Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education – Contact offering at University of the Witwatersrand

Programme overview

The broad aim of the Diploma is to provide academics with a relevant teaching qualification in line with international trends. The PGDip (HE) (Course code HXA07) has been designed to enhance undergraduate and postgraduate student success through a formal professional learning qualification for academic staff. It aims to provide academics with a relevant tertiary teaching qualification in line with international trends.

Faculty: Humanities | Department: Wits School of Education | Duration: 2 years part-time | Study mode: part-time | Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

What you will study

The PGDip (HE) is a formal 120-credit qualification at HEQSF level 8 (the same level as an Honours degree), consisting of four 30-credit courses: Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (core course) Curriculum Design and Development in Higher Education (core course) Assessment in Higher Education (core course) New Directions in Higher Education: research-based project or choice of suitable elec

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Application information

Entry requirements

Who should apply Higher Education academic staff members who are graduates in any field, who hold at least a three or four-year bachelor’s degree, and who have concurrent or previous relevant teaching experience, are welcome to apply. Please note that the Entry Requirements are a guide. Meeting these requirements does not guarantee a place. Final selection is made subject to the availability of places, academic results and other entry requirements where applicable. Wits staff who would like bursary support should apply online through Wits Human Resources. Applicants from other universities should seek information from their own HR departments. Please apply online and include: R200 application fee Your CV A letter of motivation Certified copies of academic records and degree certificates (if you have studied at Wits you do not have to submit qualifications) SAQA certificate for internatio

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.

Postgraduate applications are made online at www.wits.ac.za/applications; the closing date for each programme is listed in its course finder entry. The application fee is R200 (not payable by current Wits students applying online), paid via the Self-Service Portal or by EFT to the Wits University Application Fees account at FNB.

Apply through the official page: https://www.wits.ac.za/applications

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