UP Short Courses

UP Short Courses, The Skills Development Act and the Skills Levies Act, and a number of other factors will compel South African companies into top training gear. Organisations increasingly face skills requirements from their staff in response to competitive pressures and rapid technological change.

Enterprises University of Pretoria’s Training Solutions offers complete solutions to these lifelong learning needs.

We strive to make the expertise of the University and its staff accessible to the public and the corporate environment via short courses, certificate programmes and similar offerings. The University of Pretoria accredits all courses.

Training Solutions provides a single point of integration and a service that can meet the needs of the Southern African market in a cost-effective and timely manner. View our course catalogue online at here or contact us at +27 (0)12 434 2500.

Business Management

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Taxation

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Short Courses

Short course on Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP)

Aim:

• To equip EAP-co-ordinators with the necessary knowledge and skills in order to promote the EAP in their work environments

Course structure and objectives:
Delegates should be able to:

• define and to contextualise the EAP;
• understand the rationale and functions of the EAP;
• know and apply the standards of an EAP;
• understand the role of the EAP-co-ordinator;
• distinguish between EAP and Organisational Development;
• know the EAP and the law;
• do supervisory training within EAP-context;
• understand the therapeutic component of the EAP;
• market the EAP and formulate a marketing plan;
• evaluate the EAP;
• design an evaluation procedure.

Course leader:
Prof LS Terblanche
Tel: 012 420-3292
Fax: 012 420-2093
E-mail: lourie.terblanche@up.ac.za

Contact person:
Samedah Davis
E-mail: samedah.davis@enterprises.up.ac.za

Advanced short course on Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP)

• To provide delegates having a solid base in the EAP field, with advanced knowledge on the commercial components of the EAP. Delegates are equipped to focus on the business aspects of managing their EAPs.

• administer EAP administration;
• understand the business component of the EAP;
• apply different pricing models in the EAP field;
• design strategies for Return of Investment.

Short course on Employee Wellness

Aim:

• To provide delegates with advanced knowledge on Employee Wellness Programmes. Delegates should have professional training and be tasked to promote wellness in the workplace.

• conduct a wellness survey;
• build a business case for wellness;
• gain management support;
• serve as a role model;
• integrate services and efforts; and
• monitor and celebrate success.

Short course in HIV and AIDS Counselling and Management (presented in conjunction with the Centre for the Study of AIDS, UP)

Aim:

• To empower counsellors with knowledge and skills to intervene in the challenging field of HIV/AIDS

Course structure and objectives:
Delegates should be able to:

• demonstrate knowledge of the basic facts of HIV/AIDS;
• demonstrate knowledge and skill in pre- and post-test HIV-counselling;
• understand the concept of living positively;
• manage HIV/AIDS in the workplace;
• understand the psychosocial impact on those infected or affected by HIV/AIDS and the role of long-term counselling;
• demonstrate an understanding of the needs of a person at the “end of life” stage.

Scheduled dates for 2018:

To be announced.

Course leader:
Dr C L Carbonatto
Tel: 420-2410
Fax: 420-2093
E-mail: charlene.carbonatto@up.ac.za

Contact person:
Samedah Davis
E-mail: samedah.davis@enterprises.up.ac.za

Short course: Management and Administration in the Social Service Professions

Aim

• To provide delegates representing the social service professions with the necessary managerial skills.

Course structure and objectives
Delegates should be able to:

• understand the ethics of management;
• understand the managerial functions;
• compile and analyse reports in the context of social services;

Short Courses

Postgraduate Short Courses

CHILDREN’S LITERATURE (second semester)

Co-ordinators:  Dr I Noomé, Prof MA Brown

Note: A B-degree is required. Admission is strictly at the discretion of the course co-ordinators.

A range of children’s literature is presented in this course. It discusses literature for and about children and covers the history of children’s literature, the application of theory to children’s literature, and the different kinds and modes of children’s literature, including the following: fairy tales, nursery rhymes, folk tales, fantasy, formula writing, fact parading as fiction and school stories, focusing on novels for children. It covers selected texts from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century.

Contact: 
Dr I Noomé
Department of English, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002
Humanities Building, Room 16-29
Tel: 012 420 3379 or 012 420 2421
Fax: 012 420 5191
Email: idette.noome@up.ac.za
OR

Prof MA Brown
Department of English, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002
Human Sciences Building Room 16-14
Tel: 012 420 2421
Fax: 012 420 5191
Email: molly.brown@up.ac.za

EDITING: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE (first semester)

Co-ordinator: Dr I Noomé

Note: A B-degree is required. Admission is strictly at the discretion of the course co-ordinator. An entrance test may be applied at the discretion of the course co-ordinator. Only a limited number of students can be accepted per year, and no additional students will be accepted after the course has already started. The course normally runs from the end of January to the end of June.

After a brief self-study revision of grammar, problem areas frequently found in South African writing are discussed. The structuring of argument, register and tone, and the division of material into sections are dealt with in greater detail, and are practised. Students are given practice in editing the language and argument structure of writers (micro-and macro-editing). The issues surrounding the Plain Language Movement are discussed, and students do some plain language editing. Upon request, they are briefly exposed to translation, with the focus on how to evaluate and edit translations, how to identify problems and how to solve them. The course is intended to practise the skill of using language as a tool to enhance and present information. The presentation is largely workshop-based, with a few guest lecturers who are experienced in the field. The types of texts used are as varied as possible to provide broad exposure to different kinds of editing, especially in South African conditions. Electronic editing is addressed.

The editing course also accommodates students doing the Publishing course with the Information Science Department. It is largely practical in nature.

The course is full for 2018, but if you are interested in joining for 2019, please email the course coordinator in good time – there is usually a waiting list from August for the following year.

Contact: Dr I Noomé
Department of English, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002
Humanities Building Room 16-29
Tel: 012 420 3379 or 012 420 2421
Fax: 012 420 5191
Email: idette.noome@up.ac.za