Program Overview

University Program Information

The university offers a range of programs, including undergraduate and honors qualifications, master's and doctoral degrees, and short learning programs.

Undergraduate and Honors Qualifications

The university provides various undergraduate and honors qualifications, including:

• Bachelor of Commerce in Transport and Logistics
• Other qualifications in fields such as accounting sciences, agriculture and environmental sciences, economic and management sciences, education, human sciences, law, science, engineering, and technology

Bachelor of Commerce in Transport and Logistics

Qualification Code and Details

• Qualification code: 98313
• NQF level: 7
• Total credits: 360
• SAQA ID: Not specified
• APS/AS: 21

Purpose Statement

The primary purpose of the qualification is to provide qualifiers with graduate-level knowledge, specific skills, applied competence, and the necessary attitudes in the fields associated with commerce and industry. This prepares them to be lifelong learners, employable workers/entrepreneurs, and contributors to society and the business community.

Presentation

This qualification will be presented using both online and distance learning modes.

Registration

Who Can Register

• Applicants (new applicants and Unisa students who applied for admission to a new qualification) may only register if they have received an offer of placement from Unisa and have accepted the offer online.
• Re-registering students may register for the 2026 academic year once the registration period opens.

How to Choose Modules

Each Unisa qualification is structured in such a way that students need to pass a certain number of NQF level credits within a certain amount of time to graduate.

• Co-requisite: Module A is a co-requisite for Module B. Students want to register for Module B but have not yet passed Module A. They must then register for both Modules A and B simultaneously.
• Pre-requisite: If Module A is a pre-requisite for Module B, students must pass Module A before they may register for Module B.

Curriculum for Bachelor of Commerce in Transport and Logistics

The curriculum for this qualification includes various modules, which are divided into three levels.

First Level

• CLA1501 - Commercial Law IA
• DSC1520 - Quantitative Modelling I
• DSC1630 - Introductory Financial Mathematics
• ECS1501 - Economics IA
• ECS1601 - Economics IB (Macroeconomics I)
• FAC1502 - Financial Accounting Principles, Concepts and Procedures
• FAC1601 - Financial Accounting and Reporting
• MNB1501 - Business Management IA
• MNB1601 - Business Management IB
• STA1510 - Basic Statistics

Second Level

• FAC2601 - Financial Accounting for Companies
• MNG2601 - General Management
• MNO2601 - Production and Operations Management
• MNP2601 - Purchasing and Supply Management
• RSK2601 - Enterprise Risk Management
• TRL2601 - Transport Management I
• TRL2602 - Transport Economics
• TRL2603 - Transport Theory
• TRL2604 - Integrated Logistics
• ECS2601 - Intermediate Microeconomics
• FIN2601 - Financial Management
• MNM2615 - Marketing in Africa

Third Level

• MNG3701 - Strategic Planning IIIA
• TRL3701 - Transport Management II
• TRL3702 - Transport Planning and Investment
• TRL3703 - Air Transport
• TRL3704 - Sea Transport
• TRL3705 - Rail Transport and Pipelines
• TRL3706 - Road Transport
• TRL3707 - Logistics Activities
• TRL3708 - Logistics Systems
• TRL3709 - Logistics Strategy

Research Areas

The university is involved in various research areas, including:

• Problem-solving research with relevance and impact
• People in research
• Research and innovation initiatives
• Directorate of Innovation, Technology Transfer and Commercialisation
• Research support
• Research ethics

Colleges

The university has several colleges, including:

• College of Accounting Sciences
• College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
• College of Economic and Management Sciences
• College of Education
• College of Human Sciences
• College of Law
• College of Science, Engineering and Technology
• College of Graduate Studies

General Information

• Advancing excellence through the colleges
• Inaugural lectures
• Graduate School of Business Leadership
• Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs