Key features
- Accredited and Registered
- Cutting-edge curriculum
- Flexible structure
- Online Support
- Affordable and Accessible
- Internationally benchmarked
- Multicultural Faculty and support
- BCom Financial Management distance learning
About
The Bachelor of Commerce in Financial Management is a specialised undergraduate degree programme that prepares students for the management of monetary resources in an organisation. This programme is primarily aimed at developing financial and managerial skills, to equip students to meet the demand for specialists and leaders in the financial sector.
Outcomes
A student attaining the Bachelor of Commerce in Financial Management degree will be able to:
- Obtain and assimilate knowledge appropriate to the practice of financial management in any organisation.
- Obtain professional and technical skills required in financial management.
- Evaluate financial and accounting concepts and principles and their application in solutions to practical finance problems.
- Prepare financial statements of entities, including groups of companies, using relevant financial information, accounting techniques and standards; and to analyse and interpret such financial statements.
- Use relevant financial techniques with cost information, for planning, decision-making, performance evaluation and control, within different business settings.
- Apply financial management techniques to issues affecting investment, financing, and dividend policy decisions of an organisation.
- Understand the general legal framework, and apply specific legal principles relating to business, including taxation legislation as applicable to individuals, single companies and groups of companies.
- Explain the process of carrying out the assurance (audit) engagement and its application in the context of the professional (audit) regulatory framework.
- Describe the organisational context of the financial manager and of the development of financial systems; to understand the need for the efficient use of resources within an organisation.
Programme structure
Duration: 3 years
Year 1
Semester 1
- Introduction to Business Management
- Economics 1A
- Introduction to Financial Management
- Business Mathematics
Semester 2
- Introduction to Functional Areas of Management
- Economics 1B
- Financial Reporting and Analysis
- Introduction to Information
Systems
Year 2
Semester 1
- Organisational Leadership
- Cost Accounting
- Taxation 2A
- Business Law
Semester 2
- Entrepreneurship and Small Businesses
- Capital Budgeting
- Taxation 2B
- Commercial Law
Year 3
Semester 1
- Investment and Portfolio Management
- Organisational Strategy
- Financial Markets and Regulations
- Working Capital Management
Semester 2
- Operations Management in Supply Chain
- Budgeting and Auditing
- Corporate Finance
- Risk Management
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
- A Higher Certificate; an Advanced Certificate or Diploma
- It is possible in some cases, to gain entry into the programme on the basis of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
Application
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Frequently Asked Questions
What jobs can I get with a BCom Financial Management degree?
The area of financial management is a thriving field in the business world so there are plenty of possible opportunities from which to choose. Graduates with a financial management degree can get entry-level positions as a junior accountant, bookkeeper or financial administrator, which will put them on the path for more senior managerial positions in the future.
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