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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY 
REGISTERED QUALIFICATION: 

Bachelor of Accounting Sciences in Financial Accounting 
SAQA QUAL ID QUALIFICATION TITLE
101110  Bachelor of Accounting Sciences in Financial Accounting 
ORIGINATOR
University of South Africa 
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK
CHE - Council on Higher Education  HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework 
QUALIFICATION TYPE FIELD SUBFIELD
National First Degree  Field 03 - Business, Commerce and Management Studies  Finance, Economics and Accounting 
ABET BAND MINIMUM CREDITS PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL NQF LEVEL QUAL CLASS
Undefined  360  Not Applicable  NQF Level 07  Regular-Provider-ELOAC 
REGISTRATION STATUS SAQA DECISION NUMBER REGISTRATION START DATE REGISTRATION END DATE
Reregistered  EXCO 0821/24  2021-07-01  2027-06-30 
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2028-06-30   2033-06-30  

In all of the tables in this document, both the pre-2009 NQF Level and the NQF Level is shown. In the text (purpose statements, qualification rules, etc), any references to NQF Levels are to the pre-2009 levels unless specifically stated otherwise.  

This qualification replaces: 
Qual ID Qualification Title Pre-2009 NQF Level NQF Level Min Credits Replacement Status
5535  Bachelor of Accounting Science  Level 6  NQF Level 07  408  Complete 

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION 
Purpose and Rationale:
The purpose of this qualification is to enable qualifying students to pursue a career as financial accountants in industry and commerce and for those students who wish to further their studies to eventually become either professional accountants (PAs) and members of the South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA) or chartered accountants (CA(SA)) and members of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA), or certified chartered accountants and members of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA) and/or registered auditors (RAs) and members of the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA). 

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING 
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL):
This qualification recognises formal prior learning:
Students' prior accredited learning at tertiary level in relevant domains, which constitute credit-bearing units, is recognized.

Entry Requirements:
A National Senior Certificate (Degree endorsement) with an achievement rating of 4 (50-59%) or better in the language of learning and teaching, and either Mathematics with a rating of 4 (50-59%) or better, or Mathematics Literacy with a rating of 6 (70-79%) or better. 

RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING? 
Y 

QUALIFICATION RULES 
This qualification comprises compulsory modules at Level 7 and totalling 360 Credits.

Compulsory Modules, Level 5, 84 Credits:
  • Communication in Business Contexts, 12 Credits.
  • Commercial Law IC, 12 Credits.
  • Business Management IA, 12 Credits.
  • Sustainability and Greed, 12 Credits.
  • Economics IA, 12 Credits.
  • Financial Accounting Principles, Concepts and Procedures, 12 Credits.
  • Accounting Information Systems in a Computer Environment, 12 Credits.

    Compulsory Modules, Level 6, 204 Credits:
  • Introductory Financial Mathematics, 12 Credits.
  • Financial Accounting Reporting, 12 Credits.
  • Legal Aspects in Accountancy, 12 Credits.
  • Business Management IB, 12 Credits.
  • Auditing Theory and Practice, 12 Credits.
  • Economics IB, 12 Credits.
  • Corporate Governance in Accountancy, 12 Credits.
  • Principles of Strategy, Risk and Financial Management Techniques, 12 Credits.
  • Principles of Taxation, 12 Credits.
  • Principles of Management Accounting, 12 Credits.
  • Financial Accounting for Companies, 12 Credits.
  • Selected Accounting Standards and Simple Group Structures, 12 Credits.
  • Practical Accounting Data Processing, 12 Credit.
  • Specific Financial Reporting, 12 Credits.
  • General Financial Reporting, 12 Credits.
  • Group Financial Reporting, 12 Credits.
  • Distinctive Financial Reporting, 12 Credits.

    Compulsory Modules, Level 7, 72 Credits:
  • Taxation of Business Activities, 12 Credits.
  • Substantive Procedures and Finalising an Audit, 12 Credits.
  • Audit Planning and Tests of Controls, 12 Credits.
  • Application of Management Accounting Techniques, 12 Credits.
  • Taxation of Individuals, 12 Credits.
  • Application of Financial Management Techniques, 12 Credits. 
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    EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES 
    1. Apply general business principles to real life situations.
    2. Interpret economic realities of local community.
    3. Manage resources (financial, human and raw materials in organisations).
    4. Manage information appropriately.
    5. Relate knowledge and its contribution to developing different cultures. 

    ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA 
    Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:
  • Analyse real life situations to identify needs and opportunities (see Cross-field outcome 1 above).
  • Come up with strategic solutions within a variety of routine and non-routine contexts (but not in complex, variable, unpredictable and highly specialised contexts).
  • Choose correct procedures to solve specific business problems.
  • Organise resources to achieve the maximum output with limited resources.
  • Apply appropriate principles to situations, whether in real life or simulated scenarios/case studies.
  • Evaluate results of application.
  • Show how they meet and maintain the required professional standards, as stated by outside regulating bodies.
  • Discuss and present information in appropriate ways (numerically, verbally, graphically, etc).

    Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2:
  • Interpret specific current economic events.
  • Apply economic principles to real life situations.
  • Compare current contexts with past and potential future contexts.
  • Relate learning gained from individual experience to knowledge encountered in an academic environment and vice versa.
  • Relate learning from experience and academic contexts to different contexts using present and future scenarios.
  • Interpret local conditions in relation to international conditions.
  • Interpret the past and present in relation to the future.
  • Reflect on personal experience and academic disciplines.
  • Make connections from personal experience to problems of the local community.

    Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3:
  • Evaluate the economic and efficient use and flow of resources within and to an organisation.
  • Identify critical areas for resource allocation and management.
  • Follow the process in specified procedures (performing and audit).
  • Understand the systems approach to the management of the entire organisation.
  • Convey findings and recommendations to appropriate levels of management (in appropriate written and/or oral form).

    Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4:
  • Use disciplinary- and interdisciplinary-based information related to particular problems (e.g. poverty, violence, racism, gender bias, community development etc.)
  • Use this information to explore relationships between economic and socio-cultural situations.
  • Take an informed stand on socio-economic and social issues with self-confidence and responsibility.
  • Interact with texts (oral and written) through critical listening/reading and inferencing skills.
  • Produce critical texts, which integrate information from different sources.
  • Use language effectively to convey ideas and insights intelligibly and achieve own purposes.
  • Distance herself/himself from texts from different sources, reflect on knowledge and information, and take a critical position.
  • Collect, analyse, organise and evaluate information and ideas from a variety of sources in various fields and specific disciplines.
  • Critically evaluate information from different sources to solve problems in the relevant field(s).
  • Integrate information from different sources to address problems in the relevant field(s).
  • Connect theories to the problems in the relevant field(s).
  • Use theories from one or more fields to solve problems within another field.
  • Apply past and present knowledge to authentic and simulated scenarios.
  • Apply past and present knowledge to solve problems in future contexts.
  • Demonstrate a knowledge of the information flow in the value creation process within business enterprises.

    Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 5:
  • Relate information from one discipline to that of others.
  • Identify different cultural and economic systems.
  • Reconcile different management styles at supervisory and lower management levels.

    Integrated Assessment:
    Formative assessment is done by means of activities in study guides, self-assessment questions in study guides and self-assessment assignments as well as written assignments that have to be submitted for assessment. The assignments are either in the form of multiple-choice questions (MCQs), short questions, essays, or a combination, depending on the level of study. MCQs are largely used at first level. Students must submit at least two assignments for each module. The marks obtained for these assignments contribute a minimum of percentage towards the final mark for the module. The remaining mark is made up of the examination mark. Feedback on activities and self-assessment questions are provided in study guides and tutorial letters. Individual feedback on assignments is provided by assessors in marked assignments while general feedback on these assignments is provided in tutorial letters. 
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    INTERNATIONAL COMPARABILITY 
    University of South Africa (Unisa) forms part of an internationally recognised accreditation system whereby university qualifications are evaluated against international comparators and accredited accordingly, for example Unisa's qualifications are accredited in the International Handbook of Universities and in the Commonwealth Universities' Yearbook. 

    ARTICULATION OPTIONS 
    Horizontal Articulation:
  • The qualification articulates with qualifications of other universities at Level 7.

    Vertical Articulation:
  • The qualification articulates with Postgraduate studies at Honours level, at course work Master of Commerce level or Master of Business Leadership level. 
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    MODERATION OPTIONS 
    N/A 

    CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS 
    N/A 

    NOTES 
    N/A 

    LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST THIS QUALIFICATION: 
    When qualifications are replaced, some (but not all) of their learning programmes are moved to the replacement qualifications. If a learning programme appears to be missing from here, please check the replaced qualification.
     
    NONE 


    PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS QUALIFICATION: 
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    1. University of South Africa 


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