BACHELOR OF ARTS IN PSYCHOLOGY
Qualification code: 60014
Offering: Full-time South Campus (A1)
Aligned NQF Level: 7
SAQA ID: 87240
Total NQF Credits for qualification: 378
THE PURPOSE OF THE LEARNING PROGRAMME
This programme has been approved in terms of the new Higher Education
Qualification Sub-Framework (HEQSF).
The purposes of this qualification include:
• 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.
Rationale:
This Bachelor of Arts Degree in the Humanities and Social Sciences is intended to
assist all relevant role players, such as potential employers, curriculum developers
and providers of learning programmes, all education and training bodies and
relevant moderators as well as learners and their parents, to understand the notion
of and criteria determining the level and the outcomes associated with a first
formative bachelor's degree in the arts, humanities and social sciences. The term
'generic' is used to indicate that the basic minimum of the outcomes as well as their
associated assessment criteria has been identified. In keeping with the points of
departure of the generic degrees project, the standard has been developed
abstractly. The standard is not bound by discipline-specific knowledge, but rather by
consensus on the depth and complexity of learning and competencies to be acquired
by learners in such programmes of study. This has the implication that a student
could build a learning programme at the appropriate level by using a wide variety of
disciplines leading to the desired outcomes. In this process care should be taken that
the construction of a specific study programme should make provision for depth and
that the level descriptors should be kept in mind very closely so as to allow a student
to proceed to more complex post-learner work and not unnecessarily fragment the
qualification.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
• Minimum NSC statutory requirements for degree entry must be met.
• An applicant with NSC Grade 12 Mathematics or Technical Mathematics
requires a minimum Applicant Score of 350.
• An applicant with NSC Grade 12 Mathematical Literacy requires a minimum
Applicant Score of 365.
• NSC achievement rating of at least 45% for Mathematics or Technical
Mathematics or 65% for Mathematical Literacy.
STATUTORY AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS
General:
Except as otherwise specified below, the Bachelor of Arts in Psychology degree shall
be awarded in accordance with the General Rules as set out in the General Prospectus.
Obtaining the degree:
The degree shall be obtained by completing the modules and practical work
prescribed by Senate.
DURATION
The qualification shall extend over at least three years of full-time study.
CURRICULUM (Full-time)
Module Credit
Presented
Code Value
First Year
Compulsory modules:
Core Modules
Introductory Psychology Semester 1 SPVV101 10
Lifespan Development Semester 2 SPVV102 10
Ethics and Practice Semester 1 SPVV111 10
Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Psychology Semester 2 SPVV112 10
Psychological Coping Semester 2 SPVV122 10
Compulsory Fundamental Modules
Computer Literacy Semester 1 ITVL101
OR OR
Semester 2 ITVL102 6
Introduction to Philosophical Ideas 2 Semester 2 SFV102 10
Introduction to Philosophical Arguments Semester 2 SFV112 10
Introduction to Social Work Practice and Skills Semester 2 SOWP102 10
Introduction to Industrial Psychology Semester 1 EZZV101 12
Introduction to Organisational Behaviour Semester 2 EZZV102 12
Professional English Semester 1 LEBV102 12
Credits First Year 122
Module Credit
Presented
Code Value
Second Year
Compulsory modules:
Core modules:
Social Psychology Semester 1 SPVV201 12
Health Psychology Semester 2 SPVV202 12
Personality Psychology Semester 2 SPVV212 12
Introduction to Psychological Assessment Semester 1 SPVV211 12
Psychology in Gender Semester 2 SPVV221 12
Traumatology Semester 2 SPVV222 12
Compulsory Fundamental Modules
Statistical Methods in Behavioural Science Semester 1 WSA111 7
IsiXhosa for Psychology Students Year LXPV200 12
Compulsory Modules from other Disciplines
Human Resource Management: Procurement Semester 1 EZAV201 12
Labour Relations Semester 1 EZBV201 12
Human Resource Management: Development Semester 2 EZCV202 12
Credits Second Year 127
Module Credit
Presented
Code Value
Third Year
Compulsory modules:
Core modules:
Research Methodology (Major) Semester 1 SPVV300 12
Fundamentals of Neuropsychology (Major) Semester 2 SPVV302 12
Psychopathology (Major) Semester 2 SPVV312 12
Relationship Psychology (Major) Semester 1 SPVV311 12
Career Psychology (Major) Semester 1 SPVV321 12
Fundamentals of Therapeutic Psychology
(Major) Semester 2 SPVV322 12
Compulsory Modules from other Disciplines
Human Resource Management: Reward
Systems Semester 2 EZDV202 12
Consumer Behaviour Semester 1 EZZV321 15
Organisational Behaviour Semester 1 EZZV341 15
Emerging Human Resource Practices Semester 2 EZZV352 15
Credits Third Year 129
Total Credits 378
CURRICULUM MODULE REQUISITES
A student will not be allowed to proceed to the following modules without first having
passed the listed pre-requisite modules or, in some cases, be simultaneously
registered (at least) for the given co-requisite modules.
Module Code Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Social Psychology SPVV201 SPVV101
SPVV122
Health Psychology SPVV202 SPVV101
Human Resources Management: EZAV201 EZZV101
Procurement EZZV102
Human Resource Management EZCV202 EZZV101
Development EZZV102
Human Resources Management Reward EZDV202 EZZV101
Systems EZZV102
