Program Overview

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Programme: BCom Statistics

The BCom Statistics programme is designed to equip students with a comprehensive understanding of statistical methods and their applications in various fields. The programme aims to prepare students for careers in statistics, data analysis, and related fields.

Programme Information

Statistics is an independent discipline with interdisciplinary applications. The aim of this qualification is to prepare candidates with methods that can be applied for the gathering and interpretation of data and empirical information. Statistics lay the foundation for scientific accountable conclusions, planning, and estimation. Candidates are equipped with the necessary computer and communication skills.

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.
• A candidate who is a graduate of another faculty at the University of Pretoria.

Minimum requirements:

• Achievement level | APS
• Afrikaans or English | Mathematics
• NSC/IEB | HIGCSE | AS-Level | A-Level | NSC/IEB | HIGCSE | AS-Level | A-Level
• 5 | 3 | C | C | 5 | 3 | C | 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

• Total credits refer to the minimum as required by the programme, but can be more, depending on the elective modules.
• Alternative credits as indicated in brackets are based on choosing WST as a specialisation module instead of STK, while all elective modules are selected within the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences.
• Only two 14-week modules on the 300-level, or the equivalent thereof, that are not preceded by the 100- and 200-level modules, may be taken for degree purposes.

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. 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.
4. A student may be refused promotion to a subsequent year of study if the prescribed tuition fees are not paid.
5. 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:

• Completes the degree within three years.
• Obtains a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 75%.
• 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.

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

Fundamental Modules

• AIM 101: Academic information management 101
• ALL 124: Academic literacy for Economic and Management Sciences 124
• UPO 107: Academic orientation 107

Core Modules

Year 1

• EKN 110: Economics 110
• EKN 120: Economics 120
• FRK 111: Financial accounting 111
• FRK 121: Financial accounting 121
• OBS 114: Business management 114
• OBS 124: Business management 124
• STK 110: Statistics 110
• STK 120: Statistics 120
• WST 111: Mathematical statistics 111
• WST 121: Mathematical statistics 121
• FRK 122: Financial accounting 122

Year 2

• STK 210: Statistics 210
• STK 220: Statistics 220
• WST 211: Mathematical statistics 211
• WST 221: Mathematical statistics 221
• KOB 282: Communication management 282

Year 3

• STK 310: Statistics 310
• STK 320: Statistics 320
• STK 353: The science of data analytics 353
• WST 311: Multivariate analysis 311
• WST 312: Stochastic processes 312
• WST 321: Time-series analysis 321
• WST 322: Actuarial statistics 322

Elective Modules

Year 1

• COS 110: Program design: Introduction 110
• EKN 113: Economics 113
• EKN 123: Economics 123
• INF 112: Informatics 112
• WTW 114: Calculus 114
• WTW 134: Mathematics 134
• COS 132: Imperative programming 132
• FBS 112: Financial management 112
• FBS 122: Financial management 122
• INF 171: Informatics 171
• WTW 124: Mathematics 124
• WTW 146: Linear algebra 146
• WTW 148: Calculus 148

Year 2

• EKN 214: Economics 214
• FIL 251: Introduction to moral and political philosophy 251
• FRK 211: Financial accounting 211
• FRK 221: Financial accounting 221
• IAS 211: Actuarial mathematics 211
• IAS 282: Financial mathematics 282
• INF 214: Informatics 214
• INF 225: Informatics 225
• INF 261: Informatics 261
• LEK 210: Introduction to agricultural economics 210
• LEK 220: Agricultural economics 220
• WTW 211: Linear algebra 211
• WTW 218: Calculus 218
• WTW 220: Analysis 220
• WTW 221: Linear algebra 221
• EKN 234: Economics 234
• INF 282: Informatics 282

Year 3

• EKN 310: Economics 310
• EKN 314: Economics 314
• EKN 320: Economics 320
• EKN 325: Economics 325
• FRK 311: Financial accounting 311
• FRK 321: Financial accounting 321
• IAS 382: Actuarial modelling 382
• LEK 310: Agricultural economics 310
• LEK 320: Agricultural economics 320
• WTW 310: Analysis 310
• WTW 354: Financial engineering 354
• WTW 382: Dynamical systems 382
• WTW 383: Numerical analysis 383