UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG

Undergraduate Programmes

BAccSci

Admission requirements

If you matriculated in or after 2008:

Programme Minimum Faculty Admission Requirements and Scale of Achievement Likely Acceptance Level
*These are guidelines only. They don’t guarantee admission. Places are limited.		 Faculty Selection Procedures
Bachelor of Accounting Science - (3 years) BAccSc English home language 5 or 1st additional language 6

Mathematics 5		 40 points and English home language or 1st additional language at a NSC scale of Achievement Level 5 Applicants with 3 points below the likely acceptance level will be waitlisted subject to the number of places available.

If you matriculated in or after 2008:

Programme Minimum Faculty Admission Requirements and Scale of Achievement Likely Acceptance Level
*These are guidelines only. They don’t guarantee admission. Places are limited.		 Faculty Selection Procedures
Bachelor of Accounting Science - (3 years) BAccSc English (First or Second language) PASS Higher Grade min 40%,

Mathematics PASS Higher Grade min 60%		 29 points and above PROVIDED Maths Higher Grade is at least a C symbol and English Higher Grade is at least a C symbol. Applicants with 3 points above the likely acceptance level for the BCom and BAccSc degrees,(awards) and who meet the minimum admission requirements,may register for five (instead of four) first year courses.(units)

Programme Outline

1st YEAR 2nd YEAR 3rd YEAR
Accounting I Financial Accounting II Financial Accounting III
Economics I Management Accounting and Finance II (1/2) Management Accounting and Finance III
Commercial Law I (1/2) Business Enterprise Law (1/2) Taxation III
Computational Mathematics (1/2) Mercantile Law (1/2) Auditing III
Business Statistics (1/2) Business Ethics (1/2)  
Accounting Information Systems (1/2) Taxation II (1/2)  
  Elective (1/2): Economics IIA
or Marketing IIA,
or Human Resources IIA		  

(1/2) indicates that this is a semester course

Contact details:
Shobhna Sugam
School of Accountancy Adminstrator
Tel: 011 717 8049
Fax: 086 553 5086
Email: Shobhna.Sugam@wits.ac.za