Ecology, BSc

Year 1 – BIOL101(16), 102(16), CHEM110(16), CHEM120(16), MATH150(16), PHYS131(16),

STAT130(16)

Year 2 – BIOL204(16), 223(16), (BIOL211(16) or 222(16))

Year 3 – BIOL322(16), 323(16), 325(16), 16C from (BIOL304(16), BIOL305(16), BIOL390(16))

Admission Requirements
– NSC degree pass with Maths, English, Life Orientation and Agricultural Science/Physical Science/Life Science at level 4.
– Admission points required: 28-48 (highest scoring students took first; BSc in Industrial and Applied Biotechnology requires a minimum point score of 30).
– The closing date for applications is 30 September.

Closing dates for Undergraduate Programmes:

Medicine: 30 June
All other programmes: 30 September
– Applications to study must be made in the prescribed manner via the Central Applications
Office (www.cao.ac.za), and must include the presentation of the Matriculation Certificate where specified.
– An applicant who has studied at any other tertiary education institution must, in addition, present an academic record and a certificate of conduct from that institution.

For new admissions:
– APS (Accumulated points score)
– Selections are processed on a sliding scale, on academic merit, with the minimum as per subject requirements.

Some career opportunities for this programme include:
– Environmental consultant
– Research scientists and Research assistants.
– Park naturalist
– Restoration ecologist
– Natural resource manager

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South African students pay R50275 per year as tuition fees.
Students from SADC countries pay local tuition fees plus a levy of R3400 (R1800 per semester)

Application fee:
– All students from SADC and other African countries pay: R470
– All students from outside of Africa: U$146
– Students from within Africa but outside SADC and from the rest of the world are required to pay US $ 14 535.00 per annum; i.e. U$ 6 895.00 per semester (first or second) inclusive of the international levy, where registration is required for one semester only to complete a qualification.