Bachelor of Social Science

1. Provision of qualifiers with graduate level knowledge, specific, skills and applied competence in continued personal intellectual growth, gainful economic activity and rewarding contributions to society, the economy, enterprises and communities.
2. Provision of graduate in a number of social sciences in order to ensure that the local South African leadership base of innovative and knowledge-based economic and scholarly activity is widened.

a) A level 4 FET (Senior Certificate) with matriculation exemption - prior accredited learning.

b) Mature Age Exemption plus Evidence of relevant prior experiential/work-based learning.

1. Learning demonstrate the capacity to identify and solve problems in the social science through critical and creative thinking.
2. Learning demonstrate skills that will enable to effectively work with others in teams, groups, organisations and communities.
3. Learning to demonstrate the ability to design research and collect, analyse, organise, and critically evaluate information in the social sciences.
4. Learning to be able to organise themselves and manage their activities responsibly and effectively.
5. Learners demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively using visual, oral and/or written persuasion.
6. Learners demonstrate the ability to use technology effectively and critically, showing responsibility towards the environment and health of others.
7. Learners to demonstrate an understanding of the world as a set of related systems by recognising that problem-solving contexts do not exist in isolation.
8. Learners demonstrate awareness of the underlying intention of the programme which involves full personal development of each learner and the social and economic development of the society at large.
9. Learners to demonstrate an understanding of social interaction in various settings and workplaces such as the industry, the school, the public sector and society as a whole.
10. Learners to demonstrate an awareness of various education and career opportunities.

1. Written assignments to display theoretical awareness, critical analysis and problem solving abilities and skills.
2. Prepare and present assignments as teams.
3. Assignments to be properly written displaying critical analysis and the correct use of technical concepts.
4. Should meet deadlines for the submission of assignments and be on time for examinations and tests.
5. Written assignments should be a model of effective communication in terms of grammatical expression and logical presentation.
6. Utilise supportive information technology systems (computers, telecommunication, equipment) with sensitivity toward social, political and economic conditions and without endangering the environment and health of others.
7. Assignments submitted by students should demonstrate an understanding of the interrelatedness of phenomena locally, nationally and globally.
8. Fieldwork for students' research projects to be designed with sensitivity to intellectual, moral, spiritual, social, political and economic development of the individual and society as a whole.
9. Learners to interact with fellow students with care, honesty, tolerance and understanding.

Learners to be sensitive to other students political, cultural, spiritual and social interests.

1. Where possible, students participate in career guidance sessions and internships.

Integrated Assessment procedures to ensure that the purpose of qualification is achieved

Group assignments, essays, discussions, tutorial tasks, group research reports, will constitute the formative continuous assessment toolkit to be adopted for the purposes of obtaining this qualification. In addition summative evaluation will include tests, oral and written examinations.