The Short Learning Programme (SLP) in Sociological Perspectives on Social Impact and Environmental Assessments is designed to provide students with advanced knowledge and critical skills in analysing legal, ethical, and policy frameworks; designing inclusive stakeholder engagement strategies; understanding data collection methods; and critiquing assessment reports and mitigation plans within the South African context. The programme targets graduates with an NQF 7 qualification or equivalent in a relevant field, as well as working professionals in government, consulting, NGOs, and industry, who seek to deepen their competence in the integrated practice of social and environmental impact assessments. Responding to the growing demand for practitioners capable of promoting social justice, equity, and sustainability in development, this SLP prepares participants for career advancement, enhanced professional practice, and further study in the fields of impact assessment, policy analysis, and sustainable development.

The scope of practice for optometrists in South Africa has been expanded by the HPCSA to include Ocular Therapeutics. The purpose of this short learning programme (SLP) on Ocular Therapeutics for Optometrists is to empower already qualified optometrists with the additional knowledge, skills and insights required to manage selected ocular pathologies and to prescribe or administer approved schedule 2, 3 and 4 medicines for the treatment of ocular conditions in the course of optometric practice as per the promulgated scope of practice relating to Ocular Therapeutics. 

There are three units in this SLP that you can register for separately. To be awarded the SLP, you have to complete all three units successfully. Further, these units must be completed in the following order: first, this unit on General Principles of Disease; second, the unit on Ocular Disease and Therapeutic Management (for more information, see https://ujdigital.uj.ac.za/Course/Details/705); and lastly, the unit on Public Health and Ethics (for more information, see https://ujdigital.uj.ac.za/Course/Details/793). You must successfully complete all three units to complete the SLP and receive a digital certificate.

This unit on General Principles of Disease aims to ....

The SLP in Political Economy: African Debt & Economic Justice is designed to equip participants with a rigorous, interdisciplinary understanding of the political economy of debt and its implications for development, inequality, and sustainability in Africa. The programme aims to strengthen participants’ analytical, interpretive, and applied capacities to engage critically with debt governance, financialisation, and economic justice from historical, institutional, and comparative perspectives. By equipping participants with conceptual frameworks and practical tools for policy analysis, advocacy, and public engagement.

The SLP is targeted at graduates with an NQF 7 qualification in fields such as Sociology, Politics, or International Relations, or an equivalent. The SLP seeks to bridge theory and practice. The programme emphasises the integration of political economy, political ecology, and feminist economic perspectives to support informed and ethical interventions in complex socio-economic contexts.

The purpose of this short-learning programme (SLP) is to increase a student's practical and theoretical tax knowledge of the ground rules regarding Income Tax and Value Added Tax (VAT) and to apply this knowledge to non-residents. The SLP deals with the inclusion of complex taxable amounts and recoupments in the gross income of individuals and enterprises and the deductions available to these taxpayers. This SLP forms part of a suite of three SLPs offered to students who do not meet the taxation entry requirements for further study or association with professional accountancy bodies.

This short learning programme (SLP) introduces students to symmetric and public key encryption, as well as digital certificates/identities, certification authorities and digital signatures.

The aim of the SLP is to provide those who are conducting forensic investigations but do not have a background in Chemistry with the tools needed to enable them to perform their tasks more proficiently. It also serves to equip final-year Chemistry students who have an interest in working as Forensic Chemists with the skills needed.