To study at UNISA for the minimum requirement subjects for entry into the Graduate Entry
Medical Programme the relevant UNISA modules are:
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Chemistry
General Chemistry 1A – CHE1501
Semester module NQF level 5 Credits 12
Prerequisite: Co-requisite:
Purpose: Properties of matter; equilibria; rates of reaction; thermodynamics; electrochemistry; chemistry
of certain main group elements.
General Chemistry 1B – CHE1502
Semester module NQF level 5 Credits 12
Prerequisite: CHE1501 Co-requisite:
Purpose: Introduction to organic chemistry.
Chemistry 1 (Practical) – CHE1503 (CHE104R)
Semester module NQF level 5 Credits 12
Prerequisite: CHE1501 Co-requisite: CHE1502
Purpose: The purpose of the module is to equip learners with basic insight into chemical bonding;
intermolecular forces; introductory stereochemistry and the nomenclature, nature and behaviour of
hydrocarbons, hydrocarbon derivatives and carbonyl compounds.
Physics (Option A)
Physics I (Theory) – FIC181C
Semester module NQF Level: 5 Credits: 12
Prerequisite: Co-requisite: FIC1PRA
Purpose: One dimension linear motion, two-dimensional linear motion; Uniform circular motion; Rotational
kinematics; Newton’s laws in motion; Work and energy; Impulse and momentum; Elasticity; Hydrostatics;
Buoyancy; Dynamic fluids; Heat; Electric forces and the electric fields; Direct current circuits; Laws of
reflections and mirrors, Lenses, Refraction of light, The ideal gas law, The laws of thermodynamics, Waves,
Introduction to nuclear physics.
Physics I (Practical) – FIC1PRA
Year module NQF Level: 5 Credits: 4
Prerequisite: Co-requisite: FIC181C
Purpose: This is the practical work of module FIC181C. It has to be taken simultaneously with FIC181C or
after FIC181C has been passed. Students must attend a compulsory laboratory session of between 1-3 days
at a University in South Africa. Information will be announced in the tutorial letter at a later point in time.
Physics (Option B)
Physics Practical Work 1 – PHY1503
Year module NQF Level: 5 Credits: 12
Prerequisite: Co-requisite: PHY1505 and PHY1506
Purpose: Photoelectric effect, determination of charge to mass ratio, Ohm’s law, simple pendulum, current
balance, diffraction grating, electron diffraction, potentiometer and meter bridge, air track, circular
motion, handling of experimental data.
Mechanics (Physics) – PHY1505
Semester module NQF Level: 5 Credits: 12
Prerequisite: NSC Maths with a rating of 5 and Physical Science with a rating of 4 or Co-requisite:
MAT1512, MAT1510 or MAT0511 with 75%;
Purpose: Vectors, static equilibrium, uniformly accelerated motion Newton’s laws, work and energy,
momentum, motion in a circle, rotational motion, mechanical properties of matter, vibrations.
Electromagnetism and Heat (Physics) – PHY1506
Semester module NQF Level: 5 Credits: 12
Prerequisite: NSC Maths with a rating of 5 and Physical Science with a rating of 4 or Co-requisite: MAT1510
or MAT0511 with 75%
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Purpose: The gas laws, thermal properties of matter, thermodynamics, electrical forces, fields and
potentials, electric currents, magnetic fields and forces, Induced fields and forces
Biology
Basic Biology – BLG1501 (BLG111H)
Semester module NQF level 5 Credits 12
Prerequisite: Co-requisite:
Purpose: To enable students to obtain an understanding of basic biological concepts with regard to the
physical and chemical basis of life; cell structure and functions; cytogenesis; cell metabolic principles; and
ecological principles.
Animal and Plant Diversity – BLG1502 (BLG112J)
Semester module NQF level 5 Credits 12
Prerequisite: Co-requisite:
Purpose: To enable students to obtain a: (a) Basic understanding of the form (anatomy) and function
(physiology) of animals (invertebrates and vertebrates) with regard to respiration, nutrition, homeostasis,
reproduction, etc. (b) Basic understanding of the structure (morphology), function (physiology) and
diversity (systematics) of selected representatives of the Kingdoms Monera, Protista, Fungi and Plantae.
Biology Practical – BLG1603 (BLG114L)
Year module NQF level 6 Credits 12
Prerequisite: Co-requisite: BLG1501 and BLG1502
Purpose: To enable students to study the structure, function and diversity of selected live specimens of the
Kingdoms Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia, using specific techniques (e.g. microscopy,
physiology experiments) and skills (e.g. preparation of microscope slides, animal dissections).
Immunology – BMI2607
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Semester module NQF level 6 Credits 12
Prerequisite: Co-requisite: CHE1502
Purpose: This module will be useful to biology students interested in studying mechanisms of resistance to
infections, an individual’s response to non-infectious foreign substances, as well as serology that are the
practical methods used to detect micro-organisms. Students credited with this module can understand how
cells within the immune system are activated to specifically kill certain cells, such as cancer cells, and to
activate other immune cells to develop antibodies that re organizes and then responds to pathogens and
other foreign substances in the body.