Master of Science in Petroleum Geology
Purpose:
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Qualification type
Master's Degree
Credits
180
Sub-framework
HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework
Providers listed
0
Qualification snapshot
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Originator
University of the Western Cape
Quality assurance functionary
-
Field
Field 10 - Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences
Subfield
Earth and Space Sciences
Qual class
Regular-Provider-ELOAC
Recognise previous learning
Y
Important dates
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Registration start
2021-07-01
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
Purpose
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.
Rationale
To provide South Africa with significant numbers of Postgraduates 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
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
Access to the qualification can be gained in terms of the university's Recognition of Prior Learning policy and its admission criteria as stipulated by Senate.
Entry Requirements
- Bachelor of Science: Honours, Level 8 in a Natural Science discipline.
- Postgraduate Diploma, Level 8 in a Natural Science discipline.
- Masters Diploma in Technology, Level 8 with a minimum 3 years' appropriate experience.
- Bachelor of Technology Level 7 with a minimum 3 years' appropriate experience.
Replacement note
This qualification does not replace any other qualification and is not replaced by any other qualification.
Structure and assessment
Qualification rules, exit outcomes, and assessment criteria from the SAQA record.
Qualification rules
N/A
Exit level outcomes
- Display specialised scholastic and advanced research skills in a Natural Science discipline and perform a full range of advanced procedures in complex, variable and highly specialised contexts.
- Possess specialised knowledge of a major Natural Science discipline, capable of information processing at the level of analysis, transformation and evaluation of abstract data and concepts, and 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 and functions and assume complete accountability for determining, achieving and evaluating personal and/or group output.
Associated assessment criteria
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcomes
The following Associated Assessment Criteria are assessed in an integrated manner across all the Exit Level Outcomes
- Display specialised scholastic and basic research skills.
- Adequate level of relevant text comprehension to be demonstrated.
- Adequate range of relevant sources to have been accessed.
- Relevant problems to have been grasped.
- Appropriate theoretical and practical work as well as solutions to problems to have been presented.
Integrated Assessment
Integrated assessment appropriately incorporated to ensure that the purpose of the qualification is achieved. Assessment may consist of any of the following combinations:
- A thesis.
- A thesis and an oral examination.
- A thesis and written papers.
- A thesis and an oral and a written examination.
Progression and comparability
Articulation options
Horizontal Articulation
Relevant Master's Degrees in Geology, Level 9.
Vertical Articulation
Students may proceed with a relevant Doctor of Philosophy, Level 10.
International comparability
N/A
Providers currently listed
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