BBANALL/301/4/2012 Tutorial letter 301/4/2012 BBanking students BBANALL Semester 2 Year modules Department of, Risk and Banking This tutorial letter contains important information with regards to your BBanking degree (02240 - NO4) and the Department's help desk Bar code
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: turned@unisa.ac.za or finman@unisa.ac.za 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 The BBanking degree has been replaced by the BCom (Banking) degree in order to meet the requirements of the Higher Education Qualification Framework (HEQF). 3.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. 2
BBANALL/301 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 ECS1501 - Economics 1A BAN2601 Banking II Pre:BAN1501 & BAN1502 ECS1601 -Economics 1B Pre: ECS101 or ECS1501 BAN2602 Banking: Introduction to Treasury FAC1502 Financial accounting Principles, concepts and procedures FAC1601 Financial Accounting reporting INM1013 - Introduction to the economic and environment 1A Pre:FAC1502 BAN2603 International CLA1501 Commercial Law 1A CLA1502 Commercial Law 1B INM1024 - Introduction to the economic and environment 1B CMG211C Credit II Pre: CMG111C MNB1501 - Business 1A DSC1630 Introductory Financial Mathematics MNB1601 - Business 1B Pre:MNB101 or MNB1501 INV2601 Investments: An Introduction Pre: MNB1501, MNB1601, Co: MNF2023 or FIN2601 BAN1501 Banking: Introduction FIN2601 Financial Pre: MNB102E and ACM102N, or MNB1601 and FAC1601 BAN1502 Banking: Fundamental principles RSK2601 Enterprise Risk Pre: MNB101 or MNB1501, and MNB102 or MNB1601 CMG111C Credit I BAN1503 Compliance 3
Third level Pre/Co-requisite Fourth level Pre/Co-requisite ECS2601 - Microeconomics Pre: ECS1501 & ECS1601 BAN4801 Financial Institutions 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 3A Pre: MNG2016 INF1059 - Introduction to business information system FIN4801 Advanced Financial Pre: FIN3701 MNG2016 - General Pre: MNB101 or MNB1501 and MNB102 or MNB1601 FIN4802 International Financial FIN3701 - Financial Pre: MNF2023 or FIN2601 Choose 1 of the following RSK3701 Risk financing and Insurance Pre: MNK203R or RSK2601 ECS303F International Pre: ECS201 & ECS202 Choose 2 of the following ECS304G Public Economics Pre: ECS201 ACN3084 Financial Analysis, Valuation and Restructuring Pre: FAC2602 ECS302E International Trade ECS303F International ECS304G Public Economics Pre: ECS201 ECS306J History of Economic Thought ECS307K Econometric Techniques & 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 4
BBANALL/301 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 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 (BAN4801). The very final year that the BBanking degree will be offered is 2016. Best wishes Prof Johan Marx Chair Department of, Risk and Banking www.unisa.ac.za/dfrb 5