Bachelor of Commerce Honours in Taxation

Assessment of Critical Cross-field Outcomes:

• Formative Assessment: The learner's achievement of critical cross-field outcomes is assessed formatively during the course through a range of activities.
• Summative Assessment: It is assessed in the capstone activity outlined for the course.

Assessment of General Programme Outcome:

• Formative Assessment: The learner's achievement of general programme outcome is assessed through a range of formative and summative assessments throughout the course, and particularly in the capstone activity outlined.
• The Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) graduate will be assessed on the following outcomes:
  1. Knowledge Demonstration: Recent findings and discoveries in the discipline, academic issues and controversies, technical competence in problem-solving, ability to read and discuss important articles, conduct literature search, construct academic works catalogue, apply specialist knowledge in real-life situations, and participate in normative discussions.
• Integrated Assessment: Skills learned in Taxation Honours are assessed through examinations and the 'Honours Technical Report,' involving supervised taxation research targeted at a specific academic journal or discursive treatment. The report will be assessed on reviewing literature, problem-solving techniques, and methodology.
• Assessment Process:
  • Proposal review, methodology, and objectives outline.
  • Completion of the research project with the supervisor's guidance.
  • Presentation at a student seminar.
  • Final assessment and grading.
• Masters Programme Continuation: The Technical Report can be used as a basis for a Master's dissertation if the student continues into the Masters programme.
• BCom (Honours) Degree Requirement: Candidates are required to write a dissertation or mini-thesis demonstrating independent exploration of a research topic's relevance to academic knowledge advancement or practical problem resolution.