Online courses at the University of the Western Cape are an excellent way to learn at your own pace. allowing you to study at your own pace and even work from home if desired. If you want to improve your skills or learn something new, online courses from the University of the Western Cape are a great way to do so.

Requirements for Admission

Applicants are expected to bring:

• Any national diploma or university degree is acceptable.
  A matriculation certificate is required, as well as at least five years of relevant full-time work experience.
  Please keep in mind that applicants who have not completed matriculation may enter the Management Development Programme by following the University’s Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) process. Click here for more information on the RPL process.

Computer fundamentals:

• You should be able to use your computer and complete basic tasks.
  Email and file administration (access, create, edit, save, upload and download documents)
  Should be able to create and edit documents using a word processing program.
  Should be capable of basic web browsing.

• Managing their own and cooperative learning processes and confidently expressing well-informed points of view
• Professionally composing various types of well-structured academic and business writing (e.g., business correspondence, assignments).
• Using academic reading skills in a variety of contexts (e.g. textbooks and articles in journals, newspapers, or magazines)
• In both oral and written communication, use accurate and appropriate language.
• Delivering well-crafted oral presentations and expressing coherent, well-informed points of view in oral discussions
• Successfully employing cross-cultural communication strategies in oral communication