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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED QUALIFICATION THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE:

Master of Technology: Professional Practice: IT

SAQA QUAL ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE
16806	Master of Technology: Professional Practice: IT
ORIGINATOR
Committee of Technikon Principals
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY			NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK
Was CHE until Last Date for Achievement			HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework
QUALIFICATION TYPE	FIELD		SUBFIELD
Master's Degree	Field 10 - Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences		Information Technology and Computer Sciences
ABET BAND	MINIMUM CREDITS	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	QUAL CLASS
Undefined	120	Level 8 and above	NQF Level 09	Regular-Provider-ELOAC
REGISTRATION STATUS		SAQA DECISION NUMBER	REGISTRATION START DATE	REGISTRATION END DATE
Passed the End Date - Status was "Registered"		SAQA 9900/00	2003-07-01	2006-06-30
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2007-06-30		2010-06-30

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 is replaced by:

Qual ID	Qualification Title	Pre-2009 NQF Level	NQF Level	Min Credits	Replacement Status
72530	Master of Technology: Professional Practice: Information Technology	Level 8 and above	NQF Level 09	120	Complete

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION

A qualifying learner can conduct independent research under minimal guidance in a chosen field within the area Business Information Systems and contribute to knowledge production in that field. The research problem, its justification, process and outcome is reported in a dissertation, which complies with the generally accepted norms for research at this level.

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

At least a Baccalaureus Technologiae: Professional Practice in Information Technology, or an equivalent qualification.

RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING?

EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES

1. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the field/area of investigation.

Specified outcomes:

1. Demonstrate knowledge of the scope of relevant knowledge in the selected field/area of research.

Critical outcomes:

The qualification is designed and should be presented and assessed in such a way that the following skills of the learner are promoted and developed:

The ability to:

make decisions and accept responsibility

communicate effectively using models, visual and language skills

work effectively in a team

collect, organise and critically evaluate information, in order to assess the situation correctly

demonstrate an understanding that the problem solving contexts do not exist in isolation and therefore look at the system as a whole

ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

1. The listed and cited literature survey and the exposition of the research reflects familiarity with relevant and recent trends in technologies, techniques, models, and theories in the field/area of investigation.

Models, principles, theories, techniques, and methodologies in the chosen field are analysed, explained, and juxtaposed correctly in oral presentations and the written record of research.

Integrated assessment:

1. continuous evaluation
2. integrated assessment
3. dissertation evaluation

ARTICULATION OPTIONS

Doctorate Degree: Information Technology, or equivalent qualification.

MODERATION OPTIONS

SERTEC
SETA/ETQA
SAQA/ETQA

CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS

Assessors need to be familiar with the following areas, to be able to assess this qualification:

the field of systems development

the field of project management for IT projects

the field of general management

research techniques to be able to assess the dissertation

NOTES

While South Africa still had Technikons, all of their qualifications were registered under the Committee of Technikon Principals. After the Technikons became Universities of Technology or merged with Universities, the qualifications were registered under each of these institutions, and the CTP qualifications fell away (hence the end date of 2006, above). Where relevant, replacement information is
shown in the table above.

LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST THIS QUALIFICATION:

When qualifications are replaced, some of their learning programmes are moved to being recorded against the replacement qualifications. If a learning programme appears to be missing from here, please check the replacement.

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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.

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