AFDA Undergraduate Bachelor of Computer Technology

AFDA Undergraduate Bachelor of Computer Technology

BACHELOR OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
SAQA ID NUMBER: 97540 (NQF LEVEL 7)
Campuses: Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban
AFDA is a private higher education institution which offers higher certificate and degree programmes that are registered by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). Our programmes are accredited and we participate productively in the ongoing reaccreditation and quality assurance processes of the Council on Higher Education (CHE) to ensure the quality of our programmes. The DHET certificate number for AFDA is 2001/HE07/012.
AFDA reserves the right to make changes or withdraw information or course offers without prior notice. Where possible, AFDA will endeavour to notify all persons and/or organisations affected as a result.

AFDA’s programme’s utilise a unique, integrated and outcomes-based that it has so successfully developed over the last 20+ years. While the institution is established with programmes in the Arts including Film, Television and Performance, along with Radio as a recent addition, the AFDA School of Business & Innovation is a new stream of programmes offered in two degrees that disrupt how business (commerce) and IT qualifications been shaped for the past few decades:

–          BCom Business Innovation & Entrepreneurship – Go to: insert URL for BCom
–          Bachelor of Computer Technology (BCT)

UNDERGRADUATE BACHELORS DEGREE (BA/ BCOM/ BCT)

ENTRY INTO FIRST YEAR

    • National Senior Certificate (South African Grade 12 / Matric) with endorsement for entry into a Bachelor’s degree.
    • You may enter an AFDA Undergraduate degree if you have successfully completed an AFDA Higher Certificate course.
    • The National Skills Certificate / National Certificate (Vocational) (NCV) on NQF level 4 with 3 fundamental subjects (incl English) above 60% and 4 vocational subjects above 70%.
    • A technical N5 certificate with 4 subjects passed on N5 level incl Maths and English.
    • The ACE School of Tomorrow (Accelerated Christian Education) on an achievement level similar to matric exemption.
    • If you don’t have matric exemption but have passed the first year of an accredited programme on NQF 6 or 7 (first year of a diploma or degree).
    • Should you not have any of the above, you may be able to qualify to complete and pass the AFDA Entrance Exam – go tohttp://www.afda.co.za/apply/degreeapply/requirements/ to read more or contact your nearest AFDA campus to find out more.
    • If you do not have matric exemption, but are 23 years or older, you can apply for exemption to study a degree at AFDA with HESA. See their website > Alternatively you can do the Entrance Exam – go to http://www.afda.co.za/apply/degreeapply/requirements/ to read more.
    • Please contact your nearest AFDA campus to find out more.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: Please go to http://www.afda.co.za/apply/degreeapply/requirements/ to read more.

ENTRY INTO SECOND YEAR

  • Please go to http://www.afda.co.za/apply/degreeapply/requirements/ to read about RECOGNISED PRIOR LEARNING.

Core Course

Like the Bachelor of Arts degree at AFDA, the core course modules for The AFDA School of Business and Innovation’s BCom and BCT degrees are a unique and progressive approach to deal with the vast expanse of knowledge and theories that are accessible today. More importantly, it is an approach to learning that is designed to stimulate innovative, conceptual and perceptual thinking; in doing so, allowing students to model and align existing knowledge to their integrated production outcomes. Shared production projects, team-based outcomes and evaluation act as the ’glue’ between various degrees and disciplines. Students from various disciplines integrate and share creativity and innovation in a networked, concrete, outcomes-based manner. Core course runs over the 3 years in the BCT and includes the following 5 components:

1)    Assessing Analogue to Digital Efficiency Gap
2)    Technological Advantage & Socio-cultural Development
3)    Innovative Production & Implementation
4)    Functional Design & Ease of Use Experience
5)    Project Control & Maintaining Viability

Course Outcomes

FIRST YEAR [DISCOVERY]
1st Year is about research analogue systems and devising a digital replacement application based on existing digital system. e.g. Film Archive or Talent Management and Exhibition system.

 

SECOND YEAR [TRAINING]
2nd Year is about originating a novel technology-enabling concept for managing data and for streaming television content online. They will also have a virtual reality project to do with creating an immersive digital experience in entertainment events.

 

THIRD YEAR [THE BIG IDEA – TECH INNOVATOR]
3rd Year integrates with all schools at AFDA around the Experimental and Graduation Festival events and identifying possibilities to add value through technology. Ideas of these possibilities include:

 

• An introduction of programmable drones for location research or shot efficiency
• Motion Capture rigs for Visual Effects & New Technologies
• Transmission systems for Radio or Image information
• Archiving systems for efficient programming