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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY 
REGISTERED QUALIFICATION THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE: 

Postgraduate Diploma in Heritage and Museum Studies 
SAQA QUAL ID QUALIFICATION TITLE
15765  Postgraduate Diploma in Heritage and Museum Studies 
ORIGINATOR
University of Pretoria 
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK
CHE - Council on Higher Education  HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework 
QUALIFICATION TYPE FIELD SUBFIELD
Postgraduate Diploma  Field 02 - Culture and Arts  Cultural Studies 
ABET BAND MINIMUM CREDITS PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL NQF LEVEL QUAL CLASS
Undefined  120  Level 7  NQF Level 08  Regular-Provider-ELOAC 
REGISTRATION STATUS SAQA DECISION NUMBER REGISTRATION START DATE REGISTRATION END DATE
Passed the End Date -
Status was "Reregistered" 		 SAQA 1141/23  2021-07-01  2024-06-30 
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2025-06-30   2028-06-30  

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 
The purpose of this qualification is to provide South African museums and heritage sites with museum professionals trained in the management and marketing of these institutions. Qualifiers will have a sound knowledge of cultural and natural resource management and will be provided with the ability to collect, document and exhibit objects and to present information according to international museum standards.

The second purpose of the qualification is to provide qualifiers with postgraduate-level knowledge, specific skills and applied competence in a number of fields of Human and Social Studies, Culture and Arts, Business, Commerce, Management Studies and Services that provide opportunities for continued personal intellectual growth, gainful economic activity and rewarding contributions to society. The qualification represents planned learning outcomes, namely that the learner will be qualified to render holistic, integrated and intersectional services, reflecting diversity, accessibility and equal distribution of resources for all South Africans. The outcomes are designed to promote lifelong learning. 

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING 
Entry Requirements:
The minimum entry requirements for this qualification is:
  • Bachelor of Heritage and Culture Sciences, NQF Level 7.
    Or
  • Bachelor of Social Science in Heritage and Cultural Sciences, NQF Level 7. 
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    RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING? 
    Y 

    EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES 
  • Manage and control a museum or a department in a museum;
  • Distinguish between the museum types in South Africa and their collections;
  • Compile a collection policy for a museum, taking into account the `collecting` of living culture and oral history;
  • Register and document the objects and information according to international museum standards;
  • Have knowledge of the management of environmental (cultural and natural) resource management;
  • Apply the basic principles of the techniques of the conservation and exhibition of objects;
  • Market the museum with regards to international tourism standards and the local market;
  • Present educational qualifications for schools (taking curriculum 2005 into account);
  • Plan and present qualifications for specialised interest groups and general visitors;
  • dentify and solve problems related to museum and heritage resource management, people/human-centred development, and service rendering;
  • Co-operate with others in achieving and creating specific end products related to the heritage and cultural sciences;
  • Organise and manage his or her learning process and applied skills;
  • Deal with information, communication, the application of science and technology; and-develop a holistic world view;
  • Develop appropriate attitudes, dispositions and/or values concerning various practices qualifying him/her for a professional career in the field of museum or heritage resource management. 
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    ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA 
    The associated assessment criteria are derived directly from the learning outcomes and provide the criteria against which learner performance demonstrating the attainment of learning outcomes can be judged. The assessment criteria involve, at minimum -that both norm-based and criteria-based modalities are used;
    reliability is ensured via internal and external moderation;
    the standards and levels of achievement required for "pegging" the qualification at NQF Level 6 are met.

    Integrated Assessment:
  • Portfolios.
  • Simulations.
  • Work-place assessments.
  • Written examinations.
  • Oral examinations.
  • Other:
  • As prescribed by the assessors. 
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    ARTICULATION OPTIONS 
    Horizontal Articulation:
  • Bachelor of Heritage and Culture Sciences Honours, NQF Level 8.
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Heritage Management, NQF Level 8.

    Vertical Articulation:
  • Master of Arts: Heritage and Tourism Studies, NQF Level 9. 
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    MODERATION OPTIONS 
    N/A 

    CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS 
    N/A 

    REREGISTRATION HISTORY 
    As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this qualification was Reregistered in 2006; 2009; 2012; 2015. 

    NOTES 
    N/A 

    LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST THIS QUALIFICATION: 
     
    NONE 


    PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS QUALIFICATION: 
    This information shows the current accreditations (i.e. those not past their accreditation end dates), and is the most complete record available to SAQA as of today. Some Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionaries have a lag in their recording systems for provider accreditation, in turn leading to a lag in notifying SAQA of all the providers that they have accredited to offer qualifications and unit standards, as well as any extensions to accreditation end dates. The relevant Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionary should be notified if a record appears to be missing from here.
     
    1. University of Pretoria 


    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.