Undergraduate & honours qualifications

Bachelor of Arts Honours in Visual Multimedia Arts

Qualification code: 90090
NQF level: 8
Total credits: 120
SAQA ID: 101958
APS/AS: 60
Rules:
This qualification consists of 5 modules. Students should note that during the course of their studies they would be required to have access to a computer or laptop, printer and the internet.
Purpose statement:
The purpose of this qualification is to enable graduates to become academically and professionally qualified to practice in any career which requires competency in visual arts and or multimedia including Software artists. Secondly the qualification is aimed at ensuring that qualifying graduates become highly specialised professionals that have the potential of becoming leading practitioners in the contemporary art world both nationally and internationally. In addition this qualification is intended to equip student artists and practicing artists in the visual arts field with a set of skills and knowledge that provide a point of access to professional training and advanced post graduate qualifications in the visual arts and multimedia. On achieving the qualification, qualified graduates will be able to generate a body of artwork, drawing on their own ideas and research, supported by intensive engagement with a specialist range of media technologies and techniques. Qualified graduates should also be able to set up an exhibition of a body of their own artwork and critically analyse their own practice and the work of other artists drawing on key concepts from art-critical writings. They will also be able to coordinate work on projects involving teams of artists, and plan for the development of their careers as artists based on an assessment of their skills, interests, external constraints and opportunities. Entrepreneurship is developed to empower students to initiate and run their own studios and community projects.
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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