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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED QUALIFICATION THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE:

Doctor of Science

SAQA QUAL ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE
19200	Doctor of Science
ORIGINATOR
University of Fort Hare
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY			NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK
CHE - Council on Higher Education			HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework
QUALIFICATION TYPE	FIELD		SUBFIELD
Doctoral Degree	Field 10 - Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences		Physical Sciences
ABET BAND	MINIMUM CREDITS	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	QUAL CLASS
Undefined	128	Level 8 and above	NQF Level 10	Regular-Provider-ELOAC
REGISTRATION STATUS		SAQA DECISION NUMBER	REGISTRATION START DATE	REGISTRATION END DATE
Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"		SAQA 0695/12	2012-07-01	2014-12-31
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2015-12-31		2018-12-31

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
96600	Doctor of Philosophy in Science	Not Applicable	NQF Level 10	360	Complete

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION

The purpose of this qualification is to enable post doctoral students to achieve a research degree. This will benefit both the learner as well as society.

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

Recognition of prior learning:
Any doctoral degree in a suitable area of study would be considered.

RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING?

EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES

Learners should be able to:

1. demonstrate the capacity to design, conduct and write up research that is original, relevant and contribute to knowledge and insight into the field of study and that can respectably stand alongside refereed and published research in the same field and have practical application in the societal context.

2. demonstrate an understanding of scientific procedures and an ability to cope with research techniques.

3. demonstrate an understanding of literature related to the research problem.

ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Assessment Criteria:

The Learner can:

1. Write research proposals that indicate that learners are able to identify a problem or problems in education formulate research problems and subsets of problems, and suggest possible solutions to the problem(s)

Formulate hypotheses

Know, select and utilise research instruments that are relevant in the research of a specific problem in education.

Select and use appropriate data analysis methods to interpret the findings of the investigation

Conduct fieldwork during the actual investigation

Evaluate and interpret findings

Report the findings of the investigation, and formulate recommendation that emanate from the findings

Create a new model that can be applied to solve the problem investigation

2. Identify and analyze different scientific procedures in terms of the problem being researched

3. Critically read, interpret and analyze literature from different sources

Search for literature on the identified research problem

Compare the writings of different authors on the same related topic

Synthesize reading material on the topic being researched

Draw conclusions from different readings and indicate anomalies

Create a theoretical framework provided by the literature review

Create a new model/approach/theory that is applicable to the research problem

Compile a complete bibliography

Integrated Assessment:

Formative Assessment:

Assessment of thesis

Summative Assessment:

Examination of thesis

Oral defence of thesis

ARTICULATION OPTIONS

Other Post doctoral degrees

MODERATION OPTIONS

Suitably qualified external examiners with experience in the required areas.

CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS

Experience in the particular field at this level and a PhD qualification
Evidence of research in the required direction

REREGISTRATION HISTORY

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

NOTES

N/A

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.

NONE

PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS QUALIFICATION:

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1.	University of Fort Hare