Johannesburg, South Africa
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
31 Oct 2025*
EARLIEST START DATE
Feb 2026
TUITION FEES
ZAR 126,240
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
* by noon
Key Summary
Introduction
The Bachelor of Commerce in Accountancy is a professionally oriented and highly relevant online programme that will provide you with an international perspective on global principles of finance and accounting. Potential students are individuals who want to pursue a career as professionals in the broad fields of finance and accounting but who, owing to financial and geographical barriers, are unable to access contact education, or who would prefer the flexibility that is available through distance learning.
This online programme will develop your intellectual, practical and critical-thinking skills so that you can apply subject-related knowledge and solve problems, as is expected of an entry-level accountant in any international practice.
Furthermore, the programme provides you with a comprehensive and fundamental knowledge base of the underlying core international principles of accounting, governance, risk management and control, auditing, financial management and management accounting. In line with the international focus of the programme, it will not offer a module on national tax, as tax laws differ from country to country. Important global tax principles will be incorporated into the other modules, specifically accounting and financial management.
Qualifying students should be ready to enter the job market as entry-level accountants who can apply the knowledge they have gained and make decisions to solve problems in a holistic business context. Additionally, the programme will help you to become a self-directed, lifelong learner who can work effectively as an individual, in teams and in multidisciplinary environments.
The programme emphasises competence, integrity and the application of ethics in a professional business environment, ensuring that all graduates know how to act professionally and ethically. Finally, this programme will prepare you for further studies in international accounting, governance, risk management and control, auditing, financial management and management accounting as a science.
Admissions
Curriculum
The programme is split over four years. Modules are undertaken over a seven-week period.
- Accounting 11
- Economics 11
- Financial Management 11
- Financial Management 12
- Principles of Business 11
- Accounting 12
- Ethical Foundations to Commerce 11
- Principles of Business 12
- Accounting Studies 21
- Governance, Risk, Management and Control 21
- Accounting 21
- Accounting 22
- Financial Management 21
- Financial Management 22
- Accounting Software Applications 21
- Governance, Risk, Management and Control 22
- Auditing 31
- Auditing 32
- Accounting 31
- Accounting 32
- Financial Management 31
- Financial Management 32
- Case study 31
- Case study 32