Bachelor of Science Honours in Computer Science
The purposes of the qualification are: - To provide qualifiers with specialised knowledge, specific skills and applied competence in a natural science discipline that provide opportunities for continued personal intellectual growth, gainful economic activity and rewarding contributions to society.
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Qualification type
Honours Degree
Credits
120
Sub-framework
HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework
Providers listed
1
Qualification snapshot
Official qualification identity fields captured from the qualification record.
Originator
University of the Western Cape
Quality assurance functionary
CHE - Council on Higher Education
Field
Field 10 - Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences
Subfield
Information Technology and Computer Sciences
Qual class
Regular-Provider-ELOAC
Recognise previous learning
N
Important dates
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Registration start
2024-07-01
Registration end
2027-06-30
Last date for enrolment
2028-06-30
Last date for achievement
2031-06-30
Purpose and entry context
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Purpose and rationale
The purposes of the qualification are
- To provide qualifiers with specialised knowledge, specific skills and applied competence in a natural science discipline that provide opportunities for continued personal intellectual growth, gainful economic activity and rewarding contributions to society.
- To provide South Africa with significant numbers of post-graduates in a number of natural sciences in order to ensure that the local leadership base of innovative and knowledge-based economic and scholarly activity is widened.
Entry requirements and RPL
- A Bachelor of Science in a natural science discipline
- An Advanced Diploma in a natural science discipline
- A Masters Diploma in Technology
- B.Tech
Structure and assessment
Qualification rules, exit outcomes, and assessment criteria from the SAQA record.
Exit level outcomes
- Display specialised scholastic and basic research skills in a natural science discipline and to perform a full range of standard and non-standard procedures often in non-standard combinations across a major natural science discipline in complex and variable routine and non-routine contexts.
- Possess specialised knowledge of a major natural science discipline, is capable of information processing at the level of analysis, transformation and evaluation of abstract data and concepts, and is capable of formulation of appropriate responses to resolve contextually abstract science problems.
- Communicate effectively, in both oral and written modes, with peers and the broader community using the appropriate structure, style and graphic support.
- Assume responsibility for planning, resourcing and managing processes within broad parameters for largely defined activities and assume complete accountability for determining, achieving and evaluating personal and/or group output.
Associated assessment criteria
Integrated assessment appropriately incorporated to ensure that the purpose of the qualification is achieved
The faculty has adopted a Continuous Assessment System. Assessment consists of a number of assessment events administered throughout the year and a variety of assessment instruments are used (for example, tests, essays, practical reports, project reports, oral presentations).
Progression and comparability
Articulation options
Theoretically this qualification should articulate vertically with all qualifications in the same discipline at level 7 of all other higher education institutions. It will be the additional criteria that these other higher education institutions will apply which will determine whether students from the Faculty of Science at the University of the Western Cape will be admitted to the next qualification at other institutions.
Horizontal articulation is not a function of the qualification but a function of the learning programme leading to the qualification. This implies that horizontal articulation might only be possible where the learning programmes of the different institutions are very similar.
Notes
As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this qualification was Reregistered in 2006; 2009; 2012; 2015.
NOTES
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