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Bachelor of Commerce (BCom)

Faculty of Commerce and Faculty of Leadership and Business Administration SAQA ID No. 84948 NQF 7 375 Credits 3 Years Register Online

With global business challenges becoming more demanding, the Richfield Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) Degree offers students a highly relevant and quality learning experience in a rapidly changing business and commercial environment. Now with SAICA endorsement, our BCom provides additional pathways to professional accounting qualifications.

Our BCom degree is designed to ensure that graduates go on to excel in commercial environments, confident in their foundational and theoretical knowledge, supported by strong problem-solving, critical thinking, decision-making, information technology, and strategic skills. The SAICA endorsement opens additional career possibilities in professional accounting, while traditional BCom career paths include general management, entrepreneurship, marketing management, human resource management, and financial management. Not sure which path is right for you? Click here to view a comparison.

This business qualification prepares students for the increasingly challenging and complex demands they are likely to face in professional, business, and commercial environments. The programme is accredited with the Council on Higher Education (CHE) and the Associate General Accountant (AGA) route is endorsed by the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA), providing a pathway to becoming an Associate General Accountant or pursuing further studies toward becoming a Chartered Accountant (CA). From your second year of studies, you can choose the SAICA-endorsed Associate General Accountant (AGA) route, provided you meet the first-year credit requirements.

Section 1

Admission Requirements

A National Senior Certificate (NSC) with an endorsement to a degree coupled with appropriate combinations of recognised subjects and levels of achievement; or
The National Certificate Vocational (NCV) at NQF Level 4 with appropriate combinations of recognised subjects and levels of achievement; or
Further Education and Training (FET) NQF Level 4; or
Mature Age Exemption for people above the age of 23 years as set out in the Higher Education Regulations; or
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)

Section 2

Module Breakdown

Year 1

Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) – Module Breakdown Year 1

Subject code

Semester 1

NQF level

Credits

BET500S

Business Ethics 500

EC0511S

Economics 511

ACC511S

Accounting 511

STA511S

Statistics 511

INS511S

Information Systems 511

HEM511S

Human Resource Management 511*

MRM511S

Marketing Management 511*

Subject code

Semester 2

NQF level

Credits

ETR500S

Entrepreneurship 500

EC0512S

Economics 512

ACC512S

Accounting 512

STA512S

Statistics 512

INS512S

Information Systems 512

HEM512S

Human Resource Management 512*

MRM512S

Marketing Management 512*

Year 2

*AGA route available from second year, subject to first-year academic requirements.

Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) – Module Breakdown Year 2 AGA

Subject code

Semester 1

NQF level

Credits

CL621SD

Commercial Law 621

AC621SD

Accounting 621

TX621SD

Taxation* 621

FM621SD

Financial Management & Managerial Accounting 621

AU621SD

Auditing 621*

Subject code

Semester 2

NQF level

Credits

CL622SD

Commercial Law 622

AC622SD

Accounting 622

TX622SD

Taxation 622*

FM622SD

Financial Management & Managerial Accounting 622

AU622SD

Auditing 622*

Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) – Module Breakdown Year 2 Non-AGA

Subject code

Semester 1

NQF level

Credits

ECO612A

Economics 621

STR621

Stakeholder Relations 621

CLW621A

Commercial Law 621

ACC601A

Accounting 621*

MKM621A

Marketing Management 621*

HRM621A

Human Resource Management 621*

Subject code

Semester 2

NQF level

Credits

ECO622A

Economics 622

STR622

Stakeholder Relations 622

CLW622A

Commercial Law 622

ACC602A

Accounting 622*

MKM622A

Marketing Management 622*

HRM622A

Human Resource Management 622*

Year 3

Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) – Module Breakdown Year 3 AGA

Subject code

Semester 1

NQF level

Credits

WIL700S

Work Integrated Learning 700

ACC731S

Accounting 731

AU731SD

Auditing and Assurance 731

TAX731S

Taxation 731

FMA731S

Financial Management & Managerial Accounting 731

MAR700S

Market Research 700

CIR700S

Contemporary Issues in Industrial Relations 700

Subject code

Semester 2

NQF level

Credits

ENT700S

Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management 700

ACC732S

Accounting 732

AU732SD

Auditing and Assurance 732

TAX732S

Taxation 732

FMA732S

Financial Management & Managerial Accounting 732

TQM700S

Total Quality Management 700

TND700S

Training & Development 700

Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) – Module Breakdown Year 3 Non-AGA

Subject code

Semester 1

NQF level

Credits

STM731A

Strategic Management 731

MKR700

Market Research 700

ENT700

Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management 700

CIR700

Contemporary Issues in Industrial Relations 700

ACC731A

Accounting 731*

MKM731A

Marketing Management 731*

HRM731A

Human Resource Management 731*

Subject code

Semester 2

NQF level

Credits

STM732A

Strategic Management 732

TAD700

Training and Development 700

TQM700

Total Quality Management 700

WIL700B

Work Integrated Learning 700

ACC732A

Accounting 732*

MKM732A

Marketing Management 732*

HRM732A

Human Resource Management 732*

Key
	Modules shaded white are Richfield compulsory modules
	Modules shaded blue are Richfield elective modules
	Modules shaded green are SAICA compulsory modules
	Modules shaded yellow are foundation level SAICA elective modules in the second year of academic study and are compulsory for all AGA students
	Modules shaded pink are SAICA elective modules in the third year of academic study and students may select 1 or 2 or 3