College of Economic &
Management Sciences
2014
Topics to be covered
Postgraduate Qualifications
• Procedures: Postgraduate Diplomas, Honours & Btechs
• New Postgraduate Qualifications
• Accounting Sciences
• Honours Degrees
• BTech’s
Undergraduate Qualifications
• 2014 Admission Requirements
• New Undergraduate Qualifications
• General
POSTGRADUATE
QUALIFICATIONS
Procedure for PG Diplomas, Honours &
BTECH’s
• Check F851 to determine if the admission has
been verified
• If admission verified is yes, register student
• If admission has not been verified, send to
RMD for scanning and routing to Uniflow work
list
New Qualifications
• Advanced Diploma in Accounting Sciences
98230 (Bridging qualification for Accounting
Sciences stream)* previously 10 modules
• Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting Sciences
(CTA Level 1) 98231 replaces 0569X
• Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Auditing
98232
• Postgraduate Diploma in Forensic Auditing
98234
• Postgraduate Diploma in Business
Administration 98215 (offered by SBL only)
*Accounting Sciences Stream (98230)
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CTA Level 1
Financial Accounting
Management Accounting
Internal Auditing
Forensic Auditing
Computer Auditing
Taxation
Advanced Diploma Accounting Sciences (98230)
Admission Requirement for Bridging previously
10 modules
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National Diploma in Accounting
Diploma in Accounting Sciences 98200
BTech Taxation
BTech Management Accounting
All SAICA accredited degrees older than 3 years
Non SAICA accredited e.g. Uni Venda, Uni Lim, Uni Zul
• Any other qualification - student must first obtain
BCom Financial Accounting 98302
CTA Level 1 (98231) (Direct Admission)
• SAICA qualification older than 3 years will not
be considered for admission
• All qualifications completed prior to 2011student
must attempt 98230 CTA bridging
• BCompt 0202X not older than 3 years
• Bachelor Accounting Sciences in Financial
Accounting 98302
• Completed Advanced Diploma in Accounting
Sciences 98230 (must be completed within a
3 year period)
CTA Level 1 (98231) (Direct Admission)
continued
• Completed a BCTA - usually this is a bridging
course offered at another accredited South
African university e.g. UJ and UKZN
• Completed National Diploma PLUS BCTA
• All Unisa students who have completed the
Hons BCom in Fin Accounting 0409X and
passed Auditing 3 in their previous degree
qualifies for Level 1 provided that the degree
is not older than 3 years
CTA Level 2 (98255) (Direct Admission)
PG Diploma in Applied Accounting Sciences
• CTA Level 1 completed not older than 3 years. All five
papers passed in one examination sitting
• Completed DIPAC 0569X not older than 3 years
(0569X offered for the last time in 2013. Students who
did not complete must do CTA Level 1. 04642 offered
for the last time in 2013. Those who did not complete
must proceed to CTA Level 2)
• Attempted CTA at a SAICA accredited university not
older than 3 years
CTA Level 2 (98255) continued
• All students who completed Hons BCom Gen
or Hons Bcompt CTA and wish to attempt
SAICA Board exams must register for NDP
• All students who have finished level 2 and
have done 5 unsuccessful attempts at the
Board must register for NDP
CTA Level 2 (98255) continued
• Students who do not complete all
modules in one sitting for both CTA
Level 1 and 2 will not receive an ‘Exit’
qualification as was issued in the past
E.g 04642 and 0569X phased out end
of 2013
Postgraduate Diploma in Management
Accounting (CTMA) (98205)
Admission requirements:
• A CIMA accredited Bachelor’s degree
e.g. BCompt (Management Accounting) or
• Appropriate Advanced Diploma in Accounting
Sciences with Management Accounting 3,
Financial Accounting 3 (must be SAICA
accredited), Strategic Management 3
Honours in Financial Modelling
• Admission must always be referred to the
Department
• Send registration to RMD for scanning and
routing to Uniflow work list
Honours in BCom Economics
• Students can only register for two
papers in first year of study: micro
and macro economics
Honours in Business Management (98452)
• Student will be allowed to register for the three
research modules concurrently during the
January registration period.
• Student with completed ND: HRM and MKT
will be required to first pass MNG3701 for
NDP the 60% rule will still apply
Honours Bcom in Logistics
• Refer to page 206 of My Reg (2013),
regarding the transitional arrangements
for students who have completed the
ND: Logistics
CEMS BTECH’s
The following BTECH’s are still offered for first
time registrations in 2014:
• BTech Safety Management
• BTech Explosives Management – admission
always refer to Chrissie Marais
cmarais@unisa.ac.za via email and copy
Queen Mgxaji qmgxaji@unisa.ac.za
• BTech Operations Management
UNDERGRADUATE
QUALIFICATIONS
2014 Undergraduate Admission Requirements
3 Year Degree
4 Year Degree
Maths & Language
Endorsement
Alternate Pathway
CEMS Higher Certificate
Maths in order
Maths
Language
Endorsement
OR
Maths & Language
College of Economic & Management
Sciences has a Mathematics and a
Language requirement
(See hand out)
New Undergraduate Qualifications
• Bachelor of Accounting Science in Taxation
(98313)
• Bachelor of Commerce in Supply Chain &
Operations Management (98766)
• Bachelor of Commerce in Public
Procurement Management (98767)
General
• B Compt: 0202-X
• Students who have already passed
INM1024 need not register for CBC1501.
This module is not however equivalent to
INM102-4. Students who switch to the
new degrees 98302 must register for
CBC1501
Bachelor of Business Administration 98316
• Students can only select electives on all levels
from other Colleges
• Old BBA 02216 students could select elective
modules from CEMS or other Colleges
• Students who were incorrectly registered for
98316 in 2012 and 2013 due to the discrepancies
in the rules & curriculum will retain credits for
elective modules selected from CEMS and such
cases must be condoned
General
Signature module: Sustainability and Greed
(SUS1501)
• SUS1501 was introduced in 2013 as CEMS signature
module. For those who passed the original modules in
the curriculum where SUS was not included, they will
retain credit for the module as per the set curriculum.
They need not do SUS1501.
• For example: Diploma in Human Resource Management
(98211) SUS1501 replaced FAC1601. Student that passed
FAC1601 need not do SUS1501. Indicate comment on
F161