Courses offered by JCSE

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Programme - 2022

Many people working as professionals in the digital economy do not have formal qualifications in an ICT-related discipline. The JCSE offers a coherent series of Wits University accredited short courses that are aimed at equipping the working professional with a relevant body of knowledge and a coherent set of core skills. We call this the “Continuing Professional Development“, or CPD, Programme.

The CPD Programme is structured around two tracks:

The Management Track: aimed at those who intend to develop their career as team leaders, project managers and thereafter into middle and senior management roles.
The Technical Track: aimed at those who see their future in senior technical roles.

Dates for 2022

Software Engineering Principles and Methods – 4 May 2022 to 15 June 2022.
Software Project Management – 29 June 2022 to 10 August 2022
(New) Digital Transformation Lifecycle – Starts May … 6 weeks . To be taught online via Wits Digital Platform

Foundational Courses

Courses Common to Both Tracks

Management Track

Technical Track

I wish to apply for the JCSE's CPD Programme in 2022

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I Am Prof Barry

I’m the overall coordinator of the JCSE’s Education and Training Programme. I have assembled a selection of up-to-date courses presented by experienced lecturers all of whom have had extensive practical experience in driving digital transformation in a South African context.

Why JCSE Courses

Grow your knowledge and improve your career prospects

Value for money

As part of Wits University the JCSE is able to offer courses that are of the highest quality but cost far less than most commercial courses

Trusted Knowledge

All instructors are top experts in their field with theoretical and hands-on practical knowledge.

real-time engagement

All courses are either face-to-face or are taught via live remote sessions - or a combination of these.

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What people are saying

"The JCSE was instrumental in affording me the opportunity to advance my knowledge in software engineering. This not only gave me the boost I needed professionally, but academically as well. I enrolled in the JCSE’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Programme, which helped me develop the business and management skills I needed to advance in my career. It also provided the bridge to do my master’s degree in Engineering and then my PhD. This would not have been possible without the access to tertiary study provided by the JCSE. This enabled me to achieve academic success.”

“My journey with the JCSE began in 2010 when I was selected to participate in CoachLab@JCSE as a postgraduate student. After CoachLab, I joined the JCSE as a junior project manager. I am passionate about empowering the youth and a highlight for me was being involved in the launch of the ImpaCT Schools Programme. I would like to see more women in IT, and through ImpaCT, we are able to support transformation, particularly as far as gender repesentivity is concerned, by exposing the youth to IT and technology. CoachLab also plays an important role in providing graduates with the skills they will require when they enter the world of work.”

“Prior to my appointment as CIO at FNB, I enrolled in the JCSE’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Programme in Software Engineering. The insight I gained from experts in both academia and the industry allowed me to introduce system development life cycle concepts into FNB, which completely reinvented management processes at the bank. As CIO, I intend to continue building strategic partnerships with the JCSE.”

“My first interaction with the JCSE was in 2013 when I was selected to participate in the JCSE’s Internship Programme. I had already done a Java programming course and was working as an IT technician when I was awarded a scholarship to complete a training programme at Van Zyl & Pritchard in Johannesburg.In 2014, I was appointed as a software developer on the JCSE’s Hi-Mat Unit, and received PSP and TSP training under the mentorship of TSP coach John Goble. I can really commend the JCSE for the way it can take people with limited experience like myself and turn them into software developers..”