The qualification serves as the foundational and core knowledge base to register as a Biokineticist with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA). The acquisition of professional abilities such as competence, skills, values, and attitudes is fostered to enable the graduate to work as a health care professional. Competent and qualified Biokineticists are able to work in a variety of settings, including the public and private sector and in both urban and rural settings. Biokineticists primarily utilize their professional expertise in exercise testing and prescription, physical activity, and health education to enhance/promote health in general, and to prevent dysfunction, restore and maintain an individual’s functional ability, particularly in respect of orthopedic injuries and chronic diseases/conditions.

The purpose of the qualification is to develop a competent professional, who has a thorough knowledge and the skills required for the profession of Diagnostic Ultrasound and who has gained experience in applying such knowledge and skills in accredited workplaces. Successful completion of this qualification will entitle the student to register with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as a Sonographer.

The purpose of this qualification is to provide the qualifying student with the necessary knowledge, skills and competencies required to successfully consult, and treat pre-diagnosed patients and communicate holistic advice to patients. The graduate will be a team player capable of working in multidisciplinary teams to promote the profession.

The BSc Hons Physiology comprises 8 modules and a project which prepares the student for further postgraduate study. The department determines the availability of modules.

The purpose of this curriculum is to give the student a thorough understanding and working knowledge of the structure and function of the human being in both health and disease and the fluctuations that lie between these poles.

The purpose of the Bachelor of Health Sciences in the Medical Laboratory Sciences programme is to produce graduates competent to apply theoretical and practical fundamental knowledge and skills in the fields of medical science and research.

The purpose of the BA Hons in Art Therapy is to develop students’ creative, imaginative, and critical knowledge, skills, and academic research capabilities within the domains of the art therapy discourse, visual arts, and psychosocial and therapeutic industries. The Honours program will equip students with an intermediate knowledge of Art Therapy theories, and research methodologies, as they relate to eventual practice as an Art Therapist on completion of a Master's in Art Therapy, as well as an ability to think competently, safely, and ethically in a range of observed clinical settings.

The purpose of this qualification is to develop competent sport and exercise scientists to ensure that the identification, development, and performance of athletes are carried out professionally, and effectively with a scientific background and an ethical approach.

The course content of the Honours programme comprises of Research Methodology, Sport Science, Practice, Exercise Science Sport Vision, Sport Psychology and Exercise Physiology.

The course content for the Honours programme comprises Research Methodology, Biokinetics Practice, Orthopaedic Rehabilitation, Chronic Exercise, Clinical Exercise Science Conditions, Pathophysiology, Physiology and Physical Wellness.

The primary purpose of this qualification is to provide qualifying students with the ability to perform visual examinations and relevant procedures included in the scope of Optometry (as stipulated by the Professional Board of Optometry and Dispensing Opticians) in the clinical environment as an optometrist.

The purpose of the qualification is to develop a competent professional nuclear medicine technologist who has a thorough grounding in the knowledge and skills required for Nuclear Medicine Technology and who has gained experience in the application of such knowledge and skills in accredited workplaces.

The purpose of the qualification is to develop a professional radiation therapist who is competent in the knowledge and skills required for Radiation Therapy and has gained experience in applying such knowledge and skills in accredited workplaces.

The purpose of this qualification is to develop a competent professional, who has a thorough grounding in the knowledge and skills required for Diagnostic Radiography and who has gained experience in applying such knowledge and skills in accredited workplaces.