Bachelor of Education (BEd)

The Bachelor of Education ( BEd) is a four-year, full-time degree that qualifies you as a teacher for any school in South Africa and entitles you to register with the South African Council for Educators (SACE).

Students who enrol for the BEd may choose one of the following programmes:

• Foundation Phase Teaching: Grades R - 3
• Senior Primary Teaching: Grades 4 - 7
• Secondary Teaching: Grades 8 - 12

Curriculum for the Bachelor of Education

The curriculum for each of the programmes above comprises core and elective courses in professional and academic subjects, see Table 1 below.

The professional subjects are studied in all four years of the degree and include Teaching Methodology courses and Teaching Experience which is a 6 week school-based, practical undertaken in every year of study.

The academic subjects include:

Education which is studied in all four years of the degree

Two Subject Specialisations

-One of these will be studied over four years and is called a major subject

-The other will be studied over three years and is called a sub-major

In both of these cases you will spend the first two years studying a Learning Area and this will then lead either to a major or sub-major where you specialise in specific teaching subjects - See Table 2 below

Table 1: BEd curriculum over four years

* These courses do not continue into subsequent years of study

Please note
Except for the Learning Areas (A) and (B) where you choose the areas that will become your subject specialisations in third and fourth year, the remaining courses indicated in the table are compulsory.

Table 2: Learning Areas and their Subject Specialisations in Third and Fourth year