Program Overview

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Programme: BCom Business Management

Programme Information

This qualification is aimed at management knowledge and skills as it applies to the private enterprise as a value-adding unit in a changing environment with the necessary competitiveness to survive. The study field is introduced and management decision-making skills acquired. How to establish an enterprise and how to co-ordinate the different areas in management also receive attention. Although this package is intended to serve as a foundation for further study, and for the corporate environment, it also enables graduates to establish their own enterprises and to manage them.

Admission Requirements

• To be able to register, NSC candidates must comply with the minimum requirements for degree studies as well as with the minimum requirements for the relevant study programme.
• Life Orientation is excluded when calculating the APS.

Minimum Requirements for 2016

• Achievement Level | APS
• Afrikaans or English | Mathematics
• NSC/IEB | HIGCSE | AS-Level | A-Level | NSC/IEB | HIGCSE | AS-Level | A-Level
• 5 | 3 | C | C | 4 | 3 | D | D | 30

Additional Requirements

1. General Regulations G.1 to G.15 (with the exception of Regulation G.11.2(c)) apply to a bachelor's degree.
2. A student may not take more than the prescribed number of modules per semester unless the Dean decides otherwise.
3. A student may take a module not listed as an elective module only if the prior approval of the Dean has been obtained.
4. A student who is in possession of a bachelor's degree may not present any modules passed for that degree for another field of specialisation or degree in this Faculty.
5. A module passed at 300-level shall only be recognised for degree purposes if the corresponding prescribed module(s) at 200-level has/have been passed, unless the Dean decides otherwise.
6. A module already passed may only be repeated with the approval of the Dean.
7. A module passed may not be taken into account for more than one degree or field of specialisation.
8. It remains the student's responsibility to ascertain, prior to registration, whether all the modules he/she intends taking can be accommodated in the class, test and examination timetables.
9. The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences supports an outcomes-based education system and places a high premium on the development of specific academic competences.
10. The Dean has the right of authorisation regarding matters not provided for in the General Regulations or the Faculty Regulations.

Other Programme-Specific Information

• FRK 122 is a terminating module. Candidates will not be able to continue with Financial accounting in the second or third year.
• FBS 212 and 222 are terminating modules. Candidates will not be able to continue with Financial management at 300-level.
• Specialisation modules: OBS 310, 320. To be considered a "major subject" the equivalent of four 14-week modules, including two at 300-level, must be passed.

Promotion to Next Study Year

According to General Regulation G.3 students have to comply with certain requirements as set by the Faculty Board.

1. A student must pass at least 4 core semester or 2 core year modules to be admitted to the subsequent year of study.
2. If a student has passed less than the required minimum of 4 core semester or 2 core year modules, he/she will not be readmitted to the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences.
3. A student whose studies have been suspended because of his/her poor academic performance has the right to appeal against the decision of the Faculty's Admissions Committee.
4. A student may be refused promotion to a subsequent year of study if the prescribed tuition fees are not paid.
5. A student may be refused admission to the examination, or promotion to a subsequent year of study or promotion in a module (if applicable) if he/ she fails to fulfil the attendance requirements.

Pass with Distinction

1. A degree may be awarded with distinction provided the candidate meets the following criteria:

• Completes the degree within three years;
• Obtains a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 75%;
• Repeated passed modules will not be considered.

2. The GPA will not be rounded up to a whole number.
3. Exceptional cases will be considered by the Dean.

General Information

Minimum requirements for bachelor's degrees; semester and year modules; new regulations

1. Students who commenced their studies before 2015 must complete the programme in terms of the curriculum of the year in which they commenced their studies.
2. Students who are registering for a degree programme for the first time in 2015 must take the modules indicated under the particular field of specialisation.

Fundamental Modules

• AIM 101: Academic information management 101
• ALL 124: Academic literacy for Economic and Management Sciences 124
• UPO 107: Academic orientation 107

Core Modules

• BEM 110: Principles of marketing management 110
• EKN 110: Economics 110
• EKN 120: Economics 120
• FRK 111: Financial accounting 111
• INF 112: Informatics 112
• KOB 181: Communication management 181
• OBS 114: Business management 114
• STK 110: Statistics 110
• STK 113: Statistics 113
• STK 120: Statistics 120
• STK 123: Statistics 123
• FRK 122: Financial accounting 122
• BEM 122: Marketing applications 122

Second Year Modules

Fundamental Modules

• FIL 251: Introduction to moral and political philosophy 251

Core Modules

• BER 210: Business law 210
• BER 220: Business law 220
• OBS 210: Business management 210
• OBS 220: Business management 220
• FBS 212: Financial management 212
• FBS 222: Financial management 222
• BEM 212: Consumer behaviour 212
• BEM 224: Integrated brand communications 224

Third Year Modules

Core Modules

• BEM 321: Marketing management 321
• OBS 310: Business management 310
• OBS 320: Business management 320
• BEM 314: Marketing research 314

Elective Modules

• OBS 359: International business management 359
• OBS 369: International business management 369