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University of the Free State

Bachelor of Commerce

The Bachelor of Commerce in Business and Management is offered by University of the Free State.

Program Length: 3 YEARS.

Bachelor of Commerce offered by the University of the Free State at the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences

• This is the general BCom option and is ideally suited for anyone who requires a basic degree in general management, but does not wish to specialise in a specific field.
• The student is therefore prepared for various careers in this broad field.
• Specialisation may then follow at postgraduate level, if required.

First academic year (compulsory modules)

Business functions
Introduction to macroeconomics

Economic systems and basic microeconomics
Introduction to human resource management

Accounting
Introduction to individual differences

Quantitative methods for business 

Academic literacy

Second academic year (compulsory modules)

General management
Business dynamics

Microeconomics
Macroeconomics

Accounting
Career psychology

Managerial accounting
Labour relations management

Third academic year (compulsory modules)

Strategic management
Entrepreneurship

International economics
Small business management

Personal finance
South African macroeconomic policy issues

Choose one subject field from:

Accounting
Statistics for economics and introduction to mathematical economics
Performance management and organisational psychology