The bachelor’s degrees offer in the department prepare the students for entry into the honours degrees in Geology, Engineering Geology, Environmental Geology, or Hydrogeology.  All these honours degrees comply with the academic requirements of the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions, allowing for eventual professional registration as natural scientists (PrSciNat) on proving vocational competence. Registration is in the fields of Geological Sciences for geologists, and Earth Sciences or Geological Sciences for engineering geologists and hydrogeologists.

We are actively involved in voluntary associations and professional bodies, aiming continuously to promote the professional standing of our qualifications and the visibility of our graduates. These are also the associations promoting competence and ethics through facilitating between SACNASP, academic institutions, and the profession. We encourage membership of, for instance:

• Geological Society of South Africa (www.gssa.org.za)
• Ground Water Division of the Geological Society of South Africa (www.gwd.org.za)
• South African Institute of Engineering and Environmental Geologists (www.saieg.co.za)
• South Africa National Chapter, International Association of Hydrogeologists (www.iah.org.za)
• South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (www.sacnasp.org.za)