Diploma in Jazz and Popular Music
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Qualification type
National Diploma
Credits
384
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 02 - Culture and Arts
Subfield
Music
Qual class
Regular-Provider-ELOAC
Recognise previous learning
Y
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
2032-06-30
Purpose and entry context
Official SAQA text formatted for easier reading.
Purpose and rationale
Purpose
To teach and develop a learner to apply and demonstrate professional skills in the following areas
- Performance, Arranging/Composition, and Music Technology.
- To develop learners' creativity, entrepreneurial and intellectual skills in compliance with the standards and need of the music industry.
Entry requirements and RPL
Access to the Qualifications
- School-Leaving Certificate with Matriculation Exemption.
- School-Leaving Certificate without Matriculation Exemption or Mature Age Exemption, on the basis of recognition of prior learning for alternative access, approved by Senate on the recommendation of the Dean.
- Foundation Certificate in Music.
- Experience in school, profession or semi-professional ensembles and/or community choirs; some knowledge of staff notation; ability to sing and/or play a musical instrument.
Recognition of Prior Learning
Recognition of Prior Learning for alternative access will be granted to applicants who, on the basis of an audition, diagnostic tests in aural perception and music theory, and an English proficiency test, demonstrate prior learning as follows:
- A degree of practical mastery, such as would permit entrance to First Practical Study.
- A reasonably discriminating aural perceptivity and a familiarity with theoretical rudiments, such as would permit entrance to Music Theory and Perception 1or Introduction to Music Fundamentals.
- A proficiency in English, such as would permit entrance to ALE or ELC.
Applicants who do not demonstrate adequate prior knowledge in music practice and theory will be encouraged to register for the Foundation Certificate in Music.
Structure and assessment
Qualification rules, exit outcomes, and assessment criteria from the SAQA record.
Qualification rules
Minimum credits required at specific levels or maximum credits where these exceed the minima specified in regulation 8 and/or 9:
- 128 Credits at NQF Level 5.
- 128 Credits at NQF Level 6.
- 128 Credits at NQF Level 7 (NAP Levels).
Exit level outcomes
On completion of the Diploma, diplomats should be able to
- Demonstrate intermediate proficiency on a chosen instrument or voice (Solo and Ensemble).
- Demonstrate the ability to read music at an intermediate level.
- Show knowledge of the principles of harmony, arranging, composition and music technology.
Associated assessment criteria
Integrated Assessment
Formative: Assessment of learner's progress in theoretical and practical modules by means of projects, tests and musical performance.
Summative: Evaluation of learner by means of final examination, project or musical performance.
Progression and comparability
Articulation options
Vertical articulation: Bachelor of Jazz and Popular Music
- Subject to general Faculty and University regulations, the programme articulates easily with other programmes in the Faculty. The first year of study is intended to allow suitably qualified learners to move into either a BMus (Performance) programme or a BA or BA (Music) programme.
- Most modules will be available as options for students registered in other programmes, e.g. existing diplomas, BA, BA (Music), BMus.
- Students who have completed work at other institutions or who have prior experiential learning can enter the programme at various levels, the auditions and other entry tests allowing the teachers of the programme to perform equivalence assessments.
Notes
As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this qualification was Reregistered in 2009; 2012; 2015.
NOTES
Certification that this qualification complies with the requirements of regulation 8 and/or 9
All programmes and qualifications at the University of Natal are internally approved on the basis of our Programmes Handbook (1999). These guidelines ensure that all our qualifications are designed using the outcomes-based method, based on a uniform credit system, and include the SAQA critical outcomes. These are achieved via learning programmes with rules of combination which cater for an emphasis on flexibility and breadth, and/or coherence and specialisation, depending on the purpose of the qualification.
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