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| SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY |
| REGISTERED QUALIFICATION: |
| Doctor of Commerce |
| SAQA QUAL ID | QUALIFICATION TITLE | |||
| 7451 | Doctor of Commerce | |||
| ORIGINATOR | ||||
| Stellenbosch University | ||||
| PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY | NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK | |||
| CHE - Council on Higher Education | HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework | |||
| QUALIFICATION TYPE | FIELD | SUBFIELD | ||
| Doctoral 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 | Level 8 and above | NQF Level 10 | Regular-Provider-ELOAC |
| REGISTRATION STATUS | SAQA DECISION NUMBER | REGISTRATION START DATE | REGISTRATION END DATE | |
| Registered-data under construction | EXCO 0324/24 | 2024-07-01 | 2027-06-30 | |
| LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT | LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT | |||
| 2028-06-30 | 2031-06-30 | |||
Registered-data under construction The qualification content is currently being updated for the qualifications with the status “Registered-data under construction” or showing “DETAILS UNDER CONSTRUCTION” to ensure compliance with SAQA’S Policy and Criteria for the registration of qualifications and part-qualifications on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) (As amended, 2022). These qualifications are re-registered until 30 June 2027 and can legitimately be offered by the institutions to which they are registered. |
| 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. |
| PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION |
| This qualification includes the various specialisations in Commerce. Please refer to "Notes" for details on the specialisations.
The purpose of the qualification is to promote advanced and highly original work in the field of economic and management sciences. The research should evolve around a central theme and represent a research portfolio established over the long term. The second purpose is to produce scholars in the field of economic and management sciences who are rated amongst the best in the world. |
| LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING |
| Senior Certificate with Matriculation Exemption or equivalent university admission qualification.
First degree: BComm; BAcc; BBusSc; BLogistics Honours degree: BComm Hons; BEcon Hons; BAcc Hons; BLogistics Hons; BPub Management Hons; B&A Hons Masters degree: MComm; MEcon; MAcc; MLogistics; MBA; MPub Management, MTRP or an appropriate Masters degree or qualification approved by Senate for this purpose. Depending on the chosen of study, additional work and or proof of competency may be required. |
| RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING? |
| N |
| EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES |
| The DComm graduate will have :
1. demonstrated the ability to undertake and publish highly advanced, highly original and highly creative work in the field of economic and management sciences. The DComm graduate will have: 1. Demonstrated intenational academic leadership in a particular area of the field of economic and management science. |
| ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA |
| 1. A portfolio of internationally published research
2. A dissertation and oral examination based on the research portfolio INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT Candidates must submit a doctoral dissertation containing the report of their research, The dissertation has to meet all the standards and requirements of a doctoral dissertation-which include proof of a successful integration of all the elements required to substantiate the central thesis and contribution(s) of the study. |
| ARTICULATION OPTIONS |
| None |
| MODERATION OPTIONS |
| The university of Stellenbosch has a system of external peer review and evaluation of departments. One of the aspects of the system is an evaluation of the standards and assessment practices of the department.
In addition to two or more internal examiners (who will usually be staff members of the university of Stellenbosch) standard university regulations require that one or more external examiners of international scholarly repute have to assess doctoral dissertations. The reports on the doctoral dissertations submitted by the internal and external examiners are considered by the Faculty Board (usually actiing on the advice of an expert faculty committee specially constituted for each individual doctoral dissertation) and approved by the Senate. |
| CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS |
| The academic staff of the university of Stellenbosch will be used in a manner in accordance with the quality assurance system of the university.
In addition to two or more internal examiners (who will usually be staff members of the university of Stellenbosch) standard university regulations require that one or more external examiners of international scholarly repute have to assess doctoral dissertations in terms of a list of standard criteria and submit written reports. |
REREGISTRATION HISTORY |
| As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this qualification was Reregistered in 2006; 2009; 2012; 2015. |
| NOTES |
| This qualification includes the following specialisation:
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| 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. | Stellenbosch University |
| 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. |