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The Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) degree programme enables each student to develop his or her own interests in business and related subjects. Students are able to create individualised courses using a range of papers offered across teaching departments in the School of Business and University as a whole. Students have the flexibility within the BCom degree to combine two specialisations and graduate with a double major.

Management

The value of study in management cannot be overestimated. Whatever your interests in life and work and whatever your future hopes, wishes and goals, management will help you succeed. Management skills are needed by everyone in a position of responsibility. For example the top jobs in manufacturing, commerce, healthcare, education, legal, non-profit, recreational and science organizations will include managerial responsibilities. Management is equally applicable to self-employment, small business, national businesses, government organizations and multinational companies.

Often described as 'the art of getting things done through people', Management teaches students how to apply principles which focus on people at work, the day to day job of 'managing' and on organizations as a whole. Students may also take courses which attempt to explain the implications of managerial roles both in and out of the workplace.

A Management major is an essential component for all those who wish to participate and succeed in the business or organisational world because the management role is critical to both economic performance and human satisfaction in the workplace.

Management provides theoretical groundings and frameworks for understanding and developing solutions to the challenges of human resource and operations management. However, all students benefit from Management study because management activities support other specialist responsibilities. For instance, a senior medical laboratory technician is both a scientist and a manager, a school principal is a teacher and a manager. A senior accountant is both a financial interpreter and a manager and a religious leader is a spiritual teacher and a manager. Management is relevant to a wide range of areas, and is an excellent subject to combine with others in a double degree or major.

Structure of the Programme

• shall consist of papers worth not less than 360 points;
• shall include at least 180 points for papers above 100-level of which at least 72 points shall be for papers above 200-level,
• shall satisfy the requirements of the major subject. No paper above 200-level may count for more than one Major Subject Requirement,
• shall include the following Required Papers: BSNS 111, BSNS 112, BSNS 113, BSNS 114, BSNS 115
• may include one or more optional minor subjects. No paper may count for both a Major and a Minor Subject Requirement or for more than one Minor Subject Requirement unless that paper is at 100- or 200-level and is specified as compulsory for both Requirements,

May include papers which are not listed in Commerce Schedule C

• up to 90 points; or
• as specified in the Commerce Major Subject Requirements and/or the Commerce subjects in the Minor Subject Requirements; or
• as specified in the Minor Subject Requirements.

At least three of these papers must be passed before enrolling in any 200-level Commerce paper, and all must be passed before enrolling in any 300-level Commerce paper. For single-degree BCom students, all five must be attempted in the first year of study or equivalent.