POTCHEFSTROOM CAMPUS NATURAL SCIENCES

1 POTCHEFSTROOM CAMPUSUNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMESNATURAL SCIENCESCALENDAR 2016 FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCES UNDERGRADUATE POTCHEFSTROOM CAMPUS i Address all correspondence to: The Registrar North-West University POTCHEFSTROOM CAMPUS Private Bag X6001 POTCHEFSTROOM 2520 Tel: (018)299-1111/2222 Fax: (018)299-2799 Internet: PLEASE MENTION YOUR UNIVERSITY NUMBER IN ALL CORRESPONDENCE. The General Academic Rules of the University, to which all students have to subject themselves and which apply to all the qualifications offered by the University, appear in a separate publication and are available on the web page at: Yearbook available on the web page at: Please note: Although the information in this Calendar has been compiled with the utmost care and accuracy, the Council and the Senate of the University accept no responsibility whatsoever for errors that may occur.

2 Before students finally decide on the selection of modules, they must consult the class timetable. If a clash occurs in the planned selection of a student, the relevant module combination is not permitted. Warning against plagiarism: Assignments are individual tasks and not group activities (unless explicitly indicated as group activities). ii Table of Contents FACULTY RULES .. 1 AUTHORITY OF THE GENERAL ACADEMIC RULES (A-RULES) .. 1 EVALUATION OF ACADEMIC LITERACY .. 1 WARNING AGAINST 2 CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS .. 2 PROVISIONAL ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR UNDER-GRADUATE STUDIES ( POTCHEFSTROOM CAMPUS ) 2015 .. 2 FACULTY SPECIFIC ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS .. 4 RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING .. 8 AMENDMENT OF CURRICULUM AND/OR QUALIFICATION .. 8 REGISTRATION.

3 8 REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL MODULES .. 8 DURATION OF STUDIES .. 8 LANGUAGE MEDIUM .. 8 EXAMINATIONS ..10 PROFESSIONAL STATUS ..13 MODULES LACKING TO COMPLETE DEGREE ..14 SCHOOLS AND CENTRES IN THE FACULTY ..14 QUALIFICATIONS, PROGRAMMES AND CURRICULA .. 16 RULES FOR THE DEGREE BACCALAUREUS SCIENTIAE (BSC) .. 19 DURATION (MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM DURATION) ..19 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS OF THE QUALIFICATION ..19 FACULTY-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS ..19 STRUCTURE OF A GENERIC BACCALAUREUS SCIENTIAE DEGREE ..19 OUTCOMES OF A GENERIC BACCALAUREUS SCIENTIAE DEGREE ..19 CURRICULA ..20 ARTICULATION POSSIBILITIES ..20 iii PROGRAMME: PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL SCIENCES (200190) .. 22 SPECIFIC PROGRAMME OUTCOMES ..22 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE QUALIFICATION.

4 23 FACULTY-SPECIFIC ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS ..23 CURRICULUM: CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS N151P ..24 CURRICULUM: CHEMISTRY, MATHEMATICS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS N152P ..25 CURRICULUM: PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS N154P ..26 CURRICULUM: PHYSICS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS N155P ..27 CURRICULUM: BIOCHEMISTRY-CHEMISTRY N174P ..28 CURRICULUM: CHEMISTRY-PHYSIOLOGY N177P ..29 PROGRAMME: COMPUTER AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES (200191) .. 30 SPECIFIC PROGRAMME OUTCOMES ..30 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS OF THE QUALIFICATION ..30 FACULTY-SPECIFIC ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS ..30 CURRICULUM: PHYSICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE N153P ..31 CURRICULUM: COMPUTER SCIENCE AND STATISTICS N156P ..32 CURRICULUM: COMPUTER SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS N157P ..33 CURRICULUM: STATISTICS AND MATHEMATICS N158P.

5 34 CURRICULUM: MATHEMATICS N159P ..35 CURRICULUM: COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ECONOMICS N175P ..36 CURRICULUM: MATHEMATICS AND ECONOMICS N176P ..37 PROGRAMME: ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (200118) .. 38 SPECIFIC PROGRAMME OUTCOMES ..38 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS OF THE QUALIFICATION ..38 FACULTY-SPECIFIC ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS ..38 CURRICULUM: GEOLOGY-GEOGRAPHY N147P ..39 Faculty-specific rules for the curriculum ..39 iv CURRICULUM: GEOLOGY-BOTANY N148P ..40 Faculty-specific rules for the curriculum ..40 CURRICULUM: BOTANY-CHEMISTRY - N149P ..41 Faculty-specific rules for the curriculum ..41 CURRICULUM: ZOOLOGY-BIOCHEMISTRY N160P ..42 CURRICULUM: ZOOLOGY-CHEMISTRY N161P ..43 CURRICULUM: ZOOLOGY-GEOGRAPHY N162P ..44 CURRICULUM: ZOOLOGY-MICROBIOLOGY N163P.

6 45 CURRICULUM: ZOOLOGY-BOTANY N164P ..46 CURRICULUM: GEOGRAPHY-BOTANY N165P ..47 CURRICULUM: GEOGRAPHY-COMPUTER SCIENCE N166P ..48 CURRICULUM: MICROBIOLOGY-BIOCHEMISTRY N167P ..49 CURRICULUM: MICROBIOLOGY-CHEMISTRY N168P ..50 CURRICULUM: MICROBIOLOGY-BOTANY N169P ..51 CURRICULUM: BOTANY-BIOCHEMISTRY N170P ..52 CURRICULUM: GEOLOGY-CHEMISTRY N180P ..53 Faculty-specific rules for the curriculum ..53 CURRICULUM: GEOLOGY-MICROBIOLOGY N181P ..54 Faculty-specific rules for the curriculum ..54 CURRICULUM: ZOOLOGY-GEOLOGY N182P ..55 Faculty-specific rules for the curriculum ..55 CURRICULUM: ZOOLOGY-PHYSIOLOGY N185P ..56 CURRICULUM: MICROBIOLOGY-PHYSIOLOGY N186P ..57 PROGRAMME: TOURISM (200119) .. 58 SPECIFIC PROGRAMME OUTCOMES ..58 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS OF THE QUALIFICATION.

7 58 FACULTY-SPECIFIC ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS ..58 CURRICULUM: TOURISM WITH ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY N171P ..59 CURRICULUM: TOURISM WITH GEOGRAPHY AND BOTANY N172P ..60 CURRICULUM: TOURISM WITH GEOGRAPHY AND ZOOLOGY 173P ..61 PROGRAMME: QUANTITATIVE RISK MANAGEMENT (200166) .. 62 v PROGRAMME OUTCOMES ..62 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS OF THE QUALIFICATION ..63 FACULTY-SPECIFIC ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS ..63 CURRICULUM: QUANTITATIVE RISK MANAGEMENT N134P ..64 PROGRAMME: FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS (200167) .. 65 PROGRAMME OUTCOMES ..65 CURRICULUM: FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS N135P ..65 PROGRAMME: DATA MINING (200168) .. 66 PROGRAMME OUTCOMES ..66 CURRICULUM: DATA MINING N136P ..66 PROGRAMME: ACTUARIAL SCIENCE (200123) .. 67 PROGRAMME OUTCOMES ..67 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS OF THE QUALIFICATION.

8 68 LANGUAGE MEDIUM ..69 FACULTY-SPECIFIC ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS ..69 CURRICULUM: ACTUARIAL SCIENCE N137P ..70 PROGRAMME: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTER SCIENCE (264 100) .. 71 PROGRAMME OUTCOMES ..71 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS OF THE QUALIFICATION ..71 FACULTY-SPECIFIC ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS ..71 CURRICULUM: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTER SCIENCE N150P ..72 RULES FOR THE DEGREE BACCALAUREUS ARTIUM ET SCIENTIAE (PLANNING) (118101) .. 73 PROGRAMME OUTCOMES ..73 DURATION (MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM DURATION) ..73 ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS OF THE QUALIFICATION ..73 FACULTY-SPECIFIC ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS ..73 LANGUAGE MEDIUM ..73 COMPLETION OF RESEARCH PROJECT (THESIS/ARTICLE) ..74 vi EXAMINATION OF THE PRACTICAL EXAM (SBPR421) ..74 COMPILATION OF CURRICULUM N183P: URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING WITH GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES.

9 75 MODULE LIST .. 76 MODULES .. 84 METHOD OF DELIVERING ..84 ASSESSMENT METHODS ..84 MODULE OUTCOMES ..84 Compiled by Mrs H Swart Administrative Manager, Faculty of NATURAL SCIENCES , June 2015 vii FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OFFICIALS DEAN Prof JJ Pienaar, HED, DSc (PU for CHE) SCHOOL DIRECTORS School of Biological SCIENCES Prof V Wepener, PhD (RAU) School of Computer, Statistical and Mathematical SCIENCES Prof GJ Groenewald, Hons BSc (UWC), MSc (Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) MSc (UK), PhD (Vrije Univ at Amsterdam) School of Geo- and Spatial SCIENCES Prof S J Piketh, PhD (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg) School of Physical and Chemical SCIENCES Prof CA Strydom, Pr Sci Nat, PhD (UP) RESEARCH DIRECTORS and CENTRE DIRECTORS Unit for Business Mathematics and Informatics Prof HM Huisman, BSc (PU for CHE), Hons BSc (PU for CHE), MSc (PU for CHE), PhD (PU for CHE)

10 Unit for Environmental SCIENCES and Management Prof N Smit, PhD (UOFS) Focus Area for Chemical Resource Beneficiation Prof HCM Vosloo, Hons BSc (UOVS), PhD (PU for CHE), HED (UOVS) Focus Area: Human Metabolomics Prof DT Loots, PhD (NWU) Centre for Business Mathematics and Informatics Prof PJ de Jongh, BCom (US), MSc (UNISA), PhD (UCT) Centre for Environmental Management Prof JG Nel, BA (Ed), Hons BA (UPE), MA (UPE) Centre for Human Metabolomics Prof BC Vorster, MMed (Chem Paths), (UP) Centre for Space Research (Centre of Excellence) Prof SES Ferreira, PhD (PU for CHE) Centre for Water Science and Management Prof I Dennis, PhD (UFS) Administrative Manager Mrs H Swart, BBibl (UNISA) viii SUBJECT GROUP CHAIRPERSONS Agricultural Economics Dr PC Cloete, PhD (UFS) Biochemistry Prof AA van Dijk, DSc Biochemistry (NWU) Botany Dr S Janse van Vuuren, PhD (PU vir CHO) Centre for Business Mathematics and Informatics.