BBANALL/301/4/2012
Tutorial letter 301/4/2012
BBanking students
BBANALL
Semester 2
Year modules
Department of Finance, Risk
Management and Banking
This tutorial letter contains important
information with regards to your BBanking
degree (02240 - NO4) and the
Department's help desk
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Dear Student,
The purpose of this tutorial letter is to:
1 inform you of our new helpdesk specialist;
2 remind you of the minimum number of modules you have to pass each year; 3 provide you with the correct curriculum for the BBanking degree; and
4 request you to consider one of the new Banking qualifications if you are still busy with your first or second year of the BBanking degree.
1. Help-desk
Mr Davey Turner is our new helpdesk specialist and he will be able to assist you with queries about our department, should you not be able to get in touch with your lecturer. His contact details are as follows:
Mr D Turner Tel: 012 429 3603
eMail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Please note that student account and other administrative enquiries still need to be referred to the appropriate department. See the myRegistration @ Unisa brochure for details.
2. Minimum modules required in order to continue with your studies
We would also like to inform and remind all students that the Unisa rules state that a student must accumulate at least 48 credits per year in order to continue their academic studies. 48 Credits are equivalent to passing 4 semester modules or 2 year modules. If a student does not obtain the required 48 credits, Unisa may block their registration as a result of such inadequate progress (see Rule 12.3.2). Please consult your brochure myRegistration @ Unisa 2012 for more information.
Also please note that you have only until 2016 in order to complete your BBanking degree. The BBanking degree has been replaced by the BCom (Banking) degree in order to meet the requirements of the Higher Education Qualification Framework (HEQF).
3. Curriculum for the BBanking degree
Due to errata regarding the BBanking degree at the Unisa website we wish to provide you with the correct curriculum. Apologies for the incorrect information published.
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Bachelor of Banking (Repeaters only until 2015)
Qualification code: 02240 – NO4 Total NQF Credits: 504
Admission requirements: NSC or Matric Exemption
First level Pre/Co-requisite Second level Pre/Co-requisite
Compulsory Compulsory
ECS1501 - Economics 1A BAN2601 – Banking II Pre:BAN1501 & BAN1502 ECS1601 -Economics 1B Pre: ECS101 or ECS1501 BAN2602 – Banking:
Introduction to Treasury Management
FAC1502 – Financial accounting Principles, concepts and procedures
BAN2603 – International Finance
FAC1601 – Financial Accounting reporting
Pre:FAC1502 CLA1501 – Commercial Law 1A
INM1013 - Introduction to the economic and management environment 1A
CLA1502 – Commercial Law 1B
INM1024 - Introduction to the economic and management environment 1B CMG211C – Credit Management II Pre: CMG111C MNB1501 - Business
management 1A DSC1630 – Introductory Financial Mathematics MNB1601 - Business
management 1B
Pre:MNB101 or MNB1501 INV2601 – Investments: An Introduction Pre: MNB1501, MNB1601, Co: MNF2023 or FIN2601 BAN1501 – Banking: Introduction FIN2601 – Financial Management
Pre: MNB102E and
ACM102N, or MNB1601 and FAC1601 BAN1502 – Banking: Fundamental principles RSK2601 – Enterprise Risk Management Pre: MNB101 or MNB1501, and MNB102 or MNB1601 CMG111C – Credit management I BAN1503 – Compliance management
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Third level Pre/Co-requisite Fourth level Pre/Co-requisite
Compulsory Compulsory
ECS2601 - Microeconomics Pre: ECS1501 & ECS1601 BAN4801 – Financial Institutions Management ECS2602 -
Macroeconomics
Pre: ECS1501 & ECS1601 ECS2605 – SA Financial System
Pre: ECS1501 & ECS1601 FAC2601 - Financial
accounting for companies
Pre: FAC1502, FAC1601 ECS301D - Monetary economics
Pre: ECS202 FAC2602 – Selected
Accounting Standards and Simple Group Structure
Pre: FAC1502, FAC1601 MNG301A - Strategic management 3A
Pre: MNG2016
INF1059 - Introduction to
business information system FIN4801 – Advanced Financial Management Pre: FIN3701 MNG2016 - General
management Pre: MNB101 or MNB1501 and MNB102 or MNB1601 FIN4802 – International Financial Management FIN3701 - Financial
management Pre: MNF2023 or FIN2601 Choose 1 of the following RSK3701 – Risk financing
and Insurance
Pre: MNK203R or RSK2601 ECS303F – International Finance
Pre: ECS201 & ECS202
Choose 2 of the following ECS304G – Public
Economics
Pre: ECS201 ACN3084 – Financial
Analysis, Valuation and Restructuring
Pre: FAC2602
ECS302E – International
Trade Pre: ECS201A & ECS202B ECS303F – International
Finance Pre: ECS201A & ECS202B ECS304G – Public
Economics Pre: ECS201 ECS306J – History of
Economic Thought
Pre: ECS201A & ECS202B ECS307K – Econometric
Techniques
Pre: ECS201A & ECS202B & QMI1500 or ECS1520 or DSC1620 or STA1501 or STA1502
INV3701 – Investments: Equity Asset valuation
Pre: INV2601 & FAC2602 INV3702 – Investments:
Fixed Income Analysis
Pre: INV2601 & FAC2602 MNG302B – Strategic
Implementation 3B
Co: MNG301A MNI301J – Global Business
Environment
Pre: MNG2016 MNW301G – Corporate
Citizen
FIN2602 - Personal financial management
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4. New Banking qualifications
Students who are still busy with either the first or second level of their BBanking degree may want to consider switching to one of the new Banking qualifications. You will be allowed to transfer modules completed thus far to one of the new qualifications.
Unisa now offers three Banking qualifications that meet the requirements of the Higher Education Framework (HEQF) and these have been approved by the Council for Higher Education (CHE):
• The Higher Certificate in Banking (qualification code 98225) consists of only 10 modules and may be completed in one year.
• The Diploma in Banking (qualification 98224) consists of 30 modules and has a minimum duration of three years.
• The BCom (Banking) (qualification code 98317) also consists of 30 modules, which is 9 modules less than the BBanking degree.
Details of these new qualifications are provided in the brochure entitled Curriculums: College of Economic and Management Sciences. The brochure is available from www.unisa.ac.za Students who are busy with the third and fourth level of the BBanking degree are encouraged to complete their studies as soon as possible. Please focus on passing CMG111C and
CMG211C first if you have not passed them yet, because we plan to discontinue these modules by the end of 2013 and 2014 respectively. Avoid Investments (INV3701 and INV3702) if possible because these are mainly for persons who are interested in doing the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) programme once they graduate from Unisa. Also, note that students who have completed Investments: derivatives (INV4802) need not do Financial Institutions Management (BAN4801).
The very final year that the BBanking degree will be offered is 2016. Best wishes
Prof Johan Marx Chair
