4.1 Objective
This extended degree programme is designed to ease the transition between school and university. It assists students with teaching disadvantages and affords them the opportunity to register for a BComm degree, even though they did not meet the formal admission requirements needed for BComm studies.
BComm Management Sciences admission requirements:
This is a selection programme and only a limited number of students can be accepted. The extended degree programme (a four-year programme) has been designed to facilitate the transition from school to university and to make it possible for all students to lay a good foundation for the years ahead. To those students with a weak foundation in Mathematics, Accounting and Communication it also offers the opportunity to improve their grounding by way of prior and self-study. Students in the extended degree programme are expected to spend at least 60 hours per week on their studies (lectures, practicals, tutorials, homework and self-study) and take advantage of the reduced prescribed workload to perform well. Students are selected for the programme if they meet the following:
- The minimum admission requirements for acceptance to the University
- National Senior Certificate (NSC) with at least a 4 (50%) in four NSC university acceptance subjects
- Adhere to all the specified subjects in the National Senior Certificate exams for admission to the BComm programme, but do not necessarily meet the required level of expected achievement.
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- Afrikaans Home Language 4 OR Afrikaans First Additional Language 5 OR English Home Language 4 OR English First Additional Language 5
- Further criteria used for selection:
o Academic achievement compared to the minimum admission requirements of the BComm Management Sciences programme o Teaching disadvantages that can explain the possible insufficient
achievement in the National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams
The closing date for applying for the extended degree programme is the end of September. Prospective students who have been provisionally accepted for the BComm Management Sciences programme, but due to the results of their final National Senior Certificate exams do not meet the admission requirements, cannot be accommodated automatically within the Extended Degree Programme. Prospective students will be placed on a waiting list and after the official registration period be considered for placement.
Students selected for this programme must please note the following: Compulsory attendance – no absence is accepted for the following modules:
- Academic Literacy for EMS 111 - Mathematics for EMS 171 - Introduction to Economics 141
- Introduction to Financial Accounting 171
- The following prerequisite pass modules for the EDP should be noted: - Mathematics for EMS 171 for Statistical Methods 176 or Statistics 186 - Introduction to Economics 141 for Economics 114 and 144
- Introduction to Financial Accounting 171 for Financial Accounting 188
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Students are compelled to make use of tutors/mentors in the modules where this support is available.
Regular individual visits to the coordinator are a prerequisite.
No re-admittance to the University should the required credits not be met.
The choice of modules in this programme is limited to the curriculum prescribed for the BComm Managements Sciences. Conversion to other programmes in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences must be approved by the Faculty Council and only in exceptional cases, should the student meet the language specifications of the faculty.
4.2.1 BComm (Management Sciences) EDP (Extended Degree Programme)
First Year (90 credits) Compulsory Modules
Academic Literacy for Economic and
Management Sciences 111(12) Business Management 113(12), 142(6) Introduction to Economics 141(12) Introduction to Financial Accounting 171(24) or
Financial Accounting 188(24) (Students who passed Accounting at Matric level must enrol for Financial Accounting 188. This selection will have an influence on Financial Accounting as a year subject in later study years.) Mathematics for Economic and
Management Sciences 171(18) Theory of Interest 152(6)
Second Year (104 credits) Compulsory Modules Economics 114(12), 144(12) Information Systems 112(6) Financial Accounting 188(24) Statistical Methods 176(18) Elective Modules
If you already enrolled for and passed Financial Accounting 188, you need to select first- year modules of at least 24 credits from the list below, provided that your choices do not create any class-, test- or examination clashes:
Business Communication 142(8) Industrial Psychology 114(12) * Public and development management 114(12), 144(12) Supply Chain Management 144(12)
If the above is not applicable, select one of the following (at least 32 credits):
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Management 214(16) * 244(16) *
Financial Management 214(16), 244(16) Industrial Psychology 114(12), 152(6), 162(6) Information System Management 224(16) * 262(8) * 254(16) * Logistics Management 214(16) * 244(16) * Marketing Management 214(16) * 244(16) * Public and development management 114(12) * 144(12) *
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Third Year (102 credits) Elective Modules
At least 32 credits from writing- and information-enriched modules (marked with an *) must be taken (see also modules mentioned in the second year above).
Economics 214(16) * 244(16) * 281(32) Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Management 214(16) * 244(16) *
Financial Management 214(16), 244(16) Financial Accounting 288(32)
Industrial Psychology 214(16), 224(16) * 244(16) * Information System Management 224(16) * 262(8) * 254(16) * Logistics Management 214(16) * 244(16) * Marketing Management 214(16) * 244(16) * Quantitative Management 214(16), 244(16) Transport Economics 214(16), 244(16)
Fourth Year (120 credits) Compulsory Modules
One of the following (48 or 60 or 64 credits):
Economics 318(24), 348(24)
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Management 318(24), 348(24)
Financial Management 314(12), 324(12), 344(12), 354(12) Industrial Psychology 314(12), 324(12), 348(24) Information System Management 314(18), 334(18), 364(18), 354(18) Logistics Management 318(24), 348(24)
Marketing Management 314(12), 324(12), 344(12), 354(12) Quantitative Management 318(24), 348(24)
Transport Economics 318(24), 348(24)
Elective Modules
Plus modules from the following to make up the required number of at least 120 credits together with the above modules:
Modules from the list above not taken already or modules from the third year of the BComm (Management Sciences), BComm (Economic Sciences) or BComm (Mathematical Sciences) for which students cannot register as part of the BComm programme from the start, but that will be acknowledged if students should change their programmes
Auditing 388(24)
Business Ethics 314(12) or Management of Corporate Social
Responsibility 314(12)
Economics 381(24), 388(24)
Project management 378(24) Strategic Management(Prerequisite for
Advanced Strategic Management at honours level)
344(12)
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4.2.2 Extended degree modules
Academic Literacy for EMS (111)
The focus of this module is to promote academic literacy for economics with an economic thought approach (to think like economists). Students are provided with the opportunity:
- to use economics to solve meaningful problems and understand the art of the logic of economics;
- to practice the skills and analysis that are fundamental to participating in economics debate and decision making;
- to apply basic critical thinking skills through critical listening, reading and writing of economics texts (i.e. deductive reasoning, analyse economic policies, construct arguments and support them, interpret different kinds of economic text (i.e. Adam Smith, Popper, Malthus); understand academic vocabulary, interpret the use of analogies and metaphors in the context of social coordination, individualism, self-interest; understand the market as a system; understand voluntary exchange, profit, process and incentives; read and interpret information presented in graphic or visual format (demand and supply curves);
- to explain their thinking and constructively critique the thinking of others; - to focus on organising information logically; selecting important information and
reducing it to a form that is easy to study and review.
o Students will further acquire the basic knowledge, skills and attitudes to become successful EMS students by understanding the university ethos, by developing academic readiness and personal management skills such as study, time and stress management.
Introduction to Economics (141)
The focus of this module is to provide a foundation and promote deeper understanding and working knowledge of the following basic fundamental economics concepts:
- What is economics? Basic assumption in economic theory; Economic models; Definitions of economics; Scarcity and choice; Utopias; What is a science? Positive and normative statements; Cause and effect; Unintended consequences; How to study economics.
- Action and results: Contingent behaviour; Production possibilities; Price-taking; Marginal costs and benefits; Exchange and consumption; By-products; The commons.
- The individual and the group: Prisoner’s dilemma; Self-interest; Small groups; Coordination; Central planning; Exchange and politics.
- The model of supply and demand: Introduction to demand; The demand curve; Demand terminology; Supply – Benefits and costs; The supply curve; Supply terminology; The model of supply and demand; Assumptions; Buyer and seller equilibrium; Shortages and surpluses.
- Macro-economic topics: Connecting microeconomic foundations with macroeconomic models; Analysing labour markets through demand and supply curves; Growth and development (Hyperinflation and depression); Measuring the economy (Unemployment; Inflation; Gross Domestic Product).
Introduction to Financial Accounting 171
The conceptual framework of Accounting: theoretical principles in International Financial Reporting Standards; the Accounting process; introduction to accounting systems; introduction to financial reporting.
Mathematics for EMS 171
Calculus:
- Introductory concepts regarding functions, mathematical modelling, exponential functions, logarithmic functions, limits, continuity, derivatives, the derivative as a
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rate of change, optimisation problems, curve sketching, definite and indefinite integrals, basic integration techniques, areas between curves.
- Linear Algebra:
- Straight lines and linear functions, systems of linear equations, introduction to matrices, linear programming.
- Mathematics of Finance:
- Compound interest, annuities, amortisation and sinking funds. - Sets and Probability:
- Sets and set operations, permutations and combinations, introduction to probability.
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