• National Senior Certificate (NSC) with a bachelor’s pass or equivalent
• A Matriculation Certificate (with university exemption) or equivalent
• A Higher Certificate or an Advanced Certificate or Diploma in a cognate field
• National Benchmark Test (NBT) results
• The prior qualification must include a minimum of 50% in Mathematics or Mathematical Literacy.

• A National Senior Certificate or National Certificate Vocational with a diploma pass (or equivalent) combined with the results of the NBT 
• Mature age of 23 and over during the first year of studies and a National Senior Certificate (or equivalent). The conditions of the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Policy for Access and the results of the NBT are determining factors for admission. Contact the admissions office regarding RPL
• Mature age of 45 years can be admitted, determined by the RPL conditions and the results of the NBT.

Applicants in the first category under Alternative Admission Requirements must register for the Extended Programme for Academic Development. The Programme extends the completion of the prescribed subjects over a minimum of 4 years.

Students who are admitted on the basis of prior learning and who want to complete the degree in three years, but who fail more than 20% of modules taken during the first semester, are required to take the first year over two years.

The purpose of the Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) degree is to provide a broad but solid educational foundation to students in the field of commerce, including various key discipline areas such as business management, economics, entrepreneurship, marketing management, industrial psychology, arts management and sports management. The qualification has been designed to provide the knowledge base, practical competence and application skills that may enable students to either enter the labour market, start ventures or to pursue further studies in this field. 

Entrepreneurship students who have completed the qualification must be able to:

• Explain what entrepreneurship and innovation is
• Utilise the knowledge and insight gained during the programme to initiate a new entrepreneurial business venture
• Demonstrate command of the competencies, organisational principles and participative processes required to manage creative and successful innovation
• Contribute to building a winning organisational culture that nurtures creativity and innovation in a small and medium sized enterprise  
• Apply creativity and innovation management in a business environment, utilising the integration of the individual tools and competencies, organisational principles and processes required to manage innovation    
• Explain the processes and thinking required in the process of new business development and the creative and organisational aspects that need to be considered    
• Differentiate between entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship in medium size enterprises and corporate businesses respectively.