IIE Bachelor of The IIE Bachelor of Arts Honours in Psychology is designed to

develop high-level skills in the field of applied psychology. These

Arts Honours in
skills include measurement skills (e.g. how to operationalize the
measurement of complex processes); environmental awareness (e.g.
habit formation and social appropriateness); interpersonal awareness
Psychology (e.g. the mechanisms of social communication and potential sources
of interpersonal conflict); problem-solving skills (e.g. the ability to
tackle a range of different types of problems and to employ a range
Faculty of Humanities of approaches to understanding problems); critical evaluation (e.g.
to identify the shortcomings and pitfalls of a particular action);
perspectives (e.g. the ability to explore issues from multiple points
of view); higher-order analysis (e.g. identifying recurrent patterns
in human activity); and, pragmatism (e.g. a pragmatic approach to
work and problem-solving). All of these skills are scarce and promote
employability.

Since the IIE Bachelor of Arts Honours in Psychology programme

is registered as an academic honours, which generally does not
cover a practicum, one would not yet be positioned to register as a
Psychologist, Counsellor or Psychometrist with the Health Professions
Council of South Africa (HPCSA) upon completion of this honours
programme. This honours programme will, however, position graduates
for admission into a professional Master’s degree training programme
such as Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology and Research
Psychology at another institution, after which, registration with the
HPCSA is possible.

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 IIE BACHELOR OF ARTS HONOURS IN PSYCHOLOGY
1 YEAR FULL-TIME | NQF LEVEL 8 | MINIMUM 120 CREDITS | SAQA ID: 105032

Career Opportunities
The qualification focusses on four core and aligned fields within Psychology, namely: psychopathology, therapeutic
interventions, psychological assessment as well as one of the following electives: developmental psychology or
community psychology, depending on availability. All of these areas of study will have a sustained focus on their utility in
the South African context, and the contribution that they can make to address the challenges currently faced in South
African society. These core aspects of psychology are presented in five respective modules carrying the names of these
aspects (Psychological Assessment, Psychopathology, Therapeutic Interventions and Developmental Psychology or
Community Psychology). Examples of possible career opportunities for graduates include:

• Clinical Psychology/Counselling/Therapy (with further postgraduate studies)

• Human resources (with further studies)
• Teaching (with further postgraduate studies)
• Community worker
• Marketing or advertising
• Research
• Academia (Lecturing and tutoring)
• User experience designer (with further education and training)
• Customer care consultant (with further company-based training)

Curriculum
Semester 1 Semester 2

Code Module Name NQF Credits Code Module Name NQF Credits

PSAS8111 Psychological Assessment 8 20 THIN8112 Therapeutic Interventions 8 20

The purpose of the module is to develop The purpose of the module is to provide
students’ critical engagement with the the student with a succinct overview of
technical, ethical, and multicultural issues the divergent approaches to counselling
that inform the design and implementation of and psychotherapy, beginning with the
psychological assessment measures. Students basic issues in counselling practice such
will become familiar with basic psychometric as values, the therapeutic process, and
principles, as well as different assessment ethical considerations. The student will
tools and their functions. Traditional and become familiar with the key concepts of the
contemporary theories of child development, approaches and will gain a working knowledge
intelligence, neuropsychology, and personality of the techniques and procedures of each, by
are examined. Course content is structured applying the theories to a community health
across different contexts of assessment, context within South Africa. The module will
namely early child development, cognitive and encourage students to think critically, and
scholastic assessments, career counselling, evaluate each theory from a multicultural
clinical diagnostics, and organisational perspective, highlighting the strengths and
management. The focus is primarily on critical weaknesses of each when applied to diverse
perspectives to provide a foundation for future populations.
postgraduate studies in which students focus
on the manual administration of assessment
tools.

Students will choose between Developmental Psychology or Community Psychology.

Electives:
*Please note the availability of either the Developmental Psychology or Community Psychology modules will be dependent on student numbers, and
campus resources.

Please note that this fact sheet is accurate at the time of publication. The Independent Institute of Education (The IIE) reserves the right to alter any of the content prior to commencement of registration due to
changes in regulation, policy, market requirements, or any other valid reason. Details are correct at the time of printing V2 2 May 2024.
 IIE BACHELOR OF ARTS HONOURS IN PSYCHOLOGY
1 YEAR FULL-TIME | NQF LEVEL 8 | MINIMUM 120 CREDITS | SAQA ID: 105032

DPSY8111 Developmental Psychology 8 20 PSPA8112 Psychopathology 8 20

The purpose of this module is to develop The purpose of this module is to have students
an advanced and critical knowledge of critically consider, on a theoretical and
the systematic, complex, successive and practical level, the classification, development,
multifactorial changes that occur across the treatment, and prevention of psychological
lifespan. Areas of concern and significance problems. It also aims to sensitise students to
within the South African context, with regards the impact of culture on the experience and
to the impact on development will also be expression of mental illness, and have the
covered. students engage with critical, current literature
on psychological health and illness, particularly
CPSY8111 Community Psychology 8 20
within the South African context.
The purpose of this module is to equip
students with a strong conceptual and applied
understanding of community psychology
principles, methodologies and praxis.The
course frames the historical development
of community psychology as a socially
responsive sub-discipline of psychology,
recognising theoretical and methodological
diversity within the field and divergence from
mainstream approaches to mental health.
With reference to the South African context,
students engage with community psychology’s
explicit values and ideological orientation as
an applied discipline, drawing links to critical
psychology.

As emergent psychological practitioners,

the module develops the student’s practical
skills, critical thought and reflexivity so as to
allow effective and meaningful community
engagement. The module extends capacity
for social analysis, theoretical synthesis and
methodological application by calling upon
students to devise and evaluate community
psychology intervention programs in response
to real-world problems.

REMS8411 Research Methodology and Statistics 8 20

The purpose of this module is to advance

and develop students’ knowledge and skills
in research paradigms, designs, methods,
analytical and statistical techniques and ethical
issues for both quantitative and qualitative
research in applied Psychology. This module
is intended to develop students’ knowledge
and application of research competencies in
psychological research in South African and
global contexts.

Year Long

INRP8419 Independent Research Project NQF Credits

Students develop a proposal and write up the final independent research project under the guidance of a supervisor. The independent research
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report constitutes an integrated assessment of all knowledge acquired in the Research Methodology and Statistics module.

Please note that this fact sheet is accurate at the time of publication. The Independent Institute of Education (The IIE) reserves the right to alter any of the content prior to commencement of registration due to
changes in regulation, policy, market requirements, or any other valid reason. Details are correct at the time of printing V2 2 May 2024.
 IIE BACHELOR OF ARTS HONOURS IN PSYCHOLOGY
1 YEAR FULL-TIME | NQF LEVEL 8 | MINIMUM 120 CREDITS | SAQA ID: 105032

Admission Requirements
An appropriate bachelor’s degree

OR

An appropriate Advanced Diploma provided that a 360 credit Diploma or appropriate equivalent has been completed.

Candidates must have completed Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Social Science or equivalent qualification(s), with one of
the psychology disciplines at NQF Level 7 and a foundation research module at the undergraduate level, preferably at NQF Level
7. Those who have not completed a foundation research module at undergraduate level will be required to do The IIE Introduction
to Research SLP and need to be able to demonstrate an understanding of basic research before they can commence with their
research report. Candidates are required to have a minimum final year average of 65% in final-year (NQF L7) Psychology
modules. Those with a final year average of 60 to 64% in the core Psychology modules will be considered if they attained an
average of 65% or higher for all final-year (NQF L7) level modules.

THE IIE IS ACCREDITED AS AN INDEPENDENT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION BY THE BRITISH ACCREDITATION COUNCIL.

Please note that this fact sheet is accurate at the time of publication. The Independent Institute of Education (The IIE) reserves the right to alter any of the content prior to commencement of registration due to
changes in regulation, policy, market requirements, or any other valid reason. Details are correct at the time of printing V2 2 May 2024.