School of Engineering prospectus 2012 - Walter Sisulu University

HOD, for promotion to the S2 main stream programme. [Courses: Digital Systems I, Electronics
I, Electrical Engineering I, Mathematics I]
11.6.2.6.7 Exit Rules
11.6.2.6.7.1 Completion Rules
The Extended Programme forms part of National Diploma: Engineering: Electrical qualification,
of which the exit/ completion details are described under the National Diploma: Engineering:
Electrical.
11.6.2.6.7.2 Exclusion Rules
For details see same section under National Diploma: Engineering: Electrical.
11.6.2.6.8 Programmes offering
The Department of Electrical Engineering currently offers the Extended Programme at both the
College Street delivery site in Buffalo City and the Ibika delivery site in Butterworth.
11.6.2.6.9 Curriculum Structure
In order to allow for foundational material to be integrated into the Diploma courses, the
programme is extended by six months in both the first and second semester periods of study.
For some courses the foundational provision is in the form of additional material necessary
to facilitate the students understanding of the Diploma course material. In other courses the
foundational provision is in the form of the extra time available in the extended programme.
The extra time enables lecturers to spend longer on the very difficult sections of work, test
more frequently to identify problem areas, revise at regular intervals and revisit problem areas
as they are identified. This is very beneficial to Extended Programme students. After two years
of receiving foundational support the students have had sufficient support to enable them to
cope with the regular Semester 3 and Semester 4 courses without further foundational support.
Students on the Extended Programme enroll for the following courses, which all contains
foundational provision
The National Diploma: Engineering: Electrical Extended Programme is structured
as follows:
S1 — 1 Year
Course Code (College) Code (Ibika) Credit Pre- Requisite
Communication Skills I COMM 1/0 COMM 1/0 0,05
Computer Skills I CSKI 1/0 CSKI 1/0 0,05
Digital Systems I DSYS 1/0 DSYS 1/0 0,1
Electronics I ETRO 1/0 ETRO 1/0 0,1
Electrical Engineering I EENE 1/0 EENE 1/0 0,1
Mathematics I MATH 1/0 MATH 1/0 0,1
S2 — 1 Year
Course Code (College) Code (Ibika) Credit Pre- Requisite
Digital Systems II DSYS 2/0 DSYS 2/0 0,1 Digital Systems I
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