Total Credits: 360

NQF Level: 6

Campus: Buffalo City

Offering Site: Potsdam

Duration: 3 years and 4 Years for the Extended version of the qualification.

Purpose

The purpose of this diploma is to provide a professional and vocational qualification for the ICT industry, combining theory and practical exposure to enable a graduate (diplomate) to analyse business environments and design and create reliable and cost effective specifications for ICT solutions to facilitate the alignment and integration of ICT with business processes.

Modules

Modules	NQF Credits
Year 1
Development Software I	30
Information Systems I	30
System Software I	30
Information Technology Skills I	30
Year 2
Business Analysis II	30
Business Accounting I	30
System Analysis and Design II	30
Management Information Systems II	30
Year 3
Business Analysis III	30
Web and Application Software Testing II	30
Enterprise Systems Technologies III	30
Management Information Systems III	30

The extended four-year curriculum offers Year 1 modules of the qualification in two years with integrated additional supporting modules to enhance student development and to improve the student’s chances of successful completion.

Modules for first two years of the extended version of the qualification

Modules	NQF Credits
Year 1
Information Systems IA	20
System Software IA	20
Information Technology Skills IA	20
Year 2
Development Software IB	30
Information Systems IB	10
System Software IB	10
Information Technology Skills IB	10

 

Admission Requirements:

Main Stream

APS Score

22 (with Mathematics) or 24 (with Mathematics Literacy)

Additional requirements

Endorsement: Bachelor/Diploma.

4 (50-59%) for English as a Home Language or First Additional Language.

3 (40-49%) for Mathematics or 5 (60 – 69%) for Mathematics Literacy

Extended Stream

APS Score

18 (with Mathematics) or 20 (with Mathematics Literacy)

Additional requirements

As for main-stream with provision that applicants who have an NSC achievement rating one level below the required levels as mentioned above, i.e. in ONE of the two subjects (Mathematics /Mathematics Literacy, or English as a Home Language or First Additional Language) mentioned above will be considered for admission into extended programme