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 programme 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.

Admission Requirements

• The admission requirements apply to students who apply for admission to the University of Pretoria with a National Senior Certificate (NSC) and Independent Examination Board (IEB) qualifications.
• Applicants with qualifications other than the abovementioned should refer to the brochure: Undergraduate Programme Information 2022: Qualifications other than the NSC and IEB.
• Citizens from countries other than South Africa should also refer to the brochure: Newcomer's Guide 2021, and the website.
• The University of Pretoria no longer accepts qualifications awarded by the School of Tomorrow (SOT), Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) and General Education Development Test (GED).
• The University of Pretoria may consider NCV candidates, provided they meet the exemption for bachelor's status criteria and the programme requirements.

Transferring Students

A transferring student is a student who, at the time of application for a degree programme at the University of Pretoria, is a registered student at another tertiary institution, or was previously registered at another tertiary institution and did not complete the programme enrolled for at that institution.

Returning Students

A returning student is a student who, at the time of application for a degree programme, is a registered student at the University of Pretoria, and wants to transfer to another degree at the University of Pretoria, or was previously registered at the University of Pretoria and did not complete the programme enrolled for, and did not enrol at another tertiary institution in the meantime.

Minimum Requirements

• Achievement level: NSC/IEB
• English Home Language or English First Additional Language: 5
• Mathematics: 6
• APS: 34

Additional Requirements

General Academic Regulations G1 to G15 apply to a bachelor's degree.

1. A student may not take more than the prescribed number of modules per semester unless permission has been obtained from the Dean.
2. A module that has already been passed may only be repeated with the approval of the Dean.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Class attendance of all modules and for the full duration of all programmes is compulsory for all students.

Curriculum

The curriculum consists of three years of study, with the following core modules:

Year 1

• AIM 111: Academic information management 111
• AIM 121: Academic information management 121
• ALL 124: Academic literacy for Economic and Management Sciences 124
• EKN 110: Economics 110
• EKN 120: Economics 120
• FRK 111: Financial accounting 111
• FRK 121: Financial accounting 121
• INF 112: Informatics 112
• INF 183: Informatics 183
• KRG 110: Commercial law 110
• KRG 120: Commercial law 120
• OBS 114: Business management 114
• STC 122: Statistics 122
• STK 110: Statistics 110

Year 2

• BAC 200: Business accounting 200
• EKN 214: Economics 214
• EKN 234: Economics 234
• IVM 200: Investment management 200
• STK 210: Statistics 210
• STK 220: Statistics 220

Year 3

• BAC 310: Business accounting 310
• FBS 320: Financial management 320
• IVM 300: Investment management 300
• STK 353: The science of data analytics 353
• WST 212: Applications in data science 212

Elective Modules

• EKN 310: Economics 310
• EKN 320: Economics 320
• STK 310: Statistics 310
• STK 320: Statistics 320

Promotion to Next Study Year

According to General Academic Regulation G3, students have to comply with certain requirements as set by the Faculty Board.

1. In order to register for the next year of study, a student must pass at least 60% of the official credits listed for a year level of study for a three-year programme.
2. A student will be deemed to be in the second, third or a more senior year once he or she enrols for any module in any of these levels of study.

Pass with Distinction

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

1. Completes the degree within three years;
2. Obtains a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 75%;
3. Repeated passed modules will not be considered. The initial pass mark of module will be used when calculating the GPA.