This curriculum develops learners’ competence in applying integrated knowledge, skills, principles and methods in both the fields of the Humanities and Business, and to prepare graduates for postgraduate studies.
Type: undergraduate degree
Duration: 3 year full time
Compulsory Subjects
First year subject:
- Information skills
- Basic computer literacy
- General reasoning skills
- Introduction to basic economics
- Economic systems and basic macroeconomics
- Introduction to economics and micro-economics
- Introduction to macroeconomics
Second year subjects:
- Microeconomics
- Macroeconomics
- Management accounting and finance
- Employee and management relations
- Mercantile law
- International law
- International economic law
- Public policy management
- Entrepreneurship
- Financial management
- Public financial management
- Strategic management
Third year subjects:
- Labour economics and international economics
- Development economics and public finance
- Introduction to community work
- Training and development
- Money
- Financial markets, instruments and institutions
- Community service learning
Careers: economist, financial management, economic consultant.
Source: www.ufs.ac.za