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Education: Educational Psychology Paths continued below:
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if you don’t have this combination you do have another option
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Go on this journey
This avenue also exists
BEd (Intermediate Phase Teaching) – Grades 4 to 6 BEd (Senior Phase and Further Education and Training Phase Teaching) – Grades 7 to 12
BA or BSocSci with Psychology and Education as majors
Any bachelor’s degree with Psychology and a school subject followed by the PGCE for any phase PGCE
Or is this your perfect passage
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Psychology as an elective
Year 1 Years 2 and 3 (not taken in Year 4)
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Years 1 to 3
Psychology taken as an additional module
Part of an optional programme at UP OR Taken at another institution like Unisa after hours or through distance education
Extra credits and hours needed if Psychology is taken additionally
No extra
Years 1 to 3
PGCE (Foundation Phase)
Year 4
A good guideline to follow
Strong matriculation average
100 extra credits or 1 000 hours extra
Must have passed all prescribed modules and Psychology in the preceding year
Part of an optional programme
No extra
Strong matriculation average
School subject will usually be additional to Psychology and Education in the third year
600 hours extra for the school subject if it is taken up to Year 3
Must have passed all modules and Psychology in the preceding year
Part of an optional programme
No extra hours
Year 4
Any bachelor’s degree with Psychology and a Language followed by a PGCE (Foundation Phase)
Part of an optional programme
Postgraduate studies Once you have obtained the necessary undergraduate qualification with Psychology and Education as majors, you can enrol for the BEd Hons (Educational Psychology) or an honours degree in Psychology.
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Strong matriculation average Must have passed all prescribed modules and Psychology in preceding year Must have completed the degree, including Psychology up to third-year level Strong matriculation average Must have passed all prescribed modules, including Psychology up to third-year level, in the preceding year Must have completed the degree, including Psychology up to third-year level
Please note that from 2016, all students obtaining a teaching qualification (including the PGCE) must have passed a module or been assessed to have conversational competence in an indigenous African language.
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*The BEd Hons (Educational Psychology) degree presents training in career development and life design, learning diversity and support, and socio-emotional illness and wellbeing.
*Applications are subject to a selection process and only a limited number of students are accepted.
Registration as a psychologist Once you have obtained the MEd (Educational Psychology) degree, you will need to complete a one-year internship, and to write the HPCSA Board examination. Once you have passed this examination, you will be a registered educational psychologist, and will be able to render psychological services that entail assessments and therapeutic interventions.
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*The next step is to enrol for the MEd (Educational Psychology) degree, which will qualify you as an educational psychologist. This is a two-year programme that includes both theoretical and research modules, as well as a practical training module and a mini-dissertation in the second year. In order to register as an educational psychologist, graduates will first need to complete a one-year internship at a site approved by the HPCSA and pass the HPCSA Board examination for educational psychologists. For more information on studying Educational Psychology in the Faculty of Education, contact Alfred du Plessis: Email alfred.duplessis@up.ac.za Application forms can be obtained from Bronwynne Swarts: Email bronwynne.swarts@up.ac.za