17 Bachelor's degrees offered by the university

Majoring in Politics and Governance programme at the University of Cape Town means you will be studying at one of Africa’s leading Political Science academic departments. At UCT our undergraduate courses remain a popular choice making the Politics department one of the largest departments in the Faculty of Humanities.

The Finance with Accounting programme at the University of Cape Town is designed for students who want to qualify as Chartered Accountants. This qualification is the first step to become a CA (SA) registered with SAICA while getting a solid grounding in the related discipline of finance.

The Economics and Statistics programme at the University of Cape Town is built around a core set of economics courses. The programme is oriented towards quantitative economics and statistical methods, thus allowing students to analyse and interpret economic and financial data.

The Environmental and Geographical Science programme at the University of Cape Town is furthering the knowledge, understanding and management of the interactions between humans and their social, biological and physical life-support systems.

The African Studies programme at the University of Cape Town is an interdisciplinary teaching and research cluster located in the School of African and Gender Studies, Anthropology and Linguistics. It consist of two sections, the Centre for African Studies and the African Studies Unit. Between them they carry out and support a large number of projects and programmes.

The Philosophy, Politics and Economics programme at the University of Cape Town is available as a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Social Science degree. It offers students the full range of the discipline's areas and approaches, with a range of carefully chosen related subjects.

The Faculty of Humanities allows students to study in the Economics programme at the University of Cape Town and one other Humanities subject within a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree.

The Archaeology programme at the University of Cape Town offers courses in human evolution. This is a particularly appropriate topic in South Africa since humans evolved in Africa.

The Organisational Psychology programme at the University of Cape Town is useful for anyone who wishes to prepare for a career in dealing with people.

The Anthropology programme at the University of Cape Town provides practical training in analysis and methods of discovery that are useful in any activity that demands insight into complex social realities.

The Economics programme at the University of Cape Town is a good fit for students who want to focus on their university journey in the Faculty of Commerce, unlike the BSocSci in Economics which allows students to major in economics and one other Humanities subject within a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree.

The Speech-Language Pathology programme at the University of Cape Town takes four years to complete and is followed by a year of community service. On completion of your community service, you will be allowed by the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) to practise as a speech-language therapist.

The Gender - Women's Studies program offered at University of Cape Town explores the power of gender dynamics within multiple fields of social relevance.

The Economics and Finance programme at the University of Cape Town is built around a core set of economics courses. It also focuses on financial issues and provides students with the skills needed to understand and operate in the world of finance.

The Economics with Law programme at the University of Cape Town aims to give students the advantage of doing a BCom degree with the possibility of continuing to do an LLB.

In the Sociology programme at the University of Cape Town students will learn that this discipline studies society in all its manifestations and digs beneath the surface. Often it comes up with fresh insights and unexpected findings.

The undergraduate courses offered by the Psychology programme at the University of Cape Town prepare students for entry into both clinical- and research-based postgraduate programme.