Bachelor of Commerce Honours in Logistic and Chain Supply Management
The Bachelor of Commerce Honours in Logistic and Chain Supply Management entail coursework and a research seminar (of 30 credits).
Logistics management plans and coordinates the flow and storage of goods and services in the supply chain. Logisticians manage and coordinate activities in this value chain to ensure an efficient and effective flow of materials and information from the time a need arises until it is satisfied.
Some of the many activities involved in logistics include: customer service, transport, purchasing, warehousing, materials handling, strategic planning, inventory control and forecasting.
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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
Admission requirements
A BCom degree or
A bachelor’s degree other than a BCom degree.
A combined average of at least 60% for the third-year modules in Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
Selection
The number of students selected will be influenced by, among other things, staff capacity and the availability of resources within the Department, as well as academic merit and University transformation objectives. As staff capacity and resources may fluctuate from year to year, the number of students selected can also differ from year to year.
Students are selected for this programme primarily based on:
• Their average final mark achieved for their Logistics and/or Supply Chain Management major at third year level;
• Overall academic performance;
• Their research potential as displayed in an undergraduate research module;
• Their level of numeracy (satisfactory numeracy is deemed to be a first year (one semester) university course in Mathematics (pure or applied) or Statistics or Mathematics at National Senior Certificate level with a mark of 50% or higher); and
• Their motivation for wanting to pursue postgraduate studies in Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
If there are a large number of applicants, the Department may request applicants to submit a short curriculum vitae, letter of motivation, and research idea. These will then be used to compose a shortlist for selection interviews. The interviews will be used to rank the applicants in order of suitability, and to finalise the list of selected applicants.
Supporting application documents
Final school-leaving results
Certificate awarded upon completion of High School displaying the percentage or grade symbol awarded for each subject passed
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Final school-leaving results
Letter of motivation
One-page document explaining what factors are motivating you to apply for the specific programme(s) and describing what makes you a suitable candidate.
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Motivational letter / Essay
Programme structure
Programme structure
The programme consists of five compulsory and two elective modules. One of the compulsory modules is a research assignment.
Programme content
You must earn a total of at least 120 credits for this programme.
Compulsory modules (90 credits)
11485 Customer Service and Logistics Interface Management 722 (15)
10911 Introductory Forecasting 723 (15)
14693 Research Assignment: Logistics and Supply ChainManagement 771 (30)
13077 Supply Management (Inbound) 714 (15)
13078 Supply Management (Outbound) 714 (15)