Program Overview

Programme: BCom Investment Management

The purpose of this degree programme is to expose students, specialising in Investment management, to the theoretical principles and practical application of investment decision-making at a high level. A multidisciplinary approach is followed and financial, economic and statistical principles are incorporated with the aim of improving the investment decision-making process.

Programme Information

• The degree has an analytic and scientific basis and is aimed at enabling students to cope with the demands of a rapidly changing local and international investment environment.
• The programme is presented by the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences.

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.
• The minimum requirements for admission to the programme are:
  • Afrikaans or English: 5 (NSC/IEB), 3 (HIGCSE), C (AS-Level), C (A-Level)
  • Mathematics: 6 (NSC/IEB), 2 (HIGCSE), B (AS-Level), B (A-Level)
  • APS: 34

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

• Specialisation modules: BLB 300.
• To continue with BLB 200, a student must pass Financial accounting 111, 121, Statistics 110, 120, and Economics 110, 120.

Promotion to Next Study Year

• A student must pass at least 4 core semester or 2 core year modules to be admitted to the subsequent year of study.
• 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.
• 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.

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. Transferees from other faculties and from other universities who still complete their bachelor degrees within three years will be considered as exceptional cases by the Dean.

Curriculum

The curriculum for the BCom Investment Management degree is divided into three years of study.

Year 1

• 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:
  • EKN 110: Economics 110
  • EKN 120: Economics 120
  • FRK 111: Financial accounting 111
  • FRK 121: Financial accounting 121
  • INF 112: Informatics 112
  • KRG 110: Commercial law 110
  • KRG 120: Commercial law 120
  • OBS 114: Business management 114
  • STK 110: Statistics 110
  • STK 120: Statistics 120

Year 2

• Fundamental modules:
  • FIL 251: Introduction to moral and political philosophy 251
• Core modules:
  • BLB 200: Investment management 200
  • EKN 214: Economics 214
  • FBS 210: Financial management 210
  • FBS 220: Financial management 220
  • FRK 211: Financial accounting 211
  • FRK 221: Financial accounting 221
  • STK 210: Statistics 210
  • STK 220: Statistics 220
  • INF 281: Informatics 281
  • EKN 234: Economics 234

Year 3

• Core modules:
  • BLB 300: Investment management 300
  • EKN 310: Economics 310
  • EKN 320: Economics 320
  • FBS 310: Financial management 310
  • FBS 320: Financial management 320
  • FRK 311: Financial accounting 311
  • FRK 321: Financial accounting 321

General Information

• 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.
• Students who are registering for a degree programme for the first time in 2015 or later must take the modules indicated under the particular field of specialisation.
• Only two 14-week modules, or the equivalent thereof, that are not preceded by the 100- and 200-level modules, may be taken for degree purposes.