Bachelor of Arts in Law

The Bachelor of Arts in Law programme equips students to interpret and apply law and contribute to the development of the African political system. The programme also aims to offer personal and professional formation through the development of the students’ leadership skills and their understanding of the Humanities within the Southern African context. The programme will enable students to serve in a variety of capacities in the private and public spheres. It will provide the student with the knowledge base, theory, methodology and application relevant to the core areas of private law. The programme will also equip students to be public intellectuals and reflexive practitioners who work for change within Africa. They will learn analytical skills to interpret the political context creatively. 

They will also gain ethical leadership skills that equip them to lead and mobilise organisations and communities towards societal transformation. Students can pursue careers in law, journalism, politics, management, intelligence, and public administration. Through innovative learning approaches, the qualification promotes an inclusive and transformative ethos of reconciliation, equality, justice, and peace. The programme also serves as an alternative route for entry into the LLB (Level 8) degree.

FURTHER STUDY OPPORTUNITIES:

Upon completion of the Bachelor of Arts in Law a student may articulate Will be able to qualify for admission to a Bachelor of Laws at NQF level 8 (third year) or an Honours degree in Humanities at NQF level 8.

What is Distance Learning?

THE ADMISSION CRITERIA FOR THE BACHELOR OF ARTS IN LAW ARE:

• a Senior Certificate (SC) with degree endorsement; OR

• a National Senior Certificate (NSC) with a minimum of 50% in four 20-credit modules and a minimum of 40% in English Home Language or First Additional Language; OR

• a National Senior Certificate – Vocational Level 4 (NC(V)) with a minimum of 50% in three fundamental modules including English; and minimum 60% in four vocational modules; OR

• a relevant N6 National Diploma.

*Students who have obtained 40% and higher in English, but not 50%, and who met the minimum points required, will be allowed conditional admission provided that they first pass the Academic Writing module on Level 5.

NAMIBIAN STUDENTS: 

Alternative Admission Requirements

• 25 points over 5 modules

To find out more about alternate access routes at STADIO, please click HERE

Students who completed the programme will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the South African legal system.

2. Read legal texts and apply legal writing skills to draft legal documents.

3. Apply the principles contained in core areas of South African private and public law.

4. Solve problems and make decisions using critical and creative thinking embedded in a humanistic paradigm.

5. Work effectively with others as members of a team, group, organisation in communities and society at large.

6. Manage the conceptualisation and implementation of strategies, policies and plans in a public sector environment with due regard to national and global contexts.

7. Promote ethical decisions on complex institutional issues with sensitivity and awareness of consequences in an autonomous manner.

8. Manage themselves and their activities responsibly and effectively to promote and strengthen tolerance and affirmation in problem-solving.

9. Collect, interpret and process data and information to make informed decisions.

10. Communicate effectively through engagement with literature from a wide variety of sources on politics, philosophy and economics.

11. Participate as responsible citizens in the life of local, national and global communities in a culturally and aesthetically sensitive way using the humanities as the central pillar.