BCom Honours (Management Accounting): Postgraduate programme
The aim of the postgraduate programme is to prepare students further for a career as management accountant. The programme places a strong emphasis on skills required of top management, e.g. strategic thinking and risk management. The programme prepares students for the final examinations of CIMA.
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Student in possession of a BCom (Management Accounting) or BCom (Financial Accounting) degree from Stellenbosch University can follow the BCom Honours (Management Accounting) programme if they achieved performance marks of at least 57% in Management Accounting 388 and 57% in Financial Accounting 389.
Student in possession of a BAccounting degree from Stellenbosch University can follow the BCom Honours (Management Accounting) programme if they achieved performance marks of at least 57% in Management Accounting 378 and 53% in Financial Accounting 379.
Students from other universities may also be eligible to enrol for the BCom Honours (Management Accounting) programme. Programmes that may be considered have to include at least three years Financial Accounting and minimum two years Management Accounting (which includes Strategy, Financial Management and Cost Accounting). The selection criteria of 57% for both Financial Accounting and Management Accounting would be applied. An equivalent qualification from another university (equivalent qualification: the qualification leads to the same exemptions with CIMA as the undergraduate programmes from Stellenbosch University, up to and including CIMA’s Operational Level and the Operational Case Study Exam).
The above marks must be obtained within the two years preceding the intended year of study.
The admission requirements were set by the School of Accountancy after proper consideration of recent results achieved by students in the postgraduate programme. Consequently students are required to inter alia already show the necessary devotion in their undergraduate studies in order to become eligible for admission to the honours program.
The closing date for applications for the honours course is 31 October of the preceding year.
The abovementioned admission requirements are applied consistently. This programme is a selection programme and a limited number of students may possibly be admitted.
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Any further questions in relation to the BCom (Management Accounting) or BCom Honours (Management Accounting) programmes may be directed to the course programme leader, Mr Roelof Baard.
Tel: +27 (0)21 808 3470
E-mail: [email protected]
Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602
Van der Sterr building, Victoria Street, Stellenbosch, 7600
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When you qualify as a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), you will join the world's largest and leading international professional body of management accountants with more than 218,000 members and students operating in 177 countries. You will become a Chartered Management Accountant and be able to use the letters ACMA (Associate of The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) after your name. You will also be able to register as a Chartered Global Management Accountant, which is a joint venture between CIMA and the AICPA of the USA. (For more information about the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, visit their website at www.cimaglobal.com.)
