TIPS ON ACCESSING MAINSTREAM SUBJECTS:
All subjects offered at the University of Stellenbosch can be found in the online yearbook:
http://www.sun.ac.za/university/jaarboek/
Mainstream subject codes
The codes will tell you when the module is offered (in the case of undergraduate modules only).
The code consists of three numbers. The first number tells you the year in which the module is
offered (in other words, the level at which it is offered). The second number tells you which
semester it will be lectured in. The numbers 1, 2 and 3 indicate a module taught in the first
semester, and 4, 5 and 6 indicate a second semester module. The number 7 or 8 indicates a
module that is taught over a whole year. The third number is irrelevant.
For example: English 348 is a third year module (3), offered in the second semester (4). The
codes of post-graduate courses however, are more complicated as the numbers don’t
correspond to the semesters it is taught in.
Language in which a mainstream subject is offered
The letters listed after each subject, A, E or T indicates the following... A = Afrikaans; E =
English; T = the so called “T-option”/bilingual classes, which means that in one lecture, 50% is
taught in Afrikaans and 50% is taught in English. Also (A & E), would mean that there are two
seperate classes for the same subject, an Afrikaans and an English class.
(*Please note that all IPSU courses are taught in English only, as the courses were specifically
designed for International students.)
The meaning of the codes (1.5L, 2T, 1S) for example, listed after each subject name would
mean “1 and a half lectures per week, 2 tutorial classes per week, 1 seminar per week”.
Nagraadse & Internasionale Kantoor  Postgraduate & International Office
Privaatsak/Private Bag X1  Matieland, 7602  Suid-Afrika/South Africa,
Tel: +27 21 808 2565 Faks/Fax: +27 21 808 3799
E-pos / E-mail: postgraduate@sun.ac.za // interoff@sun.ac.za
www.sun.ac.za/international // www.sun.ac.za/postgraduate
When submitting your subjects, please copy the table below and attach it to your Course
Request List for Stellenbosch University:
Subject
Code
Subject
Name
Department
Faculty
Credits
Mainstream
Courses
IPSU
Courses
An example of how to fill it in:
Mainstream
Course
Subject
Code
212
Mainstream
Course
314
Mainstream
Course
222
IPSU
59048-
Subject Name
Department
Urban
Development
Department of Geology,
Geography and
Environmental Studies
Geography of
Tourism
Department of Geology,
Geography and
Environmental Studies
Crime,
Deviance and
Social Control
Department of Sociology
and social Anthropology
Afrikaans for
No need to fill in for IPSU
Faculty
Credits
(8)
Arts
and Social
Sciences
(12)
Arts and
Social
Sciences
(8)
Arts and
Social
Sciences
No need to
(12)
Nagraadse & Internasionale Kantoor  Postgraduate & International Office
Privaatsak/Private Bag X1  Matieland, 7602  Suid-Afrika/South Africa,
Tel: +27 21 808 2565 Faks/Fax: +27 21 808 3799
E-pos / E-mail: postgraduate@sun.ac.za // interoff@sun.ac.za
www.sun.ac.za/international // www.sun.ac.za/postgraduate
Courses
124/154
Beginners
62006144 Mandarin for
Beginners
No need to fill in for IPSU
11992344 Political
Science: China
and India on the
African
continent
No need to fill in for IPSU
59609744
No need to fill in for IPSU
Post Graduate
IPSU:
International
Business
fill in for
IPSU
No need to
fill in for
IPSU
No need to
fill in for
IPSU
No need to
fill in for
IPSU
(12)
(12)
(20)
Workload & Credits
When studying as an ISEP student at Stellenbosch University, you are restricted to 60 credits
per semester. 1 USA credit = 2 ECTS credits = 4 RSA credits
The yearbook provides credits for each subject (in brackets).
Please note that during your first two weeks you can attend class with as many subjects as
you like, to get a feel for the subject. You may cancel any of them during this period. Please
note that during this period you can add any IPSU courses, but you cannot add a mainstream
course that you have not had approved prior to arriving at Stellenbosch. It is thus of importance
to list any possible mainstream subjects you may want to enrol for in your course request list.
Should you require any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact Tanya Fouché, at
tfouche@sun.ac.za or +27 21 808 3543.
Nagraadse & Internasionale Kantoor  Postgraduate & International Office
Privaatsak/Private Bag X1  Matieland, 7602  Suid-Afrika/South Africa,
Tel: +27 21 808 2565 Faks/Fax: +27 21 808 3799
E-pos / E-mail: postgraduate@sun.ac.za // interoff@sun.ac.za
www.sun.ac.za/international // www.sun.ac.za/postgraduate