Qualification code: | 98305 |
NQF level: | 7 |
Total credits: | 360 |
SAQA ID: | 101040 |
APS/AS: | 21 |
Rules: The College has made several amendments to the curriculum. Students should note that during the course of their studies they would be required to have access to a computer, printer and the internet. |
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Purpose statement: The primary purpose of the qualification is to provide qualifiers with graduate-level knowledge, specific skills, applied competence and the necessary attitudes in the fields associated with commerce and industry that prepare them to be lifelong learners, employable workers/entrepreneurs and contributors to society and the business community. The second purpose of the qualification is to provide South Africa (and other countries) with functional managers at the middle management level in all sectors of the economy. A further purpose of the qualification is to provide graduates with a self-sustaining understanding of the process whereby productive resources are mobilised and utilized with a view to being gainfully employed in serving the material needs of society in a globalised world. |
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This qualification will be presented using both online and distance learning modes. |
Please note: Should you wish to start a new qualification, please apply online for the alternative qualification during the prescribed application period.
Each Unisa qualification is structured in such a way that you need to pass a certain number of NQF level credits within a certain amount of time in order to graduate.
Pre-requisite: If Module A is a pre-requisite for Module B, you must pass Module A before you may register for Module B.
You may not register for more than the allowed maximum number of credits / modules per academic year and / or semester: 60 credits per semester or 120 credits per academic year.
The maximum number of credits do not include supplementary and / or aegrotat examinations from a previous semester. Modules taken for non-degree / non-diploma purposes also count towards the maximum number of credits allowed.
You must take your available time into consideration when choosing your modules, as this will impact your academic performance. You need approximately
Click here for more information on managing your studies.
While you are deciding on the modules for which you will be registering, write down the module names and codes so that you have something to refer to when completing your registration.
Please click on the modules below to see further information (eg semester/year module, NQF level)
The College has removed ECS1601, FAC1601 and MNB1601 from the first level to the second level.
DSC1630 has been removed from the curriculum. Students who have already completed DSC1630 will
retain the credit.
Module (Please click on the module to see further information) | Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/Recommendation |
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Group A. Compulsory | |
DSC1520 - Quantitative Modelling I | |
ECS1501 - Economics IA | |
FAC1502 - Financial Accounting Principles, Concepts and Procedures | |
MNB1501 - Business Management IA | |
STA1501 - Descriptive Statistics and Probability | |
STA1502 - Statistical Inference I | Co-requisite:STA1501 |
SUS1501 - Sustainability and Greed |
The College has replaced DSC2604 with DSC2608. Students that have completed DSC2604 in this
qualification, will retain the credit and will not be required to complete DSC2608.
Module (Please click on the module to see further information) | Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/Recommendation |
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Group A. Compulsory | |
DSC2608 - Applied quantitative modelling | Pre-requisite:DSC1520 |
ECS1601 - Economics IB (Macroeconomics I) | Co-requisite:ECS1501 |
ECS2601 - Intermediate Microeconomics | Pre-requisite:ECS1501 |
ECS2602 - Intermediate Macroeconomics | Pre-requisite:ECS1601 |
ECS2603 - South African Economic Indicators | Pre-requisite:ECS1601 |
FAC1601 - Financial Accounting and Reporting | Pre-requisite:FAC1502 |
FIN2601 - Financial Management | Pre-requisite:FAC1601 or FAC1602 & ECS1601 |
INV2601 - Fundamentals of Investment | Pre-requisite:FIN2601 |
MAC2601 - Principles of Management Accounting | Pre-requisite:FAC1601 & (either BNU1501 or QMI1500 or DSC1630), CAS1501, CBC1501 Recommendation:IOP1501, ECS1601, MAC2602 |
MAC2602 - Principles of Strategy, Risk & Financial Management Techniques | Pre-requisite:FAC1601 & (either BNU1501 or QMI1500 or DSC1630)
CAS1501, CBC1501 Recommendation:IOP1501, ECS1601, MAC2601 |
MNB1601 - Business Management IB | Pre-requisite:MNB1501 |
Group B. Choose 1 of the following | |
ECS2604 - Labour Economics | Pre-requisite:ECS1601 |
ECS2605 - South African Financial System | Pre-requisite:ECS1601 |
ECS2606 - Environmental Economics | |
ECS2608 - Economic History of the World | Pre-requisite:ECS1601 |
ECS2609 - Economic History of South Africa | Pre-requisite:ECS1601 |
The College has included ECS3708, ECS3709 and ECS3711 as compulsory modules and moved
ECS3701, ECS3702, ECS3703, ECS3704 and ECS3707 to being electives. ECS3710 has also been added on
the list of elective modules. IOP3708 has been removed from the curriculum. Students who have
already completed the modules that were replaced or moved while registered in this curriculum, will
retain the credit(-s) and will not be required to complete the relevant replacement modules.
Module (Please click on the module to see further information) | Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/Recommendation |
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Group A. Compulsory | |
ECS3705 - History of Economic Thought | Pre-requisite:ECS2601 & ECS2602 |
ECS3706 - Econometrics | Pre-requisite:ECS2601, ECS2602 & (DSC1520 or QMI1500 or [STA1501 & STA1502]) |
ECS3708 - Applied Microeconomics | Pre-requisite:ECS2601 |
ECS3709 - Applied Macroeconomics | Pre-requisite:ECS2601 & ECS2602 |
ECS3711 - Research Methods in Economics | Pre-requisite:ECS2601 and ECS2602 |
MAC3701 - Application of Management Accounting Techniques | Pre-requisite:MAC2601 |
MAC3702 - Application of Financial Management Techniques | Pre-requisite:MAC2602 |
Group B. Choose 4 of the following | |
ECS3701 - Monetary Economics | Pre-requisite:ECS2602 |
ECS3702 - International Trade | Pre-requisite:ECS2601 |
ECS3703 - International Finance | Pre-requisite:ECS2602 |
ECS3704 - Public Economics | Pre-requisite:ECS2601 |
ECS3707 - Development Economics | Pre-requisite:ECS2601 & ECS2602 |
ECS3710 - Applied Health Economics | Pre-requisite:ECS2601 |