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UFS Higher Certificate in Economic and Management Sciences: BAdmin Requirements

The requirements for undertaking the University of the Free State (UFS) Higher Certificate in Economic and Management Sciences: BAdmin.

Only the brightest young minds can face the economics of change. In the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences we bring theory and practice together.

We are a dynamic and innovative faculty that effectively meets the demands and challenges of the fast-changing economic and management environment. The inputs from the private sector as well as the professional and general community were considered in the design of our programmes.

The faculty has five departments. Accounting | Business Management | Economics | Industrial Psychology | Public Administration and Governance.

Higher-certificate programmes

The Higher Certificate in Economic and Management Sciences (BCom and BAdmin study options) gives deserving school leavers, who have completed the National Senior Certificate or the National Certificate (Vocational) but do not meet mainstream or extended-degree admission requirements, the opportunity to access higher-education studies to perform themselves into degree studies.

We present the UFS Higher Certificate through a resource-based, student-centred teaching and learning approach. To help you reach your potential, we give you additional administrative and academic support for the best possible learning experience.

If you successfully complete the one-year Higher Certificate, you can apply for appropriate extended-degree studies at the UFS, or applicable degree studies at other higher-education institutions (subject to each institution’s requirements).

General admission requirements

  • A National Senior Certificate (NSC), or a National Certificate: Vocational (NCV) Level 4, and an AP of either 18 for Higher Certificates, or 20 for UPP study options.
  • Four subjects on level 3 (40% to 49%).
  • Language of instruction on level 3 (40%) for all options.
  • Commerce (BCom) study options: Mathematics on level 3 (40%) or higher.
  • Administration (BAdmin) study option: Mathematics is not a requirement to study this option. The duration of the course is four years. NB: You will not be allowed to change from an Administration to a Commerce programme.

Modules: Higher Certificate – BCom option

Compulsory modules Semester 1 Semester 2
Skills and Competencies for Lifelong Learning

SCLL1414

SCLL1524

General Language Course

GENL1414

GENL1524

Development Mathematics

MATD1554

MATD1584

Introduction to Human Resource Management

EHHR1514

Introduction to Individual Differences

EHIO1524

Business Functions

EHBM1514

General Management Skills

EHBM1524

Structured module credits

32

32

Additional credits for developmental modules

48

48

 

Modules: Higher Certificate – BAdmin option

Compulsory modules Semester 1 Semester 2
Skills and Competencies for Lifelong Learning

SCLL1414

SCLL1524

General Language Course

GENL1414

GENL1524

Mathematical Literacy

MTDE1508

Introduction to Human Resource Management

EHHR1514

Introduction to Individual Differences

EHIO1524

Public Administration and Management Theories

EHPA1514

General Management Skills

EHBM1524

Structured module credits

32

32

Additional credits for developmental modules

48

48

 

Degree programmes

At the Qwaqwa Campus, we offer two bachelor’s degrees:
1. Baccalaureus Commercii (i.e. Bachelor of Commerce – BCom) degree in General Management
2. Baccalaureus Administrationis (i.e. Bachelor of Administration – BAdmin) degree.
You can enrol for either the three- or four-year BCom or BAdmin degree. For both degrees, you need:

  • A minimum AP score of 25 for the four-year programmes and a minimum AP score of 29 for the three-year programmes, and
  • An achievement level of 4 (50%) for English Grade 12.
  • The four-year BCom degree requires a level 3 (40%) Mathematics in Grade 12, and
  • The three-year BCom degree requires level 4 (50%) Mathematics in Grade 12.

If you are interested in management, but cannot decide on a speciality, then the general BCom option is perfect for you. The BCom General Management degree is designed to equip each student for various career options in the broader fields of Economics and Management (private and public sector, and tertiary institutions).

You will be prepared for many careers in a broad field, and can specialise at postgraduate level, if you want to.

The study fields for the BCom (General Management) degree include:

  • Accounting (Accounting, Cost and Management Accounting)
  • Business Management (General Management, Marketing; Entrepreneurship; Small Business Management, Strategic Management)
  • Economics (Micro- and Macroeconomics; Labour and International Economics; Development Economics and Public Finance)
  • Industrial Psychology (Human Resources Management, Organisational Psychology; Employee and Labour Relations; Career Psychology; Research Methodology and Training and Development)
  • Public Management (Public Human Resource Management, Financial Management; Public Policy).

The BAdmin degree is a specialised degree aimed at a career in the public sector, parastatal institutions, trade unions, non-governmental organisations, and tertiary institutions. If you would like to specialise, you can do so at postgraduate level.

The study fields for the BAdmin degree include:

 

  • Public Administration and Management
  • Human Resources Management
  • Public Financial Management
  • Organisational Analysis
  • Public Policy
  • Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Sector
  • Supply Chain Management

However, if you meet the requirements and wish to apply to study this course. You can simply check the application processes.

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