Bachelor of Education Honours in Educational Psychology at Nelson Mandela University

Entry requirements

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Unless Senate decides otherwise, candidates qualify for admission if they are in possession of a full qualification on, or equivalent to, NQF Level 7, as stipulated below: Four Year BEd Degree OR Three-year appropriate Bachelors degree (e.g. BSc) plus a recognised professional teaching qualification (for example, PGCE), OR A former postgraduate professional teaching qualification (for example, PGCE). In addition the candidate should have passed in their four year BEd degree programme at least two modules in Educational Psychology at the second year level with an aggregate of 60% or those with a PGCE qualification should have passed with an aggregate of 60% in a minimum of two Educational Psychology modules and should have the requisite technology skills (basic computer literacy skills) to be successful in this programme. A pre-admission process will require students to demonstrate literacy skills with respect to critical reading and writing to enable them to engage in research prior to their entry into the programme. For example, during the initial induction/orientation of the programme the candidates may be asked to write an abstract for a published research article. The abstract written by the candidate is then assessed against the original abstract. If the candidates are found to be lacking in the basic required literacy and technology skills then appropriate SLPs as extended support will be recommended.