University of South Africa

iaci-canada.com

not confusing at all

apparently you managed to navigate their system. good luck with your studies.

 

I've been looking all through IACi's website... but I guess that I am looking in all of the wrong places. I assume that an applicant sends their information to them, and then they contact the university, but I have not found anywhere that states or allows information for that. Everything that I've seen on the website so far is just a regurgitation from the regular UNISA site.

Sorry for misleading you, but it seems that you think I am a student at UNISA. I'm not.

 

IACI is no panacea. I am still waiting to hear from them on UNISA, but that is water under the bridge for me at this point, since I am at University of the Free State. Send me a PM if you want more information. It is not that difficult to understand the system, once you make contact with someone and start the dialog.

 

Does UNISA require a thesis for admission into a doctoral program (theology)? I have an MAT from Fuller, but the Fuller does not even offer a thesis track, so I have nothing to submit to schools that require a thesis.

I found a page here suggesting that suggests that perhaps a thesis is only required for students "who do not meet the 60% requirement (where applicable) for admission". However, I have no idea what "60% requirement" is being referred to here.

Their website is horribly disorganized and difficult to navigate. There are broken links and the information provided is very limited and confusing. Any help would be appreciated.

 

I am required to do a field study at the end of an MBA program at UFS because I did not have a Master's with thesis. Ask UNISA if that would be an option. They are going to want to know that you understand the requirements for research at the doctoral level.

The 60% requirement is the ZA grading system. It does not mean a 60% average. Do not be put off by seemingly strange requirements and terms. I would contact a member of the theology department directly with your questions. If they want you to get a student number, get a student number. That part is easy, and it shows that you are more than passingly interested. Remember, UNISA is a huge University, so they must get more traffic than they can handle.

 

Could you elaborate on this a bit? My Google-fu proved rather insufficient regarding the za grading system. Who fits into the "where applicable" category? What is the 60%, exactly, and does it apply to the student's entire record, or perhaps specifically to the Research Methdology classd mentioned in the previous paragraph on the site?

I actually wrote both their Theology and their New Testament departments months ago. I never heard back from Theology, and answers from New Testament were rather incomplete. I've contacted them again, and hopefully they'll help me out this time.

 

Here is an explanation of ZA grading from the University of Cape Town:

A 60% would be at the low end of the B scale.

CT grades Approximate equivalents: In the US/ In the UK
75 - 100% First Class A/ 1
70 - 74% Second Class (Division One) B+/ 2.1
60 - 69% Second Class (Division Two) B/ 2.2
50 - 59% Third Class C/ 3
0 - 49% Fail F/ Fail
DPR: Duly Performed certificate refused ie. F/ Fail
Not permitted to write examination
AB: Absent from examination F/ Fail

University of Cape Town / Applying to UCT / International applicants

 

Interesting, based on this chart, an American Masters Degree earned with Distinction would fall between the Second Class (Division One) and the First Class scale.