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Helderberg College of Higher Education

Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting

The Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting in Accounting is offered by Helderberg College of Higher Education.

Program Length: 4 YEARS.

Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting offered by the Helderberg College of Higher Education at the Faculty of Business

Make the numbers work for you and pursue an amazing business career in accounting and finance. Begin your academic journey right here. We are proud to say that our graduates have reached the ceiling by becoming CFO’s and Chartered Accountants in local corporates and multi-national organizations.

Programme Purpose

• To produce competent accountants with a thorough grounding in the areas of Financial Accounting, Taxation, Auditing, Finance, Law, Cost and Management Accounting
• To equip students with specialized skills in preparation of financial statements, financial management, tax planning and auditing
• To train and develop ethical businessmen and women and leaders who will stand for principles and values in their profession
• To prepare our students for higher studies such as Honours and Master’s degrees in Accounting and Commerce which will open up pathways to advance your career

Qualification Outcomes

Would you like to be competent in all of the job tasks below? This is what you will learn to do:

• Prepare financial statements and be able to interpret the financial information to make business decisions and craft corporate strategy
• Do computing and the assessing and filing of tax returns  
• Cost and price products and services
• Perform financial management and plan investments
• Audit accounts
• Use information technology and relevant software to process information
• Think critically, reason logically, analyse financial information, construct arguments, interpret data and solve business problems
• Be an honest and ethical business person, which is essential for true success

Career opportunities

Successful graduates may be employed as:

• Accountants
• Internal Auditors
• Tax Officers
• Chief Accountants
• Chief Financial Officers
• Auditors

Curriculum: Core modules
ACC 151 Financial Accounting IA (16 credits) NQF 6

ACC 152 Financial Accounting IB (16 credits) NQF 6

ACC 222 Taxation Fundamentals (12 credits) NQF 6

ACC 241 Financial Accounting IIA (16 credit) NQF 7

ACC 242 Financial Accounting IIB (16 credits) NQF 7

ACC 313 Pastel (12 Credits) NQF 7

ACC 329 Information Technology for Business (12 Credits) NQF 7

ACC 351 Cost & Management Accounting I (12 credits) NQF 7

ACC 352 Cost & Management Accounting II (12 credits) NQF 7

ACC 380 International Financial Reporting Standards (8 credits) NQF 6

ACC 383 Fundamentals of Auditing (12 credits) NQF 6

ACC 391 Work Integrated Learning (12 credits) NQF 7

ACC 401 Auditing Theory (12 credits) NQF 7

ACC 404 Auditing Applications (12 credits) NQF 7

ACC 436 Taxation I (16 credits) NQF 7

ACC 438 Taxation II (credits 12) NQF 7

ACC 461 Financial Accounting IIIA (16 credits) NQF 7

ACC 462 Financial Accounting IIIB (16 credits) NQF 7

ECN 221 Micro Economics (12 credits) NQF 6

ECN 222 Macro Economics (12 credits) NQF 6

FNC 387 Business Finance (12 credits) NQF 6

FNC 399 Corporate Finance (12 credits) NQF 7

LAW 215 Business Law I (12 credits) NQF 6

LAW 315 Business Law II (8 credits) NQF 7

LAW 325 Company Law (12 credits) NQF 7

MGT 141 Principles of Management (12 credits) NQF 6

MGT 245 Human Resource Management (12 credits) NQF 6

MGT 405 Production & Operations Management (16 credits) NQF 7

MGT 445 Business Strategy (12 credits) NQF 7

MGT 452 Business Ethics (12 credits) NQF 7

MKT 220 Principles of Marketing (12 credits) NQF 6

MTH 122 Business Mathematics (12 credits) NQF 5

MTH 225 Business Statistics (12 credits) NQF 6

Curriculum: Foundation modules
BHS 151 Philosophy of Education & Service (8 credits)

CPT 118 End User Computing I (8 credits)

CPT 125 End User Computing II (12 credits)

ENG 111 Principles of English I (16 credits)

ENG 112 Principles of English II (16 credits)

OR 142 Academic Writing (16 credits) [Based on National Benchmark Test score]

HLD 122 Principles of Health (8 credits)

HLD 123 HIV/AIDS Education (4 credits)

REB 117 Values, Character, & Personal Enrichment I (8 credits)

REB 217 Values, Character, & Personal Enrichment II (8 credits)

REB 317 Values, Character, & Personal Enrichment III (8 credits)