Arts & Humanities
Advanced Diploma in Information Resource Management
University of South Africa, South Africa
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Arts & Humanities
University of South Africa, South Africa
This qualification prepares qualifying students to function as professional musicians, composers, music industry specialists, and music scholars. Qualifying students will have specialist knowledge and skills in African music, composition studies, music technology, musicology, ethnomusicology, music theory, and the music business. They will be able to interpret music from historical and oral sources, compose music in a range of popular, jazz, and art music styles, and orchestrate combinations of African and Western musical instruments. (NQF level 7, 360 credits, qualification code 90089.)
Faculty: College of Human Sciences | Duration: Maximum time to complete: 8 years | Study mode: distance | Location: Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Minimum APS: 20. Minimum APS 20. A National Senior Certificate (NSC) (Degree endorsement) with Music as one of the subjects passed or equivalent, or Theory of Music (Unisa Grade 5, ABRSM Grade 6/Trinity Grade 6 Music Theory, Unisa Music Foundations Short Learning Programme) or an equivalent, and A National Senior Certificate (NSC) (Degree endorsement) with at least 50% in the language of teaching and learning, or A Senior Certificate (SC) with matriculation exemption or qualify for the exemption from the Matriculation Board with at least a D symbol on HG or a C symbol on SG in the language of teaching and learning. Applicants who do not comply with the above requirements, should consider applying for the Bachelor of Arts with Musicology as a major, or the Unisa SLP Music Foundations. Applicants who would like to apply for admission through recognition of prior learning (RPL) must be at least 23 years old; have completed at least Grade 10; and have at least five years' relevant work experience in the study field in which they would like to apply for admission to a qualification. For more information on RPL criteria visit: http://www.unisa.ac.za/rpl
Tuition is charged per module, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.
Offers are made for a specific registration period, for example semester 1; applicants must register for the semester for which they were granted admission or re-apply in the next application period.
Applications for undergraduate qualifications for the 2027 academic year are open from 17 August to 9 October 2026. The online application fee is R160 and is non-refundable; supporting documents and the fee are due by the closing date.
The non-refundable online application fee is R160. International applicants with foreign qualifications may apply without a SAQA evaluation certificate but must submit it by 15 December 2027 if accepted for 2027.
Apply through the official page: https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Apply-for-admission
Arts & Humanities
University of South Africa, South Africa
Arts & Humanities
University of South Africa, South Africa
Arts & Humanities
University of South Africa, South Africa
Arts & Humanities
University of South Africa, South Africa
Arts & Humanities
University of South Africa, South Africa
Arts & Humanities
University of South Africa, South Africa
Arts & Humanities
University of South Africa, South Africa
Arts & Humanities
University of South Africa, South Africa
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