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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED QUALIFICATION THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE:

Bachelor of Commerce: Banking

SAQA QUAL ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE
7039	Bachelor of Commerce: Banking
ORIGINATOR
University of Pretoria
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	430	Level 6	NQF Level 07	Regular-Provider-ELOAC
REGISTRATION STATUS		SAQA DECISION NUMBER	REGISTRATION START DATE	REGISTRATION END DATE
Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"		SAQA 091/21	2021-07-01	2023-06-30
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2024-06-30		2029-06-30

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

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION

The first purpose of the qualification is to provide qualifiers with graduate level knowledge on the working of the South Africa financial system, institutions and instruments.

The second purpose of the qualification is to provide South Africa with a significant number of graduates that understand the role and functions of money, issues in bank management, asset, and liability management of banks and global finance.

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

Matriculation certificate
Other:
Level 4 certificate or the present Senior Certificate with Matriculation exemption and with Higher Grade Mathematics or Standard Grade Mathematics with at least 50%. Post Matric knowledge of Economics of at least one year.

RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING?

EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES

B Com (Banking)

Learning outcomes:
1. Knowledge and skills listed under the diploma level.
2.1 Knowledge on Bank management, asset and liability management, global finance and practical banking.
2.2 In dept knowledge on the workings of the South African economic system, public finance, quantitive methods and investment and financial management.

ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

1. Students have basic knowledge in Accountancy, Banking and Economics.
2. Capable of rendering services in the Financial and Banking sector on an administrative and junior management level.

Integrated assessment:
Simulations
Written examinations
Other:
Computer based testing

ARTICULATION OPTIONS

Related qualifications
B Com (Honours) (Economics)
B Com (Honours) (Banking)
Master in Business Administration (MBA)

B Com (Honours) (Economics) serves as an entry point to related qualification
B Com (Honours) (Banking) serves as an entry point to related qualification
Master in Business Administration (MBA) serves as an entry point to related qualification

B Com (Honours) (Economics) provides credits for the related qualification
B Com (Honours) (Banking) provides credits for the related qualification
Master in Business Administration (MBA) provides credits for the related qualification

MODERATION OPTIONS

Use of typed memoranda, internal second examiners, at least on senior lecturer level. All third year courses under external examination

CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS

Qualifications required:
B Com (Honours) (Economics) or B Com (Honours) (Banking) or M Com (Economics) for third year evaluation

Career experience required:
At least one year teaching on undergraduate level for evaluating on first and second year level. At least one year teaching experience on postgraduate level for assessing third year modules

Other criteria
Third year: External examination by assessors with at least a D Com degree.

REREGISTRATION HISTORY

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

LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST THIS QUALIFICATION:

NONE

PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS QUALIFICATION:

This information shows the current accreditations (i.e. those not past their accreditation end dates), and is the most complete record available to SAQA as of today. Some Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionaries have a lag in their recording systems for provider accreditation, in turn leading to a lag in notifying SAQA of all the providers that they have accredited to offer qualifications and unit standards, as well as any extensions to accreditation end dates. The relevant Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionary should be notified if a record appears to be missing from here.

1.	University of Pretoria