Overview
STRUCTURE At the 1st-year level students are introduced to theoretical, conceptual, and technical aspects of housing. The programme recommends selected electives for students to supplement their foundation in their Bachelor’s Degree of Social Science in Housing in the fields of Community Development and Economics.
At 2nd year level which is building up from the first year, students take on intermediary dimensions of the housing studies. During this phase, students begin to go into depth about what housing is about as both a process and a production of a field of study. There is a continued focus on developing technical skills and academic skills, project planning, development theories, and academic skill of critical enquiry and articulation of ideas.
At the 3rd-year level, students are then introduced to advanced housing concepts and theories. They are consolidated to housing as an academic discourse and they are taught critical research techniques in the housing sector. There is advanced engagement with key policy and implementation issues from both technical and social perspectives
Entry Requirements
NSC Degree with English and Life Orientation 4 and one of Business Studies, Consumer Studies, Dramatic Arts, Economics, Geography, History, Information Tech, Life Sciences, Maths, Math Lit, Music, Music, Religion Studies, Visual Arts, any Language, HL/FAL (Min points 28)
| First Semester | Second Semester | |
| Level 1 | ||
| HOUS101 Housing Technology 1A (16C) | HOUS102 Housing Technology 1B (16C) | |
| HOUS103 Housing Theory & Practice 1A (16C) | HOUS104 Housing Theory & Practice 1B (16C) | |
| CMDV101 Intro. to Community Development Theory (16C) | CMDV104 Institutions on Community Development (16C) | |
| ECON111 Intro to Economic Concepts (16C) | MGNT102* Management 120 (16C) | |
| 128 credits | ||
| Level 2 | ||
| HOUS201 Housing Technology 2A (16C) | HOUS202 Housing Technology 2B (16C) | |
| HOUS203 Housing Theory & Practice 2A (16C) | HOUS204 Housing Theory & Practice 2B (16C) | |
| CMDV203 Development Theories(16C) | HOUS206 Construction Economics (16C) | |
| HOUS205 Human Habitat (16C) | CMDV202 Programme\Project Planning (16C) | |
| 128 credits | ||
| Level 3 | ||
| HOUS301 Housing Theory and Policy (32C) | HOUS302 Housing Implementation and Management (32C) | |
| HOUS306 Sustainable Human Settlements (16C) | HOUS303 (16C) Research Techniques in Housing | |
| HOUS307 Estate Development & Management (16C) | HOUS305 Project Management for Housing (16C) | |
| 128 credits | ||
Basic IsiZulu Language Studies A (ZULN101)
Prerequisite Requirement: Open only to Students who have NOT written grade 12 isiZulu/isiXhosa/Zim isiNdebele/isiSwati or are proficient in these languages.
Aim: To achieve elementary fluency in both the oral and the written language.
Content: This module introduces basic grammar, history and culture of the amaZulu. Lectures combine an academic study of IsiZulu with the use of a communicative method of language learning.
Assessment: Class work: 40% Examination: 60%
DP Requirement: Students must submit all written work on time and must comply with the attendance requirements for the isiZulu Discipline.
Core module for the major in isiZulu Studies