The University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business and tralac have teamed up to offer a course that aims to build capacity in African countries to facilitate their integration into the global economy and enhance their trade performance.  The Masters degree is accredited and awarded by the University of Cape Town.

The programme adopts an innovative inter-disciplinary approach combining trade law, trade policy and management, to build not only the technical capacity of policymakers and trade experts, but also to enhance the institutional capacity of government departments and other organisations that play an important role in the trade policy process.

To address this institutional dimension of the capacity deficit, this programme combines law and economics with management.  The management component aims to enhance not only the learning process of participants, by developing  their professional skills profile and enabling them to work more effectively in a complex policy making arena, but also contributes to institutional development.

The programme adopts a mixed-modality learning approach – participants visit the UCT Graduate School of Business campus in Cape Town, South Africa for three intensive full-time two-week learning blocks.  An inter-modular learning programme, anchored in their institution, includes essays, assignments and case study analysis. These submissions are assessed, and in addition participants will be examined at the end of each module.  Participants also prepare a final dissertation on a topic of their choice.

Accreditation: NQF 9 – 180 credits

Course design:

The Masters programme comprises four compulsory courses and a compulsory research paper. The programme is equivalent to 180 credits.

Courses:

• Systemic Management Practice  (30 credits)
• International Trade Law  (30 credits)
• Applied International Trade Policy  (30 credits)
• New Generation Trade Issues  (30 credits)

Research Component:

• Dissertation  (60 credits)

Duration:

It is a two-year modular programme run at the Breakwater Campus of the UCT GSB, Waterfront Cape Town. The three residential modules are two weeks in duration, dates as follows:

Module 1:  June 2013

Module 2:  October 2013

Module 3:  March 2014

Admission Requirements:

• A Four-year degree; or
• A Honour’s degree in Economics, Commerce, Law or other finance related field;  or
• A Honour’s degree in other non-Economics, Commerce or Law related discipline with at least 3 years work experience in international trade related work; or
• A Bachelor’s degree plus Post-graduate Diploma in Management Practice / Post-graduate Diploma in Business Administration.

Graduation:

Successful candidates of this certificated academic programme will graduate from the University of Cape Town’s Faculty of Commerce and are able to attend the formal graduation ceremony.

Apply:

Please send a Curriculum Vitae, photo and Letter of Motivation (maximum 500 words) before 01 April 2013 to info at tralac.org.

• For more information, please send an e-mail to info at tralac.org .
• tralac GSB MComm Brochure 20120514…