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| SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY |
| REGISTERED QUALIFICATION: |
| Bachelor of Military Science in Defence Intelligence Studies |
| SAQA QUAL ID | QUALIFICATION TITLE | |||
| 102356 | Bachelor of Military Science in Defence Intelligence Studies | |||
| ORIGINATOR | ||||
| Stellenbosch University | ||||
| PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY | NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK | |||
| CHE - Council on Higher Education | HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework | |||
| QUALIFICATION TYPE | FIELD | SUBFIELD | ||
| National First Degree | Field 08 - Law, Military Science and Security | Sovereignty of the State | ||
| ABET BAND | MINIMUM CREDITS | PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL | NQF LEVEL | QUAL CLASS |
| Undefined | 360 | Not Applicable | NQF Level 07 | Regular-Provider-ELOAC |
| REGISTRATION STATUS | SAQA DECISION NUMBER | REGISTRATION START DATE | REGISTRATION END DATE | |
| Reregistered | EXCO 0821/24 | 2021-07-01 | 2027-06-30 | |
| LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT | LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT | |||
| 2028-06-30 | 2033-06-30 | |||
| In all of the tables in this document, both the pre-2009 NQF Level and the NQF Level is shown. In the text (purpose statements, qualification rules, etc), any references to NQF Levels are to the pre-2009 levels unless specifically stated otherwise. |
This qualification does not replace any other qualification and is not replaced by any other qualification. |
| PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION |
| Purpose:
The purpose of the Bachelor of Military Science (BMil (Defence Intelligence Studies)) is to equip the intelligence functionary with broad based academic knowledge to be able to function effectively in the specific culture of the intelligence, counter-intelligence and collection environments and also be able to exploit the opportunities, analyse threats or potential threats and meet the demands of the intelligence environment. The Degree aims at educating a competent and professional officer corps to assist and support the effective delivery of intelligence products and services. The objective will be achieved when learners are able to demonstrate: The BMil (Defence Intelligence Studies) will contribute to the further development of the learner within statutory intelligence by providing recognition, further mobility and transportability. A person acquiring this Degree will be able to apply appropriate advanced and sophisticated intelligence analysis approaches and techniques to solve complex intelligence problems; will have an understanding of advanced research methodology and thinking skills and the application thereof in the intelligence and counter-intelligence analysis processes. The learners will be able to show responsibility, and independently and effectively manage themselves within the intelligence domain. In addition, the learners will be able to produce and disseminate relevant and appropriate intelligence products that are descriptive, evaluative and predictive in content and provide intelligence advice and recommendations. The learner will be able to interact with a range of clients and intelligence information providers. The qualification will reflect that the person is capable of operating effectively in the specific culture of the defence intelligence environment and is able to exploit the opportunities, analyse threats or potential threats and meet the demands of the intelligence environment. Such person will be able to support the Department of Defence with strategic, operational and tactical intelligence. Rationale: There is a great need for a Bachelor in Defence Intelligence Studies as part of Military Science, with a focus on the conduct, challenges and complexity of the intelligence domain and environment, looking for peace in Africa and the world. This Degree aims at satisfying a specific need regarding the education in the South African Defence/Military Intelligence Community and to achieve parity with international best practices with regard to intelligence. The generic reference to intelligence in this context refers to the international understanding of the elements or disciplines of intelligence namely: intelligence (analysis), counter-intelligence, collection and covert action. This qualification will support the initiative of the Department of Defence's Review 2020 that all officers must have a Degree before being commissioned as officers by 2020. The need to develop and educate officers in the intelligence domain is essential to address the challenges of the future and to promote a professional Defence Force that is able to fulfill its Constitutional obligations in terms of defending the integrity and citizens of the Republic of South Africa. Such an approach is also in line with developments in the international academic community where several countries through their universities have introduced degrees in intelligence studies as part of the field of study either through the establishing of a University in Intelligence Studies or independent schools, faculties and departments. The architecture and purpose of the qualification does not only take the core purpose of the intelligence discipline as a point of departure, but also the premise that intelligence officers need to strengthen their intelligence and intelligence-related knowledge through focused education, opening access toward postgraduate studies and specialisation within specific fields of the intelligence domain as well as the broader academic domain. The qualification will provide the broad-based education into future specialisation, thereby providing specialist intelligence functionaries, who are able to address the security and intelligence challenges of the day. There is a need to educate intelligence officers who are adaptable and reflexive so that they can function optimally in a diverse, complex and ever changing environment. The qualification envisions an officer who can think critically and who possesses the professional, technological and cultural knowledge to function optimally in the broader sense of the Intelligence Community. The Bachelor of Military Science in Defence Intelligence Studies (BMil (Defence Intelligence Studies)) will equip the intelligence functionary with the broad based academic knowledge to be able to function effectively in the specific culture of the intelligence, counter-intelligence and collection environments and also be able to exploit the opportunities, analyse threats or potential threats and meet the demands of the intelligence environment. The level of skills, knowledge and understanding required within this qualification are essential for a beneficial impact on security as well as the social and economic transformation and upliftment within the South African society. The qualification also aims at educating a competent and professional officer corps to assist and support the effective delivery of intelligence products and services. The learner is sensitised to the specific culture, threats or potential threats, opportunities and demands of the intelligence environment. This qualification is for intelligence officers of the South African National Defence Force who require advanced knowledge and skills for the performance of their line function. The skills, knowledge and understanding demonstrated within this qualification are essential for a beneficial impact on security, social and economic transformation and upliftment within the South African society. The qualification aims at developing a competent and professional work force to ensure the effective delivery of relevant and appropriate intelligence products and services. This Degree will have a major impact on the efficiency of the Department of Defence and Military Veterans in the executing of its Constitutional obligation, namely the protection of the sovereignty of the state and its citizen. |
| LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING |
| Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL):
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) will be implemented according to the National Policy for the Implementation of the Recognition of Prior Learning of March 2013, the Policy for Credit Accumulation and Transfer within the National Qualifications Framework of 2014 and the Policy for the Assessment and Recognition of Prior Learning (ARPL) of the institution. These policies are contextualised within the ARPL policy of the Faculty of Military Science. Entry Requirements: |
| RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING? |
| Y |
| QUALIFICATION RULES |
| This qualification consists of compulsory and elective modules at Levels 6 and 7 totalling 368 Credits. Students will take the subject combinations as listed below. Progression per year will be as follows:
Compulsory Modules at Level 6: 184 Credits: Elective Modules at Level 6: Compulsory Modules at Level 7: 80 Credits: Elective Modules at Level 7: |
| EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES |
| 1. Integrate knowledge of the central areas of intelligence studies and practices, including an understanding of and the ability to apply and evaluate the key terms, concepts, facts, principles, rules and theories of the intelligence discipline and practice; and detailed knowledge of an area or areas of specialisation and how that knowledge relates to other fields, disciplines or practices.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of a range of methods of enquiry in the intelligence discipline and practice, and their suitability to specific investigations; and the ability to select and apply a range of methods to resolve problems or introduce change within a practice. 3. Identify, analyse, evaluate, critically reflect on and address complex problems, applying evidence-based solutions and theory-driven arguments within the intelligence discipline and context. 4. Take decisions and act ethically and professionally and the ability to justify those decisions and actions drawing on appropriate ethical values and approaches within a supported intelligence discipline and environment. 5. Develop appropriate processes of information gathering for a given context or use; and the ability to independently validate the sources of information and evaluate and manage the information within the intelligence domain. 6. Develop and communicate ideas and opinions in well-formed arguments, using appropriate academic, professional, or occupational discourse. 7. Manage processes in unfamiliar and variable contexts, recognising that problem solving is context and system bound, and does not occur in isolation. 8. Identify, evaluate and address his or her learning needs in a self-directed manner, and to facilitate collaborative learning processes. 9. Demonstrate the ability to take full responsibility for his or her work, decision-making and use of resources, and limited accountability for the decisions and actions of others in varied or ill-defined contexts. |
| ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA |
| Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2: Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3: Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4: Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 5: Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 6: Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 7: Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 8: Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 9: Integrated Assessment: Learner assessment is integrated in the whole system of a programme approach to teaching and learning and as such forms part of the institutional context. The Faculty of Military Science, as required to all Faculties of the University, have to ensure that their qualifications are aligned with the Assessment Policy. The application of said policy with the Faculty of Military Science is as follows: Examination and Promotion Regulations: Reassessment: Provision is made for only two examinations of equal value. A learner, who is unsuccessful in any module of any of the final examinations (May/June or November) and who qualifies for reassessment, will undergo an oral or a written reassessment immediately after the first examinations (at the same time as the deferred examinations) in order to determine whether he/she passes or fails. Determination of Final Mark: Except in the case of continuous assessment, where only a final mark applies, the determination of the learner's final mark for a module shall take into account: (i) the class mark, which is based upon the assessments done during the presentation of the module, and (ii) the examination mark, which includes the learner's achievement in the final examination (and in the reassessment, if any Admission to Final Examinations: Except where no class mark is required, a learner shall not be admitted to the final examinations in a module unless he has obtained in such module a class mark of at least 40, provided that no student shall be refused admission to such final examinations in a module in which his class mark has been based on one assessment only. Proceeding to a Module: A learner shall be admitted to a module in a particular year of study of a subject only if he is not more than half the credits of a single preceding year of study of such subject in arrears, provided that this rule shall be subject to the relevant co-requisite, prerequisite and prerequisite pass modules and shall be subject to the relevant class and examination tables. A learner must obtain a minimum of 40% in a module to continue with the next module within a specific subject. |
| INTERNATIONAL COMPARABILITY |
| This qualification is internationally comparable with the:
a) Bachelor of Science in Intelligence (BSI), National Intelligence University, United States of America (USA). The Bachelor of Science in Intelligence (BSI) is a fourth-year qualification that affords learners who have completed three years or equivalent credits (80 semester hours minimum) of undergraduate study a way to earn their undergraduate degree in intelligence. It is designed to encourage the development of inquiring, responsible graduates who will dedicate themselves to the improvement of the national Intelligence Community. The BSI curriculum consists of 11 core courses and 6 electives, including the capstone project, for a total of 57 quarter credit hours. The core curriculum provides an overview of globalisation and the intelligence landscape. Such understanding is essential for a program founded on the premise that world events can only be understood by employing a variety of disciplinary perspectives, and that they must be understood in a global and geostrategic context. Learners in the BSI qualification must write and present their ideas effectively; learn independently; use technological tools; retrieve and evaluate sources; develop critical, independent, and creative thinking; and tolerate complexity and ambiguity. Learners will develop a respect for self and others in collaborative work. At the conclusion of the qualification, the capstone project allows each learner to demonstrate critical thinking and innovative analytical problem-solving in a collaborative environment. The project is an opportunity for learners to demonstrate that they have achieved the learning outcomes established for the BSI qualification. The nine-credit experience integrates learning from the core and elective courses, and requires the application of that learning to a significant intelligence problem. Throughout the BSI qualification, learner formative outcomes are assessed by examination, case studies, written projects, and oral presentations. The capstone project serves as a summative evaluation of student learning, and cultivates alliances and cooperation among faculty and students. To ensure that learners are prepared as a group to collaborate on the capstone project, some elective courses will be required to prepare for the project. Each year, a faculty team will determine the intelligence issue for the project (e.g., Hezbollah, Latin America, Middle East), and work as a team with the students throughout the project. |
| ARTICULATION OPTIONS |
| This qualification offers the following articulation possibilities:
Horizontal Articulation: Vertical Articulation: |
| MODERATION OPTIONS |
| N/A |
| CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS |
| N/A |
| NOTES |
| N/A |
| LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST THIS QUALIFICATION: |
| NONE |
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| NONE |
| All qualifications and part qualifications registered on the National Qualifications Framework are public property. Thus the only payment that can be made for them is for service and reproduction. It is illegal to sell this material for profit. If the material is reproduced or quoted, the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) should be acknowledged as the source. |