• College of Accounting Sciences
• College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
• College of Economic and Management Sciences
• College of Education
• College of Human Sciences
• College of Law
• College of Science, Engineering & Technology

College of Accounting Sciences

Applications for credits / exemptions for the following modules offered by the College of Accounting Sciences will be accepted, provided that the indicated period is not exceeded:

Please note:

• In cases where a student did not complete the required pre-requisites for modules for which exemption was applied, the college will assess the application. This will, however, be on condition that any credit may be provisionally granted, but not loaded on the academic record until the student has passed the pre-requisites.
• This arrangement applies to
  • Unisa students registering for a new qualification, requesting credit / exemption transfer
  • Students transferring from other universities requesting credit / exemption transfer
• This arrangement does not apply if Unisa transferred the student to a new qualification due to the phasing out of an old qualification. In such cases, the relevant credits may be transferred to the new qualification.
  
  

College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences

College of Economic and Management Sciences

Applications for credits / exemptions for the following modules offered by the College of Economic and Management Sciences will be accepted, provided that the indicated period is not exceeded:

Please note: In cases where a student did not complete the required pre-requisites for modules for which exemption was applied, the college will assess the application. This will, however, be on condition that any credit may be provisionally granted, but not loaded on the academic record until the student has passed the pre-requisites.

College of Education

College of Human Sciences

College of Law

Applications for credits and exemptions relating to the Diploma: Legal Assistance passed at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT).

Students who completed the Diploma: Legal Assistance at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) may be exempted from the following LLB modules:

• Introduction to Law (ILW1501)
• Introduction to research methodology for law and criminal justice (IRM1501)
• Law of Persons (PVL1501)
• Entrepreneurial Law (MRL2601)
• Law of Succession (PVL2602)

Exemption applications for modules offered in the following subject areas by the College of Law will not be approved if the period indicated is exceeded. Such applications must be submitted through the Recognition of Prior Learning Office for evaluation.

In cases where the timeframe has not lapsed, exemptions may only be considered if:

• The module passed at the previous institution is offered at the same or higher NQF level as the corresponding Unisa module.
• There is substantial overlap between the content of the module passed at the other institution and the corresponding module at Unisa.
• The student has not failed the module at Unisa.
• Exemptions rules as published under Unisa Rules for students are met. 

• Credits/exemptions may not be granted for the signature module (SJD1501).
• The Diploma: Legal Assistance exits at NQF level 6. Applications for credits and exemptions for Unisa modules offered at NQF level 7 and 8 may not be granted.
• Applications for credits and exemptions may be considered if the module(s) passed at TUT is offered either at the same or at a higher NQF level as the corresponding Unisa module.
• The College of Law cannot grant exemptions for modules that contain outdated information.
• Exemption applications for modules offered in the following subject areas by the College will NOT be approved if the period has lapsed. Such applications need to be referred to RPL.

School of Law

School of Criminal Justice

College of Science, Engineering and Technology