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Bachelor of Commerce

Bachelor of Commerce for 2021

Why study the Bachelor of Commerce (BCom)?

This IIE Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) degree offered at IIE MSA allows you to shape your study to match your career goals and interests. It is a degree that gives you highly-valued, globally-relevant skills, increasing your local and international opportunities.

The IIE Bachelor of Commerce degree provides graduates with a broad-based business qualification that is invaluable in forging a career within the world of business. The IIE BCom degree offers students a quality learning experience in the contemporary, dynamic and interesting field of Business with the opportunity to choose a core discipline in Strategic Management and Marketing Management. This Bachelor of Commerce degree is designed to prepare students for the increasingly complex demands that they will face in the professional business environment. Graduates will enter the business world with solid theoretical knowledge; supported by strong problem solving, critical thinking, decision-making and strategic skills. This degree gives students a highly marketable balance of knowledge, practical application and skills.

The BCom degree is aimed at students who are keen to study a broad-based commerce degree along with the opportunity to choose one of the following core disciplines: Strategic Management and Marketing Management. This choice is made after having received a solid foundation in the theoretical knowledge associated with key management and business disciplines in the first year.

Successful completion of this programme leads to an IIE qualification.

IIE Bachelor of Commerce Career opportunities

This bachelor degree in commerce will open up an attractive range of career options; this BCom degree is a perfect stepping stone to a diverse and exciting range of business related career opportunities, depending on which core discipline you choose.

Marketing Management core discipline

  • General Management
  • Marketing Management
  • Market Research
  • Consulting

Strategic Management core discipline

  • General Management
  • Strategic Management
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Consulting
Duration

3 years full-time

Accreditation

Accredited by the CHE. Registration: NQF Level 7, SAQA ID 84706

Fees for 2021

Students are advised to pay their deposit on/before registration and the balance by the published payment due date. Alternative a payment arrangement can be applied for before the 28 February 2021.

International students registering for the first time at IIE MSA will be subject to an International Student Levy of R6,500 (436.97 USD) payable upon registration.

2021 Annual Fee:

R84,900 (5,707.44 USD)

* Note that fees are subject to an annual increase.

For more information regarding fees please visit the Fee structure.

Students are responsible for the payment of their own transport and accommodation during the various intakes, as well as for textbooks, computers or other devices to use the Internet.

Payment Methods

For more information on our payment methods visit https://www.iiemsa.co.za/pay-fees/

Intakes

First Semester (February)

Attendances
  • On-campus, full-time
Programme code:

BM322

Admissions information for domestic students
IIE Bachelor of Commerce

Entry requirements

Minimum Admission Requirements

National Senior Certificate (NSC)
Bachelor pass with English (50%) and Mathematics (40%) or Mathematical Literacy (60%)

National Certificate (Vocational) (NC(V))
Bachelor pass with English (50%) and Mathematics (50%) or Mathematical Literacy (60%)

Senior Certificate (SC)
Endorsement with English (50%) and Mathematics HG (40%) or Mathematics SG (60%)

Senior Certificate (Amended) (SC(a))
Please contact us for more information.

Please note, requirements for entry to this qualification are correct at the time of publication, however, these may change.

Applications

More information can be found by visiting How to apply

Admissions information for international students
IIE Bachelor of Commerce

Entry requirements

International entry requirements

An USAf Exemption Certificate to degree studies is required and meeting the relevant Maths and English requirements or requisite English test e.g. TOEFL, IELS.

Please note, requirements for entry to this qualification are correct at the time of publication, however, these may change.

Applications

More information can be found by visiting How to apply

Study areas for the Bachelor of Commerce

Strategic Management

If you are interested in a business degree you will probably want, at some point in your career, to move into a management role. Managers plan, organise, lead, and control. Good managers are essential to the successful running of any business no matter what its size.

Marketing Management

Identifying and satisfying customer needs profitably form the basis of marketing. It includes creating, communicating, delivering and exchanging goods and services that have value to potential customers and, often, building strong relationships between an organisation and its customers. It can include market research, product development and communication strategies as well as product delivery logistics.

Contact us

011 950 4009 enquiries@iiemsa.co.za
From outside South Africa
+27 11 950 4009