Program Overview

Programme: BCom Supply Chain Management

The purpose of this option is to equip learners of Supply chain management with the ability to participate in functional management within an integrated supply chain. This includes the disciplines of supply management, production and operations management, warehousing, transport management, and supply chain strategy.

Programme Information

The programme is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of supply chain management, including the principles of marketing, economics, financial management, and business management.

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 | APS
  • Afrikaans or English | Mathematics
  • NSC/IEB | HIGCSE | AS-Level | A-Level | NSC/IEB | HIGCSE | AS-Level | A-Level
  • 5 | 3 | C | C | 4 | 3 | D | D | 30

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

• FRK 122 is a terminating module. Candidates will not be able to continue with Financial accounting in the second or third year.
• FBS 212 and 222 are terminating modules. Candidates will not be able to continue with Financial management at 300-level.

Specialisation Modules

• OBS 316 and 326.

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:

• 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

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.
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.

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

• BEM 120: Marketing Management 120
• EKN 110: Economics 110
• EKN 120: Economics 120
• FRK 111: Financial accounting 111
• INF 112: Informatics 112
• 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
• FRK 122: Financial accounting 122

Second Year Modules

• FIL 251: Introduction to moral and political philosophy 251
• BER 210: Business law 210
• BER 220: Business law 220
• OBS 210: Business management 210
• OBS 216: Supply chain management 216
• OBS 220: Business management 220
• OBS 226: Supply chain management 226
• FBS 212: Financial management 212
• FBS 222: Financial management 222
• BEM 212: Consumer behaviour 212
• KOB 281: Communication management 281

Third Year Modules

• OBS 310: Business management 310
• OBS 316: Supply chain management 316
• OBS 320: Business management 320
• OBS 326: Supply chain management 326
• OBS 359: International business management 359
• OBS 369: International business management 369

Minimum Credits

• First Year: 120 credits
• Second Year: 120 credits
• Third Year: 120 credits

Curriculum

The curriculum for the BCom Supply Chain Management degree is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of supply chain management, including the principles of marketing, economics, financial management, and business management. The degree consists of three years of study, with a minimum of 399 credits required for completion.