Bachelor of Business Science specialising in ECONOMICS with LAW*
[CB004ECO03]
See "Entrance to the Legal Profession" elsewhere in this Handbook.
First Year Core Modules
Code Course NQF Credits NQF Level
ACC1021F Accounting for Business I ............................................................ 15 5
ACC1022Z Accounting for Business II............................................................. 9 5
ECO1010F Microeconomics........................................................................... 18 5
INF1002F Foundations of Information Systems ........................................... 18 5
MAM1010F Mathematics 1010 ........................................................................ 18 5
ECO1011S Macroeconomics .......................................................................... 18 5
MAM1012S Mathematics 1012 ........................................................................ 18 5
STA1000S Introductory Statistics .................................................................. 18 5
Total credits per year ..................................................................132
Second Year Core Modules
Code Course NQF Credits NQF Level
ECO2003F Microeconomics II ....................................................................... 18 6
FTX2020F Business Finance ......................................................................... 18 6
OR ..................................................................................................
FTX2024S Financial Management ................................................................. 18 6
STA2020F Applied Statistics ......................................................................... 24 6
PVL1003W Foundations of South African Law** .......................................... 36 5
PVL1004F South African Private Law: System and Context** ..................... 18 5
PVL1008H Law of Persons and Family** ...................................................... 18 5
ECO2004S Macroeconomics II ...................................................................... 18 6
ECO2007S Co-operation and Competition ..................................................... 18 6
Total credits per year .................................................................. 168
**Places on the Law Courses in the 2nd and 3rd year are limited. To be eligible for consideration for
a possible (but not guaranteed) place, students wishing to apply to take Law courses in 2nd and 3rd
year need to fulfil all the requirements set out in Promotion Rule for Law degrees.
Third Year Core Modules
Code Course NQF Credits NQF Level
BUS3039F People Management ..................................................................... 18 7
ECO3020F Advanced Macro & Microeconomics........................................... 18 7
PBL2000W Constitutional Law ....................................................................... 36 7
PVL2002H Law of Property ........................................................................... 18 6
PVL2003H Law of Succession ....................................................................... 18 7
ECO3021S Quantitative Methods in Economics ............................................ 18 7

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Code Course NQF Credits NQF Level
PHI2043S Business Ethics ............................................................................ 18 6
Plus 1 other ECO 3000 level course .......................................... 18 7
Total credits per year .................................................................. 162
Fourth Year Core Modules
Code Course NQF Credits NQF Level
BUS4050H Strategic Thinking ........................................................................ 18 8
BUS2010S Marketing I .................................................................................. 18 6
Core courses (totaling 78 NQF credits): ......................................
ECO4006F Macroeconomics .......................................................................... 16 8
ECO4007F Microeconomics ........................................................................... 16 8
ECO4016F Econometrics ............................................................................... 16 8
ECO4112F Mathematics and Statistics for Economists .................................. 16 8
ECO4021W Research and Writing I (Long Paper) ........................................... 30 8
Elective Courses: ...........................................................................
Students are required to take two options in addition to BUS4050H**.
........................................................................................................
ECO4013S International Finance .................................................................... 14 8
ECO4020S Economic Challenges in Africa .................................................... 14 8
ECO4026S The Economy and its Financial Markets ...................................... 14 8
ECO4027S The Analysis of Survey Data........................................................ 14 8
ECO4028S Policy Analysis ............................................................................ 14 8
ECO4029S Experiments in Economics ........................................................... 14 8
ECO4032S Economics of Industry, Regulation and Firms ............................. 14 8
ECO4051S Development Economics.............................................................. 14 8
ECO4052S Environmental Economics ........................................................... 14 8
ECO4053S Financial Economics .................................................................... 14 8
ECO4113S Labour Economics ....................................................................... 14 8
ECO4114S The Economics of Conflict .......................................................... 14 8
ECO4131S Digital Economics ........................................................................ 14 8
ECO4132S Economics of Inequality: Causes, Consequences and Policy ....... 14 8
ECO4200S Time Series Econometrics ............................................................ 14 8
Total credits per year .................................................................. 158
*Places on the Law Courses in the 2nd and 3rd year are limited. To be eligible for consideration for a
possible (but not guaranteed) place, students wishing to apply to take Law courses in 2nd and 3rd year
need to fulfil all the requirements set out in Promotion Rule.
**Students have an option to choose three electives.
(i) As a rule, a 65% average for 3rd year Economics courses and at least 60% for ECO3020F,
ECO3021S and another 3rd year level economics establishes the right to be considered for a place in
the Economics 4th year class. Students who obtain less than 40% for ECO4112F will not be allowed
to continue with the programme. Students who do not qualify for admission to the 4th year Economics
courses or who have obtained less than 40% in ECO4112F will be required to change their
specialisation or degree in consultation with the Head of Department.
(ii) CB004 readmission rules apply to CB024, however if you fail 2 courses in the first semester of
the first year, your registration will be changed to the extended version (CB015ECO03).Subject to the
approval of the Graduate Convener, students may substitute a maximum of one of the options with an
NQF level 8 course of a similar credit value offered in another department. Students may carry one
semester course to the honours year (only F or S. Students will not be allowed to carry any H or W
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(iii) The pre-requisites for registering for the PVL courses are receipt of confirmation of place on
those courses and fulfilment of all the requirements set out in Promotion Rule.
Bachelor of Business Science specialising in MARKETING
[CB004BUS07]
First Year Core Modules
Code Course NQF Credits NQF Level
ACC1021F Accounting for Business I ............................................................ 15 5
ACC1022Z Accounting for Business II ............................................................. 9 5
BUS1036F Evidence-based Management ....................................................... 18 5
ECO1010F Microeconomics ........................................................................... 18 5
INF1002F Foundations of Information Systems ............................................ 18 5
ACC1011S Financial Reporting I .................................................................... 18 5
ECO1011FS Macroeconomics .......................................................................... 18 5
STA1000S Introductory Statistics ................................................................... 18 5
Total credits per year .................................................................. 132
Second Year Core Modules
Code Course NQF Credits NQF Level
BUS2010F/S Marketing I ................................................................................... 18 6
BUS2033F/S Professional Communication ........................................................ 18 6
ECO2003F Microeconomics II ....................................................................... 18 6
FTX2020F Business Finance ......................................................................... 18 6
OR ..................................................................................................
FTX2024S Financial Management ................................................................. 18 6
STA2020F/S Applied Statistics ......................................................................... 24 6
CML1004S Business Law I ............................................................................. 18 5
ECO2007S Co-operation and Competition ..................................................... 18 6
ECO2004S Macroeconomics II ....................................................................... 18 6
PHI2043S Business Ethics............................................................................. 18 6
Total credits per year .................................................................. 168
Third Year Core Modules
Code Course NQF Credits NQF Level
BUS3039F People Management ..................................................................... 18 7
BUS3041F Marketing IIA .............................................................................. 18 7
ECO3020F Advanced Macro & Microeconomics........................................... 18 7
STA3022F Research and Survey Statistics ..................................................... 36 7
BUS3008W Research in Marketing ................................................................. 36 7
BUS3038S Introduction to Project Management ........................................... 18 7
OR ..................................................................................................
An approved 3000 level course .................................................. 18 7
BUS3043S Marketing IIB .............................................................................. 18 7
Plus 1 course from: .......................................................................
ECO3009F Natural Resource Economics ....................................................... 18 7
ECO3016F History of Economic Thought ...................................................... 18 7
ECO3021S Quantitative Methods in Economics ............................................ 18 7
ECO3022S Advanced Labour Economics ...................................................... 18 7
ECO3023S Public Sector Economics .............................................................. 18 7
ECO3024F International Trade & Finance ..................................................... 18 7
ECO3025S Applied International Trade Bargaining ....................................... 18 7
Total credits per year .................................................................. 180

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Fourth Year Core Modules
Code Course NQF Credits NQF Level
BUS4026W Marketing III ................................................................................ 72 8
BUS4050H Strategic Thinking ........................................................................ 18 8
BUS4052H Marketing Research Project ......................................................... 36 8
BUS4058F Strategic Marketing ...................................................................... 36 8
Total credits per year .................................................................. 162
As a rule, at least a 65% average across all 3rd year Marketing courses establishes a right to be
considered for a place in Marketing 4th year. Students who do not qualify for admission to the 4th year
will be required to change their specialisation or degree in consultation with the Head of the School
of Management Studies.
Bachelor of Business Science specialising in ORGANISATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
[CB004BUS08]
First Year Core Modules
Code Course NQF Credits NQF Level
BUS1036F Evidence-based Management ....................................................... 18 5
ECO1010F Microeconomics ........................................................................... 18 5
MAM1010F Mathematics 1010 ........................................................................ 18 5
PSY1004F Introduction to Psychology (Part 1).............................................. 18 5
BUS1007S Introduction to Organisational Psychology .................................. 18 5
ECO1011S Macroeconomics .......................................................................... 18 5
PSY1005S Introduction to Psychology (Part 2).............................................. 18 5
STA1000S Introductory Statistics .................................................................. 18 5
Total credits per year .................................................................. 144
Second Year Core Modules
Code Course NQF Credits NQF Level
ACC1021F Accounting for Business I ............................................................ 15 5
ACC1022Z Accounting for Business II ............................................................. 9 5
CML1004S Business Law I ............................................................................ 18 5
BUS2024F Psychology of Human Resource Management ............................. 18 6
FTX2020F Business Finance ......................................................................... 18 6
INF1002F Foundations of Information Systems ............................................ 18 5
OR ...............................................................................................
CSC1015F Computer Science ....................................................................... 18 5
BUS2010S Marketing I .................................................................................. 18 6
BUS2023S Organisational Behaviour ............................................................. 18 6
Total credits per year .................................................................. 132
Third Year Core Modules
Code Course NQF Credits NQF Level
BUS3003F Research Design in Organisational Psychology ........................... 18 7
BUS3004S Research Data Analysis in Organisational Psychology ................ 18 7
PSY2013F Social and Developmental Psychology......................................... 24 6
BUS2033F Professional Communication........................................................ 18 7
PHI2043S Business Ethics ............................................................................ 18 6
STA2020F Applied Statistics ......................................................................... 24 6
BUS3038S Introduction to Project Management ........................................... 18 7

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Code Course NQF Credits NQF Level
PSY2014S Cognitive Neuroscience and Abnormal Psychology .................... 24 6
Total credits per year .................................................................. 162
Fourth Year Core Modules
Code Course NQF Credits NQF Level
BUS4006W Organisational Psychology Change Management-Coursework .... 60 8
BUS4050H Strategic Thinking ........................................................................ 18 8
BUS4030H Organisational Psychology Change Management-Research Report60 8
Total credits per year .................................................................. 138
As a rule, at least a 65% average in 3rd year Organisational Psychology is required for admission to
the Organisational Psychology 4th year. In exceptional circumstances, students may apply to the Head
of Section for a concession to this rule. Students who are not admitted to the Organisational
Psychology 4th year will be required to change their specialisation or degree in consultation with the
Head of the School of Management Studies.