Bachelor of Arts Honours

Assessment Methods

• Written or oral examination papers on taught and researched subjects
• Written reports on set readings
• Finding sources and compiling bibliographies
• Written assignments on set topics
• Written and oral seminar presentations, interviews, demonstrations, exhibitions, and group discussions
• Participation in team projects and internships
• Preparing a minor dissertation or script reporting on a minor research project in the format of a scholarly article

Integrated Assessment

• Competence is achieved through continuous assessment by demonstrating the ability to achieve the outcomes of the Qualification:

  • Module course mark
  • Assignments
  • Projects
  • Examinations

• Module credit system followed by a final exam on the modules for which credit was not obtained

• Assessment documents are moderated to ensure:

  • Conformity to the scope and context of the competency as stipulated in the qualification
  • Constructed in a way that the Assessor assesses the critical outcomes applied during the Learner's activity performances towards achieving an outcome

• Assessments to include confirmation of the Embedded Knowledge component to ensure that the Foundational Competency is achieved

• Verified by Internal Verifiers to ensure valid, credible, true, and fair results

Types of Assessments

• Four to five three-hour written examinations papers
• Three to four three-hour written examination papers and a minor research project or a minor dissertation
• Certain disciplines may have the option of an oral examination in one of the examination papers