The defining characteristic of this degree is that it combines business and financial education with information technology skills, a rare combination in South Africa. This blend is growing in importance as more and more organisations move from manual to automated financial, business and accounting systems. This degree is ideally suited to this convergence of business and technology.
Type: undergraduate degree
Duration: 3 years part time
Compulsory Subjects
First year subjects:
- Introduction to the economic and management environment
- Economics
- Business management
- Accounting concepts, principles and procedures
- Accounting reporting
- Introduction to Business Information Systems
Second year subjects:
- Introduction to programming
- Systems analysis and design methods
- Object-oriented concepts
- Practical accounting data processing
- General management
- The internal auditing process
Third year subjects:
- Principles of databases
- Advanced systems development
- Computer networks
Careers: business systems developer, database designer, business software project manager.
Source: www.unisa.ac.za