COURSE: BCOM IN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND BANK...

This degree option is recommended for students who envisage entering the banking sector, other financial institutions or positions in the financial world. It offers excellent prospects for a career in the Reserve Bank (which also handles monetary policy). By completing a postgraduate qualification in Economics (specialising in Financial Economics), a student would be ideally suited to this type of career. The postgraduate module in Investment Management forms an excellent link with this degree.

Type: undergraduate degree

Duration: 3 years full time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subjects:

• Economics


• Business management


• Marketing


• Accounting


• Industrial psychology


• Statistics


• Mathematics


• Afrikaans for the profession


• Business English


• Information competency

Second year subjects:

• Economics


• Financial economics


• Business management


• Management accounting


• Marketing


• Accounting


• Computer literacy

Third year subjects:

• Economics


• Financial economics


• Business management


• Management accounting


• Financial management

Careers: investor, financial advisor, banker.

Source: www.ufs.ac.za

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