About the Programme
The BCom Accounting programme is your gateway to a thriving career in finance and accounting. You will gain the financial and business expertise to progress into various operational, strategic, or future executive roles.
This transformative programme equips you with essential competencies and innovative thinking skills to master finance in the dynamic world of accounting. It prepares you to apply for accreditation with professional associations such as ACCA, CIMA, and SAIPA, and qualify as a Chartered Accountant with our SAICA Accredited CTA.
What We Offer
- Flexible learning that fits around your work and life.
- A structured weekly journey with easy-to-follow schedules.
- Lecturers available for guidance during the day and after hours.
- An engaging and supportive community walking the learning journey with you.
- Choice to write assessments online or at one of our many venues across South Africa and Namibia.
Programme Structure
Compulsory modules are offered across five delivery themes throughout the three-year period. These are:
- Analysis and decision-making (within the business context)
- Financial reporting and compliance (within the business context)
- Risk and governance (within the business context)
- Strategy and leadership (within the business context)
- Assurance and other engagements (outside the business context)
- A flexible three-year degree that can be done on a full- or half-load option, allowing you to complete the programme over three or six years, with a maximum of nine years.
- A choice between the CA or Professional Accounting stream at the end of Year One (access to the CA stream will require you to maintain a minimum average for Year One modules).
Students can complete the programme in a minimum of three or six years, and a maximum of nine years.
To complete the programme in three years, students need to dedicate about 40 hours a week to studies, just like at a contact university. We call this the full-load programme.
If students can’t dedicate 40 hours per week for the full-load, there is the option to complete the programme over a minimum of six years on a half-load.
- Digital Skills for Financial Analysis
- Economics and Foresight for Business Strategy
- Financial Reporting Principles
- Introduction to Law for Business
- Introduction to Professional Accounting Studies
- Mathematical Principles for Financial Analysis
Semester Two:
- Advanced Digital Skills for Financial Analysis
- Financial Reporting and Compliance 1B
- Mercantile Law
- Principles of Micro and Macroeconomics
- Statistical Principles for Financial Analysis
Students opting for a half-load can enrol for Semester one modules by choosing one of the following options:
Option One:
- Digital Skills for Financial Analysis
- Financial Reporting Principles
- Introduction to Professional Accounting Studies
- Mathematical Principles for Financial Analysis
Option Two:
- Economics and Foresight for Business Strategy
- Introduction to Law for Business
- Introduction to Professional Accounting Studies
The progression to Semester Two modules is dependable on the specific prerequisite module conditions.
- Analysis and Decision-Making 2A
- Applied Business Information Systems
- Financial Reporting and Compliance 2A
- Introduction to Risk and Governance
- Strategy and Leadership in Value Creation
- Analysis and Decision-Making 2B
- Financial Reporting and Compliance 2B
- Risk and Governance for Complex Information Systems
- Strategy and Leadership for Growth
- Analysis and Decision-Making 3A
- Financial Reporting and Compliance 3A
- Legislative Framework for Risk and Governance
- Strategy and Leadership for Stakeholder Engagement
- Tax Law and Compliance
- Advanced Principles of Risk and Governance
- Analysis and Decision-Making 3B
- Auditing
- Financial Reporting and Compliance 3B
- Responsible Business Leadership
- Series of bite-sized video lectures covering every concept
- Quizzes to test your knowledge
- Practice questions and past tests and exams with feedback videos
- One-on-one live online discussions
- Weekly live online group discussions for each subject
- Scheduled weekly online classes (option to attend class from anywhere during lunch time or early evening)
- Mentorship from lecturers and past students
- Start conversations, share knowledge, and build communities with other students
