COURSE: BCOM IN ECONOMICS

The purpose of this qualification is to provide graduates with knowledge on the working of the economic and financial systems of South Africa and the influence exerted on it by the global economy and financial markets. This programme will provide students with the necessary theoretical and applied principles of the instruments and effects of economic policy, such as fiscal policy, monetary policy and labour policy.

Type: undergraduate degree

Duration: 3 years full time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subjects:

• Computer and information literacy


• Academic literacy


• Economics


• Statistics


• Business management


• Financial accounting


• Informatics


• Communication management

Second year subjects:

• Business ethics


• Economics


• Statistics


• Business law

Third year subjects:

• Economics

Careers: economist.

Source: www.up.ac.za

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