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IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Please note that the admininstration team for these programmes has relocated to the following address: 405 Vudec Building, Unisa, Corner Skinner and Van der Walt Street, Pretoria Central. The new full contact details can be obtained on the Contac Us section of this website.
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It has been decided to restructure the IISA Programmes in Insurance and to amend the operation and procedures thereof.
In response to employer and student requests it has been agreed that with effect from 2009 the Programmes will be semester-based with examinations conducted twice a year, in May and November.
For registration, you can go directly to the Downloads or to for the 2012 Registration notice and Application Form.
To accommodate the shorter, semester examinations of two hours, the previous modules are subdivided and two examinations will be conducted for each. Similarly, each of the current Programmes will be split into two smaller programmes;
- an introductory programme of five modules, made up of approximately the first half of each of the previous modules, and
- the programme itself, also consisting of five modules, made up of the remainder of each of the modules.
The two (current) life insurance programmes (Programmes in life insurance and Life Insurance Servicing) are to be combined into a single Programme in Life Insurance.
To assist students who have not done any (or limited) previous formal studies in insurance, a set of introductory short courses are being introduced from 2009. These programmes; IISA Short Course in the Elements of Short Term Insurance/Life Insurance/Retirement Funds will be single semester short courses, with successful candidates being granted direct entry into the NQF 5 programmes. These new coursers represent an alternative access route into the programmes, rather than first having to obtain at least 24 insurance credits at at least NQF level 4, although the latter remains the recommended access route to the programmes for those with less than three to five years service/experience in the insurance industry.
Registration will be allowed during the periods December/January and June/July for semesters 01 and 02, respectively. The revised Unisa registration procedures and systems will be used in the registration of students, with extensive use being made of on-line facilities and services.
Two assignments will be required for each module in a semester. The first assignment, due early in the semester, will be a short assignment, normally consisting of multiple choice questions. The second assignment will be either a mixture of multiple choice questions and one or two short essay questions, or some longer essay questions, depending on the subject and level concerned. The average weighted mark of the two assignments will represent the semester mark, which, in turn, will count 10% of the final mark.
These (revised) Programmes will all have two-hour examination sessions. The usual, Unisa, approach applies in that a mark of 50% is required to pass, while a mark off 75% and higher will be a pass with a distinction. Unsuccessful candidates will require a mark of at least 40% to be awarded a supplementary examination.
The student will normally be required to complete the Introductory Programme before proceeding with the next Programme, but may be allowed to enter for the first module of the next Programme in the same semester as the last module of the Introductory Programme subject to past academic performance.
Existing students will be given the opportunity to complete the programmes they are busy with during the 2009 and 2010 academic years. The existing Programmes will largely continue as is, but there will be revised requirements and structures of both the assignments and examinations. Existing students may, however, elect to voluntarily switch to the revised Programmes, subject to certain requirements (e.g. no outstanding supplementary examinations, outstanding fees, etc). It is recommended that students with three or more subjects remaining convert to the Revised Programmes, immediately. Full credit will be given for any subjects already passed. The existing Programmes will not be available after 2010.
Frank van der Meer, and
Cecile de Swardt
Programme Co-Ordinators, IISA Programmes in Insurance
Unisa, Centre for Business Management
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