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Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting

Developing learners to be able to function in a wide range of financial and accounting tasks and to be able to function and add value in private and public sectors.

3 years
SAQA - 110219
NQF Level 7
360 credits

Key features

  • Accredited and registered
  • Cutting-edge curriculum
  • Flexible structure
  • Online support
  • Affordable and Accessible
  • Internationally benchmarked
  • Multicultural Faculty and support
  • BCom Accounting Degree distance learning

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The Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting is a three-year undergraduate degree programme that equips students to enter a range of professional careers in the exciting field of accounting. The programme aims at developing a student’s intellectual ability and provides skills for the recording and processing of financial information within an accounting framework.

 

This BCom Accounting Degree programme provides a solid grounding in the academic theory underpinning the main concepts of the field of Accounting. The curriculum includes a significant practical component based on assignments and case studies. A range of more generalised modules such as Introduction to Functional Areas of Management and Business Communication, which are regarded as essential in today’s competitive business environment are also included in the programme.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the Accounting Degree, distance learning, programme, the student should be able to:
  • Display the necessary knowledge and skills, attitudes and applied competence to enable them to demonstrate administrative proficiency
  • Display knowledge of management in general
  • Apply skills of rational judgment and planning
  • Recognise and appreciate changes within organizations
  • Make appropriate use of information technology

 

  • Analyse and solve operational problems
  • Display skills for the recording and processing of financial information within an accounting framework
  • Display ethical behaviour in a corporate management context
  • Develop the functional competence of a graduate to proceed to middle management level within an accounting (auditing/tax) environment

Programme structure

Duration: 3 years

Year 1

Semester 1

  • Introduction to Business Management
  • End User Computing
  • Business Mathematics
  • Economics 1A

Semester 2

  • Introduction to Functional Areas of Management
  • Business Communication
  • Introduction to Financial Accounting
  • Economics 1B

Year 2

Semester 1

  • Taxation 2A
  • Financial Accounting 2A
  • Business Law
  • Management Accounting and Finance 2A

Semester 2

  • Financial Accounting 2B
  • Commercial Law
  • Introduction to Business Ethics
  • Introduction to Auditing

Year 3

Semester 1

  • Financial Accounting 3A
  • Management Accounting and Finance 3A
  • Taxation 3A
  • Auditing 3A

Semester 2

  • Financial Accounting 3B
  • Management Accounting and Finance 3B
  • Taxation 3B
  • Auditing 3B

Admission requirements

  • The minimum entry requirement is the National Senior Certificate or National Certificate Vocational with appropriate subject combinations and levels of achievement; or
  • An equivalent NQF level 4 qualification with proven proficiency in English; or
  • A Higher Certificate, an Advanced Certificate or Diploma.

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