Orientation
| LATE ORIENTATION |
| If you arrived at orientation late, please note the following late programmes which may assist you: |
| General degree currriculum talk, Tuesday 7th February, 10am, Beattie room 106. How to choose your majors and courses for a general BA or BSocSci degree. |
| Bridge Orientation, Saturday 18th February, 10am-4pm, Leslie Social Sciences 2A. This will offer a general guide to UCT services, campus and library tours, and a faculty-run section on curriculum and academic issues. |
| ORIENTATION EVALUATION |
| Once you have attended a 2012 programme, please fill in the ORIENTATION EVALUATION. Your opinion is important! |
New first-year students may find themselves slightly alarmed by the huge, confusing space of the institution. This is why the first academic year begins with Orientation. Orientation is compulsory for all students coming into the Faculty, and it’s the lifeline that will introduce students to the campus and the life of the university, and will start to guide then through course choices and the registration process.
The Faculty of Humanities runs two five-day Orientation programmes in the weeks before registration, and every new first-year must attend one of the programmes in full. The programme will include general sessions on:
- choosing courses and structuring a degree,
- the registration process,
- computer lab orientation,
- safety
- the many services and societies available to students.
Each student is assigned to a small group of fellow students led by an Orientation Leader, a senior student who will provide a campus and library tour, and act as a guide through the orientation process.
When does Orientation take place?
The main part of orientation takes place in the week before registration, a couple of weeks before the start of lectures. Students are required to sign up for a specific orientation programme; their choice of programme will usually depend on whether they are a local student or live outside Cape Town. Please note that both programmes have now finished; students who are arriving late and have not attended orientation are asked to attend the late and bridge orientation activities, above.
Who attends Orientation?
Orientation is compulsory for all first-year students who are entering UCT for the first time.
- You do NOT need to attend orientation if you are moving into the Faculty of Humanities at UCT from another faculty at UCT.
- If you are transferring to UCT after a year or more at another university, you will probably have attended orientation at your previous institution. You will find some aspects of orientation in Humanities at UCT useful, especially the campus tours and course design sessions, but you may find that other sessions are unnecessary as you are already an experienced student.
- If for some reason you have a disaster (with travel, illness, etc) and miss the orientation sessions, please check the website for details of the late orientation catch-up sessions we run just before the start of term, and for the ongoing orientation sessions throughout the semester.
| ORIENTATION EVALUATION |
| Once you have attended a 2012 programme, please fill in the ORIENTATION EVALUATION. Your opinion is important! |
Contact us
The Orientation Office
Tel: 021 650 5235
Fax: 021 686 7469
Email us
Downloads
2012 Humanities Undergrad Prospectus
Programmes 2A and 2B run at the same time; students will be divided between them when they arrive.
Computer Assessment guidelines
2012 Humanities Guide
(you will be given a copy of this at Orientation)