Undergraduate & honours qualifications

Bachelor of Administration

Qualification code: 98315
NQF level: 7
Total credits: 360
SAQA ID: 5553
APS/AS: 21
Rules:
Electives may be chosen from the following disciplines: Level 1: Accounting, Business Management, Marketing Management, Human Resource Management, Economics, Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Quantitative Management, Transport Economics, Commercial Law, Information Systems, Labour Law, Statistics, Administrative Law, Fundamental Rights, African Politics, Interpretation of Statutes, Anthropology, Introduction for the Theory of Law, Constitutional Law and Politics. Please take note of any pre/co-requisites. Level 2: Accounting, Business Management, Marketing Management, Human Resource Management, Economics, Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Quantitative Management, Transport Economics, Commercial Law, Information Systems, Labour Law, Statistics Level 3: Accounting, Business Management, Marketing Management, Human Resource Management, Economics, Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Quantitative Management, Transport Economics, Business Ethics (PLS3701). Please take note of the pre/co-requisites. The College has replaced MNI3701 with MNB3701, replaced PUB303G with PUB3703 or PUB3705, replaced PUB302F with PUB3702 or PUB3704, replaced DVA1601 with DVA1502, replaced MNM2601 with MNM1601, replaced MNM2603 with MNM1501, replaced MNM2608 with MNM2614, replaced MNM2609 with MNM2604, replaced MNM2602 with MNM2615 and replaced RSK3701 with ISR3701. Module ILW1501 has been included as a compulsory module in the 1st year and the number of electives has been reduced to three. ECS2607 has been removed from the curriculum. Students who have already passed the modules that have been replaced (in this qualification) will retain the credits and will not be required to complete the replacement modules. Some of the pre-requisites and/ or co-requisites outlined in this qualification may not apply as they do not form part of the curriculum.
Purpose statement:
The primary purpose of the qualification is to provide BAdmin graduates with the knowledge, specific skills, applied competence and the necessary attitudes in the fields of development and public administration to make them lifelong learners, employable workers/entrepreneurs and contributors to development and public administration in various public and civic contexts. A second purpose of the qualification is to provide South Africa (and other countries) with graduates in development and public administration to widen the leadership base of innovative and knowledge-based economic and scholarly activity. A further purpose of the qualification is to provide South Africa (and other countries) with people who can understand the constructive role they need to play as change agents in the field of development and public administration.
This qualification will be presented using both online and distance learning modes.

Who can register?

  • Applicants (new applicants & Unisa students who applied for admission to a new qualification) may only register if they have received an offer of placement from Unisa and have accepted the offer online. Unisa reserves the right to not process and / or to cancel your registration if it is found that you were incorrectly admitted to a qualification. 
  • Re-registering students may register for the 2024 academic year once the registration period opens.

Please note: Should you wish to start a new qualification, please apply online for the alternative qualification during the prescribed application period.


How to choose your modules

Each Unisa qualification is structured in such a way that you need to pass a certain number of NQF level credits within a certain amount of time in order to graduate.

  • Co-requisite: Module A is a co-requisite for Module B. You want to register for Module B, but have not yet passed Module A. You must then register for both Modules A and B simultaneously. You may NOT cancel your registration for Module A unless Module B is also cancelled.

  • Pre-requisite: If Module A is a pre-requisite for Module B, you must pass Module A before you may register for Module B.

You may not register for more than the allowed maximum number of credits / modules per academic year and / or semester: 60 credits per semester or 120 credits per academic year.

The maximum number of credits do not include supplementary and / or aegrotat examinations from a previous semester. Modules taken for non-degree / non-diploma purposes also count towards the maximum number of credits allowed.

You must take your available time into consideration when choosing your modules, as this will impact your academic performance. You need approximately

  • 6 to 8 hours per week for semester modules.
  • 4 to 6 hours per week for year modules.

Click here for more information on managing your studies.

Curriculum for this qualification

While you are deciding on the modules for which you will be registering, write down the module names and codes so that you have something to refer to when completing your registration.

Please click on the modules below to see further information (eg semester/year module, NQF level)

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