Diploma in Business Management

Dip. (Business Management)

SAQA ID 91922

This programme is offered by Boston City Campus & Business College Orange Grove in the distance education mode, with all other Boston City Campus & Business Colleges operating as Support Centres. Apply to register at any Boston City Campus & Business College branch countrywide.

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YEAR ONE MODULES

Semester A

•       Computer Literacy 1 (HCLP1161)*

•       Computer Literacy 2 (HCLP2161)*

•      Business Management 1 (HBMN1161)**

•       Entrepreneurship 1 (HENT1161)**

•      Financial Management 1A (HFMN1A161)**

Semester B

•       Company Law 1 (HCML1161)**

•       Socio-economics 1 (HSEC1161)**

•       Applied Psychology 1 (HAPS1161)**

•       Industrial Psychology 1 (HIND1161)**

•       Financial Management 1B (HFMN1B161)**

YEAR TWO MODULES

Semester A

•       Business Management 2 (HBMN2161)**

•       Entrepreneurship 2 (HENT2161)**

•       Financial Management 2 (HFMN2161)**

Semester B

•       Brand Management 1 (HBRD1161)** 

•       Project Management 1 (HPRM1161)**

•       Socio-economics 2 (HSEC2161)**

•       Industrial Psychology 2 (HIND2161)**

•       Company Law 2 (HCML2161)**

YEAR THREE MODULES

Semester A

•       Business Management 3 (HBMN3161)**

•       Entrepreneurship 3 (HENT3161)**

•       Applied Research (HAPRD161)**

Semester B

•     Brand Management 2 (HBRD2161)**

•       Project Management 2 (HPRM2161)**

•       Financial Management 3 (HFMN3161)**

•       Experiential Learning Diploma (HEXLD161)

All modules are compulsory and must be passed.

*Formative Assessments are undertaken and the highest grade achieved in Formative Assessment is retained. The final grade is based on the Summative Assessment only. A maximum of one (1) additional supplementary assessment opportunity is provided for the Summative Assessment, which will be charged for.

**Two (2) formal Formative Assessments are completed and are weighted 20% (each) of the final grade. No supplementary assessments are provided for Formative Assessments. Two (2) Summative Assessments are completed and are weighted 50% and 10% of the final grade. A maximum of one (1) supplementary assessment opportunity is provided for each Summative Assessment, which will be charged for. A Learner must obtain a minimum of 30% in the first sitting/submission of a Summative Assessment to qualify for the supplementary assessment opportunity.

 

DURATION

Based on the credits and notional hours of this qualification, the minimum duration is six semesters over a period of three years, and the maximum duration is six years.

 

OUTCOMES

On completion of the programme graduates will have the necessary knowledge and practical skills required to:

•       Operate effectively in the workplace using a number of Windows-based end-user applications

•       Apply general business principles to real-life situations and interpret economic realities of local and    

      global communities

•       Manage financial and technology resources in organisations

•       Analyse data and brand information

•       Demonstrate entrepreneurial and project management skills

•       Identify the socio-economic needs of society and display cultural sensitivity within organisations

 

ENTRY REQUIREMENT

National Senior Certificate (NSC), with English passed and with endorsement for admission to Diploma study; or National Certificate (Vocational) (NC(V)), with English passed and with endorsement for admission to Diploma studies; or prior to 2009, Senior Certificate with English as one of the modules passed.

 

PROGRAMME CATEGORY

BOSTON HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMME

On successful completion the Learner will be issued a Diploma in Business Management SAQA ID 91922, NQF L6, minimum 374 credits from Boston City Campus & Business College