NATIONAL DIPLOMA: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Qualification code: NDEH95
Campus where offered:
Pretoria Campus
REMARKS
a.
Admission requirement(s) and selection criteria:
•
FOR APPLICANTS WHO OBTAINED A SENIOR CERTIFICATE BEFORE 2008:
Admission requirement(s):
A Senior Certificate or an equivalent qualification with E symbols at the Higher Grade or D
symbols at the Standard Grade for English, Biology, Mathematics and Physical Science.
Recommended subject(s):
Geography and Agricultural Science.
Selection criteria:
Selection is done in accordance with the Health Professions Council of South Africa
(HPCSA). Applicants are assessed by means of a formula for academic merit, based on
scholastic performance.
Formula for academic merit:
SYMBOL
A
B
C
D
E
HG
SG
54
4
3
3
2
2
1
1
0
The subjects Biology, English, Mathematics and Physical Science will be used to assess the
application. One additional point will be added if the applicant has passed Agricultural
Science and/or Geography.
Applicants who score six or more points according to the formula for academic merit are
accepted.
•
FOR APPLICANTS WHO OBTAINED A NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE IN OR AFTER 2008:
Admission requirement(s):
A National Senior Certificate with an endorsement of a bachelor’s degree or a diploma, or an
equivalent qualification, with an achievement Level of at least 4 for English (home language or
first additional language) and 3 for Life Sciences, 3 for Physical Sciences and 3 for Mathematics
or 4 for Mathematical Literacy.
Recommended subject(s):
None.
Selection criteria:
To be considered for this qualification, applicants must have an Admission Points Score
(APS) of at least 19 (with Mathematics) and 20 (with Mathematical Literacy).
Prospectus 2014
Assessment procedures:
Selection is done in accordance with the Health Professions Council of South Africa
(HPCSA).
- Applicants with a score of 23 and more according to the formula for academic merit
determination will be considered for admission.
- Applicants with a score of 21 (19 with Mathematics) to 23 according to the formula for
academic merit determination will be kept on a waiting list from which the applicants with
the highest scores will be selected. Waiting lists will be cleared at the end of September
and the end of November.
b.
Minimum duration:
Three years.
c.
Presentation:
Day classes.
d.
Intake for the qualification:
January only.
e.
Exclusion and readmission:
See Chapter 32 of Students’ Rules and Regulations.
f.
Professional registration:
Compulsory, one-off registration in the first year with the Health Professions Council of South
Africa (HPCSA). HPCSA requires students to complete community service for a period of
one year on successful completion of the National Diploma: Environmental Health or the
Baccalaureus Technologiae: Environmental Health.
g.
Special rules and regulations:
Unless otherwise stipulated, special rules and regulations, as published in the programme guide,
apply to students who register for this qualification. Students should familiarise themselves with
those rules and regulations. Students undergo work-integrated learning and take study tours.
They have to purchase protective clothing for the subjects Food and Meat Hygiene II and III.
h.
Subject credits:
Subject credits are shown in brackets after each subject.
CURRICULUM
SUBJECTS PRINTED IN BOLD ARE NOT FOR REGISTRATION PURPOSES.
FIRST YEAR
CODE
SUBJECT
CREDIT
APY140T
COD100T
EPN100T
MBI110T
Anatomy and Physiology I
Community Development I
Environmental Planning I
Microbiology I
(0,200)
(0,200)
(0,200)
(0,200)
FIRST SEMESTER
PCQ100T
PCQ10XT
Physics and Chemistry I
Physics and Chemistry: Physics I (0,100)
SECOND SEMESTER
PCQ100T
PCQ10YT
Physics and Chemistry I
Physics and Chemistry: Chemistry I
TOTAL CREDITS FOR THE FIRST YEAR:
Prospectus 2014
(0,100)
1,000
PREREQUISITE SUBJECT(S)
SECOND YEAR
CODE
SUBJECT
COD200T
EPI210T
EPW200T
Community Development II
(0,200)
Epidemiology II
(0,200)
Environmental Pollution: Waste and (0,200)
Water II
Occupational Health and Safety II
(0,200)
Food and Meat Hygiene II
(0,200)
OHS200T
VVH200T
CREDIT
PREREQUISITE SUBJECT(S)
Community Development I
Microbiology I
Environmental Planning I
Anatomy and Physiology I
Physics and Chemistry I
Microbiology I
1,000
TOTAL CREDITS FOR THE SECOND YEAR:
THIRD YEAR
CODE
SUBJECT
EPA300T
Environmental Pollution: Air and Noise III (0,200)
Epidemiology III
(0,200)
Management Practice III
(0,200)
Occupational Health and Safety III
(0,200)
Food and Meat Hygiene III
(0,200)
EPI300T
MPT300T
OHS300T
VVH300T
CREDIT
TOTAL CREDITS FOR THE THIRD YEAR:1,000
TOTAL CREDITS FOR THE QUALIFICATION:
Prospectus 2014
3,000
PREREQUISITE SUBJECT(S)
Environmental Pollution:
Waste and Water II
Epidemiology II
Community Development II
Occupational Health and Safety II
Food and Meat Hygiene II