Program Overview

Programme: BCom Supply Chain Management

The purpose of this option is to equip learners of Supply chain management with the ability to participate in functional management within an integrated supply chain. This includes the disciplines of supply management, production and operations management, warehousing, transport management, and supply chain strategy.

Programme Information

Students who achieved 70% and above in English Home Language (an A or a B), and 80% and above in English First Additional Language (only an A) in the NSC (or equivalent) will be exempted from ALL 124 and therefore do not have to register and pass this module to complete their degrees. Students who achieved 69% and below in English Home Language (a C and below), and 79% and below in English First Additional Language (a B and below) have to register for ALL 124 and pass this module in order to be awarded their degrees.

Admission Requirements

• The following persons will be considered for admission: a candidate who is in possession of a certificate that is deemed by the University to be equivalent to the required Grade 12 certificate with university endorsement; a candidate who is a graduate from another tertiary institution or has been granted the status of a graduate of such an institution; and a candidate who is a graduate of another faculty at the University of Pretoria.
• Life Orientation is excluded when calculating the APS.

Minimum Requirements

• Achievement level: NSC/IEB - 5, AS Level - C
• English Home Language or English First Additional Language: NSC/IEB - 5, AS Level - C
• Mathematics: NSC/IEB - 4, AS Level - D
• APS: 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

• See the alphabetical list of modules for prerequisites of all modules.
• 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 316 and 326.

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. A degree will only be awarded with distinction to transferees from other degrees in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, other faculties, and from other universities who still complete their bachelor degrees within three years.
3. The GPA will not be rounded up to a whole number.
4. Exceptional cases will be considered by the Dean.

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 from 2015 onward must take the modules indicated under the particular field of specialisation.

Fundamental Modules

• AIM 111: Academic information management 111
• AIM 121: Academic information management 121
• ALL 124: Academic literacy for Economic and Management Sciences 124
• UPO 107: Academic orientation 107

Core Modules

• BEM 120: Marketing Management 120
• EKN 110: Economics 110
• EKN 120: Economics 120
• FRK 111: Financial accounting 111
• FRK 122: Financial accounting 122
• INF 112: Informatics 112
• OBS 114: Business management 114
• OBS 124: Business management 124
• STK 110: Statistics 110
• STK 113: Statistics 113
• STK 120: Statistics 120
• STK 123: Statistics 123

Second Year Modules

• BEM 212: Consumer behaviour 212
• BER 210: Business law 210
• BER 220: Business law 220
• FBS 212: Financial management 212
• FBS 222: Financial management 222
• KOB 281: Communication management 281
• OBS 210: Business management 210
• OBS 216: Supply chain management 216
• OBS 220: Business management 220
• OBS 226: Supply chain management 226

Third Year Modules

• OBS 310: Business management 310
• OBS 316: Supply chain management 316
• OBS 320: Business management 320
• OBS 326: Supply chain management 326
• OBS 359: International business management 359
• OBS 369: International business management 369