REGISTRATION

• Unless Senate decides otherwise, candidates shall, in their first year of study, not register for any module other than those prescribed in the first year of study of their approved programmes.
• Unless Senate decides otherwise, candidates who have failed a particular module in three separate examinations, shall not be allowed to re-register for that module.
• For the purpose of the above rule, a re-examination in a module shall not constitute a separate examination.

DURATION
The programme shall extend over three years of full-time or five years of part-time study.

APPLICABLE RULES
Unless Senate decides otherwise:

• The degree may be obtained by either full-time or part-time study.
• Candidates must comply with the minimum requirements for registration for modules in certain subjects.
• Unless Senate decides otherwise, no candidate shall obtain more than one BCom degree.
• The degree shall be obtained by completing the modules prescribed by Senate.
• Unless Senate decides otherwise, the degree shall be awarded cum laude if candidates comply with the requirements as stipulated in the General Prospectus.
• Candidates must complete one of the undermentioned programmes or a special programme subject to approval by Senate.
• For part-time study the programmes are spread over a period of five years taking the lecture and examination timetable into account. Details of the programmes offered part-time appear on the relevant pages in the Prospectus.

Students who would like to register for a three-year BCom degree at the NMMU have a choice of 19 programmes. They are:

In the majority of cases, the first-year modules are more or less the same, viz. Accounting, Business Management, Economics and Computer Science whereas, from the second year, the chosen specialised modules are presented. Students must obtain a minimum of 360 credits for all three-year BCom degrees.

Besides the three-year Bachelor of Commerce, the NMMU also offers a four-year BCom Accounting Science degree, which leads to the Honours degree in Accounting. The BCom Accounting Science allows specialisation in:

ACCOUNTING LINKED MODULES
For assessment purposes, certain modules offered by the School of Accounting are classified as linked modules. Linked modules are linked with their relevant couplet modules. The pass mark for modules in the School is 50%. Linked modules, however, may be “passed on link” by earning a mark of less than 50%, provided that the aggregate mark for the linked module and the relevant couplet module is at least 50% and provided that at least a sub-minimum mark is achieved for the linked module examination and provided that the marks for the linked module and the relevant couplet module have been achieved in the same calendar year (excluding the reassessment period for couplet modules in January of the following year). A “fail” result achieved in a linked module will be amended to “pass on link” if the abovementioned conditions have been met.

ECONOMICS LINKED MODULES
For assessment purposes the following modules offered by the Department of Economics are classified as linked modules:

• ECO301/ECC301 (Public Economics)
• ECO302/ECC311 (Economics of Financial Markets)
• ECO304/ECC321 (Econometrics)
• ECO305/ECC302 (Development Economics)
• ECO306/ECC312 (International Economics)
• ECO307/ECC322 (Labour Economics)
• ECO309/ECC332 (Economic and Development Ethics)

Within any given year, if a student has passed all except one of the prescribed linked modules (depending on the degree programme), the mark for the failed module will be adjusted to a pass-on-link, provided that the student has obtained a final mark of at least 45% for the failed module, an exam mark of at least 40% for the failed module and an average of at least 50% for all the linked modules.

This adjustment will only be considered at the end of the second semester and after all supplementary examination assessments have been completed.

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTING SCIENCES
General Rules
A series of tutorial and programming assignments will form part of the modules offered by the Department. Students must show satisfactory progress with these assignments during scheduled practical sessions in venues designated by the University. Part-time candidates who have access to approved computer facilities may apply for exemption from practical classes at the University on condition that the practical assignments and projects are performed satisfactorily. A subminimum of 40% is required for the class mark, as well as a subminimum of 40% for the examination in each module. In the case of insufficient computer facilities the Department reserves the right to select students.

WRFV101 Exemption
Students who have passed CAT in Grade 12 with a final mark of at least 80% receive automatic exemption from WRFV101.

Competency Tests
Competency Tests can be applied for to test whether a candidate can be exempted from modules WRFV101/102 and WRAV101/102.

Specific rules for Bachelor of Commerce (Law)

This programme has been approved in terms of the new Higher Education Qualification Sub-Framework (HEQSF).

DURATION
The qualification shall extend over three years of full-time study.

CURRICULUM

♦ Major modules (please refer to the General Prospectus).