Application requirements

• Matriculation certificate with University exemption, or similar Grade 12 qualification (P-score of 10-14).
• A good command of the English Language

Admission requirements
General admission requirements:

1. To be admitted to the B.Ed degree in the Faculty of Education Sciences you are required to have passed grade 12 (NQF level 4) with matriculation APS Score: The results obtained in four Designated Subjects and and twi NCS subjects are used in the computation of the APS-score. Life Orientation is excluded.
2. Language Requirement: A pass at level 4 (50-59 %) in the language of instruction on either the Home or First Additional Language level.
3. A candidate who did not comply to the minimum university entrance requirements, but obtained a rating score between 15 and 18, may be admitted to the B.Ed bridging programme that offers degree crediting bearing courses after the candidate has demonstrated, in a selection process approved by the Senate and Matriculation Board, that s/he is suitable for admission to the University

Calculating the APS Score:

1. The results of 6 subjects are used to determine the APS score.
2. The achievement in Life Orientation (LO) will not be rated in computing the APS-score. A achievement level of 5 in LO and higher will be regarded as a recommendation for admission in boundary cases and admission to certain programmes. A pass level at level 3 bis required to obtain a NSC.
3. A student who achieves one or two APS scale points less than required for a specific study course, may at the discretion of Senate be admitted conditionally to a particular field of study. Such a student must prove by successful completion of a Senate-approved admission examination, registered with the Matriculation Board, that he/she has the ability to be admitted to university studies.

4. A student who achieves three or four APS scale points less than required for a specific study course, may after the successful completion of a Senate-approved admission examination and a Senate-approved bridging programme, be admitted by way of a Senate discretionary exemption to a particular field of study.

5. A student who obtains Discretionary Exemption may be admitted to certain study programmes on certain conditions.

   Screening Model: Determining of the APS

   NSC Rating Code	APS Score
   8 (90-100%)	8
   7 (80-89%)	7
   6 (70-79%)	6
   5 (60-69%)	5
   4 (50-59%)	4
   3 (40-49%)	3
   2 (30-39%)	2
   1 (0-29%)	1

   Faculty specific admission requirements:
   
   A student wishing to take:

   • Mathematics as elective module is required to have passed mathematics with at least 55 % in the matriculation examination.
   • Mathematical Literacy as elective module is required to have passed Mathematics with at least 50 % or Mathematical Literacy with 65 %.
   • the FET Technology Programme is required to have passed Mathematics with at least 40 % in the matriculation examination or 60 % in Mathematical Literacy.
   • English as an elective module is required to have passed English Home Languages with at least 50 % in the matriculation examination, or English First Additional Language with at least 60 %.
   • Physical Science or Life Sciences as an elective module is required to have passed Physical Science or Life Sciences with at least 50 % in the Matriculation examination.
   • Accounting as an elective module is required to have passed Accounting with at least 50 % in the matriculation examination. Or to have passed another examination in the above subjects that the Senate deem equivalent to the above mentioned standards.

   Closing date for applications 2011
   October 30, 2010

   Registration for 2011
   First week of February, 2011