Bachelor of Commerce
Business, Commerce and Management Studies - Generic Management
Purpose and Rationale
Purpose:
The Bachelor of Commerce (B Com) aims to develop skilled graduates who can critically engage with the world and apply disciplinary content to problem-solving. The intention is for students to advance disciplinary knowledge in chosen specializations through postgraduate study and enhance their career prospects in various professional options. With a strong focus on core functional areas of business management, majors are offered in business management and other disciplines.
The key objectives of this qualification are:
- To familiarize learners with the content and basic theories of various disciplines in commerce, including statistics.
- To deepen understanding of selected disciplines at an advanced level and equip students with problem-solving skills.
- To provide learners with scholarly and intellectual competencies, including critical thinking and research skills.
- To impart graduate-level knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed in commerce and industry for lifelong learning and contribution to society.
- To develop functional managers in core areas of management at the middle management level.
- To prepare students to be gainfully employed in a globalized world and to pursue further studies.
- To offer a broad education across disciplines for diverse career opportunities.
- To cultivate lateral, critical, and creative thinking in students.
- To prepare learners for lifelong learning and critical citizenship principles.
Rationale:
The Bachelor of Commerce (B Com) is a three-year program designed to equip learners with the skills to address current challenges in South Africa and globally across various professions in business management and related fields. The program aims to be academically versatile, allowing for articulation into postgraduate qualifications for further specialization. The curriculum is tailored to the institution's expertise and relevant areas for the region, ensuring graduates are well-prepared for the workforce and further academic pursuits.
Outcomes
- Demonstrate awareness of relevant conventions and guidelines to their academic and personal purposes.
- Formulate, implement and evaluate business strategies based on discipline-specific concepts, principles and business analysis.
- Analyse and locate own work in contemporary contexts (such as the South African and African contexts) regarding specific issues and/or problems in the business setting that needs attention.
- Demonstrate theoretical and practical knowledge of the fundamentals and basics of the different areas of the business management.
- Apply accounting systems and processes in the business environment.
Assessment Criteria
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:
- Demonstrating familiarity with and knowledge of the content, theories, and scholarly positions of multiple disciplines at basic and intermediate levels.
- Ability to critically question the basic assumptions of important theories, scholarly positions, and methodologies in business disciplines.
- Competence in using basic modes of inquiry from at least three core disciplines to solve less complex problems.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2:
- Demonstrating comprehensive knowledge and understanding of business management and strategies.
- Applying concepts, facts, and theories of marketing management and strategies.
- Applying financial management concepts, facts, and theories.
- Applying competitive strategies to create advantage within the business environment.
- Developing structured processes to support economic and financial well-being.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3:
- Interpreting topical issues from different disciplinary perspectives.
- Applying various methods to resolve problems and introduce change in a business environment.
- Collecting data to assess business challenges and identifying appropriate resolution methods.
- Identifying and solving concrete and abstract problems by drawing on theoretical knowledge and experiential base.
- Conducting basic research to resolve business problems and presenting findings in a research report.
- Using research results to inform business decisions.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4:
- Explaining micro- and macroeconomics theory as applicable to medium and small enterprises.
- Comparing and contrasting various types and forms of companies.
- Explaining the role of functions in achieving organizational effectiveness and applying key function issues in a specific enterprise.
- Presenting a comprehensive analysis of tools and processes used to analyze market opportunities and threats.
- Demonstrating understanding of factors influencing consumer buying decisions.
- Comparing and contrasting primary and secondary markets and describing the trading places of securities.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 5:
- Analyzing basic concepts and principles of financial accounting in a business context.
- Analyzing different source documents used in business to determine their purposes.
- Performing basic financial transactions in a business environment.
- Analyzing financial statements using ratio analysis.
- Selecting applicable financial software for use in a business context.
Integrated Assessment:
- Ensuring credibility in assessment through clear and rigorous procedures.
- Upholding principles of fairness, validity, reliability, and practicability in assessment practices.
- Integrating self- and peer assessment in various ways in face-to-face contexts.
- Integrating summative assessments into learning processes.
Qualification Details
- Type
- National First Degree
- NQF Level
- 07
- Min. Credits
- 360
- SAQA Source
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