Bachelor Of Commerce In Economics

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.

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.

Curriculum For This Qualification:

• First Level:
• 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
• Second Level:
• 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
• and more.