UCT Undergraduate Prospectus 2013

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Message rom the Vice-Chancellor 2

Using this Prospectus 4

About Cape Town and the University 5

Visiting the University 6

Admissions Policy 7

Admissions Testing Programme 9 ApplyingtoUCT 11

FacultyofCommerce 14

FacultyofEngineering&theBuiltEnvironment 21

FacultyofHealthSciences 27

FacultyofHumanities 34

FacultyofLaw 44

FacultyofScience 49Student Housing 54

Sports, Student Clubs and Student Societies 58

International Students 60

Tuition Fees and Residence Costs 64

Funding your studies 66

Student Lie at UCT 68

Key Dates 71

Contacting the University 72

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Message from the Vice-Chancellor

Welcome to the University o Cape Town. I am pleased thatyou are considering studying at UCT, an institution renownedor, teaching and learning a commitment to engaging withsocietys challenges and research.

UCT oers a ull range o undergraduate and postgraduateprogrammes in six aculties: Commerce, Engineering & theBuilt Environment, Health Sciences, Humanities, Law andScience. Our undergraduate programmes have been careullydesigned to ensure that each student is well prepared or the

working environment o the 21st century.

There are ive important reasons why you should opt tostudy at UCT. First, you will have the opportunity to getan internationally recognised qualiication. Many o ourgraduates have jobs beore they qualiy and almost all havejobs within a ew months ater graduating, unless they chooseor a speciic reason not to enter ormal employment.

Second, we will expose you to some o the best researchersand teachers in the world. The quality o your education isdirectly related to the quality o the aculty sta teachingyou. At UCT, researchers o outstanding quality teach, and

teachers o outstanding quality do research, so that the latestscholarly work, teaching methods and practical experience isincorporated into your curriculum.

Third, we aim to prepare leaders or the uture. You willacquire an education that extends beyond the classroomcurriculum. At UCT you will have the opportunity to honeyour leadership skil ls through engagement in societies , clubs,residence committees, the Students Representative Council(SRC) and Student Parliament.

Fourth, we with prepare you or the globalised world o work.We shape opportunities or students to engage internationallywith student groups. You will study with students rom overa hundred dierent countries, and you will make new andlasting riendships. There are curricular opportunities orlearning about global issues.

Fith, to support you, we oers a range o student services,among these the disability service, the student wellnessservice, HIV/Aids Co-ordination UCT (HAICU), and acareer development oice.

We are keen to attract talented motivated students, but inparticular, students who value social justice and engagedcitizenship. We have many programmes and dierent optionso support in terms o academic work, social engagementand, importantly, inancial aid. We recognise that tertiaryeducation is unaordable to many. But at UCT we providethe inancial assistance to make it possible or the poorest ostudents to succeed.

I hope this prospectus gives you all the inormation you needto make UCT your choice university. It has been designedto help you explore dierent degree requirements, inancialaid options, admissions testing programme, accommodation,and so on.

We encourage you to choose UCT, and look orward towelcoming you to UCT in 2013.

Yors sincerelyDr Ma PriceVice-Chancellor

umYalezo oska kSekela-TshanselaWamkelekile kwiYunivesithi yaseKapa. Ndivuyiswa yintoyokuba nikhethe ukuunda e-UCT, iziko elidume ngokugqwe-sa kuphando, ekuundiseni nasekuundeni, kunye nokuzibo-phelela ekuzibandakanyeni kwimingeni yasekuhlaleni.

I-UCT inikezela ngoludwe olupheleleyo lweenkqubo zesidan-ga sokuqala nesisemva kweso sokuqala kwiiakalthi ezintan-dathu: I-Commerce, i-Engineering & the Built Environment,

i-Health Sciences, i-Humanities, i-Law, kunye ne-Science.Iinkqubo zesidanga sokuqala ziyilwe ngobunono ukuqinisek-isa ukuba umundi ngamnye uwulungele kakuhle umsebenzikule nkulungwane yama-21. Kukho izizathu ezintlanu ezibal-ulekileyo zokuba nigqibe ngokuunda e-UCT.

Kuqala, uza kubanethuba lokuumana isiqinisekiso sem-undo eyamkelekileyo nkumazwe ngamazwe. Isininzisabaundi bethu abaphumelele isidanga sibanemisebenziphambi kokuba sisiphumelele isidanga eso kwaye phantsebonke abaundi babanemisebenzi kwiinyanga nje ezimbalwaemva kokuphumelela isidanga, ngaphandle kokuba bakhethaukungauni ukuqeshwa ngenxa yesizathu esithile.

Okwesibini, ukuunda e-UCT kuza kukwazisa kwabanyebabaphandi nootitshala abagqwesileyo ehlabathini. Ubulungabemundo yakho bunxulumene ngqo nobulunga bootitshalaabakuundisayo apha. Apha e-UCT, abaphandi abagqwesi-leyo bayaundisa, baze nootitshala abagqwesileyo baqhube


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uphando, ukuze umsebenzi wamva nje wezemundo,iindlela zokuundisa kunye namava zihlanganiswe kwikharity-hulam yakho.Okwesithathu, sijolise ekulungiseleleni iinkokheli zexe-sha elizayo. Uza kuumana imundo ephumela ngaphayakwekharityhulam yeklasi. Apha eUCT uzakubanethubalokulola izakhono zakho zobunkokheli ngokubandakanye-ka eluntwini, kwimibutho, kwiikomiti zeendawo zokuhlala,

kwiBhunga eliMele abaFundi (SRC) nePalamente yabaFundi.

Okwesine, abaundi bethu abaphumelele isidanga sibalung-iselela ukusebenza naphina ehlabathini. Ngako ke, silungise-lela abaundi amathuba okuzibandakanya kumaqela abaun-di bamazwe ngamazwe.. Uza kuunda nabaundi abasukakumazwe angaphezu kwe-100, kwaye uza kwenza abahloboabatsha nabexesha elide. Ikharityhulam le ikwanikezela nga-mathuba okuunda ngemiba yehlabathi.

Okwesihlanu, ukukuxhasa, i-UCT inikezela ngoludwe lween-konzo zabaundi, eziana nenkonzo yabakhubazekileyo,inkonzo yempilo-ntle yomundi, ukuQuquzelelwa kwe-HIV/AIDS i-UCT (HAICU), neoisi yophuhliso lweekhariye.

Sinomdla wokutsala abaundi abanesiphiwo, nabakhuthaze-kileyo, kodwa abona baunekayo, ngabaundi ababuxabisileyoubulungisa basekuhlaleni nokuba ngummi ozibandakanyayo.Sineenkqubo ezininzi kunye nokuninzi okunokukhethwakuko ngenkxaso yomsebenzi wezemundo, ukubandakanye-ka ekuhlaleni kunye, ngokubalulekileyo, noncedo lwezemali.Siyayazi ukuba imundo ephakamileyo ayiikeleleki kwisin-inzi, kodwa apha e-UCT, sinikezela ngoncedo lwezemali uk-

wenzela abona baundi bahluphekileyo baphumelele.

Ndiyathemba ukuba le ncwadana ikunika lonke ulwazilokuba wenze i-UCT ibe yiyunivesithi yokuqala oyikhethayo.Iyilwe ngendlela yokukunceda ukuba uhlole okuunwa kwiz-idanga ezohlukeneyo, okunokukhethwa kuncedo lwezemali,inkqubo yokuvavanyela ulwamkelo, ukuhlaliswa, nokunye.

Siyanikhuthaza ukuba nikhethe i-UCT, kwaye silangazele-laukunamkela apha ngo-2013.

Owen onyanisekileyoGir. Ma PriceuSekela-tshansela

Boodskap van die VisekanselierWelkom by die Universiteit van Kaapstad. Ek is bly dat jy ditoorweeg om aan die Universiteit van Kaapstad, n instellingwat beroemd is vir navorsing, onderrig en studiegehalte, sowelas n verbintenis tot betrokkenheid by die gemeenskap en dieuitdagings wat dit bied, te studeer.

Die UK bied n volledige reeks voorgraadse en nagraadseprogramme in ses akulteite aan: Handelswetenskap,Ingenieurswese & die Beboude Omgewing, Gesondheid-swetenskappe, Geesteswetenskappe, Regte, en Wetenskap. Onsvoorgraadse programme is noukeurig ontwerp om te versekerdat elke student deeglik vir die werksomgewing in die 21ste eeuvoorberei is.

Daar is vy belangrike redes waarom jy aan die Universiteit vanKaapstad behoort te studeer.

Eerstens sal jy die geleentheid h om n internasionaal erkendekwalifkasie te verwer. Baie van ons gegradueerdes kry werknog voor hulle kwalifseer en bykans almal het werk binne

enkele maande nadat hulle gegradueer het, behalwe as hulleom spesifeke redes besluit om nie die arbeidsmark te betree nie.

Twee: Om aan die UK te studeer, sal jou aan sommige vandie beste navorsers en dosente in die wreld blootstel. Diegehalte van jou opvoeding hou direk verband met die gehaltevan die akulteitspersoneel wat jou onderrig. Die UK spog metnavorsers van uitstaande gehalte wat doseer, en dosente vanuitstaande gehalte wat navorsing doen, met die gevolg dat diejongste navorsing, onderrigmetodes en praktiese ondervindingin jou leerplan ingebou is.

Drie: Ons doelwit is om leiers vir die toekoms voor te berei.

Jy sal n opvoeding geniet wat veel wyer as die klaskamer enleerplan strek. Aan die UK sal jy die geleentheid h om jouleierskapvaardighede via betrokkenheid by verenigings, klubs,koshuiskomitees, die Studenteraad en Studenteparlementte verskerp.

Vier: Ons berei ons gegradueerdes vir die internasionalearbeidsmark voor. In hierdie verband skep ons geleenthede virstudente om by internasionale studentegroepe betrokke te raak.Jy sal saam met studente van meer as 100 verskillende landestudeer en jy sal nuwe en langdurende vriendskappe smee.Die leerplan bied ook geleenthede om meer omtrent globale

aangeleenthede te wete te kom.

Vy: Om jou te ondersteun, bied die UK jou n wye reeksstudentedienste, soos die ongeskiktheidsdiens, die studen-tegesondheidsdiens, die MIV/Vigs Institusionele Kordinasie-eenheid (HAICU), en n kantoor vir loop-baanontwikkeling.

Ons will graag talentvolle en gemotiveerde studente laatregistreer, maar ook studente wat maatskaplike regverdigheiden betrokke burgerskap op prys stel. Ons bied n grootverskeidenheid programme en verkillende ondersteuningsopsiesmet betrekking tot akademiese werk, sosiale betrokkenheid en,baie belangrik, fnansile hulp. Tersire onderrig is duur, maarby die UK bied ons die fnansile bystand om dit vir die armste

studente moontlik te maak om sukses te behaal, en by UKte studeer.

Ek vertrou dat hierdie prospektus jou al die nodige inligting salbied om die Universiteit van Kaapstad jou eerste keuse te maak.Dit is ontwerp om jou te help om die vereistes vir die verskillendegrade, opsies vir fnansile hulp, die toelatingstoetsprogram,verbly en veel meer te verken.

Ons moedig jou aan om die UK te kies en ons sien daarna uitom jou in 2013 hier by ons te verwelkom.

Vriendelike groete

Dr. Ma PriceVisekanselier


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This prospectus is a guide or school-leavers and otherswho are interested in studying or a irst degree orundergraduate diploma at the University o Cape Town.Admission requirements relected in this prospectus areor applicants writing the South Arican National SeniorCertiicate (NSC), Cambridge International Examinations(Ordinary, Advanced Subsidiary and Advanced Levels)and the International Baccalaureate. Applicants whowrote the Senior Certiicate (SC) in South Arica maycontact the Admissions Oice or inormation aboutselection criteria. Applicants writing other school-leavingexaminations are considered individually.

The prospectus introduces you to lie at UCT, describingthe campus and detailing the services and acilitieswe provide or students. Details o all undergraduateprogrammes oered are provided. We recommend, thatyou also visit the websites o acul ties and departments inwhich you may be interested.

To help you understand the contents o this prospectus,we list below some o the terms that we use in thisprospectus and what we mean by these terms.

Amissin Pints Systm:This is the system we use to measure your academic

achievement based on your school-leaving results (or anacceptable equivalent). This prospectus explains how weuse your achievement and in some cases the results o theNational Benchmark Tests to calculate your APS.

Admission reirements: What you must have; orexample Mathematics is required or admission to someprogrammes. These are necessary requirements you mustmeet, but are not necessarily sufcient or entry.

Admissions selection criteria: We use these to selectwhom we will accept to study at UCT. First, we decidewho has met the (minimum) admission requirements.Then, we apply the admissions selection criteria or the

programme concerned.

Applicant: You (A person who applies to study or adegree, diploma or certiicate). Once you register at UCT,you become a student.

Application ee: This is the money you must send withyour appl ication. It is non-reundable, even i yourapplication is unsuccessul.

Applicant nmber: An alpha-numeric number will beallocated to you to identiy and track your application.

It normally consists o the irst three consonants oyour surname, and the irst three characters o your irstname, ollowed by a unique three digit number. It isimportant that you quote this number in any subsequentcorrespondence that you have with us.

Applicant stats: Once you have submitted yourapplication, you can check the progress o your applicationon the UCT website. You will need to use your applicantnumber or personal details to access inormation.

Early conditional oer: This is an oer o admission,made during the course o the year preceding admission,which is conditional on perormance in your inalschool examinations. All applicants are not made earlyconditional oers. An early conditional oer will bewithdrawn i the conditions or admission are not met.

Faclty:A aculty is a grouping o departments that oers

related subjects. There are six aculties at UCT. Studentsregister in a aculty.

Matriclation Endorsement/Eemption:This can mean one o the ollowing: AcertificateissuedbyUmalusi(theSouthAfrican

Certiication Council) to the eect that you havemet the minimum requirements or degree studyin South Arica; OR

AcertificateissuedbytheMatriculationBoardexempting you rom having to obtain this

endorsement.

Programme: Students enter a degree, diploma orcertiicate programme, which is a combination osubjects that have been constructed to provide you witha particular knowledge and skills base, and leads to aqualiication.

Registration: I you are oered a study place, youmust sign up beore the start o the irst term. We callthis registration. Registration gives you student status,commits you to a certain programme, and to pay eesor it.

School sbject reirements: The subjects and ratingsthat you must obtain to be considered or admission ora particular degree or diploma programme. Obtainingmatriculation endorsement and meeting the minimumadmission requirement does not guarantee admission bythe University.

undergradate: A university student registered ora irst degree or an undergraduate diploma. ThisProspectus is intended or you i you want to be admittedto an undergraduate programme at UCT.

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Cape Town & uCTOne o the most popular destinations in the world, CapeTown has it all. With beaches, mountains and orests on yourdoorstep, Cape Town is an historic, cosmopolitan city with avibrant contemporary culture o music and art, as well as ahost o sport and leisure activities.

The Universitys main campus lies on the lower slopes oDevils Peak in the Cape Peninsula. The Peninsula and itsenvirons eature some o the most breathtaking scenery inthe world and oer you a unique natural environment toexplore during your leisure time. Many sports are oered atthe University and there is an active cultural lie, both oncampus and in and around the city. Cape Town orms the hubo the Western Cape, and it is the centre o politics, business,industry and services in the region. This region provides anideal laboratory or much o the Universitys teaching andresearch.

The University o Cape Town is the oldest university in South

Arica and is one o the leading research universities on theArican continent.

UCT has over 25 000 students, o which 30% are postgraduatestudents. Some 5 500 degrees and diplomas are awardedeach year in our six aculties: Commerce, Engineering & theBuilt Environment, Health Sciences, Humanities, Law, andScience. We pride oursel on our diverse student body, whichrelects the many cultures and backgrounds o the region. Wewelcome international students and are currently home to over4 000 international students rom over 100 countries.

UCT has a tradition o academic excellence that is respected

world-wide and is privileged to have on our sta 24 o the60 A-rated researchers in South Arica, all o whom arerecognised as world leaders in their ield. Past studentsinclude ive Nobel Laureates Max Theiler, Alan Cormack, SirAaron Klug, Ralph Bunche and, most recently, J M Coetzee.

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Visiting

the universityThis Prospectus can only give you a lavour o lie at UCT.I you can visit the campus beore applying, please doso. There are many opportunities or applicants and their

parents to visit the University to ind out more about us,our degree programmes and our acilities.

uCT Open DayOur annual Open Day is aimed at high school students inGrades 10, 11 and 12, their amilies, teachers and guidancecounsellors. All aculties take part in the event, oeringtalks, tours, exhibitions, perormances and other events.We also organise days when interested students can visitspeciic aculties or departments.

In 2012 our Open Day will be held on Saturday, 14 AprilDetailed inormation will be sent to schools and will alsobe on the UCT website (www.uct.ac.za).

Other Services OeredOur Admissions Oice oers the ollowing servicesto prospective students: SchooltalkstoGrade11and12pupils Grade9subject-choicetalks Campustoursscheduledfor10h00and14h00

daily; booking on 021 650 4556 is essential Careerevenings Careerexhibitions Assistancewiththeapplicationprocedure

Provisionofapplicationformsforthoseunableto apply online UCTeveningsforapplicantsandparents AdviceonstudyoptionsavailableatUCT.

Resorce CentreWe have a resource centre available to applicants andtheir parents. You may also apply online in the resource

centre with the assistance o a student recruitment oicer.

The centre is open Monday to Friday rom 08h30 to 16h30and is located within the Admissions Oice, Level 4,Masingene Building, Middle Campus.

Parents Orientat ionParents o new undergraduate students are invited toattend Parents Orientation each year. The programmeallows or parents to be addressed by the Vice-Chancellor,and meet the Deans. In addition, parents will be exposedto the range o acilities on oer at UCT, including

transport and security arrangements in place or students.

In 2013 the programme or parents rom outside CapeTownwillbeheldonTuesday,29January.Thiscoincides

with the day on which student residences open or newstudents. A second orientation programme will be heldon Saturday, 2 February, when parents rom the greaterCape Town area will be invited.

For more inormation about visiting UCT or the serviceslisted above, contact:

The Admissions Oice:

Tel: 0216505988Fax: 0216505189Email: [email protected]: www.uct.ac.za


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Our admissions policy is to value the best, to be activein redressing past inequalities and to be rigorous in

promoting success.

Our policy is designed to ensure thatthebeststudentscometoUCT;and thatUCTbuildsadiversestudentbody.

The best students are thosewhogetthetopresultsinschoolandformal

school-leaving exams (NSC or equivalent) and NBTs;and

thosewhodespiteeducationalandother disadvantage do very well in these exams.

A diverse student body is one where the South Africans among our students

increasingly relect the demographic diversity o ourcountry and

wherewehave significantnumbersof internationalstudents.

We want a diverse student community because webelieve that everyone gains rom living and learning in anenvironment in which dierence is valued.

Results in ormal educational assessments remain thebest yardstick we have or assessing applicants. Most oour places in 2013 will be won on school-leaving (Grade

12, NSC or equivalent) and NBT results only. This willbe the case in all undergraduate programmes other thanthe MBChB (where we expect the proportion illed onthis basis to be over one third because o the intensecompetition or MBChB places and the need to ensurethat we produce more black doctors)

We provide or redress in admissions decisions, as amatter o conviction (in other words as something webelieve in), and because the lawi requires it. Decades ogross inequality, and in particular structural educationalinequality and the continuing (and in too many casesincreasing) disparities in public educational provision arerealities which our admissions policy must deal with. Sowe accept an obligation to provide redress in admissionsdecisions or past racially-based discrimination in oursociety, in our schools and in public higher education;and because the effects of pre-1994 discriminationremain in our society. This is not simple, and it is evolving.(Applicants or 2013 will be asked a set o researchquestions as part o our quest or an airming method oproviding redress.)

In order to provide or redressii in the 2012/2013admissions cycle we invite all South Arican citizens andSouth Arican permanent residents to indicate whetheror not they belong to one o the ollowing previously-

disadvantaged groups:

blackSouthAfrican;or IndianSouthAfrican;or

colouredSouthAfrican;or ChineseSouthAfrican.

We will apply our redress measures to those who chooseto place themselves in one o the above categories. I youare a South Arican citizen or a South Arican permanentresident and you choose not to categorise yoursel in thisway or you choose to categorise yoursel as a white SouthArican you should

ticktheoptionwhiteSouthAfrican;or, ticktheoptionforthosewhodonotchooseto

categorise themselves.

We administer all South Arican applicants who do notindicate a previously disadvantaged group, or indicatethat they are whiteiii in an open admissions category;and our redress policies do not apply to applicantsto them.

The important point to note in this application process isthat irrespective o how you choose to categorise yoursel(previously disadvantaged or not), i you do very well (i.e.above the level we set or entry into your choice o degreeprogramme) we will oer you a place at UCT.

It also means that i you have identiied yoursel as amember o a previously disadvantaged group this willbe taken into account in oering you a place at UCT.

We will use your indication as a member o a previouslydisadvantaged group or eecting redress because itremains the best broad-brush measure o past structuralinequality we have. I we judge that you have the potentialto succeed, but require some orm o bridging programmeor academic development intervention we may oer youa place in an academic development or an interventionprogramme. These are described in more detail in thisProspectus. These are designed to enable us to reach ouradmission goals o redress and diversity.

We are working towards alternative measures oridentiying disadvantage. A test or new measures mustbe that they identiy disadvantaged South Aricans oability who will get the opportunity to develop to theirull potential. In order to help us in inding new measureswe have included a set o questions in our applicationpacks (online and paper) which

willNOT beused in the 2013 admissions selectionprocess but

will,wehope,withothermetrics,helpusidentifyanewbasis or determining how best to give eect to a redresspolicy which targets past and present disadvantage.

International ApplicantsWe do not require international appl icantsiv to classiy

themselves in these ways. And as our redress policiesare designed to deal with the South Arican legacy, theyapply only to South Arican citizens or South Aricanpermanent residents.

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Selection methodsSelection o applicants is based on Admissions PointsScores (APS) (see below or the way these are derivedor dierent aculties). Admission to all undergraduateprogrammes is competitive. Our process involves ourkey steps: these are as ollows.

1. We set the class size or the qualiication (both or

regular programmes and or extended degree andacademic development programmes);

2. We set the minimum requirements or the qualiicat ion(e.g., or engineering qualiications we prescribeminimum achievement levels in Mathematics andScience) and the minimum admission admissionspoint score (APS) below which we will not admit; theseminima dier or regular and extended degree/academic development programmes. (These will belevels below which we think that there is no reasonablechance o success.)

3. We set target redress enrolment targets or each

qualiication, and (where we need to do so) we set limitsor international enrolments or each qualiication.

4. We oer places to the best applicants in each category,who have met or exceeded the minimum achievementlevels.

What does this mean in practice?The ollowing example which applies to applicant orthe MBChB illustrates this. It relates to applicants whocategorise themselves as black South Arican. We set atarget number which we hope to give to qualiied black

South Arican applicants. This will be a proportion o the200 places we have or the MBChB class. We set this targetbecause we aim or a diverse MBChB class, and in orderto give redress to black South Aricans. We then oerplaces to the best qualiied o this category who meetour minimum requirements, up to the target number.Competition or the MBChB is tough and the cut-opoint will be high (and higher than our minimum). But

because o the legacy which is the basis or the redresspolicy we have adopted, we expect that the cut-o orblack South Arican applicants or the MBChB may wellbe lower than the cut-o in the other categories and inparticular, in the cut-o or successul applicants in theopen category.

i S37ofTheHigherEducationAct,No101of1997providesthat the admissions policy: must provide appropriatemeasures for the redress of past inequalities and may notunfairlydiscriminateinanyway.

ii This is also required by the Department of HigherEducation and Training. Statistical reports require UCT

to report on South African applicants and on all studentsbyrace.

iiiOuruseofthesecategoriesdoesnotandmustnotbetakentoimplythatweacceptthenotionsofracethatwerethebasisofraceclassificationinpre-1994SouthAfrica.Wesuggestthat South African citizens andSouth Africanpermanent-resident applicants who wish to do so should categorisethemselvesastheywould,andasanemployerwouldhavetodo,underSouthAfricanemploymentequitylegislation.

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Admissions

Testing ProgrammeAdmissions and placement tests have been used at UCT orover 25 years. The National Benchmark Tests are developedand administered by the UCT Alternative AdmissionsResearch Project (AARP). We require all undergraduateapplicants write the NBTs.

All applicants write the Academic and Quantitative Literacytest (described below) and all applicants to Commerce,Engineering & the Built Environment, Health Sciences, andScience aculties also write the Mathematics test (describedbelow). Inormation regarding the use o the test scores ineach aculty can be ound in the aculty pages.

What are the National Benchmark Tests?The National Benchmark Tests are three multiple choice testswritten as a combined Academic Literacy and QuantitativeLiteracy test and a separate Mathematics test.

The Academic and Quantitative Literacy Test (AQL) is athree-hour test which consists o an Academic Literacy (AL)section and a Quantitative Literacy (QL) section. The resultso the two sections o the test will be reported separately.

The Academic Literacy (AL) Test: targets a writers capacityto engage successully with the demands o academic studyin the medium o instruction o the test.

The Quantitative Literacy (QL) Test: targets a writers abilityto manage situations or solve problems in a real context thatis relevant to higher education study, using basic quantita-

tive inormation that may be presented verbally, graphically,in tabular or symbolic orm.

The Cognitive Academic Mathematics Profciency Test(CAMP) is a three hour test which targets a writers abilityrelated to mathematical concepts ormally regarded as parto the secondary school curriculum (Mathematics Papers 1and 2) relevant or Higher Education studies.

Who writes what?Most applicants to the Faculties o Humanities andLaw write the Academic and Quantitative Literacy

test only. Some Humanities porgrammes require NBTMathematics test. Applicants to Commerce, Engineering& the Built Environment, Health Sciences and Science,write the Academic and Quantitative Literacy test aswell as the Mathematics test. The completion o theMathematics syllabus is not a prerequisite or writing theMathematics Test.

How are the test reslts sed?The test results are used in addition to school-leavingacademic perormance and do not replace the use o school-leaving results. In the case o Engineering & the BuiltEnvironment and Health Sciences, the National BenchmarkTest results make up a specifc proportion o a school-leaversoverall admission score. (See the Faculty specifc section inthis prospectus or more inormation). The NBT results mayalso be used to decide admission to an extended programme.


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Registration to take the testsIt is necessary to register or the National Benchmark Tests.All undergraduate applicants who are normally residentin South Arica must write the National Benchmark Tests(NBTs), and all applicants to programmes in Health Sciencesmust write the NBTs, wherever they reside.

You must

registerfortheNBTsbeforeyouapplyonline(orbeforeyou submit a paper application orm);

includeyourNBTregistrationnumberinyourapplication;

havewrittentheNBTsby14October2012.

I you think you have valid reasons or not writing the NBTsby 14 October 2012 you may apply beore 30 September2012 to the Admissions Ofce, [email protected] orpermission to write the NBTs later. Permission will only begranted i there is a valid reason as to why you will not beable to write the NBTs beore 14 October 2012.

Please note (1) that NBTs can be written outside SA; and (2)that your application may be denied i you do not write by14 October 2012 unless you have applied or and obtainedpermission to write at a later date.

How to register or NBTsYou may register online or by telephone.

1. Register online at www.uct.nbt.ac.za. Ater reading thegeneral inormation and the FAQs, select the Registerto Write tab and ollow all instructions. Note that youwill need your SA identity document or passport inorder to register.

2. I you encounter problems during the registrationprocess, call 021-650-3523 or send an email [email protected] or assistance. The NBT Project is staedrom 08:00 to 18:00 weekdays and rom 07:30 to 11:30 onnational test days.

3. I you do not have access to the internet, call021 650-3523 to register. The NBT Project is staed rom08:00 to 18:00 weekdays and rom 07:30 to 11:30 onnational test days.

The tests begin at 08h00 at many venues throughout SouthArica. The Academic and Quantitative Literacy test iswritten in the morning session and the Mathematics (CAMP

test in the aternoon. I both tests are written, you willprobably complete them at about 16h00. They shouldalso be written at the same sitting. Testing dates andvenues are available on the NBT web site at www.nbt.ac.za.Alternatively please call the number shown below.

What shold yo take to the tests? YourallocatedUCTapplicantnumber,ifyouhave

received one Youridentitybookorpassport Lunch(notallcentresareclosetoshops) HBpencilanderaser Bus/train/taxifareforreturninghomePlease note that you will not be allowed to use calculators inany o the tests.

Venes or the tests or admission to uCT in 2013Please check & confrm venues on the website at www.nbt.ac.za. The testing venues will be clearly signposted on thedays the tests are written. We reserve the right to change thevenue as circumstances require.

How do yo get yor test reslts?About two weeks ater writing, you may access your resultson the NBT website. Log on using your unique NBTreerence number or your South Arican ID number. Yourscores will also be sent to UCT or use in processing your

application.

NBT contact inormation.website: www.nbt.uct.ac.za, email: [email protected] tel: 021 650-3523.


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Applying to uCTBeore yo applyIts a good idea to have a clear idea about: whatyouwouldliketodoatUCT whatprogrammesUCToffersthatmatchwhatyou

want to do whatadmissionrequirementsarerelevanttoyou,and

how you will meet them

Register or the National Benchmark Tests

Beore applying to UCT you must register or the NBTs,i you are required to do so. Please reer to page 10 orinormation about registration or NBTs.

Admission reirementsLets start with these. In order to be admitted to UCTyou must: havemetthestatutoryminimumrequirementsfor

admission beproficientinEnglish havemettheminimumrequirementsinyourschool

perormance havemettheminimumsubjectrequirementsfor

admission

havewrittentheapplicableNationalBenchmarkTests (NBTs) by no later than 14 October 2012.

Meeting these requirements does not guarantee youadmission. However, unless you meet these require-ments, we cannot consider you or admission.

More inormation abot the varios reirementsStttry Rrts If you are writing the National Senior Certificate

(NSC) in South Arica in 2012, you must meet theminimum requirements or admission to degreestudy, or diploma study (i appropriate) beore we can

consider you or admission. If you wrote the Senior Certificate examinations inSouth Arica, you must have achieved matriculationendorsement in your inal examination.

Should you hold a non-South African school-leaving

certifcate, you must qualiy or a matriculationexemption certiicate. There are various typeso exemption certiicates, and we accept cert-iicates o complete exemption, and generallydo not accept certiicates o conditional exemption.Please reer to www.hesa-enrol.ac.za/mb or moreinormation about eligibility or matriculationexemption certiicates.

English Prociency ReirementsYou must submit evidence o proic iency in English aspart o your application to study at UCT. These includeany o the ollowing: forSouthAfricanapplicants,either:

- a pass in English Home Language or FirstAdditional Language i you hold the NSC, or

- 40% In English on the Higher Grade (irst orsecond language). I you hold the Senior Certiicate

arecentTOEFLscore(obtainedwithin3-5years beore application or admission) o at least- 570 or the paper-based test or- 230 or the computer-based test or- 88 or the Internet-based test

arecentoverallbandscoreof7.0ontheInternationalEnglish Language Testing System (IELTS), with noindividual element o the test scoring below 6.0

ascoreof65%ormorefortheAcademicLiteracy component o the NBT.

Admissions Rating System and the APSFor applicants writing the National senior Certiicateand, in some cases, or those writing non-South Aricanschool-leaving certiicates, we use an Admission PointsScore (APS) to assess your perormance at school. OurAPS is described below.

Calclation o Admission Points Score (APS) or theNational Senior CerticateThe percentages achieved in National Senior Certiicateexaminations (preliminary and inal examinations) will beallocated an admissions score equal to that percentage.


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The sum o six subject scores, excluding LieOrientation, but including English and any otherrequired subject(s) or the relevant programme, isconsidered when deciding on admission. (In otherwords, or a given programme where Mathematics andPhysical Sciences are required, we will take the scoresor English, Mathematics, Physical Sciences and thenext best three subjects other than Lie Orientationto compute the NSC score towards the APS.) Results

below 40% or any subject do not attract a score.

In the Faculties o Engineering & the Built Environment, andHealth Sciences, the NBT score orms part o the APS. Inthe Faculties o Engineering & the Built Environment, andScience, the Mathematics Paper 3 contributes to the APS.Eamples o APS calclations or NSC applicants

Faclties o Commerce, Hmanities and Law(Six best subjects, including compulsory subjects count)

EnglishHomeLanguage 75%=75pts Afrikaans/isiXhosaFirstAdditional Language 70%=70pts

Mathematics 84%=84pts LifeSciences 86%=86pts Geography 79%=79pts Accounting 69%=69pts LifeOrientation 80%=0pts MathematicsP3 70%=0pts Total=463/600 APS=463

Faclty o Engineering & the Bilt EnvironmentThe EBE APS is a score out o 100, with the NSC and NBTresults making equal contribution. To calculate the EBE APSscore, frst add the percentages obtained or the six NSC

qualiying subjects (see page 36) and divide the result by 12.Second, add the percentages obtained or the three NBTsand divide the result by 6. Add the two results together. IMathematics Paper 3 was also passed, a bonus o up to 3points is obtained by multiplying the percentage obtainedby 0.03 and adding to the previous total.

EBEAPS=NSCtotal/12+NBTtotal/6+0.03x%Maths3

Where:NSCtotal=sumofthepercentagesobtainedforthesixqualiying subjects (600 maximum)NBTtotal=sumofthepercentagesobtainedforthethreeNBT subjects (300 maximum)

%Maths3=thepercentageobtainedforMathematicsPaper 3 (100 maximum)

EnglishHomeLanguage 75%=75pts Afrikaans/isiXhosaFirstAdditional Language 70%=70pts Mathematics 84%=84pts PhysicalSciences 86%=86pts Geography 79%=79pts Accounting 69%=69pts LifeOrientation 80%=0pts MathematicsP3 70%=0pts Total=463/600

NBT Scores o: AL: 55%QL: 60%MAT: 50%

Therefore,NSCscoreis38.6(463/12=38.6),NBTscoreis27.5 (165/6), and Maths P3 score is 2.1 (70 x 0.03). APS=68.2

Faclty o Health Sciences EnglishHomeLanguage 75%=75pts Afrikaans/isiXhosaFirstAdditional Language 70%=70pts Mathematics 84%=84pts LifeSciences 86%=86pts PhysicalSciences 79%=79pts Accounting 69%=69pts LifeOrientation 80%=0pts

MathematicsP3 70%=0pts Tt = 463/600NBT Scores o: AL: 55%

QL: 60%MAT: 50%

Make a total 165/300, added to 463 APS= 628/900An additional 10 points are added i you have passed athird oicial South Arican language at Home or FirstAdditional Language Level.

Faclty o ScienceI Mathematics Paper 3 is passed with at least 40%, then20% o the inal mark will be added to the APS total (max

o 20 bonus points). Thereore, the ollowing example,

EnglishHomeLanguage 75%=75pts Afrikaans/isiXhosaFirstAdditional Language 70%=70pts Mathematics 84%=84pts LifeSciences 86%=86pts Geography 79%=79pts Accounting 69%=69pts LifeOrientation 80%=0pts MathematicsP3 70%=(20%x70)=14ptsAPS=463/600PLUS14= 477

CALCuLATION OF APS FOR SELECTED NON-SOuTH AFRICAN ExAMINING AuTHORITIES

GLOSSARYAL Advanced LevelAS Advanced Subsidiary LevelGCSE General Certiicate o Secondary EducationOL Ordinary LevelIGCSE International General Certiicate o

Secondary EducationHIGCSE Higher International GeneralCertiicate o Secondary Education

IB SL International Baccalaureate Standard LevelIB HL International Baccalaureate Higher Level

ADMISSION POINTS TABLE FOR AL, AS, GCSE/OL,

HIGCSE, IGCSE AND IB DIPLOMAS

APSO LEVEL/ GCSE /IGCSE

HIGCSE/NSSC

HL

ASLEVEL

ALEVEL

IBSL

IBHL

10 A 7

9 B 6

8 1 A C 7 5

7 2 B D 6 4

6 A 3 C E 5 3

5 B D 4

4 C E

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Additional reirementsFor admission to certain programmes, there are additionalrequirements to the APS. For example, the Creative &Perorming Arts programmes in the Faculty o Humanitieswill require auditions or a portolio o creative work.

Writing the National Benchmark Tests (NBTs) iscomplsory or ndergradate applicants. Details are

given in the aclty sections.

How to applyApply online at http://applyonline.uct.ac.za. Alternatively,contact the Admissions Oice or an application orm.You will get directions on how to complete the orm. Youmust submit only one application. Your application allowsyou to choose two programmes. It is in your interest toseek advice about your programme choices, since thisselection may aect your chances o admission.

When you apply to UCT, your application will be dealtwith by the Admissions Oice and by the Faculty thatoers your choice o study. You can contact the AdmissionsOice at any time beore or during the application

process, and we will be happy to give you help or advice.

Yo can contact s:By post: The Admissions Oice,The University o Cape Town,PrivateBagX3,Rondebosch,7701Bytelephone:021650-5988Byfax:021650-5189By email: [email protected] the UCT website: www.uct.ac.zaIn person: Admissions Oice, Level 4,Masingene Building, Middle Campus, UCT

Your choices may also be changed, as you wish until31 October 2012.Ater this date your programme choicesmay only be changed with the prior permission o theaculty to which you wish to apply.When to apply?We begin processing applications in May 2012 or 2013.Early application will increase your chances o receivingan early conditional oer o admission. Applications orundergraduate study must be recieved by 30 September2012, as must applications or: StudentHousing FinancialAid

Please apply on time. I all necessary additional supportingdocuments have not been received by 15 December 2012,your application will be cancelled. NBTs must be writtennot later than 14 October 2012. International applicantsmust submit predicted or interim school learning resultsby 31 October 2012 and inal 2012 school learning resultsby 15 December 2012. Transerring applicants mustsubmit interim transcripts by 30 September 2012, andinal or year-end results by 15 January 2013.

What is the application ee?South Arican and SADC applicants must pay a non-reundable application ee o R100. International students

are required to pay an application ee o R300. Applicationees will not be reunded under any circumstances. Payingyour appl ication ee does not mean you will be oered aplace to study at UCT.

What happens when yor application has beensbmitted?I you apply online you will get an email acknowledgementsetting out what you have to do next. I you apply bycompleting a hard copy application orm we will writeto you acknowledging receipt, asking you to check thedata we have captured rom your orm. I you apply orinancial assistance rom UCT, and/or a place in studenthousing, check to see that this application has been

recorded. Once we have your application our acultieswill consider it.

I we have all the necessary inormation we will make airst decision (oer you a place, oer you a conditionalplace, waitlist you, or let you know that you do not qualiy).I we are still waiting or inormation (eg. current schoolresults) we will deer consideration o your applicationuntil we receive the necessary inormation. At any stageyou will be able to track the status o your application,using the password and your application number on ourwebsite.

When we acknowledge receipt we will give you your

applicant number. Please use this number when youcontact us as it will help us track your application. The siteat which you can check the status o your application is:www.uct .ac.za/apply/applications/undergraduates/status

Transerring applicants and applicants who alreadyhave school-leaving certicatesApplicants who have attended a higher educationinstitution will be assessed on the basis o their highereducation results and school-leaving results. Applicantswho rewrite one or more school subjects will be assessedindividually. Consideration or admission is subject toFaculty requirements.

Please note: The Faculty o Health Sciences does notgenerally accept results o re-written NSC/grade 12subjects, but urther inormation is available in the acultyentry in this prospectus.

Matre Age EemptionI you do not meet the minimum requirements or universityadmission but you are 23 years or older and have a Grade 12(school-leaving) certifcate, you may qualiy or a mature ageexemption. I you all into this category, you should discussthe possibility o conditional exemption with the relevantaculty ofce. Applicants with mature age exemption arenot considered or programmes oered in the Faculties oHealth Sciences and Law.

Transerring StdentsI you are studying at another higher educationinstitution, you will be considered on the basis o yourschool-leaving results and your higher educationresults. To be considered or admission, you must havemet the school-leaving requirements and have a goodacademic record.

You will need to submit an interim academic transcriptand a certiicate o good conduct with your application,or as soon as they are available, and your inal, year-endtranscript by no later than 15 January 2013.

The ollowing pages contain the admission requirementsor undergraduate programmes at UCT. Degree anddiploma programmes are grouped by aculty.


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UCTs Commerce degree and diploma programmes prepare you or the employmentneeds o the expanding world o business and proessional inancial services andequip you to participate in the global economy. The Commerce Faculty receivescritical support rom local and international companies and agencies and is activelyengaged with issues that aect our continent.

A UCT Commerce degree will give you the education to enable you to succeedin a rapidly changing environment, whether you want to work here or go abroad,change jobs or even careers. We do not expect students new to university to inaliseprogramme choices beore being exposed to the disciplines at a tertiary level, so themore similar the programmes, the more lexibility students have to move aroundas they discover where their strengths and interests lie. While in the early stages o

the degree, you may choose to move rom one option to another, one programmeto another or even change degrees.

The Faclty oers two ndergradate degrees:BachelorofBusinessScience(BBusSc)BachelorofCommerce(BCom)Both degrees are divided into a variety o programmes to cater or both theinterests o our students and the employment needs o our country. The irstyear in both degrees is more or less common as all Commerce graduates shouldhave a solid academic oundation in a range o core subject areas: Accounting,Inormation Systems, Economics, Business Law, Mathematics, Business Statisticsor Mathematical Statistics. Both degrees are oered in the standard orm or as

extended programmes tailored or students who may have experienced gapsor disparities in their educational or lie experience. The BBusSc is a our-yearprogramme, and the BCom is a three year programme. The academic developmentprogrammes are designed to enable students to complete the programme in eitherthis stipulated time or with an additional year. Whether you complete your degreein the standard orm or extended progamme, the qualiication (and thus thedegree certiicate) will be the same. The certiicate will stipulate whether you havegraduated BCom or BBusSc and the area o specialisation.

All BBuSc students also take courses in the unctional areas o inance, marketingand people management. In their inal year, students take a course in Business

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The university o Cape Town a world class distinctly Aricaneperience

Chas Athny RmmingtinBachelor o Bsiness Science Financeand AccontingSt Davids College 2008


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Strategy that integrates all the courses covered in theprevious years o study. This course also includes exposureto entrepreneurship, recognising that many students willultimately run their own businesses.

DEGREE PROGRAMMES AT A GLANCEBachelor o Bsiness Science

Specialisation: Actuarial ScienceOptions: Actuarial ScienceQuantitative Finance

Specialisation: Management StudiesOptions: Finance

Finance & AccountingComputer ScienceInormation SystemEconomicsEconomics with LawMarketingOrganisational PsychologyQuantitative Management

Bachelor o CommerceSpecialisation: Actuarial Science

Options: Actuarial ScienceQuantitative Finance

Specialisation: Financial Accounting ProgrammeOptions: General Accountant Stream

Chartered Accountant StreamAccounting with Law

Specialisation: Inormation SystemOptions: Inormation Systems

Inormation Systems andComputer Science

Specialisation: EconomicsOptions: Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Economics and FinanceEconomics and StatisticsEconomics with Law

Specialisation: Management StudiesOptions: Management Studies

INFORMATION ON THE AREAS

OF STuDY OFFERED IN BOTH DEGREESAccontingAccounting is the language o business used by Investors,Management, Entrepreneurs, Lenders, Financial Analystsand the Public Sector. Accountants analyse businesses andcommunicate inormation to stakeholders. It is NOT nec-essary to have done Accounting at school i you wish todo Accounting at UCT, although you must have doneMathematics and English.

An Accounting programme is useul or anyone whowishes to prepare or a career in business or in theaccounting proession. An accounting qualiication will

prepare you to work in any size or type o organisationand in any employment section in any country.

TheGeneralAccountingoptionisdesignedforthestudent who does not wish to qualiy as a chartered

accountant. Graduates become general managers, taxadvisors, internal auditors or business advisors.

TheCAoptionisdesignedforstudentswhointendto qualiy as Chartered Accountants. Graduatesbecome members o management teams, inancialadvisors, or partners in auditing practices.

TheAccountingandLawoptionisdesignedfor

students who are interested in a law career with acommercial background and may wish to continuewith an LLB degree.

Actarial ScienceThis is intended or students with strong numerate abilitywho wish to enter the actuarial or allied proessions.

EconomicsAll Economics options give a good grounding in the areas oexpertise that proessional economists and managers need,such as ormulating economic policy, general economicand inancial analysis and the management oportolios. The Economics programme is designed or

students who wish to experience a broad undamentaleducation in Commerce or who want to becomeproessional economists.

We oer the ollowing Economics options: Politics, Philosophy & Economics (PPE): this

ocuses on the special problems, both practicaland ethical, raised or developing countries by theglobalisation o trade and markets.

Economics & Statistics: this is oriented towardsquantitative economics and statistical methods,providing students with the skills to analyse andinterpret economic and inancial data.

Economics with Finance: this ocuses on inancialissues and provides students with the skills neededto operate in the world o inance.

Economics with Law: this is intended or studentswho are interested in a law career with a commercialbackground, or who may wish to continue with anLLB degree.

Inormation Systems (IS)The Inormation Systems discipline investigates howcomputers and communication technologies can be used toaddress the inormation needs o modern organisations.Thecurriculum deals not only with the inormation technologiesbut also imparts students with the skills to analyze user

requirements and develop inormation systems.

The IS curriculum allows students to cover this excitingand expanding ield. This programme maintains abalance between the technical (hardware and sotware)aspects o inormation systems and the human sideo the discipline. There is a demand or well-qualiiedIS proessionals. Our graduates are sought ater, andhold many important and challenging positions nationallyand internationally.

FinanceStudents in this discipline either continue to complete the

CA qualiication on completion o the degree or enter intothe areas o investment or corporate inance.

Statistical ScienceStatistical Sciences: is the scientiic applications o

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mathematical principles to the collection, analysis, andpresentation o data. Business statistics is intended orstudents who want to have a more applied approachto statistics, Mathematical Statistics is intended orstudents with a very strong numerate ability.

Management stdies

The programme in Management Studies, oers studentsa wide range o choice in subject areas whilst requiringthem to complete the general core courses requiredo the irst three years o the Business Science degree. Webelieve that the lexibility and academic rigour o thisdegree will make it very attractive to students andemployers; it enables students to make the most o theirstrengths and interests.The degree, oered over a minimum o 3 years, requiresstudents to complete 18 prescribed courses, including aminimumofafullyearofmathematics,aswellas9ormore courses rom a basket o approved electives rangingrom Marketing to Politics to Statistical Sciences. O this

total o 27 courses, 7 are required to be at a 3rd year level,so students need to plan their curriculum careully.

Amissin rqirmnts fr transfrring stntsAll appl icants wishing to transer to the Commerce Faculty(both rom within UCT and outside o UCT) will beconsidered in terms o:

theminimumschoolsubjectrequirementsfor Commerce

theminimumAPSrequirementforentrytoCommerce academicrecord.

It is unlikely that students who have ailed one or morecourses will be accepted.

Particular attention will be given to courses relevantto the Commerce Faculty and to the proposedprogrammes.

Entrance examinations are required in certain disciplines.Please reer to the Commerce website or contact theFaculty Oice.

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merce

ADMISSION CRITERIA FOR APPLICANTS HOLDING THE NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE (NSC)

PROGRAMME MINIMuM REquIREMENTS TO

BE ELIGIBLE FOR ADMISSION

PROBABLE OFFER LEVEL

(THIS WILL BE DETERMINED BY

THE STRENGTH OF THE

APPLICANT POOL).

BCom (Accounting)

BCom (Philosophy, Politics &Economics)BCom (Accounting with Law)BCom (Economics with Law)BCom (Economics and Finance)BCom (Economics andStatistics)BCom (Management Studies)BCom (Inormation Systems)BCom (Inormation Systems andComputer Science)

BBusScManagement Studiesprogrammes

NSCEnglish HL50%English FAL 60%Mathematics 60%APSof390(65%average)All 3 components o the NBTmust be written (AL & QL andMathematics)NBT:AL&QLscoreofIntermediate

*Redress categoriesAPS o 420 (70% average)Mathematics 70%NBT: AL & QL score of Intermediate

Open/International categoryAPS o 432(72% average)Mathematics 70%NBT: AL & QL scores of Proficient/

Intermediate

BBusScComputer Scienceprogramme

NSCEnglish HL 50%English FAL 60%Mathematics 70%APSof390(65%average)All 3 components o the NBTmust be written (AL & QL andMathematics)NBT: AL & QL score of Intermediate


Open/International categoryAPS o 432 (72% average)Mathematics 80%NBT: AL & QL score of Proficient/

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BBusSc and BComActuarial ScienceQuantitative Financeprogramme

NSCEnglish HL 60%Mathematics 80%APS o 450 (75% average)All 3 components o the NBTmust be written (AL & QL andMathematics)NBT: AL & QL score of Intermediate


Open/International categoryAPS o 480 (80% average)Mathematics 85%NBT: AL & QL score of Proficient

**EXTENDED /AuGMENTED

PROGRAMMES

MINIMuM REquIREMENTS TO

BE ELIGIBLE FOR ADMISSION

PROBABLE OFFER LEVEL

(THIS WILL BE DETERMINED BY

THE STRENGTH OF THE

APPLICANT POOL).

BCom Programmes in:Accounting/PPE/InormationSystems/Accounting with Law/Economics with Law/Management Studies/Inormation Systems/Inormation Systems &Computer Science/Economics & Finance/Economics & Stats.

BBusScManagement Studies

programmes

NSCEnglish HL 50%English FAL 60%Mathematics 60%APS o 372 (62% average)All 3 components o the NBTmust be written (AL & QL andMathematics)

*Redress categoriesAPS o 408 (68% average)Mathematics 68%

BBusScComputer Scienceprogramme

NSCEnglish HL 50%English FAL 60%Mathematics 70%APS o 372 (65% average)All 3 components o the NBTmust be written (AL & QL andMathematics)

*Redress categoriesAPS o 408 (68% average)Mathematics 70%

BBusSc and BComActuarial ScienceQuantitative Financeprogrammes

NSCEnglish HL 50%English FAL 60%Mathematics 80%APS o 438 (73% average)All 3 components o the NBTmust be written (AL & QL andMathematics)NBT: AL & QL score oIntermediate

*Redress categoriesAPS o 450 (75% average)Mathematics 80%NBT: AL & QL score o Intermediate

* I you are in a category we judge to have been aected by inequality and disadvantage, you could expect to be oereda place with results/APS as listed.

** South Arican applicants and permanent residents rom redress categories (Black, Chinese, Coloured, Indian) mayapply or admission into the Academic Development (AD) programmes.

ADMISSION CRITERIA FOR APPLICANTS HOLDING THE NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE (NSC)

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merce MINIMuM ADMISSION CRITERIA FOR

APPLICANTS WITH NON-SOuTH AFRICANSCHOOL-LEAVING CERTIFICATESCALCuLATION OF POINTSWe use points to assess applicants Cambridge Inte-rnational Examinations (CIE) subjects, and applicants

holding the International Baccalaureate Diploma.

The ollowing inormation is a guideline or applicantswho have successully completed international school-leaving qualiications and wish to study urther at UCT.To be considered or admission, applicants must qualiyor matriculation exemption rom the Matriculation Boardand meet certain minimum Faculty entry requirements.

Please note that the subjects and points scores wherespeciied below are the minimum entrance requirementsand do not guarantee admission. Each applicant will beassessed individually.

1. ADVANCED, ADVANCED SuBSIDIARY, GENERALCERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDuCATION, AND

ORDINARY LEVEL REquIREMENTS.Combine at least three A-level/AS-level subjects with thebest relevant O-level subjects to have a total o 6 subjects.Double your points or Mathematics and English. Eachsubject can only be counted once at a A level/AS-levelor O-level.

PROGRAMMESADMISSION

PROBABLEMATHEMATICS EENGLISH

BCom (Financial Accounting)BCom (Fin Accounting & Law)BCom (Inormation Systems),BCom (PPE)BCom (Economics & Law)BCom (Management Studies)BCom (Economics & Finance,Economics & Statistics)BCom (Inormation Systems andComputer Science)

53 A-level D orAS-level C

A-level E orAS-level D orO-level B

BBusSc (Management Studies) 53A-level D orAS-level C

A-level E orAS-level D or

O-level B

BBusSc and BComActuarial ScienceQuantitative Finance programmes

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A-level AAS-level A

A-level C orAS-level C orO-level A

* These points are a guideline. Each candidate will be assessed individually depending on the combinationo A and AS-level subjects.

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2. HIGHER INTERNATIONAL GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDuCATION (HIGCSE) ANDINTERNATIONAL GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDuCATION (IGCSE) REquIREMENTSA minimum o 4 HIGCSE subjects must be scored and the best o the relevant IGCSE subjects to have a total o 6 subjects.Each subject can only be counted once at HIGCSE or at IGCSE. Only Grades 1, 2 or 3 are acceptable or HIGCSE andGrades A, B or C or IGCSE. Points or English and Mathematics must be doubled. A Grade 4 and below on HIGCSE isnot accepted.

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PROGRAMMESMINIMuM POINTS

REquIREDMATHEMATICS ENGLISH

BCom (Financial Accounting)BCom (Financial Accounting with Law)BCom (Inormation Systems),BCom (PPE)BCom Inormation Systems &Computer ScienceBCom (Economics with Law)BCom (Management Studies)

53HIGCSE levelGrade 1 to 3

HIGCSE levelGrade 1 to 3or IGCSE B

BCom (Economics & Finance)BCom (Economics & Statistics)

53HIGCSE levelGrade 1 to 3


BBusSc (Management Studies) 53HIGCSE levelGrade 1 to 3


BBusSc/BComActuarial Science/Quantitative Finance

60HIGCSE levelGrade 1

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4. ABITuR REquIREMENTSApplicants need at least Gut or Mathematics andEnglish

Admission criteria or proceeding to senior years inprogrammes containing Law (RDL) corsesSuccessul completion o the prescribed standard workload and an average o 65% at the irst attempt arerequired or the year/s prior to the year including the RDLcourses. The rationale is that clear evidence o an abilityto succeed in all subjects in the initial years indicates agood probability o coping with an increased workload.

In line with the Universitys redress and diversity goals,Black, Chinese, coloured and Indian South Aricans

(citizens and permanent residents) applicants may, atthe discretion o the Faculty o law, be admitted into theprogramme with an average o less than 65%, but notlower than 60%.

Results in supplementary examinations are not includedwhen calculating the average.

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merce 3. INTERNATIONAL BACCALAuREATE REquIREMENTS

An applicant must hold the IB diploma and not the certiicate and should have at least 3 Higher Level (HL) subjects plus3 Standard Level (SL) subjects, 2 o which must be Mathematics and English. The minimum requirements are as ollows: at least Grade 4 Higher Level (HL) Mathematics /Maths Method Mathematical Studies or Maths Main are not accepted English at Standard Level 5 or Grade 3 at HL For Actuarial Science: Grade 7 at HL Mathematics and Grade 5 at HL English or Grade 7 SL English

Minimum points required as outlined in the ollowing table, with English and Mathematics doubled

MINIMuM ENTRY REquIREMENTS - IB DIPLOMA

PROGRAMMES MINIMuM POINTS REquIRED

BCom (Financial Accounting)BCom (Financial Accounting with Law)BCom (Inormation Systems)BCom (Inormation Systems & Computer Science)BCom (PPE)BCom (Economics & Law)

BCom (Economics & Finance)BCom (Economics & Statistics)BCom (Management studies)

53

BBusSc (Management Studies) 53

BBusSc/BComActuarial Science/Quantitative Finance

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Bilt EnvironmentThe Faculty o Engineering & the Built Environment enjoys an outstandingreputation or its high quality graduates. Not only are we proud to produce moreblack engineers than any other university in South Arica, but we are also proudto record increasing numbers o emale students who are choosing to pursuecareers in engineering.

Researchers in Engineering & the Built Environment are regularly commissionedby industry to conduct research and through these partnerships the Faculty earnssigniicant unding or the University. The Faculty enjoys an excellentinternational reputation or its work in a number o areas. For example, it hastaken on the research challenges o environment-riendly technologies and has

won international status or its multi-disciplinary research into areas such asminerals processing and energy.

Architectral StdiesA general, design-based irst degree, the Bachelor o Architectural Studies(BAS) ocuses on the design o the built environment and architectural design.This programme equips students with the ability to solve design problemsimaginatively, to think rationally and to exercise appropriate judgement withinthe discipline o architecture. In particular it aims to develop the capacity todesign appropriately within the built and natural environment.

The three-year BAS degree provides the necessary grounding or application or

entry into the BAS(Hons) and the proessional postgraduate degrees leadingto careers in architecture, landscape architecture, urban and regional planning,urban design, transport engineering and housing.

All applicants or the BAS degree must complete a portolio o prescribed creativeexercises which must reach the School o Architecture, Planning and Geomatics bythe end o August or early consideration, or at the latest by 30 September 2012.

Chemical EngineeringChemical Engineering represents a synthesis o chemistry, physics andmathematics applied to real problems which aect our everyday lives. We havereached a point where society must contend with undamental changes in the

availability o some o the most important resources on this planet: energy, ood,essential minerals and the global environment. Technological solutions to manyo these problems all within the domain o the chemical engineer. To become achemical engineer takes our years o academic study complemented by exposureto the process industries.

Civil EngineeringThe civil engineer today may be a technically-oriented designer, a public-minded planner o services which beneit entire communities, a protector opublic health and the environment, a practical leader o construction teams orcreator o organisations and systems that provide work and serve communities.Over 3000 Civil Engineers have graduated rom UCT to date. Most have achievedconsiderable job satisaction, and some have achieved high status both here and

in other countries. The BSc(Eng) in Civil Engineering includes courses in thesciences, mathematics, computing, materials, structures, geology, geotechnics,geographical inormation systems, water treatment and supply, wastewaterdisposal and treatment, hydraulics, environmental evaluation, surveying,

Being a rst year stdent in theEngineering Faclty may seemimpossible at times and yo mightcatch yorsel asking yorsel aestion, am I spposed to be here?.The answer is Yes! uCT accepted yo

or a reason and yor parents sentyo to uCT or a reason and that isto get yor degree. Iam getting minedont know abot yo.

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transportation, urban development, design, construction,management and communications. The inal year endswith a ive-week large-scale design project and a nine-week individual research project.

Constrction Stdies & Property StdiesThe Department o Construction Economics andManagement oers two three-year undergraduatedegrees: BSc (Construction Studies) and BSc(Property

Studies); and three one-year Honours programmes:Quantity Surveying, Construction Management andProperty Studies. The BSc(Property Studies) will give youa head start in a challenging and rewarding career in theproperty industry. Besides acquiring a broad knowledgeo inance, macro and micro-economics, property law, andappropriate com-munication and computer skills, youwill develop skil ls in the ield o property development.

The BSc(Construction Studies) will enable you to preparetenders and manage construction contracts, estimate costsand undertake inancial management o construction

projects, manage the construction o buildings andrelated inrastructure, manage human resources, evaluateproperty investments and communicate spatial concepts,inancial issues and other data.

Electrical EngineeringElectrical Engineering covers a wide and diverse range oactivities and industries including computing, electroniccircuit and system design, project management andcommerce. Electrical engineers can choose to ollowa high technology technical career in research anddevelopment, or to develop inancial and managementskills and move into a managerial career. The Electrical

Engineering degree curriculum at UCT has beendesigned to be lexible. The diverse requirementso industry and the dierent interests o studentscan be accommodated in the various programmes.

Electrical & Compter EngineeringElectrical & Computer Engineering combines theessential elements o Electrical Engineering andComputer Science. It provides students with integratedconcepts in the analysis, design and application oinormation processing systems in the areas o communi-cations, signal processing, electronics, control systemsand power systems.

Electro-Mechanical EngineeringElectro-Mechanical Engineering Southern Arican manu-acturing, mining, service and process industries needgraduates who have less specialisation than is normallyoered in the traditional engineering disciplines. Suchemployers preer graduates who have had exposure to awide range o subjects in both mechanical and electricalengineering and who are thereore prepared to tacklea broader range o industrial projects than a specialistmechanical engineer or specialist electrical engineer.The Electro-Mechanical Engineering programme atUCT was designed to meet this need. The curriculum or

the irst two years o study is the same as that or theMechanical Engineering programme, including a widerange o courses encompassing mathematics, physicsand chemistry, as well as electrical engineering andmechanical engineering.

GeomaticsGeomatics reers to the creation, representation, analysis,management, retrieval and modelling o spatialinormation which represents the Earths physical eatures,the built environment and other spatially deined objects.The principle disciplines associated with geomaticsinclude the mapping sciences, land management,geographic inormation systems, environmentalvisualisation, geodesy, photogrammetry, remote sensingand surveying. Geomatics is a proessional career or bothmen and women who have an aptitude or mathematics

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and applied sciences. The School o Architecture, Planningand Geomatics oers a our-year degree, the BSc(Geomatics), which is recognised by the South AricanCouncil or Proessional and Technical Surveyors (PLATO).Graduates may choose to register as a proessional surveyorater completing a period o articles. A career in Geomaticsoers an exciting variety o proessional work possibilities

and is recognised world-wide.

Mechanical EngineeringMechanical Engineering involves understanding andharnessing orces and energy in machines or the benefto society. Whether the machine is a space shuttle, steamturbine, a motor car or a robot-controlled production line,a mechanical engineer would be involved in the design,manuacture and utilisation o such machines.

The BSc (Eng) degree in Mechanical Engineering allowsgraduate employment opportunities in a wide spectrum oengineering disciplines, as well as providing the oundation

or a career in specialist felds such as aeronauticalengineering, marine and naval architecture, biomedicalengineering, materials engineering, computer-aided manu-acturing and computer-aided design, manuacturing andproduction. Mechanical Engineering oers a challengingcareer, a wide range o job opportunities and the certaintythat as long as there are technical problems, there willalways be the need or the mechanical engineer.

MechatronicsMechatronics is an interdisciplinary branch o engineeringwhich combines undamental study in mechanical

engineering with light-current electrical engineering. TheMechatronics engineer in industry may require expertiseacross a broad range o engineering disciplines, and willbe especially well suited to a career in light manuacturingor process control. Mechatronics engineers may becomeinvolved in felds such as instrumentation, automation,robotics, biomedical engineering or machine vision.As a Mechatronics student at UCT, you will gain a thoroughgrounding in both electrical and mechanical engineering.You will have a good understanding o physical science,advanced engineering mathematics, electro-mechanicalcontrol theory, microcomputer technology, engineeringdesign and some principles o engineering management.

The programme oers fnal-year optional courses in relatedfelds, such as biomedical engineering, power electronicsand industrial management.

Accreditation o DegreesThe BSc(Eng) degrees in Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Electrical& Computer, Electro-Mechanical, Mechanical Engineeringand Mechatronics are accepted by the EngineeringCouncil o South Arica (ECSA) as ulflling the academicrequirements or registration as a proessional engineer.The degrees are internationally recognised in terms o the

Washington Accord.

The BSc (Construction Studies) degree and the BSc(Hons) degrees in Quantity Surveying and in Construction

Management are accredited by the South Arican Councilor the Quantity Surveying Proession (SACQSP), the RoyalInstitution o Chartered Surveyors (RICS), and the CharteredInstitute o Building. The BSc (Property Studies) degreeand BSc (Hons) in Property Studies degrees are accreditedby the SA Council or the Property Valuers Proession(SACPVP). The Royal Institution o Chartered Surveyors

(RICS) and the South Arican Council or the QuantitySurveying Proession accredit the BSc (Hons) degrees inProperty Studies, Quantity Surveying and ConstructionManagement.

Academic Development in Engineering & the BiltEnvironmentThe Academic Support Programme or Engineering inCape Town (ASPECT) has been designed or studentsrom educationally disadvantaged backgrounds who havethe potential to succeed in BSc(Eng) or BSc(Geomatics)studies, given the appropriate support. The programmesare designed so that the degree takes ive years. ASPECT

students can accelerate to graduate in our and a halyears. I you would like to take advantage o the extendedcurriculum, please apply or the Engineering degreeprogramme o your choice and enclose a letter with yourapplication orm saying you wish to join the ASPECTprogramme. I your school-leaving certiicate results arenot good enough or direct entry into a programme inthe aculty, you may be oered a place in the ASPECTprogramme. Some companies make arrangementsthrough ASPECT to interview prospective students orbursaries at various times o the year. Those studentsseeking unding should make use o this opportunity.

Inormation on the main sources o sponsorship isavailable rom the ASPECT Co-ordinator, Faculty oEngineering & the Built Environment.

PROCEDuRES FOR ADMISSIONSThe admission entry level, by qualiication/programme,is shown in the tables on pages 24-26. Applicants whoachieve the admission points in pre-inal grade 12 resultsmay receive a conditional early oer (which will requirethem to attain the same level in the inal National SeniorCertiicate examinations in order to be accepted). Whenthe inal National Senior Certiicate examination resultsare received these conditional oers will be conirmedi the requirements have been met, and all wait-listedapplications will be assessed.

EBE ADMISSION REquIREMENTS FORAPPLICANTS HOLDING THE NATIONALSENIOR CERTIFICATE (NSC)These are or applicants who are writing, or have written,the South Arican National Senior Certiicate (NSC).Places are limited and oers will be made with a viewto securing the academically strongest applicants whilemeeting equity targets.

National Benchmark Tests (NBTs)All appl icants normally resident in South Arica mustwrite the NBTs in Academic Literacy, QuantitativeLiteracy and Mathematics, the results o which will be


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used in the calculation o the EBE Admission PointsScore. NBT results will also be used or placement (e.g.on the basis o NBT results we may oer an applicant aplace in ASPECT). I you do not write the NBTs beore14 October 2012 as part o the application process, yourapplication will be cancelled and you will need to applyin 2013 or 2014.

Mathematics Paper 3

Taking Mathematics Paper 3 as part o the NSC is notcompulsory but it will beneit the you.

(a) Calclating the EBE APS scoreThe EBE APS is a score that is notionally out o 100, withthe NSC and NBT results making equal contribution. Tocalculate the EBE APS score, irst add the percentagesobtained or the six NSC qualiying subjects (see (b)below) and divide the result by 12. Second, add thepercentages obtained or the three NBTs and divide theresult by 6. Add the two results together. I you passedMathematics Paper 3, a bonus o up to 3 points is

obtained by multiplying the percentage obtained by 0.03and adding to the previous total.

EBEAPS=NSCtotal/12+NBTtotal/6+0.03x%Maths3Where:NSCtotal=sumofthepercentagesobtainedforthesixqualiying subjects (600 maximum)NBTtotal=sumofthepercentagesobtainedforthethreeNBT components (300 maximum)%Maths3=thepercentageobtainedforMathematicsPaper 3 (100 maximum)

(b) Programme-specic sbject reirements or the NSC

(i) Architectral StdiesScore English, and Mathematics or Physical Sciences, andthe next our best subjects, other than LO.(ii) Constrction Stdies, Engineering (all

programmes) and GeomaticsScore English, Mathematics, Physical Sciences and thenext three best subjects, other than LO.

(iii)Property Stdies ScoreEnglish, Mathematics and the next our best subjects,other than LO.

(c) Admission to the Architectral Stdies ProgrammeThe minimum admission requirements are shown inthe table below. Selection is based on the ranked BASApplication Score obtained rom the average o the EBEAdmission Points Score and the score (%) obtained or

the BAS Application Portolio taking into considerationequity targets.

(d) Admission to the Constrction Stdies,Engineering, Geomatics, and Property Stdies

ProgrammesThe minimum admission requirements, by programmeare shown in the table below. A conditional oer oa place in one o the programmes may be made to anapplicant on the basis o recent school examinations andNBT results i available at any time between the receipto the application and the publication o the NSC results.

This oer will then be converted into an unconditionaloer i the applicant achieves similar (or better) results inthe inal examinations.

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Open category and International applicants70 EBE APS PointsMathematics 65%Physical Sciences 55%

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ADMISSION CRITERIA FOR APPLICANTS WITH NON-SOuTH AFRICAN SCHOOL-LEAVING CERTIFICATES

We do not convert perormance in non South Arican school-leaving examinations to points or applications to programmes inthis aculty. Please note that the subject requirements below are minium requirements only, and do not guarantee admission.Applicants are considered individually. The ollowing is a guide or applicants with Cambridge International Examinations(and similar) subjects, Higher International General Certifcate o Secondary Education (HIGCSE) subjects, or an InternationalBaccalaureate Diploma.

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a-at least D in two A-level subjects and at least C at O-level or Mathematics or Physical Sciences

aS-at least C in our AS-level subjects and at least C at O-level or Mathematics or Physical Sciences

HigCSegrade 3 pass at HIGCSE level or at least a grade C pass at IGCSE level or Mathematics or PhysicalSciences

itrt bccrtFull IB Diploma with at least Grade 4 or Mathematics or Physical Sciences at subsidiary level

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a-atleasttwoDsymbols,oneofwhichmustbeinMathematics;andatleastCatO-levelforPhysicalSciences/PhysicsorChemistry

aS-atleastDforMathematicsandatleastBinthreeotherAS-levelsubjectsandatleastCatO-levelforPhysicalSciences/PhysicsorChemistry

HigCSelevel 2 passes in at least our HIGCSE subjects including Mathematics and Physical Sciences

itrt bccrtFull IB Diploma with at least a Grade 5 pass at SL or a Grade 4 pass at HL or each o thesubjects Mathematics and Physics or Chemistry

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a-at least two D symbols at A-level, one o which must be in Mathematics

aS-at least D or Mathematics and at least B in three other AS-level subjects

HigCSeLevel 2 passes in at least our HIGCSE subjects including Mathematics

itrt bccrtFull IB Diploma with at least a Grade 5 pass at SL or a Grade 4 pass at HL or Mathematicsnt: Mathematical Studies is not acceptable

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aS-atleastCforO-levelEnglish;andatleastAforMathematicsandPhysicalSciencesandtwoBsymbolsatAS-level;orwithoutPhysicalSciences:atleastAforMathematics;andAforeitherPhysicsorChemistry; and B or the other (Physics or Chemistry), plus one other B symbol

HigCSeAt least our HIGCSE subjects with a level 1 pass in both Mathematics and PhysicalSciences

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HigCSeAt least our HIGCSE subjects with a level 1 pass in both Mathematics andPhysical Sciences

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Health SciencesThe Faculty o Health Sciences is recognised nationally and internationallyas an outstanding institution or the training o health care workers,research and clinical service. The Faculty oers undergraduate degrees inmedicine and the ollowing health and rehabilitation sciences: OccupationalTherapy, Physiotherapy, Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. Allthese undergraduate programmes have ixed curricula. The programmesinclude extensive training at hospitals and clinics in and around CapeTown and in other relevant community settings, which may include schoolsand inormal settlements. Transport may be made available to some othese sites.

uNDERGRADuATE PROGRAMMES OFFERED

Bachelor o Medicine & Bachelor o Srgery (MBChB)The MBChB programme takes six years to complete. Ater graduating with anMBChB degree and completing two years internship and a years communityservice, you will be allowed by the Health Proessions Council o South Aricato practise as a medical doctor. As a medical doctor, you may join a doctorspractice, open your own practice, work in a public or private hospital or in acommunity clinic, or work in a variety o other settings. You may decide tospecialise in a discipline o your choice. There are more than 30 specialitiesto choose rom. Training in a speciality takes our to ive years, during whichyou are employed as a registrar in a teaching hospital and paid a salary. Aspecialist (such as a paediatrician) may also decide to specialise urther, inone o a number o subspecialities (such as paediatric cardiology). Training ina subspeciality takes two years, during which you are employed as a senior

registrar in a teaching hospital. A range o other postgraduate diplomas anddegrees is also available to enable graduates to enter careers in, or example,health economics, sports management, or clinical or laboratory-based research(see the table at the end o this section).

Bachelor o Science in Speech-Langage Pathology and Bachelor o Sciencein AdiologySpeech-Language Pathology and Audiology all into the broad area ocommunication sciences and disorders or logopaedics. These are two separatebut related proessions. Each degree programme takes our years to complete.I you obtain the BSc (Audiology) degree, you will be registered with theHealth Proessions Council o South Arica (HPCSA) as an audiologist. I youobtain the BSc (Speech-Language Pathology) degree, you will be registeredwith the HPCSA as a speech-language therapist. Once you have completed

a years community service, you will be allowed by the HPCSA to practise asan audiologist or speech-language therapist. As an audiologist, you will assesspeoples hearing, it hearing aids, manage speech and language problems opeople who are hard o hearing or dea, and deal with noise measurementand control. As a speech-language therapist you will assess and treat peoplewho have communication disorders, such as problems with sound productionand language learning, voice disorders, swallowing disorders and stuttering.You may also treat people who have disorders o speech and language aterthey have suered strokes or because they have cerebral palsy. Becausecommunication disorders are complex, the degree programmes include coursesin

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