PROCEDURES FOR FIRST-YEAR GROUPINGS FOR 2014

  1. In the case of modules with more than one group of students, all first-year students, excluding Engineering, BA with Music, BSc Wood+WPS, BSc EDP, Occupational Therapy and Speech-, Language- and Hearing Therapy are grouped by computer. The names of the students and their groupings and lecture venues will be available on the student portal (my.sun.ac.za)from Thursday, 30 January 2014. The students will be briefed and instructed during orientation on how to access their Class Timetables and groupings.
  2. The exceptions mentioned in no. 1 can obtain their Class Timetables and groupings as follows:
  • Engineering: Engineering Main Building Foyer

(Enquiries: Mr August Engelbrecht, 021-8084205)

  • BA with Music: Conservatory – second floor notice board

(Enquiries: Miss D Herbst, Conservatory C207)

  • BSc Wood+WPS: Dr Eduard Hoffman (Lombardi, room 3007)
  • BSc EDP: Mrs Wilma Wagener (AI Perold Building, room 2012)
  • Occupational Therapy: WebCT / Ms Zenda Jansen (Admin A3008)
  • Speech-, Language- and Hearing Therapy: The Department will supply
  1. In the case of students of the Faculty of Education, only the BA modules will be listed; the other information will be provided during those students’ first meeting with Mr Robert van Staden (ext. 3960).
  2. Students are requested to adhere to their groupings throughout the year, since the groupings are based on the number of seats available in each lecture venue.
  3. Any module clashes will be indicated next to the names of the students concerned, who can then correct the clashes or change their courses from Monday, 3 February 2014, with the faculty secretary.
  4. Everyone working with first-year information or enquiries is requested to take note of the following and to advise students accordingly:
  • All students are responsible themselves for determining their groupings before the commencement of classes on Monday, 3 February.
  • The lecture times and (as far as possible) venues of the first lectures of the modules will be indicated next to the modules.
  • Should no lecture venue be specified, the department should be referred to.
  1. Lists of the names of the students in all the groupings will be available on the web in text file from a link on the Staff Portal (Manage Students | First-year Groupings) from Thursday, 30 January 2014. All the groupings of each department will be in one file. You will be able to open the file of your department and store it on your computer. There will also be a text file indicating the grouping of each student separately.
  2. In the case of students registering later or making changes to their enrolment, follow-up groupings will be done daily from 3 February to 14 February and even later. These groupings will be available every day on my.sun.ac.za for registration done the previous day. After each run, the group files will be updated on the web, so that only the most recent information is always available.
  3. Enquiries: Stefné Franken (X 3022, e-mail ) or

Tania Rossouw (X 3545, e-mail )