Program Overview

Programme: BCom Law

The purpose of this package in law is to provide broad formative education but it does not lead to any specific career outcomes. The student is, however, enabled to continue with the LLB degree (which is career-specific) or a BComHons.

Programme Information

The skills acquired may be applied in either the private or public sectors.

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: English Home Language or English First Additional Language | Mathematics | APS
  • NSC/IEB | AS Level | NSC/IEB | AS Level
  • 5 | C | 5 | C | 32

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

• 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.
• Credits will increase if Financial accounting is chosen as a major.
• Advisory note: BCom (Law)-students whose aim it is to obtain an LLB degree, must note that one of the requirements for the LLB degree is a language module from the Faculty of Humanities to the value of 12 credits.

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.

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

• AFR 110: Afrikaans 110
• AFR 114: Afrikaans 114
• AFR 120: Afrikaans 120
• AIM 111: Academic information management 111
• AIM 121: Academic information management 121
• ENG 110: English 110
• ENG 118: English for specific purposes 118
• ENG 120: English 120
• JUR 110: Jurisprudence 110
• JUR 120: Jurisprudence 120
• 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
• FRK 122: Financial accounting 122
• OBS 114: Business management 114
• PSR 110: Law of persons 110
• ROM 120: Roman law 120
• STK 110: Statistics 110
• STK 120: Statistics 120

Elective Modules

• OBS 124: Business management 124

Core Modules (Year 2)

• ERF 222: Law of succession 222
• KTH 220: Specific contracts 220
• KTR 211: Law of contract 211
• VBB 220: Consumer protection 220

Elective Modules (Year 2)

• BEL 200: Taxation 200
• EKN 214: Economics 214
• EKN 224: Economics 224
• EKN 234: Economics 234
• EKN 244: Economics 244
• FBS 210: Financial management 210
• FBS 220: Financial management 220
• FRK 211: Financial accounting 211
• FRK 221: Financial accounting 221
• INF 281: Informatics 281
• OBS 210: Business management 210
• OBS 220: Business management 220
• STK 210: Statistics 210
• STK 220: Statistics 220

Core Modules (Year 3)

• DLR 320: Law of delict 320
• ISR 310: Insolvency law 310
• ODR 320: Entrepreneurial law 320
• SAR 310: Law of things 310
• VHD 320: Payment methods 320

Elective Modules (Year 3)

• BEL 300: Taxation 300
• EKN 310: Economics 310
• EKN 314: Economics 314
• EKN 320: Economics 320
• EKN 325: Economics 325
• FBS 310: Financial management 310
• FBS 320: Financial management 320
• FRK 311: Financial accounting 311
• FRK 321: Financial accounting 321
• OBS 310: Business management 310
• OBS 320: Business management 320
• STK 310: Statistics 310
• STK 320: Statistics 320