Program Overview

Programme: BCom Business Management

The purpose of the BCom Business Management programme is to empower students as responsible entrepreneurs, business managers, and leaders that create shared value in an innovative manner by equipping them with the knowledge, skills, and attributes for critical thinking.

Programme Information

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

• The closing date is an administrative admission guideline for non-selection programmes.
• The following persons will be considered for admission:
  • Candidates who are in possession of a certificate that is deemed by the University to be equivalent to the National Senior Certificate (NSC) with admission to bachelor's degree studies;
  • Candidates who are graduates from other tertiary institutions or have been granted the status of graduates of such institutions;
  • Candidates who are graduates of another faculty at the University of Pretoria.
• Life Orientation is excluded when calculating the APS.

Transferring Students

• Candidates previously registered for the BCom — Extended programme: The Admissions Committee of the faculty considers applications of candidates who were previously registered for the BCom — Extended programme according to specific guidelines as stipulated in the Transfer Guide of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences.
• Candidates previously registered at UP or at another university: The Admissions Committee of the faculty considers applications of candidates who have already completed the final NSC or equivalent qualification and/or were previously registered at UP or at another university according to specific guidelines as stipulated in the Transfer Guide of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences.
• Candidates who are still registered at another university must submit an academic record of their studies to the faculty as soon as possible after their final examinations.

Qualifications from Countries Other Than South Africa

• Citizens from countries other than South Africa and South African citizens with foreign qualifications must comply with all the other admission requirements and the prerequisites for subjects/modules.
• In addition to meeting the admission requirements, it may be expected from candidates to write the SAT, if required.

Minimum Requirements

• Achievement level:
  • English Home Language or English First Additional Language: NSC/IEB - 5, AS Level - C
  • Mathematics: NSC/IEB - 4, AS Level - D
  • APS: 30
• Cambridge A level candidates who obtained at least a D and International Baccalaureate (IB) HL candidates who obtained at least a 4 in the required subjects, will be considered for admission.

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 already passed may only be repeated with the approval of the Dean.
6. A module passed may not be taken into account for more than one degree or field of specialisation.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
• FBS 212 and 222 are terminating modules.
• Specialisation modules: OBS 310, OBS 330
• Major subject: 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

• 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.

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.

Minimum Credits

• Fundamental credits: 14
• Core credits: 104
• Additional information: Students who obtained at least a symbol 5 (60-69%) in Mathematics in the final NSC (or equivalent) will be admitted to STK 110 and STK 120.

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 183: Informatics 183
• KOB 182: Communication management 182
• 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

Year 2 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
• OBS 210: Business management 210
• OBS 211: Design thinking and business innovation 211
• OBS 212: Business creation 212
• OBS 214: Responsible management 214
• OBS 220: Business management 220

Year 3 Modules

• BDO 319: Industrial and organisational psychology 319
• BEM 314: Marketing research 314
• OBS 310: Business management 310
• OBS 330: Business management 330
• OBS 359: International business management 359
• OBS 370: Business analytics 370
• OBS 371: Responsible leadership 371