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interdisciplinary interaction across faculties.
Requirements from anthropology include completing two course modules and a research thesis, which can be interdisciplinary.
Students must pass two of the three courses and receive a minimum of 55% for their research dissertation.
Master’s Degree 180 credits at NQF level 9
Entrance requirements: Completed Honours degree in anthropology or a cognate discipline, with a minimum result of 60%. Approval of preliminary research proposal.
Course description:A thesis (for which fieldwork will normally be required) on any approved topic within any anthropological field. Periods of residence for consultation with the supervisor are required over the period of study (usually two years).
Doctoral Degree 360 credits at NQF level 10
Entrance requirements: Completed Honours degree in anthropology or a cognate discipline.
Course description:A thesis (for which fieldwork will normally be required) on any approved topic within any anthropological field. Periods of residence for consultation with the supervisor are required over the period of study (usually three years).
Postgraduate Diploma in Heritage Management (PDHM)
Fourth year, full-year course (120 credits at NQF level 8)
Entrance requirements: Any undergraduate degree. Admission to the course is also possible via the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) option.
Course description: The course introduces the idea of heritage as fundamental to humanity’s pastoral care of the past, and intrinsic to the experience of the present. Students obtain an overview of the national and international legislative framework for heritage. Engaging the issues of Africa’s position in the global heritagescape, we critically consider national and international dialogues on heritage management offering valuable insights from the local perspectives. Students are encouraged to craft new definitions of heritage and consider innovative approaches to heritage management, so as respond to the existing and potentially hegemonic definitions of the concept and it’s dominate approaches. The course content includes both theoretical and experimental learning. Students are required to take up internship placements or workplace reflections at heritage institutions in the second semester, or design a digital heritage project in their locality. and to consider innovative approaches to heritage management, so as to respond to the existing and potentially hegemonic definitions of the concept and its dominant approaches.
Assessment:This incudes assignments, research report and portfolio of evidence.
• Module 1: Key principles of Heritage and Heritage Management Theory: 2 assignments (20%)
• Module 2: Heritage in Practice: 2 assignments (20%)
• Module 3: Institutional placements (13%) and
• Research project (47%).
Candidates must obtain an overall aggregate of at least 50% in order to qualify for the award of the Diploma.
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS: ANTHROPOLOGY
interdisciplinary interaction across faculties.
Requirements from anthropology include completing two course modules and a research thesis, which can be interdisciplinary.
Students must pass two of the three courses and receive a minimum of 55% for their research dissertation.
Master’s Degree 180 credits at NQF level 9
Entrance requirements: Completed Honours degree in anthropology or a cognate discipline, with a minimum result of 60%. Approval of preliminary research proposal.
Course description:A thesis (for which fieldwork will normally be required) on any approved topic within any anthropological field. Periods of residence for consultation with the supervisor are required over the period of study (usually two years).
Doctoral Degree 360 credits at NQF level 10
Entrance requirements: Completed Honours degree in anthropology or a cognate discipline.
Course description:A thesis (for which fieldwork will normally be required) on any approved topic within any anthropological field. Periods of residence for consultation with the supervisor are required over the period of study (usually three years).
Postgraduate Diploma in Heritage Management (PDHM)
Fourth year, full-year course (120 credits at NQF level 8)
Entrance requirements: Any undergraduate degree. Admission to the course is also possible via the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) option.
Course description: The course introduces the idea of heritage as fundamental to humanity’s pastoral care of the past, and intrinsic to the experience of the present. Students obtain an overview of the national and international legislative framework for heritage. Engaging the issues of Africa’s position in the global heritagescape, we critically consider national and international dialogues on heritage management offering valuable insights from the local perspectives. Students are encouraged to craft new definitions of heritage and consider innovative approaches to heritage management, so as respond to the existing and potentially hegemonic definitions of the concept and it’s dominate approaches. The course content includes both theoretical and experimental learning. Students are required to take up internship placements or workplace reflections at heritage institutions in the second semester, or design a digital heritage project in their locality. and to consider innovative approaches to heritage management, so as to respond to the existing and potentially hegemonic definitions of the concept and its dominant approaches.
Assessment:This incudes assignments, research report and portfolio of evidence.
• Module 1: Key principles of Heritage and Heritage Management Theory: 2 assignments (20%)
• Module 2: Heritage in Practice: 2 assignments (20%)
• Module 3: Institutional placements (13%) and
• Research project (47%).
Candidates must obtain an overall aggregate of at least 50% in order to qualify for the award of the Diploma.
DEPARTMENTS: BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY
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BCH 201
Second-year, first-semester course (20 credits at NQF level 6)
Entrance requirements:CHE 1
Course description: Building Blocks: Aqueous biochemistry & buffers; building blocks in biochemistry; amino acids & proteins; nucleotides DNA & RNA; carbohydrates; lipids & membranes;
bioenergetics & metabolism; membrane transporters.
DP requirements:None
Assessment:Class record 30%, Examinations 70%
Supplementary exam:None
Subminimum for June:40% for aggregation with BCH 202
BCH 202
Second-year, second-semester course (20 credits at NQF level 6)
Entrance requirements:CHE 1
Course description: Biochemical Techniques:
This course is taught in the context of protein purification and analysis and includes: protein purification strategies; cell disruption and centrifugation; chromatography; spectroscopy;
electrophoresis; immunological techniques and protein-protein interactions.
DP requirements:None
Assessment:Class record 30%, Examinations 70%
Supplementary exam:None
Subminimum for June:40% for aggregation with BCH 201
Third-year level courses in Biochemistry There are two third-year courses in Biochemistry.
BCH 301 is normally held in the first semester and BCH 302 in the second semester but the department reserves the right to offer them in either semester subject to timetable constraints. Each course may be obtained separately and, in addition, an aggregate mark of at least 50% will be deemed to be equivalent to a year-long course BCH 3, provided that acandidate obtains the required sub- minimum (40%) in each component. No supplementary examinations will be offered for either course. Practical reports, essays and class tests collectively comprise the class mark, which forms part of the final mark.
Biochemistry 2 (BCH 2) is required before a student may register for BCH 301 or BCH 302. In addition, MIC 202 is strongly encouraged for students wishing to major in Biochemistry.
BCH 301
Third-year, first-semester course (30 credits at NQFlevel 7)
Entrance requirements:BCH 2
Course description:Biochemistry of Information Flow: The structure of chromosomes and plasmids;
DNA replication and repair; transcription and regulation of gene expression; protein synthesis, transport and degradation, and the genetic basis of disease. Medical biochemistry: Signal transduction in the context of hormones and neurotransmission.
DP requirements:None
Assessment:Class record 50%, Examinations 50%
Supplementary exam:None
Subminimum for June:40% for aggregation with BCH 302
BCH 302
Third-year, second-semester course (30 credits at NQF level 7)
Entrance requirements:BCH 2
Course description: Enzyme Kinetics and Mechanisms: Enzyme mechanisms; advanced enzyme kinetics; advanced theory and application of computational methods and tools for the visualisation and modeling of enzymes. Protein trafficking and organelle formation: The formation of eukaryotic cell organelles and their protein compositions.
Bioinformatics: Introduction to bioinformatics.
DP requirements:
Assessment: Class record 50%, Examinations 50%
Supplementary exam:None
Subminimum for June:40% for aggregation with BCH 301
Biochemistry Honours
Year-long course (120 credits at NQF level 8) Course description: The course consists of course- work modules and lectures on selected advanced topics such as drug discovery, cell culturing and fluorescence techniques, research
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BCH 201
Second-year, first-semester course (20 credits at NQF level 6)
Entrance requirements:CHE 1
Course description: Building Blocks: Aqueous biochemistry & buffers; building blocks in biochemistry; amino acids & proteins; nucleotides DNA & RNA; carbohydrates; lipids & membranes;
bioenergetics & metabolism; membrane transporters.
DP requirements:None
Assessment:Class record 30%, Examinations 70%
Supplementary exam:None
Subminimum for June:40% for aggregation with BCH 202
BCH 202
Second-year, second-semester course (20 credits at NQF level 6)
Entrance requirements:CHE 1
Course description: Biochemical Techniques:
This course is taught in the context of protein purification and analysis and includes: protein purification strategies; cell disruption and centrifugation; chromatography; spectroscopy;
electrophoresis; immunological techniques and protein-protein interactions.
DP requirements:None
Assessment:Class record 30%, Examinations 70%
Supplementary exam:None
Subminimum for June:40% for aggregation with BCH 201
Third-year level courses in Biochemistry There are two third-year courses in Biochemistry.
BCH 301 is normally held in the first semester and BCH 302 in the second semester but the department reserves the right to offer them in either semester subject to timetable constraints. Each course may be obtained separately and, in addition, an aggregate mark of at least 50% will be deemed to be equivalent to a year-long course BCH 3, provided that acandidate obtains the required sub- minimum (40%) in each component. No supplementary examinations will be offered for either course. Practical reports, essays and class tests collectively comprise the class mark, which forms part of the final mark.
Biochemistry 2 (BCH 2) is required before a student may register for BCH 301 or BCH 302. In addition, MIC 202 is strongly encouraged for students wishing to major in Biochemistry.
BCH 301
Third-year, first-semester course (30 credits at NQFlevel 7)
Entrance requirements:BCH 2
Course description:Biochemistry of Information Flow: The structure of chromosomes and plasmids;
DNA replication and repair; transcription and regulation of gene expression; protein synthesis, transport and degradation, and the genetic basis of disease. Medical biochemistry: Signal transduction in the context of hormones and neurotransmission.
DP requirements:None
Assessment:Class record 50%, Examinations 50%
Supplementary exam:None
Subminimum for June:40% for aggregation with BCH 302
BCH 302
Third-year, second-semester course (30 credits at NQF level 7)
Entrance requirements:BCH 2
Course description: Enzyme Kinetics and Mechanisms: Enzyme mechanisms; advanced enzyme kinetics; advanced theory and application of computational methods and tools for the visualisation and modeling of enzymes. Protein trafficking and organelle formation: The formation of eukaryotic cell organelles and their protein compositions.
Bioinformatics: Introduction to bioinformatics.
DP requirements:
Assessment: Class record 50%, Examinations 50%
Supplementary exam:None
Subminimum for June:40% for aggregation with BCH 301
Biochemistry Honours
Year-long course (120 credits at NQF level 8) Course description: The course consists of course- work modules and lectures on selected advanced topics such as drug discovery, cell culturing and fluorescence techniques, research ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS: BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY
BCH 201
Second-year, first-semester course (20 credits at NQF level 6)
Entrance requirements:CHE 1
Course description: Building Blocks: Aqueous biochemistry & buffers; building blocks in biochemistry; amino acids & proteins; nucleotides DNA & RNA; carbohydrates; lipids & membranes;
bioenergetics & metabolism; membrane transporters.
DP requirements:None
Assessment:Class record 30%, Examinations 70%
Supplementary exam:None
Subminimum for June:40% for aggregation with BCH 202
BCH 202
Second-year, second-semester course (20 credits at NQF level 6)
Entrance requirements:CHE 1
Course description: Biochemical Techniques:
This course is taught in the context of protein purification and analysis and includes: protein purification strategies; cell disruption and centrifugation; chromatography; spectroscopy;
electrophoresis; immunological techniques and protein-protein interactions.
DP requirements:None
Assessment:Class record 30%, Examinations 70%
Supplementary exam:None
Subminimum for June:40% for aggregation with BCH 201
Third-year level courses in Biochemistry There are two third-year courses in Biochemistry.
BCH 301 is normally held in the first semester and BCH 302 in the second semester but the department reserves the right to offer them in either semester subject to timetable constraints. Each course may be obtained separately and, in addition, an aggregate mark of at least 50% will be deemed to be equivalent to a year-long course BCH 3, provided that acandidate obtains the required sub- minimum (40%) in each component. No supplementary examinations will be offered for either course. Practical reports, essays and class tests collectively comprise the class mark, which forms part of the final mark.
Biochemistry 2 (BCH 2) is required before a student may register for BCH 301 or BCH 302. In addition, MIC 202 is strongly encouraged for students wishing to major in Biochemistry.
BCH 301
Third-year, first-semester course (30 credits at NQFlevel 7)
Entrance requirements:BCH 2
Course description:Biochemistry of Information Flow: The structure of chromosomes and plasmids;
DNA replication and repair; transcription and regulation of gene expression; protein synthesis, transport and degradation, and the genetic basis of disease. Medical biochemistry: Signal transduction in the context of hormones and neurotransmission.
DP requirements:None
Assessment:Class record 50%, Examinations 50%
Supplementary exam:None
Subminimum for June:40% for aggregation with BCH 302
BCH 302
Third-year, second-semester course (30 credits at NQF level 7)
Entrance requirements:BCH 2
Course description: Enzyme Kinetics and Mechanisms: Enzyme mechanisms; advanced enzyme kinetics; advanced theory and application of computational methods and tools for the visualisation and modeling of enzymes. Protein trafficking and organelle formation: The formation of eukaryotic cell organelles and their protein compositions.
Bioinformatics: Introduction to bioinformatics.
DP requirements:
Assessment: Class record 50%, Examinations 50%
Supplementary exam:None
Subminimum for June:40% for aggregation with BCH 301
Biochemistry Honours
Year-long course (120 credits at NQF level 8) Course description: The course consists of course- work modules and lectures on selected advanced topics such as drug discovery, cell culturing and fluorescence techniques, research
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS: BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY
methods, advanced enzymology, applied enzymology &immobilised enzymes; a literature review, essays and a research project.
DP requirements:
Assessment: This course is assessed through written tests, continual assessment of a research project, and examinations.
Supplementary exam:None MICROBIOLOGY
Microbiology (MIC) is a four-semester subject which may be taken as a major subject for the degrees of BSc, BCom and BJourn.
To major in Microbiology, a candidate is required to obtain the following courses: CHE 1; CEL 101 (or an aggregate pass in ZOO 1 or BOT 1); MIC 2;
MIC 3. See Rule S.23. In addition, students wishing to major in Microbiology are strongly encouraged to obtain BCH 201.
Students who aim to major in Microbiology and progress to postgraduate studies in computational biology or genomics are encouraged to register for advanced courses in one or more of Biochemistry, Computer Science, Chemistry or Mathematics.
Second-year level courses in Microbiology There are two second-year courses in Microbiology. MIC 201 is held in the first semester and MIC 202 inthe second semester. Each course may be obtained separately and, in addition, an aggregate mark of at least 50% will be deemed to be equivalent to a year-long course, MIC 2, provided that a candidate obtains the required sub- minimum (40%) in each component. No supplementary examinations will be offered for either course. Practical reports, tutorials and class tests collectively comprise the class mark, which forms part of the final mark.
Chemistry 1 (CHE 1) and Cell Biology (CEL 101) (or aggregated passes in either Botany (BOT 1) or Zoology (ZOO 1) are required before a student may register for MIC 201. A sub-minimum of 40% in MIC 201 is required for registration in MIC 202.In addition, BCH 201 is strongly recommended for students wishing to major in Microbiology.
The courses comprise of the following modules, not necessarily in the given position, with each module lasting about three weeks.
MIC 201 (Microbes and their environment) Second-year, first-semester course (20 credits at NQF level 6)
Entrance requirements: CHE 1, CEL 101 or ZOO 1 or BOT 1
Course description: Introductory microbiology, bacteriology, mycology, virology, microbial pathogenicity and epidemiology, nutrient cycling and metabolism.
The course includes practical experience in the isolation and culture of microbes and a field trip.
DP requirements:None
Assessment: Class record 33%, Theory and Practical Examinations 67%
Supplementary exam:None
Subminimum for June:40% for aggregation with MIC 202
MIC 202 (Molecular Biology and Genetics) Second-year, second-semester course (20 credits at NQF level 6)
Entrance requirements:40% MIC 201
Course description: Introductory molecular biology, bacterial genetics, prokaryote gene regulation, recombinant DNA technology. The course will include a practical introduction to basic molecular techniques such as DNA isolation and characterisation, bacterial transformation, gene regulation, and recombinant DNA technology.
DP requirements:None
Assessment: Class record 33%, Theory and Practical Examinations 67%
Supplementary exam:None
Subminimum for June:40% for aggregation with MIC 201
Third-year level courses in Microbiology There are two third-year courses in Microbiology.
MIC 301 is held in the first semester and MIC 302 in the second semester. Each course may be obtained separately and, in addition, an aggregate mark of at least 50% will be deemed to be equivalent to a year-long course MIC 3, provided that a candidate obtains the required sub-minimum
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(40%) in each component. No supplementary examinations will be offered for either course.
Practical reports, tutorials and class tests collectively comprise the class mark, which forms part of the final mark.
Microbiology 2 (MIC2) is required before a student may register for MIC 301 or MIC 302. A sub- minimum of 40% in the first semester is required before a student may register for the second semester. In addition, BCH 201 is strongly recommended for students wishing to major in Microbiology. The courses comprise of the following modules, not necessarily in the given position, with each module lasting about three weeks:
MIC 301 (Eukaryotic Cell Biology and Immunology, Host-pathogen interactions and Advanced Virology)
Third-year, first-semester course (30 credits at NQF level 7)
Entrance requirements:MIC 2
Course description:Eukaryotic cell biology and concepts in immunology, host-pathogen interactions, biology of selected human and animal viruses. The practical component of this course focuses on recombinant DNA techniques and genetic manipulation of bacteria.
DP requirements:None
Assessment: Class record 33%, Theory and Practical Examinations 67%
Supplementary exam:None
Subminimum for June:40% for aggregation with MIC 302
MIC 302 (Applied Microbiology)
Second-year, first-semester course (20 credits at NQF level 6)
Entrance requirements:40% MIC 301
Course description: Exploiting microorganisms for industrial and commercial purposes. Topics covered include industrial microbiology, microbial ecology, stem cell biology, vaccine design and development and agricultural microbiology. The course includes practical experience in fermentation techniques, bioreactor design and the
characterisation of bacteria. A field trip to local industries is included. DP requirements:None Assessment: Class record 33%, Theory and Practical Examinations 67%
Supplementary exam:None
Subminimum for June:40% for aggregation with MIC 301
Microbiology Honours
Year-long course (120 credits at NQF level 8) Course description: The course consists of modules on scientific writing, mammalian cell culture techniques and microscopy, plant soil microbe interactions and cellular microbiology.
The course is assessed through essays, tutorials, journal clubs and seminars with written tests. Each candidate is required to submit a report on practical work done on a specific project in the areas of molecular virology, cell biology, mycology, pathogenic microbes or marine biotechnology during the course, and this together with all assessment marks will be considered part of the final examination.
DP requirements:
Assessment: This course is assessed through coursework, oral examinations and comprehension examinations
Supplementary exam:None BIOINFORMATICS MSc in Bioinformatics (180 credits at NQF level 9) General background
Bioinformatics and computational molecular biology is the systematic development and application of information technologies and data mining techniques for analysing biological data obtained by experiments, modelling, database searching and instrumentation to make novel observations and predictions about biological function. This course will be taught in an interdisciplinary manner and focusing on the interface between the computational sciences and the biological, physical and chemical sciences.
Graduates who complete this course will be skilled in the assimilation of biological information through the use and development of computational