Bachelor of Commerce New Programme Admission Requirements

Bachelor of Commerce New Programme Admission Requirements

Degree Entrance Requirements

The minimum entrance requirement for the Degree programme shall be:

(a)      International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) Candidates

A minimum of six passes in the IGCSE, which must include passes at C grade or better in English, and Mathematics plus a credit in a minimum of two subjects drawn from the list below:      

Economics    Information Technology    
Business Studies    Siswati        
Accounts  Biology 
Additional Mathematics Combined Science
English Literature  Design Technology
Geography  History French
Religious Studies Agriculture
Food and Nutrition Fashion and Fabrics

   
OR      (b)     A minimum of six passes in the G.C.E. “O’ Level, which must include passes at C grade or better in English Language and Mathematics plus a credit in a minimum of two subjects drawn from the list below:

Additional Mathematics Agriculture
Bible Knowledge Biology
Combined Science  Commerce
Chemistry Economics
French Geography
General Science   History
Human and Social Biology   Physics 
Physical Science  Principles of Accounts
Siswati

OR       (c)     A recognized equivalent qualification.
OR       (d)  Mature Age Entry Admission:
(As in Academic General Regulation 040.23).

Degree Entrance requirements for Diploma Holders

  • Holders of the Diploma in Accounting and Business Studies (DABS) (or its  equivalent), who intend to study for the Bachelor of Commerce degree, will be eligible to enter Year 1 of the Six-Year Bachelor of Commerce Degree programme.
  • Holders of the Diploma in Commerce shall be eligible to enter Year 3 of the Six -Year Bachelor of Commerce Degree programme. Such candidates may be required to take any other courses as directed by Senate.

BCom (New Programme)- Other Admissions

  • An applicant who intends to study for the Six -Year Bachelor of Commerce degree programme who had withdrawn or failed one or more courses in Year-1 of the Diploma in Commerce Degree programme may be allowed to transfer into Year-1 of the degree programme.
  • An applicant who intends to study for the Six-Year Bachelor of Commerce degree programme who had withdrawn or failed one or more courses in Year-2 of the Diploma in Commerce Degree programme may be allowed to transfer into Year- 2 of the degree programme.
  • An applicant covered by paragraph (a) or (b) above, may receive exemption from equivalent course(s) passed during the diploma programme  and may be required to take any other course(s) as directed by the Senate.

B. Com (new) Degree Programme Strucuture

 (a)  All students are expected to take and pass ACS102: Academic Communication Skills: English for Academic Purposes, ACS103: Academic Communication Studies:  English for Specific Purposes, HSC113: HIV Prevention, Infection & Management of AIDS and BA112: Introduction to Business Computing.
 (b)  A student who has taken and passed Business Computing (BA 112) course from the Faculty of Commerce shall be exempted from taking Computer Foundation.
 (c)  A student who has taken and passed a Computer Foundation course from other faculties shall not be exempted from taking BA112.          
The duration of the Institute of Distance Education Degree in Commerce programme shall be six Years of study.  Courses shall be offered in the following:
 
YEAR 1
Semester I
AC111 : Introduction to Financial Accounting I
ACS102: Academic Communication Skills: English for Academic Purposes
HSC113: HIV Prevention, Infection & Management of AIDS
MS 101: Algebra, Trigonometry & Analytic Geometry       
SEMESTER II
BA 111 : Business Environment  
BA 113 : Principles of Marketing
AC112 : Introduction to Financial Accounting II
ACS103: Academic Communication Studies: English for Specific Purposes
BA 112: Introduction to Business Computing      
YEAR 2 SEMESTER III   
ECON 104: Principles of Macro- Economics    
MS 102 : Calculus for Business and Social Sciences     
AC 102 :Commercial Law
BA 114 : Principles of Management
AC 211 : Intermediate Financial Accounting I       
YEAR 2  SEMESTER IV     
AC 214 : Introduction to Cost and Management Accounting 
ST 220 : Inferential Statistics  for Business    
ECON 201 : Microeconomics  
BA 215: Management Information Systems I    
YEAR 3 SEMESTER V
BA 221 : Marketing Management       
BA 213: Organisational Behaviour I   
AC 212 : Intermediate Financial Accounting II     
BA 212: Business Communications    
MS 202: Quantitative Techniques  
YEAR 3 SEMESTER VI    
BA 216: Management Information Systems II   
ECON 203 : Macroeconomics    
AC 213: Principles of Finance  
BA 214: Organisational Behaviour II