Bachelor of Social Science Honours in Community Resources
The interdisciplinary program of Community Resource provides graduates with the skills necessary to assist in the empowerment of communities through managing, improving, creating, and preserving the community resources of personal growth, food supplies and processing, the environment (incl housing), health and nutrition, community organisation and community based social services.
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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 KwaZulu-Natal
Quality assurance functionary
CHE - Council on Higher Education
Field
Field 07 - Human and Social Studies
Subfield
Industrial & Organisational Governance and Human Resource Development
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
Official SAQA text formatted for easier reading.
Purpose and rationale
The interdisciplinary program of Community Resource provides graduates with the skills necessary to assist in the empowerment of communities through managing, improving, creating, and preserving the community resources of personal growth, food supplies and processing, the environment (incl housing), health and nutrition, community organisation and community based social services.
Graduates are expected to be employed in the development arena and should be critically aware to the issues confronting the beneficiaries in poor communities. The curriculum is designed t enable graduates to provide creative solutions to the problems experienced, both on the macro and the micro levels. The unique coupling of community development and entrepreneurship produces graduates with the ability to help build self-reliant communities who can contribute to the formal economy. They are expected to be employed by NGO'S as social development project managers or as project evaluators, by government as extension personnel, in social awareness and employee assistance sections of commerce and industry and as contributors to policy.
Entry requirements and RPL
Access into the Honours programme at level 7 presupposes completion of the exit requirements at level 6, at required standard.
Structure and assessment
Qualification rules, exit outcomes, and assessment criteria from the SAQA record.
Exit level outcomes
- Identify and solve development related problems in a creative and critical manner
- Work effectively and cooperatively with others from relevant disciplines to apply an integrated approach to problem solving in development
- Provide ethical leadership, superior development-project management and judgement within their field of expertise
- Be self motivated, meet personal objectives within the work environment with an effective work ethic
- Be life long learners in this social field
- Have a critical ability to collect, analyse and evaluate development related information
- Exhibit basic numeracy and familiarity with information technology (have advanced computer expertise in word processing, spreadsheets, analytical programmes, and produce acceptable presentations
- Have good writing and oral presentation skills for both academic and community audiences
- Show creativity and enterprise skills in working with communities, and
- Use relevant academic tools (such as effectively and responsibly)
Associated assessment criteria
Apply theoretical knowledge
Critique research designs and reports
Produce reports
Literature reviews, and
Seminars that reflects the ability to find pertinent literature,
Consolidate knowledge into coherent writing with insightful conclusion and of an acceptable standard of technical correctness, literacy style and presentation. Oral presentations should be academic, use appropriate visual aids and have a logical structure
Integrated assessment appropriately incorporated to ensure that the purpose of the qualification is achieved
A variety of summative and formative procedures will be employed, such as course work, assignments, essays, seminars, literature reviews, group projects, oral presentations, tests and examinations
Progression and comparability
Articulation options
These are articulation possibilities with other Bachelors programmes in Social Science, Consumer Studies, Human Ecology, Development Studies, Rural Development and related disciplines.
Notes
As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this qualification was Reregistered in 2006; 2009; 2012; 2015.
Providers currently listed
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