The University of Cape Town (UCT) is a public research university located in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. UCT was founded in 1829 as the South African College making it the oldest higher education institute in South Africa. In terms of full university status, it is jointly the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant university in Sub-Saharan Africa alongside Stellenbosch University which received full university status on the same day in 1918.
List of Courses University of Cape Town courses| University of Cape Town courses and other programmes available in the University.
There are several List of courses offered in the University of Cape Town courses. These courses have been aligned below. See all the List of courses offered in the University of Cape Town courses
Faculty of Commerce
The faculty offers two undergraduate degrees and one level 7 advanced diploma that is only available to graduates or those with appropriate work experience.
- Bachelor of Business Science in Actuarial Science
- Bachelor of Commerce in Actuarial Science
- Bachelor of Commerce
Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment
- Bachelor of Architectural Studies
- Bachelor of Science in Construction Studies
- Bachelor of Science in Property Studies
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Chemical, Mechanical
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering Civil Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Electrical Engineering,
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Mechatronics
- Bachelor of Science in Geomatics
Faculty of Health Sciences
The Faculty offers undergraduate degrees in medicine and the following health and rehabilitation sciences: Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Audiology, and Speech-Language Pathology. A Higher Certificate in Disability Studies and an Advanced Diploma in Cosmetic Formulation Science are also offered.
All these undergraduate programmes have fixed curricula. The degree programmes include extensive training at hospitals and clinics in and around Cape Town and in other relevant community settings, which may include schools and informal settlements.
- Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB)
- Bachelor of Science in Audiology
- Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy
- Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy
- Bachelor of Science in Speech-Language Pathology
- Higher Certificate in Disability Practice
- Advanced Diploma in Cosmetic Formulation Science
Faculty of Humanities
The Faculty of Humanities is home to more than 6000 undergraduate and postgraduate students. The Faculty is comprised of 15 academic departments located in three main clusters:
- The Arts: the languages, history, linguistics, film and media studies, and art history and discourse of art
- The Social Sciences: african studies, anthropology, gender studies, sociology, religious studies, education, social work and social development, politics, economics, psychology and philosophy
- The Performing and Creative Arts: fine art, music, dance and theatre
The Faculty of Humanities offers undergraduate students a wide variety of academic courses, diploma, degree and advanced diploma options
- Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art (BA:FA)
- Bachelor of Arts in Theatre & Performance (BA:T&P)
- Bachelor of Music (BMus)
- Bachelor of Social Science in Philosophy, Politics and Economics
- Bachelor of Social Work (BSW)
- Bachelor of Social Science in Philosophy, Politics and
Economics - Bachelor of Arts specialising in Film and Media Production
- Bachelor of Arts in Theatre & Performance (BA:T&P) – 4 years
- Diploma in Theatre & Performance (DTP) – 3 years
- Bachelor of Arts in Theatre & Performance (BA:T&P) – 4 years
- Diploma in Theatre & Performance (DTP) – 3 years
- Advanced Diploma in Theatre
- Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art (BA:FA) – 4 years
- Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art (BA:FA) following an extended programme of study – 5 years
- Bachelor of Arts specialising in Music Education
- Bachelor of Music streams
- Bachelor of Arts specialising in Music Education (BA) – 3 years
- Bachelor of Music (BMus) – 4 years
- Bachelor of Music (BMus) following an extended programme of study – 5 years
- Advanced Diploma in Music (AdvDip:Music) – 1 year
- Advanced Diploma in Opera (AdvDip:Opera) – 1 year
- Diploma in Music Performance (DMP) – 3 years
- Diploma in Music Performance (DMP) following an extended programme of study – 4 years
Faculty of Law
The Law Faculty offers the following undergraduate degrees:
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Law
Faculty of Science
The Faculty of Science offers one undergraduate degree, the Bachelor of Science. Below are the possible majors available in the faculty. While every BSc student will take 2 majors, it is possible to take one approved major from a different faculty
- Applied Biology
- Applied Mathematics
- Applied Statistics
- Archaeology
- Astrophysics
- Biochemistry
- Business
- Computing
- Chemistry
- Computer Engineering
- Computer Games Development
- Computer Science Ecology & Evolution Environmental & Geographical Science
- Genetics
- Geology
- Human Anatomy & Physiology
- Marine Biology
- Mathematical Statistics
- Mathematics Ocean & Atmosphere Science Physics
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