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North West University

Bachelor of Arts in Public Governance with Policing Practice

The Bachelor of Arts in Public Governance with Policing Practice in Public Administration is offered by North West University.

Program Length: 3 YEARS.

Bachelor of Arts in Public Governance with Policing Practice offered by the North-West University at the Faculty of Humanities

Open Distance Learning

Open distance learning is an approach which combines the principles of learner-centeredness, lifelong learning, flexibility provision, the removal of barriers to learning, accessibility to learning, the recognition of prior learning, the provision of learner support, the construction of learning programmes in the expectation that learners can succeed, e-learning and the maintenance of rigorous quality assurance.

The Unit for Open Distance Learning at the Potchefstroom Campus presents several distance programmes on behalf of the faculties at a number of open learning centres in Southern Africa. Distance learning programmes are offered on the following principles:

a) Students can register any time of the year.

b) Each programme has a minimum and maximum duration to complete.

c) Students have a number of assessment opportunities (examinations) during a study period and all modules can be written at each assessment opportunity.

d) Students do not have a second examination opportunity directly after the first attempt. If they fail the first attempt (e.g. June), they can write the failed module during the next examination opportunity (e.g. November). A valid participation mark will give the student access to two examination opportunities, where after a student must generate a new participation mark.

e) Contact classes are mainly presented by means of interactive white boards, supported by facilitators. Lectures can also be followed on a personal computer if students have access to the Internet. All modules presented by means of interactive white boards are stored on the Internet for students to access at a later stage.

f) Students are supported by means of a Call Centre, social media (Facebook) and contact with lecturers and facilitators.

g) Examinations are written at several examination centres throughout Southern Africa, but the NWU can request students to write a specific module (e.g. Computer Science) at the Potchefstroom Campus. 

Programme outcomes

On completion of this programme, students should be able to:

a) Strategically lead and manage human, financial, physical and information resources through effective organisational relations and practices to achieve strategic goals.

b) Manage crime prevention by utilising specialised management skills in order to function strategically and effectively within a range of situations such as security and protection interventions as well as crowd control and management interventions.

c) Manage crime detection by utilising specialised management skills in order to function strategically and effectively within a range of situations.

d) Manage Community Service Centres (CSC) by utilising specialised management skills in order to function strategically and effectively within a range of situations.

e) Manage the provision of protection, security and crime intelligence services for a safe and secure environment within the Republic of South Africa.

f) Manage internal quality management systems to enable the organisation to reflect on whether organisational needs have been met.