Program Overview

Programme: BCom Financial Management Sciences

Programme Information

The purpose of this qualification is to equip students with detailed comprehensive knowledge and specific skills in a number of fields in the Financial Sciences which can be applied in private as well as the public sector. It provides learners with vocational training which prepares them to write the qualifying examinations of a number of professional qualifications in the Financial Sciences.

Admission Requirements

• Important information for all prospective students for 2024
• The admission requirements below apply to all who apply for admission to the University of Pretoria with a National Senior Certificate (NSC) and Independent Examination Board (IEB) qualifications.
• Minimum requirements
  • Achievement level
    • English Home Language or English First Additional Language: 5
    • Mathematics: 5
    • APS: 32
• Life Orientation is excluded when calculating the APS.
• Applicants currently in Grade 12 must apply with their final Grade 11 (or equivalent) results.
• Applicants who have completed Grade 12 must apply with their final NSC or equivalent qualification results.
• Please note that meeting the minimum academic requirements does not guarantee admission.

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. Class attendance of all modules and for the full duration of all programmes is therefore compulsory for all students.
  5. The Dean has the right of authorisation regarding matters not provided for in the General Academic Regulations or the Faculty regulations.

Other Programme-Specific Information

• Note:
  • Please refer to the individual modules for prerequisites.
  • At 300-level, any three of the following must be taken as majors: Business accounting (BAC), Financial management (FBS), Internal auditing (IAU) (IOK) or Taxation (BEL).
  • Financial management 210 and 220 are required to take Financial management as a major in the third year. Financial management as a major is a prerequisite to apply for admission to the BComHons (Financial Management Sciences) degree.
  • Internal auditing as a major is a prerequisite to apply for admission to the BComHons (Internal Auditing) degree.
• Specialisation modules: FBS 310, 320, BAC 300, IAU 300, BEL 300

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.
  3. If a student has passed less than the required minimum of at least 60% of the official credits listed for a year level, he/she will not be readmitted to the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. Such a student may apply in writing to the EMS Appeals Committee to be readmitted conditionally with the proviso that the Appeals Committee may set further conditions with regard to the student's academic progress. The Committee may deny a student's application for readmission.
  4. If a student has been readmitted conditionally, his/her academic progress will be monitored after the first semester examinations to determine whether he/she has complied with the requirements set by the EMS Appeals Committee. If not, his/her studies will be suspended.
  5. A student whose studies have been suspended because of his/her poor academic performance has the right to appeal against the decision of the EMS Faculty Appeals Committee.
  6. A student may be refused admission to the examination, or promotion to a subsequent year of study or promotion in a module (if applicable) if he/ she fails to fulfil the attendance requirements. Class attendance in all modules and for the full duration of all programmes is compulsory for all students.

Pass with Distinction

1. 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.
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 (including the years registered for the other degree and credits transferred and recognised).
3. The GPA will be not be rounded up to a whole number.
4. Exceptional cases will be considered by the Dean.

Curriculum

Year 1

• 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:
  • EKN 110: Economics 110
  • EKN 120: Economics 120
  • FBS 121: Financial management 121
  • FRK 111: Financial accounting 111
  • FRK 121: Financial accounting 121
  • INF 112: Informatics 112
  • INF 183: Informatics 183
  • KOB 184: Communication management 184
  • OBS 114: Business management 114
  • STC 122: Statistics 122
  • STK 110: Statistics 110
  • STK 120: Statistics 120

Year 2

• Fundamental modules:
  • FIL 251: Introduction to moral and political philosophy 251
• Core modules:
  • BAC 200: Business accounting 200
  • BEL 200: Taxation 200
  • BER 210: Business law 210
  • BER 220: Business law 220
  • FBS 210: Financial management 210
  • FBS 220: Financial management 220
  • IAU 200: Internal auditing 200
  • INF 264: Informatics 264

Year 3

• Core modules:
  • BAC 300: Business accounting 300
  • BEL 300: Taxation 300
  • FBS 310: Financial management 310
  • FBS 320: Financial management 320
  • IAU 300: Internal auditing 300

General Information

• Application of amended programme regulations: Refer to General Academic Regulation G5.
• Minimum credits: 120
• Students can choose either STK 120 or STC 122 provided they meet the prerequisites.