BEdHons (Curriculum Inquiry)

Honours degree

ID:

0696_100_O101

The Bachelor of Education Honours in Curriculum Inquiry is designed to introduce you to curriculum inquiry as a dynamic and evolving field of study, while developing your scholarly capacity within this area. The programme provides a strong conceptual and theoretical foundation for engaging with key international curriculum debates and critically examining how these discussions shape and influence the South African educational context.

Kontakbesonderhede

Dr ML Botha

Programme coordinator

[email protected]

+27 21 808 2293

Doen aansoek

Besoek programwebwerf

Programoorsig

Duur

Two years

Kampus

Stellenbosch

Type

Coursework

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When applying for a postgraduate programme, some may require you to upload additional supporting documents beyond completing the standard application form online. Where such documents are required, more information will appear under the section below titled “Supporting Application Documents.”

Please note that selection for postgraduate programmes is highly competitive. Meeting the minimum admission requirements does not guarantee admission to the programme.

Minimum toelatingsvereistes

Please note that for this programmes there are additional admission requirements that apply specifically. You may be admitted to the BEdHons programme if you have:

A relevant university degree and a secondary education diploma or certificate (e.g. SED, HDE, PGCE, UED, LSED);
or
A relevant university degree and a primary education diploma (e.g. PES, PGDE, HPED, etc.);
or
A relevant university degree and an education qualification deemed adequate for such purpose by Senate;
or
A four-year integrated Education degree;
or
(Where the applicability and academic relevance of your job experience warrants it) some other relevant combination of studies, both academic and professional which, for purposes of admission, is deemed by Senate to be equivalent to an integrated four-year bachelor’s degree or a bachelor’s degree (supplementary Education studies may be required of such candidates prior to admission);
or
Recognised four-year post-school training, including a professional education qualification.

Further provisions regarding admission to the BEdHons programmes
• You must have obtained an average of at least 65% in the final year of your relevant undergraduate study.
• The Faculty expects you to at least have access to a computer and the internet to be able to perform the following activities:
o accessing SUNLearn modules and participating in the various learning activities
o using the electronic resources of SU’s library
o sending and receiving email
o generating assignments and submitting them electronically

Additional minimum admission requirements for entry into one of the discipline-focused modules (with the exception of Environmental Education):

If you completed a BEd degree:
You must have completed the relevant subject discipline as a major teaching subject up to your final year of studies.

If you completed your BEd degree at another institution, you must show that you completed the relevant subject discipline as a major subject according to the requirements
of your chosen programme.

If you completed another university degree followed by a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (or similar):
You must have the relevant subject discipline at at least second-year level

and

You must have completed the curriculum focus for the subject during your PGCE studies (in other words as a Teaching module).

For entry into Environmental Education or Curriculum Change:

The general entry requirements for the BEdHons apply.

Prior teaching experience is recommended but not compulsory.

Programstruktuur

Anchor module
Curriculum Inquiry 778 (120)

Compulsory year modules:

Curriculum Studies: Key Moments, Concepts and Debates 772 (30)
Research Project (Curriculum Inquiry) 771 (35)

Compulsory first-semester modules

Educational Research 711(10)
Knowing, Acting and Being: Framing the Study of Education 711(15)

Elective year modules
You must choose and qualify for one of the following modules:

Critical Issues and Debates: Curriculum Change 771 (30)
Critical Issues and Debates: Economic and Business Sciences Education 771 (30)
Critical Issues and Debates: Environmental Education 771 (30)
Critical Issues and Debates: History Education 771 (30)
Critical Issues and Debates: Mathematics Education 771 (30)
Critical Issues and Debates: Physical Education 771 (30)
Critical Issues and Debates: Science Education 771 (30)

If you enrol to complete this programme in two years:

Anchor module
Curriculum Inquiry 778 (120)

First year of study:

Compulsory year modules
Curriculum Studies: Key Moments, Concepts and Debates 772 (30)

Compulsory first-semester modules
Knowing, Acting and Being: Framing the Study of Education 711(15)

Elective year modules
You must choose and qualify for one of the following modules:

Second year of study:

Compulsory year module
Research Project (Curriculum Inquiry) 771 (35)
Compulsory first-semester module
Educational Research 711(10)

Last updated 01 April 2026

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