Program Overview

Programme: BCom Extended Programme

The programme is aimed at the training of students in the Economic and Management Sciences who do not meet the prescribed admission requirements for a BCom degree.

Programme Information

This is the ideal starting point for students who are interested in studying towards BCom degrees in Management or Financial sciences. Students must apply during October of their first year to transfer to the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (Hatfield Campus). Placement in BCom (Accounting Sciences) and BCom (Investment Management) cannot be guaranteed as these are selection programmes where numbers are limited. All modules must be passed in the first year to transfer to any of the BCom programmes.

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.
• This programme is only offered in English. The first year of study is presented on the Mamelodi Campus. Admission is subject to selection.

Minimum Requirements

• Achievement level | APS
• Afrikaans or English | Mathematics
• NSS/IEB | HIGCSE | AS-Level | A-Level | NSS/IEB | HIGCSE | AS-Level | A-Level
• 4 | 3 | D | D | 3 | 4 | E | E | 26

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, with the proviso that the following modules which are offered at 300-level only, are also considered "major subjects": Labour law 311 (ABR 311), Labour relations 320 (ABV 320) and International business management 359 and 369 (OBS 359 and 369); 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.
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. Class attendance in all modules and for the full duration of all programmes is therefore compulsory for all students.
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

• Students who want to do a non-numerical BCom degree only do a first-semester course in WTW 133 (Precalculus), and will not be required to do WTW 143 in the second semester. Students who want to continue with a numerical BCom degree programme (e.g., Economics, Econometrics, Accounting Science, Informatics, Financial Sciences, and Investment Management) need to have obtained a level 4 or higher in Grade 12 Mathematics and will need to register for WTW 133 and WTW 143.
• Students who want to do a non-numerical BCom degree programme register for STK 133 and STK 143. Students who want to transfer to a numerical BCom degree programme must obtain 70% or more for STK 133 and STK 143 in order to be considered.
• Only students who have obtained a level 4 in Grade 12 Mathematics can register for WST 133 and WST 143 and mostly follow a numerical BCom degree programme (e.g., Economics, Econometrics, Accounting Science, Informatics, Financial Sciences, Investment Management, and Statistics).
• Selection from the second academic year onwards, to be discussed with the Student Administration of the Faculty.

Promotion to Next Study Year

According to General Regulation G.3 students have to comply with certain requirements as set by the Faculty Board.

1. A student must pass at least 4 core semester or 2 core year modules to be admitted to the subsequent year of study.
2. 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.
3. 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 Admissions Committee.
4. 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.
5. A student may be refused promotion to a subsequent year of study if the prescribed tuition fees are not paid.
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.

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.
2. Transferees from other faculties and from other universities who still complete their bachelor degrees (including credits transferred and recognised from the degrees they registered for originally) within three years will be considered as exceptional cases by the Dean.
3. The GPA will not be rounded up to a whole number.
4. Exceptional cases will be considered by the Dean.

General Information

Minimum requirements for bachelor's degrees; semester and year modules; new regulations

1. 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, or in terms of the curriculum of the year in which they switched to their current field of specialisation.
2. Students who are registering for a degree programme for the first time in 2015 must take the modules indicated under the particular field of specialisation.

Core Modules

• LST 133: Language, life and study skills 133
• LST 143: Language, life and study skills 143
• WTW 133: Precalculus 133
• WTW 143: Calculus 143
• FRK 133: Financial accounting 133
• FRK 143: Financial accounting 143
• WST 133: Mathematical statistics 133
• WST 143: Mathematical statistics 143
• AIM 111: Academic information management 111
• AIM 121: Academic information management 121
• OBS 133: Business management 133
• OBS 143: Business management 143
• UPO 120: Academic orientation 120
• STK 133: Statistics 133
• STK 143: Statistics 143

Minimum Credits

• Minimum credits: 88