Professional Communication Unit (PCU)
The Professional Communication Unit (PCU) joined the School of
Management Studies in 2004 and is located in the Leslie Commerce
Building on the upper campus.
Introduction to PCU
 Over
three decades ago (1975) the PCU originated in the Commerce faculty with the
aim of preparing students for the communicative demands of their
professions. Not only has the faculty grown faster than any other at UCT,
now comprising a third of the student body but the communicative demands on
the business professional have grown exponentially too. In order to keep up
with these demands, Terri Grant, one of the original team of founder members
of the PCU and Course Convenor for all Commerce and Computer Science
Communication programmes, convenes a host of short and core courses to both
under- and post-graduate Commerce and Science students. Core courses in
communication form part of the following degrees and diplomas:
- Degree of Bachelor of Business Science Actuarial Science
Honours Programme (BUS1034S)
- Degree of Bachelor of Business Science Management Studies
Programme (e.g. Finance, non-CA stream; Computer Science;
Information Systems; Marketing; Human Resource Management;
Organisational Psychology and Quantitative Management.) (BUS1033F
/ BUS1033S)
- Degree of Bachelor of Commerce Information Systems Programme
(BUS1033F /
BUS1033S)
- Post-graduate Diploma in Management (Actuarial Conversion
Course) (BUS1034S)
- Post-graduate Diploma in Management (Enterprise Management;
Tourism Management; Sport Management; Marketing) (BUS4073F
/ BUS4073S)
Business Communication and Career
Development is offered in both first and second semester.
- Post-graduate Diploma in Management (Financial Accounting)
(BUS1035S)
- Professional communication modules in Honours/Masters
Programmes (e.g. Information Systems, B Com) as well as Science
and Humanities Faculties Honours programmes (e.g. Statistical
Science, Computer Science, Environmental and Geographical
Sciences and Archaeology).
The services of the Unit are also available to:
UCT staff, commercial and industrial organisations, community and service
organisations, professional firms. Contact us so we can tell you how we
customise course material to align with your corporate requirements and
objectives. We use in-house examples so that all exercise material and
discussion remain meaningful and relevant. See links to Consultancy Services
and How We Teach under Courses for more details.
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