Undergraduate & honours qualifications

Bachelor of Commerce in Tourism Management

Qualification code: 98312
NQF level: 7
Total credits: 360
SAQA ID: 101098
APS/AS: 21
Rules:
The College has replaced FAC1601 with FAC1602, ECS2607 with ECS2606 and MNM2602 and MNM2615. Students that have passed FAC1601, ECS2607 and MNM2602, will retain the credit and will not be required to complete FAC1602, ECS2607 and MNM2615. Students should note that during the course of their studies they would be required to have access to a computer, printer and the internet.
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

Module (Please click on the module to see further information) Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/Recommendation
Group A. Compulsory
CLA1501 - Commercial Law IA
DSC1520 - Quantitative Modelling I
ECS1501 - Economics IA
ECS1601 - Economics IB (Macroeconomics I) Co-requisite:ECS1501
FAC1502 - Financial Accounting Principles, Concepts and Procedures
FAC1602 - Elementary Financial Accounting and Reporting Pre-requisite:FAC1502
IOP1502 - Customer Service in Tourism
MNB1501 - Business Management IA
MNB1601 - Business Management IB Pre-requisite:MNB1501
SUS1501 - Sustainability and Greed
TRT1502 - Primary Factors of Tourism
TRT1602 - Secondary Factors of Tourism Pre-requisite:TRT1501 or TRT1502 or DTM1503

Second level

Module (Please click on the module to see further information) Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/Recommendation
Group A. Compulsory
ECS2606 - Environmental Economics
GGH2606 - Sustainable tourism in a geographic context
HRM2605 - Human Resource Management for Line Managers
MNE2601 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management Pre-requisite:MNE1501 or MNB1501 & MNB1601
MNG2601 - General Management
MNG2602 - Contemporary Management Issues Pre-requisite:MNG2601
MNM2615 - Marketing in Africa Pre-requisite:MNM1601 or MNM1502 or MNM1501 or MNM1504 or MNM1505 or MNM1506 or MNM1507 or MNB1501
TRT2601 - Transport for Tourism Recommendation:TRT1601 or TRT1602

Third level

Module (Please click on the module to see further information) Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/Recommendation
Group A. Compulsory
GGH3707 - Ecotourism
MNE3701 - Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management Pre-requisite:MNE2601
MNG3701 - Strategic Planning IIIA Pre-requisite:MNG2601
MNG3702 - Strategic Implementation and Control IIIB Co-requisite:MNG3701
MNM3705 - Marketing Applications Pre-requisite:MNM1601 or MNM2605 or MNM2611 or MNM2614
TRL3703 - Air Transport Pre-requisite:TRL2601 & TRL2602 or TRT2601
TRT3701 - Hospitality Administration Recommendation:MNG2601 or TRT1601 or TRT1602
TRT3702 - Special Interest Tourism Recommendation:MNG2601 or TRT1601 or TRT1602
TRT3703 - Tourism Distribution Recommendation:MNG2601 or TRT1601 or TRT1602
TRT3705 - Tourism Governance Recommendation:MNG2601 or TRT1601 or TRT1602