SENSITIVE COURSE CONTENT

select the material from our collections, or via our electronic resources available to the students. Students are encouraged to supplement prescribed learning material with further research that they conduct. Prescribed learning material at OW is not limited to written books, and includes all texts (images, films, podcasts, video essays, peer reviewed journals, tutorials, etc.).

SENSITIVE COURSE CONTENT

Students and Sponsors acknowledge that students will be exposed to sensitive and/or controversial texts/content which forms part of the formal course curricula. The purpose is for students to learn how to contextualise such texts, and respond appropriately in an informed way.

CERTIFICATE PROGRAMMES: RULES OF COMBINATION

NATIONAL CERTIFICATE: FILM & TV PRODUCTION

All Fundamental component unit standards (10 credits) and all Core component unit standards (92 credits) are compulsory. For the Elective Component students are required to select two of the electives listed below and then to complete the unit standards in that specialisation to the value of at least 20 credits:

+ Direct Single camera productions (243976), 15 credits, NQF Level 5 + Edit picture and sound to specification (243973), 16 credits NQF Level 5 + Write scripts for an audio and/or visual medium (243971), 15 credits, NQF Level 5 + Capture quality sound with a boom microphone (243961), 5 credits, NQF Level 5

NATIONAL CERTIFICATE: 3D ANIMATION AND VISUAL EFFECTS

All the Fundamental Component Unit Standards are compulsory (15 credits). All the Core Component Unit Standards are compulsory (124 credits). For the Elective Component students are required to attain at least 10 out of 65 available credits.

NATIONAL CERTIFICATE: DESIGN TECHNIQUES (specialisation in Communication Design OR User Interface Design)

All the Fundamental Component Unit Standards are compulsory (22 credits). All the Core Component Unit Standards are compulsory (84 credits). For the Elective Component students are required to select one of the specialisations and then to complete the unit standards in that specialisation to the value of at least 14 credits.

FET CERTIFICATE IN PHOTOGRAPHY

The Qualification is made up of Unit Standards that are classified as Fundamental, Core and Elective. A minimum of 128 Credits are required to achieve this Qualification.

In this Qualification the Credits are allocated as follows: + Fundamental Component: 56 Credits. + Core Component: 62 Credits. + Elective Component: 10 Credits.

PLEASE NOTE: The Rules of Combination given above are directly from the qualifications the MICT SETA registered on the NQF with SAQA. OW qualifications adhere at least to the minimum requirements of these rules, but due to the nature of building creative arts certificates from Unit Standards, elective components do not translate into elective modules in the certificates.