This programme features a new curriculum built around the entry-level accounting needs of companies, government departments and private accounting firms. It prepares students to handle routine accounting and reporting, provide taxation services and carry out company secretarial functions.

Type: undergraduate diploma

Duration: 3 years

Compulsory Subjects

First year subjects:

• Financial Accounting


• Business Calculations


• Communication


• Cost Accounting


• Commercial Law for Accountants


• Entrepreneurial Skills


• Economics


• Business Information Systems

Second year subjects:

• Financial Accounting


• Commercial Law for Accountants


• Cost Accounting


• Business Information Systems


• Auditing


• Taxation

Third year subjects:

• Financial Accounting


• Management Accounting


• Advanced Law


• Auditing


• Taxation


• Business Information Systems

Careers: financial accountant, management accountant, budgetary controller officer, taxation service offer.

Source: www.unisa.ac.za

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