The purpose of the programme is to qualify health professionals who, upon completion, will be empowered to analyse, strategise, and offer solutions to environmental and occupational health threats and risks faced by sub-Saharan African countries, including South Africa. Outcomes include: (1) Contextualising public health within the region and relevant countries’ health systems, focusing on environmental and occupational health; (2) Conducting health risk assessments and managing these risks; (3) Developing relevant epidemiology and research methodologies for local and regional environmental and occupational health risks; (4) Understanding related health economies; (5) Unpacking environmental and occupational disasters locally and regionally as learning opportunities in primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention; (6) Taking strategic decisions within the context of environmental and occupational health domains.

The purpose of this MEd in Educational Management programme is to enable students to develop the professional skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary for competent school leaders and managers. Students will develop intellectual, theoretical and disciplinary knowledge of and insight into theories, concepts, and practices in educational leadership and management. The programme is aimed at emerging and practising educational leaders/managers in schools or administrative positions, and it focuses on the professionalisation of educational leadership and management practice, building capacity in educational management research, and preparing students for further postgraduate research.

The purpose of the qualification is to provide a fundamental knowledge of the criminal justice process and the principles which govern the investigations and the role of the forensic investigator. The practical skills required to apply the law and procedures pertaining to the efficient execution of a criminal justice and forensic investigation for investigative officers in South African Police Service (SAPS) and Financial Institutions, so that the development of pro-active skills to prevent the occurrence of economic crime by the implementation of specific measures and relevant controls. Development of autonomous and analytical thinking coupled with the ability to flex to the ever-changing facets of an investigation and to perpetually update these skills.

The purpose of this qualification is to provide qualifying learners with the ability to apply the relevant legislation in assessing the computation of taxable income and identify other taxable benefits which are accrued. The learner will be further equipped to define and analyse the nature and various forms from which an income can be derived and the legislative implications of simulated transactions as well as the conjunct anti-avoidance provisions as found in the Income Tax Act, Act 58 of 1962. An added purpose of the qualification is to develop qualified learners' intellectual and theoretical competencies at an advanced level, and to strengthen their ability to understand income and value-added tax laws from the viewpoint of knowledge of and a critical analysis of the substantive law.

The purpose of this qualification is to provide qualifying learners with the ability to identify and solve fundamental labour law disputes and recognise and appraise the importance and functioning of equity legislation in the employment relationship; evaluate the importance of freedom of association in South African labour law and recognise and assess the regulation of collective labour relations in South Africa. Enforce the rights and obligations of the individual employment relationship and indicate and evaluate the relevant dispute routes and procedures for labour law dispute resolution. Identify and analyse relevant social security provisions relating to the employment relationship. The qualification is aimed at providing practical-orientated training in labour law to people in the legal profession, the business world, trade unions and the public sector.

The purpose of this qualification is to develop the qualifying learners’’ theoretical competency and to provide them with the ability to apply the relevant legislation in analysing and comparing the various tax systems and the application thereof from a jurisdictive perspective. The learner will be further equipped to define and analyse the nature and various forms from which tax can be derived and the legislative implications of simulated transactions as well as the conjunct anti-avoidance provisions. The purpose, furthermore, provides qualified learners with advanced knowledge and understanding of international tax law from the viewpoint of knowledge of and a critical analysis of the substantive law.