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Stellenbosch University

Bachelor of Commerce with Honours in Public and Development Management

The Bachelor of Commerce with Honours in Public and Development Management in Public Administration is offered by Stellenbosch University.

Program Length: 2 YEARS.

Bachelor of Commerce with Honours in Public and Development Management offered by the Stellenbosch University at the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences

This honours programme is taught by way of lectures, with one contact session at the Bellville Park campus or in Tshwane, followed by interactive telematic teaching sessions in Stellenbosch or at other centres across South Africa and Namibia.

Assessment and examination

Examination writing is decentralised and takes place in the different study centres.

Assignments, case studies and group projects in the course of each semester and written examinations at the end of each term.

Provisions relating to promotion

A final mark of 50% is required to pass a module and a final mark of 75% is required to pass with distinction (cum laude). Accordingly, an average final mark of 50% is required to pass the programme and an average final mark of 75% is required to pass with distinction (cum laude).

Programme description and structure

This programme is presented by means of modular as well as interactive telematic education. Modular presentation comprises attending blocked contact sessions of two weeks of lectures at the campus. Presentation by means of interactive telematic education requires students to gather for lectures once per term for each module for a whole day at an electronic study centre near their places of residence. The lectures are presented on television from a studio at Stellenbosch and transmitted by satellite to the different study centres in Southern Africa. During the transmission, students can interact telephonically with the lecturer. During the remaining time, the students do assignments and study at home.

Programme content

A minimum of 120 credits.

Programme module

120 Public and Development Management

 

All modules are compulsory except for a decision to be made between Governance: Politics and Local Governance.

9 Financial Management and Cost Accounting 
9 Governance: Economics

9 Governance: Politics or 
9 Local Governance 

9 Information and Communication Technology for Management 

9 Leadership and Change Management 

9 Organisation Design 

9 People Management 

9 Project Management 

9 Public Policy Management

30 Research Assignment: Public and Development Management

9 Sustainable Development

Notes

In consultation with the Director, School of Public Leadership, students may substitute any module of nine credits with a postgraduate module of equivalent credit value from another discipline.