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| SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY |
| REGISTERED QUALIFICATION: |
| Master of Arts |
| SAQA QUAL ID | QUALIFICATION TITLE | |||
| 7139 | Master of Arts | |||
| 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 | ||
| Master's Degree | Field 07 - Human and Social Studies | General Social Science | ||
| ABET BAND | MINIMUM CREDITS | PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL | NQF LEVEL | QUAL CLASS |
| Undefined | 180 | Level 8 and above | NQF Level 09 | Regular-Provider-ELOAC |
| REGISTRATION STATUS | SAQA DECISION NUMBER | REGISTRATION START DATE | REGISTRATION END DATE | |
| Registered-data under construction | EXCO 0324/24 | 2024-07-01 | 2027-06-30 | |
| LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT | LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT | |||
| 2028-06-30 | 2031-06-30 | |||
Registered-data under construction The qualification content is currently being updated for the qualifications with the status “Registered-data under construction” or showing “DETAILS UNDER CONSTRUCTION” to ensure compliance with SAQA’S Policy and Criteria for the registration of qualifications and part-qualifications on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) (As amended, 2022). These qualifications are re-registered until 30 June 2027 and can legitimately be offered by the institutions to which they are registered. |
| 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. |
| PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION |
| This qualification includes the various specialisations in Arts. Please refer to "Notes" for details on the specialisations.
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| LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING |
| Senior Certificate with Matriculation Endorsement or equivalent university admission qualification.
First degree: For a two-year MA Honours degree: For a one-year MA |
| RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING? |
| N |
| EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES |
| General/ Critical cross-field outcomes:
The successful Master of Arts student will have: 1. Mastered research skills and the logic of scholarly argument; 2. Developed a capacity for theoretical, self-reflexive and critical thinking, and solving of problems; 3. The ability to think in terms of theory, as an instrument for understanding reality; 4. The ability to work systematically and independently in approaching and solving abstract and complex problems; 5. The ability to present and challenge scholarly positions in forums/publications of substance; 6. The ability to identify and apply criteria of relevance and significance pertinent to various contexts of inquiry. Specific Outcomes: The successful Master of Arts student will: 1. Have specialised knowledge of theoretical and methodological traditions in one or more subfields of a particular discipline of the humanities; 2. Be thoroughly familiar with academic, ethical, and/or professional standards in the relevant discipline. 3. Be able to identify and formulate pertinent research problems in a specific subdiscipline or associated professional field in the humanities, and to apply appropriate knowledge and skills to solve them; 4. Be able to critically appraise accepted solutions to these problems by identifying and evaluating the assumptions on which they rest; 5. Be able to develop, in a self-critical way, new/more adequate solutions to these problems; 6. Be able to report findings in the appropriate scholarly format. |
| ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA |
| 1. The assessment used for this qualification complies with the stated purposes of the qualification.
2. A range of formative and summative assessment is used, but the emphasis falls on a thesis or interrelated series of assignments in which students have to display the desired outcomes. Written and oral examinations and presentations, role-playing simulations, assignments, and case studies may also be used as instruments of assessment. 3. The appropriate kinds of assessment are used in an integrated manner to determine whether the specified outcomes have been achieved (see 6 below). 4. The assessment used meets the standard and level of achievement for NQF level 8a. Integrated Assessment: Integrated assessment is accomplished by examining a thesis or a series of interrelated assignments that reflect the desired outcomes. The thesis or series of assignments represents an integrated summation of the level of knowledge and insight gained by the successful student as well as of his/her academic and communicative abilities. |
| ARTICULATION OPTIONS |
| This qualification serves as an entry point to the related qualification(s)
DLitt DPhil |
| MODERATION OPTIONS |
| The University of Stellenbosch has a system of external peer review and evaluation of departments. One of the aspects of the system is an evaluation of the standards and assessment practices of the department.
External examiners who are specialists in their fields, and who must have at least an M-degree from a recognised tertiary institution, moderate all MA theses. |
| CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS |
| The academic staff of the University of Stellenbosch will participate in a manner which fits into the quality assurance system of the University. |
REREGISTRATION HISTORY |
| As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this qualification was Reregistered in 2006; 2009; 2012; 2015. |
| NOTES |
| This qualification includes the following specialisations:
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| 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. | Stellenbosch University |
| 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. |