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WELCOME
to
Commerce
www.commerce.uct.ac.za
Vision & Mission
Vision
To be recognized worldwide as a leading
Commerce Faculty in Africa, attracting the best
students and academic staff who are the leading
publishers of research on the continent.
Mission
To continuously create an ever more stimulating
and attractive academic environment for
students and staff.
Why should you come to university?
“Education is the premise of progress in every
society, in every family. On its very foundation rests
the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and
sustainable human development.”
Kofi Annan, the 7th Secretary-General of the UN
Why should you come to develop
at university?
Graduateness:
 Critical thinking
 Communication skills
 Integration of knowledge
 Life long learning
 Ability to cope with change
Personal growth and development
Contribute to the country’s growth
What should you study ?
 Will my degree lead to a viable career?
 Remember
ALL work requires the key graduate skills offered by
all degrees
 Will I manage to secure a job once I’ve graduated?
You are not choosing a career for life in matric. And
an undergraduate degree is just the start
The decision is overwhelming
This is normal, even healthy.
 Not sure?
Specialise later rather than sooner.
WHICH IS THE BEST DEGREE?
 There is NO best degree
 Best degree for you as KEY is to graduate
 Happy interested students graduate
 Interrelationship between:
Degree
Professional Qualification
Career
 Commerce as a postgrad option
Careers
Old
New
A University degree is a good
guarantee of secure employment
No guarantees
Certain professions will always be in
demand
Intense competition
Senior management leads to job
security
Loss of protection
Linear
Zig zag
Focus on syllabus content
Focus on graduate attributes:
Flexible, knowledgeable, resourceful,
adaptable, critical thinker, good
communicator, team player.
COMMERCE
as a
POSTGRAD student?
TIME OPTION 1
Years BCom
1-3
Year 4  PGDA
 Honours
 Mngmt
Diploma
Year 5 Masters
OPTION 2
BA/BSc
OPTION 3
BBusSc
 Conversion BBusSc
 Mngmt
Diploma
 BCom
Hons
 FAPM
PGDA/
PGDA/
Masters
Masters
PHILOSOPHY
ROCKET
SATELLITE
UNDERGRADUATE
Teaching Philosophies
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Continuous assessment
Large class lectures
Teaching staff
Small group tutorials
Support
How well is my child doing?
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Class Medals
Dean’s Merit List
Faculty Scholarships
Prizes
Distinctions
COMMERCE DISCIPLINES
 Students top in professional exams
 Graduates in demand and win/dominate competitions
 Frequent recipient of prizes for research
 Number of research units
 International links
 Teaching staff with high technical and educational
skills
 Closely aligned with policy making
 Involved in professional development
 Staff author a number of text books
 EDU AD programmes outstanding
DEGREE OPTIONS AND CHOICES
HEQF Level
LENGTH
DISCIPLINES
BCom
BBusSc
7
8
3 yrs.
Extended development programme
4 years
4yrs
Extended programme 5 years
At least 1,:
* Financial Reporting
* Information Systems
* Analytics
At least 2
* Economics plus one other from
Philosophy, Politics, Statistics,
Finance or Law
* Information systems & Computer
Science
* Accounting & Law
* Actuarial Science
One field of specialisation at
level 8
Any approved combination
up to 3
HONOURS
MATHS &
STATS
REQUIREMENT
* Management Studies
Can apply to continue to level 8 in an NOT applicable unless in courses
Honours degree in your chosen
completed to level 7 but can
discipline
apply to continue in a Master’s
degree in specialisation field
Other than Actuarial Science the
Maths and Stats are Commerce
Service courses
Minimum MAM 1010 & STA1000,
A number of the options require
MAM1012
Other than Actuarial Science the
Maths and Stats are Commerce
Service courses
Minimum MAM1010 &
MAM1012, STA 1000 and
STA2020
A number
of these
disciplines
can be done
in other
Faculties
Core means
decision is really at
the end of first year
BCom
BBusSc
•Actuarial Science
•Management Studies
COMMON
CORE
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Accounting
Actuarial Science
Economics
IS
Management
Studies
CORE
Mathematics
Statistics
Overview of law
Two courses in Economics
Two courses in Accounting
Evidence-Based Management
Information systems
Business Ethics
CORE
BBusSc & BCom MS
 People Management
 Marketing 1
 Finance
 Economics 11(whole year)
 Additional semester of Mathematics
 Statistics for research
 Professional Communication
Your Faculty Point Score (FPS)
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SUBJECT NSC % SCORE POINTS
English Home Language 75
Afrikaans/isiXhosa First 70
Additional Language
Mathematics
84
Life Sciences
86
Geography
79
Accounting
69
Life Orientation
80
Total
75
70
84
86
79
69
0
463/600
FPS 463
The National Benchmarking Tests
(NBTs)
 Need to write all three parts AL,QL and Maths for
Commerce
All applicants RESIDING in South Africa need to
write irrespective of nationality of examining
board
“WHEN SHOULD I WRITE? You should write when
you feel ready, but make sure that you write in
time to meet all deadlines and requirements for
the progamme(s) to which you are applying. You
must write both tests on the same day. You are
allowed to write the NBT a second time, but you
will need to confirm with your faculty first that a
second score will be accepted” WE DO
www.nbt.ac.za