Bachelor of Commerce Honours in Accounting at University of Cape Town

Programme overview

The BCom Honours in Accounting, convened by Associate Professor R Carpenter, is offered full-time alongside the Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting courses and is designed to supplement and enrich them while introducing students to academic research in accounting. It covers the material needed for the SAICA Initial Test of Competence.

Faculty: Faculty of Commerce | Duration: 1 year full-time | Study mode: full-time | Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

What you will study

Five NQF level 8 courses: Financial Reporting IV, Governance, Audit & Assurance III, Managerial Accounting and Finance II and Taxation III (36 credits each), and Specialised Topics in Accounting and Research Report (30 credits), which includes a technical report that needs at least 50%.

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Application information

Entry requirements

BCom Honours in Accounting: a UCT graduate who completed the prescribed BCom (Financial Accounting CA option) or BBusSc (Finance with Accounting option) courses and obtained an average of at least 65% across ACC3009 Financial Reporting III, ACC3022 Governance, Audit & Assurance II, ACC3004 Taxation II and ACC3023 Management Accounting II in the preceding year or the year before; acceptance is subject to capacity and the quality of competing applications. Other applicants may qualify by satisfying Senate through a prescribed test that they have adequate competence. Faculty rule: applicants whose first language is not English sit the TOEFL.

Tuition is charged per module, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

The application fee is R100 for undergraduate and postgraduate applications from South Africa and the SADC region, and R300 for applications from outside the SADC region; it is non-refundable and payable by direct deposit, EFT or credit card (online). UCT students and graduates are exempt except for GSB programmes.

Apply through the official page: https://applyonline.uct.ac.za

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