• National Senior Certificate (NSC) with a bachelor’s pass or equivalent
• A Matriculation Certificate (with university exemption) or equivalent
• A Higher Certificate or Advanced Certificate or Diploma in a cognate field
• Matriculation Certificate (with university exemption) or equivalent 
• National Benchmark Test (NBT) results

• A National Senior Certificate or National Certificate Vocational with a diploma pass (or equivalent) combined with the NBT results 
• Mature age of 23 and over during the first year of studies and a National Senior Certificate (or equivalent). The conditions of the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Policy for access and the results of the NBT are determining factors for admission. Contact the admissions office regarding RPL
• Mature age of 45 years can be admitted, determined by the RPL conditions and the results of the NBT

Applicants in the first category under Alternative Admission Requirements must register for the Extended Programme for Academic Development. The Programme extends the completion of the prescribed subjects over a minimum of four years.

Students who are admitted based on prior learning and who want to complete the degree in three years, but who fail more than 20% of modules taken during the first semester, are required to take the first year over two years. 

The BA aims to provide access for those who have completed Grade 12 to a degree programme equipping them with skills to be more effective leaders in the community in the areas of Psychology, Theology, Media Studies, Alternative Education and Sociology and Community Development.  In addition to a career path for sociologists, psychologists, and media specialists. The programme is also intended to provide students who are considering a career as teachers to advance to a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education with the required teaching subjects at an undergraduate level.

BA students must select a major from the following disciplines: Psychology, Sociology, Theology, Alternative Education, or Media Studies. Each major has its own set of core and elective modules, drawn from the curriculum outlined below. Specific learning outcomes are defined for each area of focus, as well as for each individual module within the curriculum.

Theology students who have completed the qualification must be able to:

• Demonstrate an ability to engage with theological lenses and techniques in addressing real world questions and crises
• Understand the principles, concepts, history and major approaches to the study of theology
• Demonstrate skill in interpreting the Bible and showing its relevance to all of life, including pastoral needs in churches and communities, especially in an African context 
• Understand how people’s worldview influences their concept of God and practice of spirituality and be able to minister to and serve people in different cultural contexts 
• Articulate a personal sense of vocation, meaning and purpose in life, largely through engagement in theory that has a practical outworking
• Demonstrate the necessary skills for understanding and engaging with a diverse and complex society 
• Understand a broad set of the contextual issues facing South Africa today and develop an integrative response (employing psychological, theological, sociological and/or other theories of practise) for engaging these challenges