BIS Multimedia (Code 12131013) 

Modern information technology offers the possibility of information products being designed and created comprising various types of media over and above the traditional text medium. Information technology therefore results in the convergence of various previously separate traditional media. There is not a single discipline that handles the combination of information products. The Multimedia qualification in the Department of Information Science addresses this shortcoming. Any type of institution in all economic spheres, including government, may profit from a multimedia approach to information design, organisation and retrieval.

Multimedia documents include text, graphics, sound, video and animation. The purpose of this qualification is to enable students to understand the necessary concepts to build multimedia products and maintain the products. This programme is therefore a combination of theory and practice. The explosion of the web, as well as the exponential growth and power of information technology, requires the introduction of this degree following international trends.

• The closing date is an administrative admission guideline for non-selection programmes. Once a non-selection programme is full and has reached the institutional targets, then that programme will be closed for further admissions, irrespective of the closing date. However, if the institutional targets have not been met by the closing date, then that programme will remain open for admissions until the institutional targets are met.
• The following persons will be considered for admission: Candidates who are in possession of a certificate that is deemed by the University to be equivalent to the required National Senior Certificate (NSC) with university endorsement; candidates who are graduates from another tertiary institution or have been granted the status of a graduate of such an institution, and candidates who are graduates of another faculty at the University of Pretoria.
• Life Orientation is excluded when calculating the APS.
• Grade 11 results are used for the conditional admission of prospective students.
• A valid qualification with admission to degree studies is required.
• Minimum subject and achievement requirements, as set out below, are required.
• All lectures at the University of Pretoria are presented in English only.

• English Home Language or English First Additional Language: NSC/IEB – 4 or AS Level – D
• Mathematics: NSC/IEB – 5 or AS Level – C
• APS – 30

Teaching staff presenting the INL, INY, IMY and PUB modules

The curriculum for the BIS in Multimedia degree programme comprises of fundamental, core and elective modules in each study year. The degree is awarded after a minimum of at least 469 credits have been obtained successfully.

Minimum credits: 146

Fundamental modules (14 credits)

Core modules (132 credits)

Minimum credits: 184

Fundamental module (8 credits)

Core modules (176 credits)

Minimum credits: 141

Core modules (105 credits)

Elective modules (at least 36 credits*)

• BIS Multimedia yearbook
• Multimedia website
• Multimedia blog
• Virtual Reality and Interaction Lab
• Undergraduate modules presented by the Department of Information Science
• Postgraduate degrees in the Department of Information Science
• BIS Information Science degree
• BIS Publishing degree