BCom Hons: Business Management at University of Pretoria

The purpose of the BCom Business Management programme is to empower students as responsible entrepreneurs, business managers, and leaders that create shared value in an innovative manner by equipping them with the knowledge, skills, and attributes for critical thinking.

Admission requirements

The following persons will be considered for admission: Candidates who are in possession of a certificate that is deemed by the University to be equivalent to the required Grade 12 certificate with university endorsement; candidates who are graduates from another tertiary institution or have been granted the status of a graduate of such an institution; and candidates who are graduates of another faculty at the University of Pretoria.

Life Orientation is excluded when calculating the APS.

Minimum requirements

Achievement level
English Home Language or
English First Additional
Language
Mathematics APS
NSC/IEB AS Level NSC/IEB AS Level
5 C 4 D 30

Cambridge A level candidates who obtained at least a D in the required subjects will be considered for admission.

International Baccalaureate (IB) HL candidates who obtained at least a 4 in the required subjects, will be considered for admission.

Additional requirements

a. General Regulations G.1 to G.15 (with the exception of Regulation G.11.2(c)) apply to a bachelor’s degree.

b. A student may not take more than the prescribed number of modules per semester unless the Dean decides otherwise.

c. A student may take a module not listed as an elective module only if the prior approval of the Dean has been obtained.

d. A student who is in possession of a bachelor’s degree may not present any modules passed for that degree for another field of specialisation or degree in this Faculty.

e. A module already passed may only be repeated with the approval of the Dean.

f. A module passed may not be taken into account for more than one degree or field of specialisation.

g. It remains the student’s responsibility to ascertain, prior to registration, whether all the modules he/she intends to take can be accommodated in the class, test and examination timetables.

h. The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences supports an outcomes-based education system and places a high premium on the development of specific academic competencies.

Class attendance in all modules and for the full duration of all programmes is therefore compulsory for all students.

i. The Dean has the right of authorisation regarding matters not provided for in the General Regulations or the Faculty Regulations.

Minimum duration of study 3 years

What are the modules in business management?

First Year

Introductory Accounting.

Introductory Accounting provides students with a basic knowledge of accountancy, helping them to understand the concept of contra accounts and how to do financial statements.

Management Communication.

Computer Practice.

Entrepreneurship & Business Management.