Degree programmes in the Department of Decision Sciences

Undergraduate programmes

Modules in Decision Sciences can be taken as a major (e.g. Operations Research or Quantitative Management) for several undergraduate degrees:

Bachelor of Commerce in Quantitative Management (98311)

Honours qualifications (please follow link for information on Old Curriculum)

Honours Bachelor of Science in Operations Research (0460X – Old Curriculum, prior to 2010)
Honours Bachelor of Science in Financial Modelling (05746 – Old Curriculum, prior to 2010)
Honours Bachelor of Commerce in Financial Modelling (0572X – Old Curriculum, prior to 2010)
Honours Bachelor of Commerce in Operations Research (05738 – Old Curriculum, prior to 2010)

For Honours students, the brochure myRegistration@Unisa - College of Economic and Management Sciences should be consulted.

Master's and doctoral qualifications

Masters of Science in Operations Research (98597)
Master of Commerce in Quantitative Management (98701)
Doctor of Philosophy in Operations Research (Phd) (98598)

Potential master's applicants are requested to provide an electronic copy of their Honours project (or equivalent) and potential PhD or DCom students should send an electronic copy of their Master's dissertation. For Master's and doctoral applicants, 2012 registrations will follow a new procedure based on a research proposal module, details of which can be found in M & D COMMUNIQUĖ 01.

Potential doctoral applicants should keep in mind that their admission will (even if they satisfy all the criteria) always be subject to the availability of a suitable advisor in the Department and potential PhD students are therefore advised to familiarise themselves with the activities of at least one active researcher in the Department before contacting us.

It is possible to seek advice (and a possible recommendation from the Department) before starting the formal registration process. Keep in mind that even a positive recommendation from the Department will not guarantee admission, which will still be subject to formal approval at several different levels. Those seeking a pre-application recommendation from the Department should submit a request by e-mail, containing at least

the potential applicant's full academic record; and
a brief but detailed statement indicating why the potential applicant believes that (s)he complies with the admission criteria (point-by-point).

In all cases, kindly keep the size of the e-mail (including all attachments) below 5MB and send documents in PDF or DJVU format only and send all requests for pre-application recommendations to dscpostgrad@unisa.ac.za in a single e-mail message. We welcome correspondence in any official language of the Republic of South Africa.