The Bachelor of Education in Senior Phase and FET Teaching (Creative Arts History) at Walter Sisulu University is a four-year professional teaching degree that prepares graduates to teach in the Creative Arts learning area — specifically History of Art, music, drama, and visual arts — within Grades 7 to 12 classrooms. Delivered at the Mthatha campus, the programme integrates subject content knowledge with educational theory, teaching methodology, and workplace-based practice, responding to South Africa's need for qualified Creative Arts teachers in the Eastern Cape school system. Applicants without Music at matric level are required to complete auditions and a Music Aptitude Test as part of the selection process.
English Home Language or English First Additional Language: 50–59% (Level 4)
Any other African Language: 50–59% (Level 4)
History: 50–59% (Level 4)
Music, Dance Studies, Dramatic Arts, or Visual Arts: 50–59% (Level 4)
Any other three subjects totalling 8 APS
APS: 24