Bachelor of Accounting Honours
The Bachelor of Accounting Honours in the School of Accountancy focuses on the education of professional accountants. Its programmes therefore meet the requirements of various professional bodies. The School is ranked among the top producers of chartered accountants in South Africa on the basis of the number of its students who pass the professional examinations of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants each year.
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Please note that selection for postgraduate programmes is highly competitive. Meeting the minimum admission requirements does not guarantee admission to the programme.
Minimum admission requirements
For students with degrees from Stellenbosch University
A weighted average final mark of at least 58% for the following modules in the BAcc or BAccLLB
programme:
Financial Accounting 379
Taxation 399
Management Accounting 378
Auditing 378
The following weightings are used in the calculation of the weighted average final mark:
Financial Accounting and Management Accounting, 4 each;
Taxation and Auditing, 3 each.
For students with degrees from other universities
If you obtained an undergraduate qualification from another higher education institution, which is equivalent to the BAcc (NQF level 7) or BAccLLB (NQF level 8) and is accredited with SAICA, the admission requirements for you are the same as for students with degrees from Stellenbosch University.
If you have a degree from an international university, you will not be admitted directly to the programme. In that case, you must first supplement certain undergraduate modules. You can request more details from the School of Accountancy.
Programme structure
Programme content
You must earn a total of at least 150 credits for this programme.
The following accounting subject areas are presented as an integrated unit:
• auditing, regulation and information systems;
• financial accounting;
• financial management;
• management decision-making and control;
• strategy and risk management;
• taxation;
• accountancy research.
Compulsory modules
14072 Auditing, Regulation and Information Systems 771 (24)
26883 Financial Accounting 771 (40)
14071 Management Accounting and Finance 771 (32)
14073 Research Assignment: Accountancy 774 (30)
18287 Taxation 771 (24)