Undergraduate & honours qualifications

Bachelor of Commerce in Financial Management

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.
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.
This qualification will be presented using both online and distance learning modes.

Who can register?

  • Applicants (new applicants & Unisa students who applied for admission to a new qualification) may only register if they have received an offer of placement from Unisa and have accepted the offer online. Unisa reserves the right to not process and / or to cancel your registration if it is found that you were incorrectly admitted to a qualification. 
  • Re-registering students may register for the 2024 academic year once the registration period opens.

Please note: Should you wish to start a new qualification, please apply online for the alternative qualification during the prescribed application period.


How to choose your modules

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.

  • Co-requisite: Module A is a co-requisite for Module B. You want to register for Module B, but have not yet passed Module A. You must then register for both Modules A and B simultaneously. You may NOT cancel your registration for Module A unless Module B is also cancelled.

  • 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

  • 6 to 8 hours per week for semester modules.
  • 4 to 6 hours per week for year modules.

Click here for more information on managing your studies.

Curriculum for this qualification

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)

First 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
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

Second level

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
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

Third level

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
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