Qualification code: | 98306 |
NQF level: | 7 |
Total credits: | 360 |
SAQA ID: | 101094 |
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. Students MUST register for ECS3706 if they intend on enrolling for the Bachelor of Commerce Honours in Financial Management. Some of the pre-requisites and/ or co-requisites outlined in this qualification may not apply as they do not form part of the curriculum. |
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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
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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 included QMI1500 and EUP1501 as compulsory modules. Students do not need to register
BNU1501 as a co-requisite for QMI1500 in this qualification.
Module (Please click on the module to see further information) | Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/Recommendation |
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Group A. Compulsory | |
CLA1501 - Commercial Law IA | |
ECS1501 - Economics IA | |
ECS1601 - Economics IB (Macroeconomics I) | Co-requisite:ECS1501 |
EUP1501 - Ethical Information and Communication Technologies for Development Solutions | |
FAC1502 - Financial Accounting Principles, Concepts and Procedures | |
FAC1601 - Financial Accounting and Reporting | Pre-requisite:FAC1502 |
MNB1501 - Business Management IA | |
MNB1601 - Business Management IB | Pre-requisite:MNB1501 |
QMI1500 - Elementary Quantitative Methods | Co-requisite:BNU1501 |
SUS1501 - Sustainability and Greed |
The College has removed BAN2601 as a compulsory module and removed BAN2602, RSK2602 and MNO2601 as
electives. 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 | |
ECS2601 - Intermediate Microeconomics | Pre-requisite:ECS1501 |
ECS2602 - Intermediate Macroeconomics | Pre-requisite:ECS1601 |
FAC2601 - Financial Accounting for Companies | Pre-requisite: FAC1601, CAS1501 & CBC1501 Recommendation:TAX2601, FAC2602 |
FAC2602 - Selected Accounting Standards and Simple Group Structures | Pre-requisite:FAC1601, CAS1501 & CBC1501 Recommendation:TAX2601, FAC2601 |
FIN2601 - Financial Management | Pre-requisite:FAC1601 or FAC1602 & ECS1601 |
FIN2602 - Personal Financial Management | |
INV2601 - Fundamentals of Investment | Pre-requisite:FIN2601 |
MNG2601 - General Management | |
RSK2601 - Enterprise Risk Management | |
Group B. Choose 1 of the following | |
ECS2603 - South African Economic Indicators | Pre-requisite:ECS1601 |
ECS2605 - South African Financial System | Pre-requisite:ECS1601 |
TAX2601 - Principles of Taxation | Pre-requisite:FAC1601
CAS1501, CBC1501 & CLA1503 (Applicable only to 98302) Recommendation:FAC2601, FAC2602 |
The College included ECS3706 as an elective. We have also changed the codes and names of three
modules but students will retain the original credit if already completed: Risk Management:
Long-term Insurance (RSK3702) is now Life insurance (ISR3702), Risk Financing and Short-term
insurance (RSK3701) is now Non-Life insurance (ISR3701) and Banking: Treasury Management (BAN3702)
is now Treasury Management (FIN3703). MNG3702 has been removed from the curriculum and FIN3704 has
been added. Students that have completed MNG3702 before the curriculum amendment, will retain the
credit and will not be required to complete FIN3704.
Students MUST select ECS3706 if they intend on enrolling for the Bachelor of Commerce Honours in
Financial Management.
Module (Please click on the module to see further information) | Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/Recommendation |
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Group A. Compulsory | |
ECS3701 - Monetary Economics | Pre-requisite:ECS2602 |
FIN3701 - Financial Management | Pre-requisite:FIN2601 |
FIN3702 - Working Capital Management | Pre-requisite:FIN2601 |
FIN3703 - Corporate Treasury Management | |
FIN3704 - Applied Financial Management | Pre-requisite:EUP1501 and QMI5100 Co-requisite:FIN3701 and FIN3702 |
ISR3701 - Non-Life Insurance | |
MNG3701 - Strategic Planning IIIA | Pre-requisite:MNG2601 |
Group B. Choose 3 of the following | |
ECS3703 - International Finance | Pre-requisite:ECS2602 |
ECS3706 - Econometrics | Pre-requisite:ECS2601, ECS2602 & (DSC1520 or QMI1500 or [STA1501 & STA1502]) |
INV3701 - Equity Asset Valuation | Pre-requisite:INV2601 |
INV3702 - Fixed Income Analysis | Pre-requisite:INV2601 |
INV3703 - Derivatives | Pre-requisite:INV2601 |
ISR3702 - Life Insurance | |
TAX3701 - Taxation of Business Activities | Pre-requisite:FAC1601 & TAX2601 |