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Advanced Certificate in Foundation Phase Teaching
University of Cape Town, South Africa
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University of Cape Town, South Africa
One-year full-time honours degree in Economics at the School of Economics, designed to expose strong graduates to specialised topics in advanced economics and refine the skills needed for a research and professional career. The programme carries 136 NQF level 8 credits.
Faculty: Faculty of Commerce | Department: School of Economics | Duration: 1 year full-time | Intake: January | Study mode: full-time | Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Four compulsory first-semester courses (Mathematics and Statistics for Economics, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Econometrics), three second-semester special-topic electives such as Development Economics, Financial Economics, Labour Economics or Time Series Econometrics, and a research paper.
A bachelor's degree or equivalent with a major in Economics and an average of at least 65% in final-year undergraduate Economics courses. UCT students need ECO3020F, ECO3021S and another third-year economics course with no course below 60%. External applicants need third-year Econometrics or equivalent, third-level Macroeconomics and Microeconomics with no course below 60%, and sufficient Mathematics (typically a full first-year course). Applicants may be asked to write an entrance exam; foreign students may need to show English competence. External applicants submit course outlines and two referee contacts to the Graduate Administrator by 30 September.
Tuition is charged per module, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.
The application fee is R100 for undergraduate and postgraduate applications from South Africa and the SADC region, and R300 for applications from outside the SADC region; it is non-refundable and payable by direct deposit, EFT or credit card (online). UCT students and graduates are exempt except for GSB programmes.
Apply through the official page: https://applyonline.uct.ac.za
Arts & Humanities
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Arts & Humanities
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Arts & Humanities
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Arts & Humanities
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Arts & Humanities
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Arts & Humanities
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Arts & Humanities
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Arts & Humanities
University of Cape Town, South Africa
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