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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY 
REGISTERED QUALIFICATION THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE: 

Bachelor of Laws: Economics and Law 
SAQA QUAL ID QUALIFICATION TITLE
10697  Bachelor of Laws: Economics and Law 
ORIGINATOR
University of Cape Town 
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 08 - Law, Military Science and Security  Justice in Society 
ABET BAND MINIMUM CREDITS PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL NQF LEVEL QUAL CLASS
Undefined  672  Level 6  Level N/A: Pre-2009 was L6  Regular-Provider-ELOAC 
REGISTRATION STATUS SAQA DECISION NUMBER REGISTRATION START DATE REGISTRATION END DATE
Passed the End Date -
Status was "Reregistered" 		 SAQA 06120/18  2018-07-01  2018-12-31 
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2019-12-31   2024-12-31  

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 does not replace any other qualification and is not replaced by any other qualification. 

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION 
This programme aims to provide a basic legal education as a lawyer, as set out in the Qualification of Legal Practitioners Amendment Act, 1997. It specifically aims at producing lawyers who are life long learners, with generic and transferable skills, including oral and written communication, numeracy and computer literacy and a critical capacity who are, thus, equipped for a variety of career paths in law, business and government. In addition, students obtain a B Com degree upon completion of their first 360 credits, which includes 240 credits of study in Economics and all general B Com foundation courses. Students thus gain ideal first degree grounding for possible careers in corporate and financial law. 

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING 
A student entering the Bcom / LLB. Economics and Law programme must normally gain admission through either:

1. Regular entrance to UCT's Commerce Faculty on the basis of a Matriculation Exemption incorporating a minimum Standard Grade C in Mathematics and 43 matriculation points calculated according to UCT's weighting system, and with points for Mathematics and English double;

or

2. Regular admission to UCT's Commerce Faculty after transfer from another post-secondary institution or UCT Faculty

Senior Certificate with Matriculation Exemption or equivalent university admission qualification

Recognition of prior learning:

The University is prepared to test candidates wishing to enter through non-traditional means, to establish whether, in the opinion of Senate, the person is prepared for degree studies in which case an application will be made for conditional exemption

Specific additional requirements:
A pass of Mathematics on the HG or a C on the SG and a pass in English 

RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING? 
Y 

EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES 
a). Critical cross-field outcomes (generic to all teaching and learning)

The Bcom/LLB graduate is competent to :

1. Critically understand written texts of descriptive, prescriptive and argumentative characters;
2. Produce written texts of descriptive, prescriptive and argumentative characters to accepted international standards in his or her specific field of training (as they may exist at the time of his or her graduation);
3. Find information of professional relevance efficiently and independently
4. Use and organise such information to conduct systematic research aimed at providing answers to questions whose resolutions are not antecedently known, or to verifying answers that are assumed on the basis of "accepted wisdom";
5. Understand and critically appreciate the contribution of major artistic and cultural activities and performances to community and national life;
6. Use information - technology standard in professional offices (at the time of his/her graduation) efficiently and independently;
7. Use libraries and the Internet to find and access information;
8. Understand when and how to acknowledge the limitations of his/her own expertise and elicit the more appropriate expertise of others;
9. Appreciate the importance of life-long learning and the importance of self-initiative in pursuing it;
10. Understand and internalise as a personal value the importance of conduction professional activity within the scope of national, provincial, municipal and international law

b). General outcomes (contextually demonstrated general knowledge, skills and values of the programme)

The Bcom/LLB graduate is competent to:

1. Produce solutions to both familiar and novel legal problems as these arise in the course of professional activity
2. Communicate his/her understanding of legal problems and solutions to others in ways that are clear but not arrogant or presumptive;
3. Critically receive and understand the descriptions and suggestions of legal colleagues and clients;
4. Understand the difference between personal and social (often professional, sometimes public) goals, so as to
5. Understand the importance of commitment to the latter even when they deverge from his or her personal interests;
6. Appreciate the contexts in which specific technical competencies can best be integrated with the general competencies just identified

c). Specific outcomes, including professional outcomes, contextually demonstrated:

The BCom/LLB graduate will be competent to:

1. Read, critically understand and integrate information and reports about the law;
2. Produce descriptive, prescriptive and analytical legal opinions at a level of sophistication suitable to:
  • Internal office reports in response to clearly assigned criteria
  • Memos of professional advice
  • Descriptive popular journalism;
    3. Appreciate the significance of legal data, reports and analyses in the context of national and international political dynamics, so as to be competent to
    4. Evaluate the implications for the legal system of economic developments, policies and actions to the level of sophistication identified above;
    5. Appreciate the significance of data, reports and analyses of the law to the maintenance of the ethics and values of communities, individuals and professional guilds, so as to be competent to
    6. Evaluate the ethical implications of legal developments, policies and actions to the level of sophistication identified above;
    7. Locate national, comparative and international legal information in public sources as required to demonstrate competencies indicated above;
    8. Understand, and communicate understanding of, the influence of political and ethical dynamics on international legal interactions;
    9. Draft heads of legal argumentation;
    10. Formally resolve legal disputes through legal arguments and bargaining;
    11. Appreciate and demonstrate, orally and in writing, the limitations of formal models as representations of reality under the law;
    12. Pass entrance examinations of international standard to postgraduate study in Law;
    13. Read, critically understand and integrate economic data and reports;
    14. Produce descriptive, prescriptive and analytical economic reports at a level of sophistication suitable to:
  • Internal office reports in response to clearly assigned criteria
  • Memos of professional advice
  • Descriptive popular journalism;
    15. Appreciate the significance of economic data, reports and analyses in the context of national and international political dynamics, so as to be competent to
    16. Evaluate the political implications of economic developments, policies and actions to the level of sophistication identified in the draft heads of legal argumentation (C 9) 
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    ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA 
    a).
    The achievement of these outcomes is assessed through the integrated assessment of the programme

    b).
    The achievement of these outcomes is assessed by means of a series of oral and written assessments throughout the programme

    c).
    Examinations and tests, both written and orals, preparation for and presentation of arguments for mock trials (moot court); attendance at tutorials and seminars and writing of assignments

    Integrated assessment:

    The BCom/LLB graduate will be assessed in each course on his or her critical, analytical and legal competencies for both formative and summative purposes. Formative purposes are achieved by the requirement, through the skills development component of the degree, that each student complete successfully, a range of learning activities, the assessment of which contributes directly to part of the summative assessment (the balance which is typically achieved through a written examination). So, the initial phase of the degree, after orientation through fieldwork, focuses on writing, reading and problem solving. Thereafter, critical analysis and oral presentation receive attention, followed by the development of skills in drafting legal documents, the preparation and presentation of a case in a "moot court" situation, and research for and writing of an opinion on a point of law.
    In the final phase, client-interviewing techniques are focussed on, followed by an Integrated Assessment Project. This project tests the accumulated skills and ability of the graduates to demonstrate an overall understanding of the law as it operates in South Africa.
    Summative purposes are achieved by the taking of examinations, both written and oral, attendance at and preparation for tutorials and seminars and other similar exercises.

    Integrated assessment of the Economics component of the programme takes the form of two multi-dimensional projects completed within the third year. The first project will be completed within the Advanced Micro-economic and Macro-economic Economics course, the topic of which is generally macro-economic and covers areas of economic growth, convergence and development.
    The second project topic will be completed with the Quantitative Methods in Economics courses and utilises quantitative economic techniques and econometric software packages to models economic behaviour. Students will be assessed on the basis of demonstrated competence in the following areas:
    1. Internet skills - accessing data and economic resources from the internet. Both projects require students to download data and readings from some of the key economic web sites on the internet.
    2. Data analysis and manipulation - a core component of the first project is the selection of the relevant data and the subsequent calculation of growth rates, growth accounting decompositions and indicators of economic convergence using spreadsheet packages such as Microsoft Excel. The second project involves the manipulation of time series data for use in the estimation of simple regression models.
    3. Analytical skills - students are required to interpret the data calculation and regression results, critically evaluate the regression models estimated, make comparisons with other countries and draw relevant economic conclusions. This forms the body of the project and assesses students' ability to apply economic theory and economic models to real world contexts.
    4. Presentation skills - students present the final report in the form of a written project and are required to utilise graphs and tables for expository purposes.

    Students' assessment will be differentially scaled against the threshold-levels in these foundational, practical and reflexive competencies as described immediately above. 

    ARTICULATION OPTIONS 
    Titles of qualifications:
  • LLM / MPhil degrees
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Law
  • Admission as Attorney of the High Court
  • Admission as Advocate of the High Court
  • MCom (Economics)
  • MPhil (PPE)

    This qualification serves as an entry point to the related qualification(s):
  • LLM / MPhil degrees
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Law
  • Admission as Attorney of the High Court (with further training)
  • Admission as Advocate of the High Court (with further training)
  • MCom (Economics)
  • MPhil (PPE)

    Other articulation possibilities, either generic or specific:

    Subject to the provisions of the Joint Statutes, these courses are likely to be recognised by another institution in part fulfilment towards a similar degree of bachelor.

    Students who wish to exit the programme after one year of study, or who are required to exit as a result of failing to achieve an aggregate numeric average of 63% across 120 credits completed in the first year of registration, may transfer successfully completed credits into an alternative BCom or B.Soc.Sci degree programme 
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    MODERATION OPTIONS 
    The University of Cape Town has a system of external peer review and evaluation of each course. One of the aspects of the system is an evaluation of the standards and assessment practices of the department 

    CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS 
    The academic staff of the University of Cape Town will be used in a manner that is consistent with the quality assurance system of the University 

    REREGISTRATION HISTORY 
    As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this qualification was Reregistered in 2006; 2009; 2012; 2015. 

    NOTES 
    N/A 

    LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST THIS QUALIFICATION: 
     
    NONE 


    PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS QUALIFICATION: 
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    1. University of Cape Town 


    All qualifications and part qualifications registered on the National Qualifications Framework are public property. Thus the only payment that can be made for them is for service and reproduction. It is illegal to sell this material for profit. If the material is reproduced or quoted, the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) should be acknowledged as the source.