Qualification stream: | Financial Management |
Qualification code: | 98306 - FMN |
NQF level: | 7 |
Total credits: | 360 |
SAQA ID: | 101094 |
APS/AS: | 21 |
Rules: The College has made several amendments to the curriculum Students should note that during the course of their studies they would be required to have access to a computer, printer and the internet. |
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Purpose statement: The primary purpose of the qualification is to provide qualifiers with graduate-level knowledge, specific skills, applied competence and the necessary attitudes in the fields associated with commerce and industry that prepare them to be lifelong learners, employable workers/entrepreneurs and contributors to society and the business community. The second purpose of the qualification is to provide South Africa (and other countries) with functional managers at the middle management level in all sectors of the economy. A further purpose of the qualification is to provide graduates with a self-sustaining understanding of the process whereby productive resources are mobilised and utilized with a view to being gainfully employed in serving the material needs of society in a globalised world. |
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This qualification will be presented using both online and distance learning modes. |
Please note: Should you wish to start a new qualification, please apply online for the alternative qualification during the prescribed application period.
Each Unisa qualification is structured in such a way that you need to pass a certain number of NQF level credits within a certain amount of time in order to graduate.
You may not register for more than the allowed maximum number of credits / modules per academic year and / or semester:
The maximum number of credits do not include supplementary and / or aegrotat examinations from a previous semester. Modules taken for non-degree / non-diploma purposes also count towards the maximum number of credits allowed.
You must take your available time into consideration when choosing your modules, as this will impact your academic performance. You need approximately
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As you are deciding on the modules you will be registering for, remember to write down the module names and codes so that you have something that you can refer to when completing your registration.
The College included QMI1500 and EUP1501 as compulsory modules.
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Module | Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/Recommendation |
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Group A. Compulsory | |
CLA1501 - Commercial Law IA | |
ECS1501 - Economics IA | |
ECS1601 - Economics IB | Pre-requisite:ECS1501 |
EUP1501 - Ethical Information and Communication Technologies for Development Solutions | |
FAC1502 - Financial Accounting Principles, Concepts and Procedures | |
FAC1601 - Financial Accounting and Reporting | Pre-requisite:FAC1502 (except for qualification code 90017) |
MNB1501 - Business Management IA | |
MNB1601 - Business Management IB | Pre-requisite:MNB1501 (except for qualification code 90017) |
QMI1500 - Elementary Quantitative Methods | Co-requisite:BNU1501 (Applicable to 98237 and 90016 only) |
SUS1501 - Sustainability and Greed |
The College has removed BAN2601as a compulsory module and removed BAN2602, RSK2602 and MNO2601as
electives. Students who have already completed the modules that were replaced or moved, while
registered in this curriculum, will retain the credit(-s) and will not be required to complete the
relevant replacement modules.
Module | Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/Recommendation |
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Group A. Compulsory | |
ECS2601 - Microeconomics | Pre-requisite:ECS1501 |
ECS2602 - Macroeconomics | Pre-requisite:ECS1601 |
FAC2601 - Financial Accounting for Companies | Pre-requisite:FAC1502 & FAC1601 (except for qualification code 90017) |
FAC2602 - Selected Accounting Standards and Simple Group Structures | Pre-requisite:FAC1502 & FAC1601(except for qualification code 90017) |
FIN2601 - Financial Management | Pre-requisite:FAC1601 or FAC1602 & ECS1601 |
FIN2602 - Personal Financial Management | |
INV2601 - Fundamentals of Investment | Pre-requisite:FIN2601 or FIN2603 |
MNG2601 - General Management | |
RSK2601 - Enterprise Risk Management | |
Group B. Choose 1 of the following | |
ECS2603 - South African Economic Indicators | Pre-requisite:ECS1601 |
ECS2605 - South African Financial System | Pre-requisite:ECS1601 |
TAX2601 - Principles of Taxation | Pre-requisite:FAC1502 |
The College included ECS3706 as an elective. We have also changed the codes and names of two modules
but students will retain the original credit if already completed: Risk Management: Long-term
Insurance (RSK3702) is now Life insurance (ISR3702) and Risk Financing and Short-term insurance
(RSK3701) is now Non-Life insurance (ISR3701).
Module | Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/Recommendation |
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Group A. Compulsory | |
BAN3702 - Banking : Treasury Management | |
ECS3701 - Monetary Economics | Pre-requisite:ECS2602 |
FIN3701 - Financial Management | Pre-requisite:FIN2601 |
FIN3702 - Working Capital Management | Pre-requisite:FIN2601 |
ISR3701 - Non-Life Insurance | |
MNG3701 - Strategic Planning IIIA | Pre-requisite:MNG2601 (Not applicable to BTEXP, BTSMN, 98222 & 98235) |
MNG3702 - Strategic Implementation and Control IIIB | Co-requisite:MNG3701 |
Group B. Choose 3 of the following | |
ECS3703 - International Finance | Pre-requisite:ECS2602 |
ECS3706 - Econometrics | Pre-requisite:ECS2601, ECS2602 & (DSC1520 or QMI1500 or [STA1501 & STA1502]) |
INV3701 - Equity Asset Valuation | Pre-requisite:INV2601 |
INV3702 - Fixed Income Analysis | Pre-requisite:INV2601 |
INV3703 - Derivatives | Pre-requisite:INV2601 |
ISR3702 - Life Insurance | |
TAX3701 - Taxation of Business Activities | Pre-requisite:FAC1601 & TAX2601 |