 110 or ZUL 110 is suggested as
a substitute for ALL 110 and ALL 125.
● Students who are deemed to be at risk with an achievement level of 4 and below for English Home Language or
an achievement level of 5 and below for English First Additional Language or the foreign qualification
equivalence must register for ALL 110 and ALL 125.
● In order to be admitted to year level 2, students are selected according to academic achievement (i.e. GPA =
60%), aptitude tests and an interview which carry an equal weight.
● No student will be allowed to commence with the fourth year of BSW before the successful completion of all the
social work modules up to the third-year level..

Pass with distinction

A student has to obtain a grade point average (GPA) of at least 75% (not rounded) for the final-year modules in
the BSW programme (i.e., MWT 452, MWT 454, MWT 455 and MWP 400) in order to pass the degree with
distinction.

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General information
University of Pretoria Programme Qualification Mix (PQM) verification project
The higher education sector has undergone an extensive alignment to the Higher Education Qualification Sub-
Framework (HEQF) across all institutions in South Africa. In order to comply with the HEQSF, all institutions are
legally required to participate in a national initiative led by regulatory bodies such as the Department of Higher
Education and Training (DHET), the Council on Higher Education (CHE), and the South African Qualifications
Authority (SAQA). The University of Pretoria is presently engaged in an ongoing effort to align its qualifications
and programmes with the HEQSF criteria. Current and prospective students should take note that changes to UP
qualification and programme names, may occur as a result of the HEQSF initiative. Students are advised to
contact their faculties if they have any questions.

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Curriculum: Year 1
Minimum credits: 122

Core modules-special note

Select either APL 110 and APL 120 or Soc 110 and 120

Fundamental modules
Academic information management 111 (AIM 111)
Module credits 4.00
NQF Level 05
Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Faculty of Humanities
Service modules
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Faculty of Theology and Religion
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Information Science
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
Find, evaluate, process, manage and present information resources for academic purposes using appropriate
technology.

Academic information management 121 (AIM 121)

Module credits 4.00
NQF Level 05
Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Faculty of Humanities
Service modules Faculty of Law
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Faculty of Theology and Religion
Faculty of Veterinary Science
Prerequisites No prerequisites.

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Contact time 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Informatics
Period of presentation Semester 2
Module content
Apply effective search strategies in different technological environments. Demonstrate the ethical and fair use of
information resources. Integrate 21st-century communications into the management of academic information.

Academic literacy 110 (ALL 110)

Module credits 6.00
NQF Level 05
Faculty of Health Sciences
Service modules
Faculty of Theology and Religion
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Unit for Academic Literacy
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
This module intends to equip students to cope more confidently and competently with the reading and
understanding of a variety of texts, to apply these skills in a variety of contexts and to follow the conventions of
academic writing.

Academic literacy for Humanities 125 (ALL 125)

Module credits 6.00
NQF Level 05
Service modules Faculty of Health Sciences
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Unit for Academic Literacy
Period of presentation Semester 2
Module content
This module equips students to understand and use a range of discipline-specific terminology; apply the
strategies of critical and comprehensive reading to their own academic literacy; apply the conventions of
academic writing to their own writing, using the process approach, to produce intelligible academic texts and
use the correct referencing technique as required by the faculty.

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English for specific purposes 118 (ENG 118)
Module credits 12.00
NQF Level 05
Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Service modules Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Faculty of Law
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department English
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
This module is intended to equip students with a thorough knowledge of English grammar and is particularly
useful for those interested in a career in teaching, editing, document design or other forms of language practice.

Sepedi for beginners 110 (SEP 110)

Module credits 12.00
NQF Level 06
Service modules Faculty of Education
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 1 discussion class per week, 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department African Languages
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
*For absolute beginners only.
The acquisition of basic Sepedi communicative skills with emphasis on everyday expressions and suitable high
frequency vocabulary, within specific social situations.

Academic orientation 101 (UPO 101)

Module credits 0.00
NQF Level 00
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Humanities Deans Office
Period of presentation Year

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isiZulu for beginners 110 (ZUL 110)
Module credits 12.00
NQF Level 06
Service modules Faculty of Education
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 1 discussion class per week, 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department African Languages
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
*For absolute beginners only
The acquisition of basic isiZulu communicative skills with emphasis on everyday expressions and suitable high
frequency vocabulary, within specific situations.

Core modules
Introduction to social anthropology 110 (APL 110)
Module credits 12.00
NQF Level 05
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 1 tutorial per week, 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Anthropology, Archaeology and Development Studies
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
This introduction to social anthropology introduces basic themes of the discipline including ritual, religion,
marriage and sex. It combines classic studies with recent scholarship, and asks the ‘big question’ about human
society and human cultures that offer challenging perspectives on the world we live in.

Advanced introduction to social anthropology 120 (APL 120)

Module credits 12.00
NQF Level 05
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 1 tutorial per week, 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Anthropology, Archaeology and Development Studies

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Period of presentation Semester 2
Module content
This module builds on the ethnographic and theoretical themes introduced in APL 110, asking particular
questions about how we may think about the relationship between the local and the global; indigenous and
universal; public and private; the real and the possible.The module continues in the vein of APL 110, in that it
explicitly encourages students to understand the society in which they live through a series of critical
anthropological perspectives.

Criminology 110 (KRM 110)

Module credits 12.00
NQF Level 05
Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Service modules Faculty of Law
Faculty of Theology and Religion
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Social Work and Criminology
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
Part 1: Fundamental criminology
A general introduction to criminology is provided. An overview of factors that contribute to crime, forensic
criminology and forensic criminalistics are investigated.
Part 2: Violent crime
Various types of violent crimes receive attention in this section.

Criminology 120 (KRM 120)

Module credits 12.00
NQF Level 05
Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Service modules Faculty of Law
Faculty of Theology and Religion
Prerequisites KRM 110
Contact time 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Social Work and Criminology
Period of presentation Semester 2

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Module content
Part 1: Penology
Attention is given to the roleplayers in the criminal justice system, namely the police, judiciary and corrections.
Part 2: Crime prevention and control
The nature and extent of crime, theories to explain criminal behaviour and crime prevention and control are
investigated.
The two sections will not necessarily be presented in chronological order.

Social work in practice 161 (MWP 161)

Module credits 6.00
NQF Level 05
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 1 discussion class per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Social Work and Criminology
Period of presentation Year
Module content
*Closed – requires departmental selection
Introduction to social work and ethics in social work in practice.

Social work theory 110 (MWT 110)

Module credits 12.00
NQF Level 05
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 1 discussion class per week, 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Social Work and Criminology
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
Introduction to Social Work
Introduction of social work as discipline and profession. Overview of social work history, principles and values,
methods, specialised fields and social work functions and roles.

Social work theory 120 (MWT 120)

Module credits 12.00
NQF Level 05
Prerequisites No prerequisites.

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Contact time 1 discussion class per week, 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Social Work and Criminology
Period of presentation Semester 2
Module content
Ethics in social work
Ethical standards and practice in social work. Social work values and ethics.

Psychology 110 (SLK 110)

Module credits 12.00
NQF Level 05
Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Faculty of Education
Service modules
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 2 discussion classes per week, 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Psychology
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
This module is a general orientation to Psychology. An introduction is given to various theoretical approaches in
Psychology, and the development of Psychology as a science is discussed. Selected themes from everyday life
are explored and integrated with psychological principles. This module focuses on major personality theories. An
introduction is given to various paradigmatic approaches in Psychology.

Psychology 120 (SLK 120)

Module credits 12.00
NQF Level 05
Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Faculty of Education
Service modules
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 2 discussion classes per week, 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Psychology
Period of presentation Semester 2

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Module content
This module introduces the student to a basic knowledge and understanding of the biological basis of human
behaviour. The module addresses the key concepts and terminology related to the biological subsystem, the
rules and principles guiding biological psychology, and identification of the interrelatedness of different
biological systems and subsystems. In this module various cognitive processes are studied, including perception,
memory, thinking, intelligence and creativity. Illustrations are given of various thinking processes, such as
problem solving, critical, analytic and integrative thinking.

Sociology 110 (SOC 110)

Module credits 12.00
NQF Level 05
Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Service modules
Faculty of Law
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 1 tutorial per week, 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Sociology
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
Invitation to Sociology
How do we understand ourselves as individuals in relation to society? How are our individual life courses and
large-scale processes of social and historical change related to each other? How have our societies come to be
what they are today? And how can we think of our private troubles as public issues? These questions are at the
very heart of sociology as a distinctive way of thinking about and understanding the social worlds that we
inhabit. This module invites students to become familiar with sociological ways of thinking about current issues
and personal experiences (particularly in the southern African context), and to develop the analytical skills that
are necessary in order to ask and answer critical questions about the communities, society, and world that they
live in. The module will include a specific emphasis on academic reading skills.

Sociology 120 (SOC 120)

Module credits 12.00
NQF Level 05
Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Service modules
Faculty of Law
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 1 tutorial per week, 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Sociology
Period of presentation Semester 2

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Module content
Thinking sociologically
Drawing from the idea of Sociology as a discipline that focuses on critical thinking, the module will introduce
students to ways of questioning the obvious and the taken-for-granted. In particular, power and inequality will
be problematised, with a focus on how power operates to structure racial, class and gender inequalities across
institutions, ideologies and identities. The module will introduce students to the operations of power as
manifested in the production of institutions, the proliferation of identities and heightened contestations among
ideologies. The module will include a specific emphasis on writing skills.

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Curriculum: Year 2
Minimum credits: 156

Core modules- special note

-If Criminology is selected up to third-year level, students also have to select SLK 210 and SOC 220 or APL 210.
-If Psychology is selected up to third-year level, students also have to select KRM 220 and SOC 220 or APL 210.
-If Sociology is selected up to third-year level, students also have to select KRM 220 and SLK 210 .
-If Anthropology is selected up to third-year level, students also have to select KRM 220 and SLK 210.
Elective modules- special note:
Select one of the following: KRM 210 (20) or SLK 220 (20) or SOC 210 (20) or APL 220 (20).

Core modules
Sex, culture and society 210 (APL 210)
Module credits 20.00
NQF Level 06
Prerequisites APL 110 GS
Contact time 1 tutorial per week, 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Anthropology, Archaeology and Development Studies
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
Cultural constructions of sex and sexuality are the primary building blocks of social organisation. Anthropological
discussions of sexuality tend to revolve around the various aspects of social organisation, such as the lifecycle,
gendered identities, and personhood. These discussions are informed by the cultural meanings we impute to
differences in biological sex and reproduction, and the ways in which these meanings influence social
organisation, personhood, and power. In this module, we will consider cultural constructions of sex and sexuality
as these inform certain aspects of social organisation such as kinship and marriage. We will attempt to develop
an anthropological perspective on the interplay between sex, culture and society. To this end, we will examine
the physiology of sexuality, and then consider different theoretical perspectives on human sexuality as reflected
in cross-cultural ethnographic case studies.

Criminology 220 (KRM 220)

Module credits 20.00
NQF Level 06
Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Service modules
Faculty of Law
Prerequisites KRM 110, 120, 210 (KRM 210 is not a prerequisite for BSW students)
Contact time 2 lectures per week

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Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Social Work and Criminology
Period of presentation Semester 2
Module content
Part 1: Victimology
Contemporary issues in victimology are explored and special attention is given to aspects such as victim-based
legislation and restorative justice.
Part 2: Political offences
Political offences such as corruption, assassination and human rights violations are investigated in this section.
The two sections will not necessarily be presented in chronological order.

Social work in practice 261 (MWP 261)

Module credits 12.00
NQF Level 06
Prerequisites MWT 110, MWT 120, MWP 161 and departmental selection.
Contact time 1 discussion class per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Social Work and Criminology
Period of presentation Year
Module content
*Closed – requires departmental selection
Work-integrated learning in group and community work in various social work practice contexts.

Social work theory 210 (MWT 210)

Module credits 15.00
NQF Level 06
Prerequisites MWT 110, MWT 120, MWP 161 and departmental selection.
Contact time 1 discussion class per week, 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Social Work and Criminology
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
*Closed – requires departmental selection
Part 1: Community work
Community work as social work method in social work.
Part 2: Group work
Group work as social work method in social work.

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Social work theory 220 (MWT 220)
Module credits 15.00
NQF Level 06
Prerequisites MWT 110, MWT 120, MWP 161 and departmental selection.
Contact time 1 discussion class per week, 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Social Work and Criminology
Period of presentation Semester 2
Module content
*Closed – requires departmental selection
Child and family care.

Business management 114 (OBS 114)

Module credits 10.00
NQF Level 05
Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Faculty of Education
Service modules
Faculty of Humanities
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Prerequisites May not be included in the same curriculum as OBS 155
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Business Management
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
The entrepreneurial mind-set; managers and managing; values, attitudes, emotions, and culture: the manager
as a person; ethics and social responsibility; decision making; leadership and responsible leadership; effective
groups and teams; managing organizational structure and culture inclusive of the different functions of a generic
organisation and how they interact (marketing; finance; operations; human resources and general
management); contextualising Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in each of the topics.

Business management 124 (OBS 124)

Module credits 10.00
NQF Level 05
Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Faculty of Education
Service modules
Faculty of Humanities
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences

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Prerequisites Admission to the examination in OBS 114
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Business Management
Period of presentation Semester 2
Module content
Value chain management: functional strategies for competitive advantage; human resource management;
managing diverse employees in a multicultural environment; motivation and performance; using advanced
information technology to increase performance; production and operations management; financial
management; corporate entrepreneurship.

Psychology 210 (SLK 210)

Module credits 20.00
NQF Level 06
Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Service modules Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Prerequisites SLK 110, SLK 120(GS)
Contact time 2 discussion classes per week, 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Psychology
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
In this module human development from conception through adolescence to adulthood is discussed with
reference to various psychological theories. Incorporated are the developmental changes related to cognitive,
physical, emotional and social functioning of the individual and the context of work in adulthood. Traditional and
contemporary theories of human development explaining and describing these stages are studied in order to
address the key issues related to both childhood and adulthood.

Sociology 220 (SOC 220)

Module credits 20.00
NQF Level 06
Service modules Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Prerequisites SOC 110, SOC 120(GS)
Contact time 1 tutorial per week, 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Sociology

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Period of presentation Semester 2
Module content
Culture and religion in the construction of identities: Gender, sexuality and race
The global proliferation of identities is explored through the lens of social categories of difference. The
convergence of ideologies and institutions in the construction of identities at the intersections of gender,
sexuality and race is examined with a particular emphasis on modern African identities, drawing on the sub-
disciplines of the sociology of religion and cultural sociology.

Social welfare law 110 (WRG 110)

Module credits 7.00
NQF Level 07
Contact time 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Private Law
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
This module is designed to introduce students to some of the legal aspects of particular importance to social
workers. The module includes the following components: An introduction to law in general including an overview
of the sources of law, the South African court system, the legal profession, legal aid and the procedural law; the
law of persons, with specific reference to the commencement and termination of legal subjectivity and the legal
status of a person; an introduction to the criminal law and punishment and the role of the social worker in the
criminal process.

Social welfare law 120 (WRG 120)

Module credits 7.00
NQF Level 07
Prerequisites WRG 110 GS
Contact time 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Private Law
Period of presentation Semester 2
Module content
This module is a continuation of the first module in social welfare law which aims to familiarise students with
certain aspects of the law of particular importance to social workers. The module consists of the following
components: an introduction to the matrimonial law, the matrimonial property law and the divorce law; parental
authority including aspects such as the acquisition, nature, content and interference with parental authority; the
role of the social worker in the family law context.

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Elective modules
Anthropology 220 (APL 220)
Module credits 20.00
NQF Level 06
Prerequisites APL 110, APL 120 GS
Contact time 1 tutorial per week, 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Anthropology, Archaeology and Development Studies
Period of presentation Semester 2
Module content
Power and wealth
This module explores anthropological perspectives on politics, power and wealth in colonial and postcolonial
contexts. Key concepts that are discussed include anthropological approaches to citizenship, cosmopolitanism,
hegemony, human rights, neoliberalism, sovereignty, civil society, gender, race and class.

Criminology 210 (KRM 210)

Module credits 20.00
NQF Level 06
Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Service modules
Faculty of Law
Prerequisites KRM 110,120
Contact time 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Social Work and Criminology
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
Part 1: Forensic criminalistics
The integrated nature of systematic criminal investigation is explored by demarcating the study field into the
criminal tactic and technique.
Part 2: Youth misbehaviour
The nature, extent, theoretical explanations as well as prevention and control of youth misbehaviour are
investigated.
The two sections will not necessarily be presented in chronological order.

Psychology 220 (SLK 220)

Module credits 20.00
NQF Level 06

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 Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Service modules Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Prerequisites SLK 110, SLK 120(GS).
Contact time 2 discussion classes per week, 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Psychology
Period of presentation Semester 2
Module content
This module is a social-psychological perspective on interpersonal and group processes. Themes that are
covered include communication, pro-social behaviour, social influence and persuasion, political transformation,
violence, and group behaviour.

Sociology 210 (SOC 210)

Module credits 20.00
NQF Level 06
Service modules Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Prerequisites SOC 110(GS), SOC 120(GS)
Contact time 1 tutorial per week, 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Sociology
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
Industrial sociology
This module addresses sociological approaches to the workplace. Its focus is on theories of work and the current
themes and debates within the sociology of work with an emphasis on exploring these issues from a southern
perspective. Some of the themes that will be covered include the theorisation and conceptualisation of work,
work in industrialising societies, workplace restructuring and reorganisation, flexibility in the labour market,
changing technologies and the implications for work and employment, and new forms of work (including atypical
work, service work, emotional labour, professional work).

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Curriculum: Year 3
Minimum credits: 125

Elective modules-special note

Select one of the following module pairs to the c redit value of 60: KRM 310 and KRM 320; or SOC 310 and SOC
321; or SLK 310 and SLK 320; or APL 310 and APL 320.

Core modules
Social work in practice 361 (MWP 361)
Module credits 25.00
NQF Level 07
MWT 110, MWT 120, MWP 161, MWT 210, MWT 220, MWP 261 and departmental
Prerequisites
selection
Contact time 1 discussion class per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Social Work and Criminology
Period of presentation Year
Module content
Work-integrated learning with individuals and families in various social work practice contexts.

Social work theory 311 (MWT 311)

Module credits 20.00
NQF Level 07
MWT 110, MWT 120, MWP 161, MWT 210, MWT 220, MWP 261 and departmental
Prerequisites
selection.
Contact time 1 discussion class per week, 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Social Work and Criminology
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
*Closed – requires departmental selection
Part 1: Theories in social work
Relevant theories in social work.
Part 2: Casework
Casework as social work method.

Social work theory 321 (MWT 321)

Module credits 20.00

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NQF Level 07
MWT 110, MWT 120, MWP 161, MWT 210, MWT 220, MWP 261 and departmental
Prerequisites
selection
Contact time 1 discussion class per week, 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Social Work and Criminology
Period of presentation Semester 2
Module content
Part 1: Specialised fields in social work
Social work in health care.
Part 2: Specialised fields in social work
Addiction and gerontology.

Elective modules
Decoloniality, Anthropology and Africa 310 (APL 310)
Module credits 30.00
NQF Level 07
Prerequisites APL 210 GS
Contact time 1 tutorial per week, 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Anthropology, Archaeology and Development Studies
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
This module considers the colonial histories of anthropology in Africa and their impact on traditions of knowledge
production in the discipline to propose a decolonised anthropology. It does so by critically reflecting on old and
contemporary ethnographies from and about the African continent and pays particular attention to ethnographic
methods, politics of representation, reflexivity, power and identity as pertinent questions to establish a
decolonised anthropology. Students in this module are encouraged to imagine a decolonised anthropology in
and for Africa.

Anthropology 320 (APL 320)

Module credits 30.00
NQF Level 07
Prerequisites APL 210, APL 220 GS
Contact time 1 tutorial per week, 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English

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Department Anthropology, Archaeology and Development Studies
Period of presentation Semester 2
Module content
Fieldwork, ethnography and theory
This module reviews themes such as conducting fieldwork, writing ethnography and developing theory in
anthropology. The module allows the opportunity to gain experience with ethnographic field methods in order to
develop insight into the implications of methodological choices and their relationship to research questions and
settings.

Criminology 310 (KRM 310)

Module credits 30.00
NQF Level 07
Service modules Faculty of Law
Prerequisites KRM 210, 220
Contact time 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Social Work and Criminology
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
Part 1: Theories of crime
Theories focusing on understanding and explaining crime and criminality are investigated in this section.
Part 2: Psychocriminology
Explaining the relation between abnormal behaviour and criminality receives attention in this section.
The two sections will not necessarily be presented in chronological order.

Criminology 320 (KRM 320)

Module credits 30.00
NQF Level 07
Service modules Faculty of Law
Prerequisites KRM 210, 220, 310 (GS)
Contact time 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Social Work and Criminology
Period of presentation Semester 2

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Module content
Part 1: Female crime
The historical exclusion of women in Criminology theory development and research is interrogated through an
epistemological lens. Gender and racial disparity in the criminal justice system are placed firmly on the agenda.
Part 2: Contemporary criminology issues
In this section contemporary crime manifestations are examined.
The two sections will not necessarily be presented in chronological order.

Psychology 310 (SLK 310)

Module credits 30.00
NQF Level 07
Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Service modules
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Prerequisites SLK 210(GS), SLK 220(GS)
Contact time 2 discussion classes per week, 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Psychology
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
Identification of abnormal behaviour in children based on knowledge of normal childhood development;
introduction to the study of various models pertaining to abnormal behaviour; understanding and application of
basic concepts in child psychopathology. This module also provides an introduction to psychopathology and
symptomatology of adult abnormal behaviour. Terminology, definitions of abnormal behaviour, problems in
diagnosis, labelling, and myths regarding abnormal behaviour are discussed. Neurosis as a specific mental
disorder is studied critically from a multidimensional perspective, including intrapsychic, interpersonal and
social-cultural explanations.

Psychology 320 (SLK 320)

Module credits 30.00
NQF Level 07
Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Service modules
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Prerequisites SLK 210 GS, SLK 220 GS, (RES 320 recommended)
Contact time 2 discussion classes per week, 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Psychology
Period of presentation Semester 2

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Module content
This module deals with a community psychological perspective on human behaviour and psychological
interventions and also critically explores the contribution of various perspectives in psychology. The module
focuses on themes such as definitions of key concepts, principles and aims of community psychology, and the
role of the community psychologist as well as the impact of earlier thought frameworks on contemporary
perspectives. The implications of these ideas for practical initiatives focused on mental health in communities,
are discussed. The module further focuses on critical psychology. Critical psychology is an orientation towards
psychology that is critical towards the assumptions and practices of psychology as it is practiced in the
mainstream. It attempts to address power issues as they manifest in the practice of mainstream psychology.
The focus is on examining how the practice and theories of mainstream psychology contribute to these power
issues impacting on marginalised groups.

Sociology 310 (SOC 310)

Module credits 30.00
NQF Level 07
Service modules Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Prerequisites SOC 120, SOC 210(GS) or SOC 211 (GS), SOC 220(GS) or SOC 221 (GS)
Contact time 1 tutorial per week, 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Sociology
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
Structure, agency and power in social theory
How do we theorise the interrelationships between structure, agency, and power in society? This is the central
question in this module, which provides students with an intensive introduction to critical social theories.
Engaging with current affairs and debates in society, the module will enable students to learn how to develop
theoretical knowledge about the ways in which power is structured and exercised in society – both from above
and below, as well as across fields (the economic, the political, the cultural) and scales (the body, private and
public spheres, communities and nation-states, and the world-system).

Sociology 321 (SOC 321)

Module credits 30.00
NQF Level 07
Prerequisites SOC 210(GS) or SOC 211(GS) and SOC 220(GS) or SOC 221(GS)
Contact time 1 tutorial per week, 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Sociology
Period of presentation Semester 2

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Module content
Thinking methodologically
This module sets out to introduce students to ‘doing research’. In this respect the assumptions and processes
underpinning methodological choices in sociological research are considered in order to think about foundations
of research, about how knowledge claims are made, how science is conceptualised, what role theory plays, as
well as how values and ethics shape the politics of research. In addition to these foundational questions, a broad
introduction to methods used in social research is provided by considering both the theoretical dimensions and
practical application of various research tools. The purpose of the module is to equip students with the
necessary competence to, describe ontological and epistemological debates and different approaches to
research in the social sciences, delineate a research problem, identify units of analysis, make sampling decisions
and formulate questions and hypothesis as well as understand the principles of quantitative (elementary
statistical decision-making) and qualitative data analysis.

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Curriculum: Final year
Minimum credits: 120

Core modules
Social work in practice 400 (MWP 400)
Module credits 50.00
NQF Level 08
MWT 110, MWT 120, MWP 161, MWT 210, MWT 220, MWP 261, MWT 311, MWT
Prerequisites
321, MWP 361 and departmental selection
Contact time 1 discussion class per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Social Work and Criminology
Period of presentation Year
Module content
*Closed – requires departmental selection
Work-integrated learning and professional development in various social work practice contexts.

Social work management and social policy 452 (MWT 452)

Module credits 20.00
NQF Level 08
MWT 110, MWT 120, MWP 161, MWT 210, MWT 220, MWP 261, MWT 311, MWT
Prerequisites
321, MWP 361 and departmental selection
Contact time 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Social Work and Criminology
Period of presentation Semester 2
Module content
Social work management, supervision and social policy.

Social development 454 (MWT 454)

Module credits 20.00
NQF Level 08
MWT 110, MWT 120, MWP 161, MWT 210, MWT 220, MWP 261, MWT 311, MWT
Prerequisites
321, MWP 361 and departmental selection.
Contact time 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English

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Department Social Work and Criminology
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
Developmental social work, social development and sustainable development.

Social work research 455 (MWT 455)

Module credits 30.00
NQF Level 08
MWT 110, MWT 120, MWP 161, MWT 210, MWT 220, MWP 261, MWT 311, MWT
Prerequisites
321, MWP 361 and departmental selection
Contact time 1 discussion class per week, 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Social Work and Criminology
Period of presentation Year
Module content
Research concepts, research ethics, types of research, research designs, research processes and research
methods as applicable to social work. Independent research which results in a research report.

Regulations and rules

The regulations and rules for the degrees published here are subject to change and may be amended
after the publication of this information.

The General Academic Regulations (G Regulations) and General Student Rules apply to all faculties and
registered students of the University, as well as all prospective students who have accepted an offer of
a place at the University of Pretoria. On registering for a programme, the student bears the
responsibility of ensuring that they familiarise themselves with the General Academic Regulations
applicable to their registration, as well as the relevant faculty-specific and programme-specific
regulations and information as stipulated in the relevant yearbook. Ignorance concerning these
regulations will not be accepted as an excuse for any transgression, or basis for an exception to any of
the aforementioned regulations.

University of Pretoria Programme Qualification Mix (PQM) verification project

The higher education sector has undergone an extensive alignment to the Higher Education Qualification Sub-
Framework (HEQF) across all institutions in South Africa. In order to comply with the HEQSF, all institutions are
legally required to participate in a national initiative led by regulatory bodies such as the Department of Higher
Education and Training (DHET), the Council on Higher Education (CHE), and the South African Qualifications
Authority (SAQA). The University of Pretoria is presently engaged in an ongoing effort to align its qualifications
and programmes with the HEQSF criteria. Current and prospective students should take note that changes to UP

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qualification and programme names, may occur as a result of the HEQSF initiative. Students are advised to
contact their faculties if they have any questions.

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