COURSE: BCOM IN INFORMATICS

This programme is defined as the application of modern information systems in organisations, both private and public. The student will have graduate-level knowledge of the analysis, design and implementation of information systems, databases, operating systems, networks and information management.

Type: undergraduate degree

Duration: 3 years full time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subjects:

• Computer and information literacy


• Academic literacy


• Informatics


• Financial accounting


• Economics


• Statistics


• Business management


• Communication management


• Discrete structures

Second year subjects:

• Business ethics


• Informatics


• Business law

Third year subjects:

• Informatics


• Community based projects

Careers: information specialist.

Source: www.up.ac.za

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