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Bachelor of Education Honours in Life Sciences Education at North-West University

North-West University, South Africa

Programme overview

Bachelor of Education Honours in Life Sciences Education is an NQF level 8 honours degree in the Faculty of Education at North-West University, presented by distance learning on the Potchefstroom campus. Programme code: 4EK L01. The minimum duration is two years and the maximum four years for distance students.

Faculty: Faculty of Education  |  Duration: 2-4 years (distance)  |  Study mode: distance  |  Location: Potchefstroom, North West, South Africa

What you will study

The programme totals 126 credits over two years of distance study.

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Entry requirements

This programme is offered by the Faculty of Education in combination with the Faculty of Natural Sciences. The module OMSB 611 is offered at the School of Environmental Sciences and Development of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and students must therefore adhere to timetable needs of both faculties. - a BEd degree with Life Sciences at third year undergraduate level or - any other Bachelor's degree with Botany 3 and Zoology 1 OR, Botany 1 and Zoology 3 OR Botany 2 and Zoology 2 as well as a PGCE or equivalent professional qualification. General requirement: a four-year professional teaching degree, or an appropriate bachelor's degree and a recognised professional teaching qualification, or a four-year professional teaching qualification plus an Advanced Diploma in a cognate sub-field of Education, with a minimum average of 65% in the final year of the BEd (or in the PGCE or Advanced Diploma in Education); selection is subject to capacity.

Duration: 2-4 years (distance)

Apply through the official page: https://studies.nwu.ac.za/studies/apply

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