Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) (PPE) - (3 years full-time)

Our specific aim is to produce graduates who can produce extended and self-critical analyses of the political and economic environment within which they will have to work. Such skills are not common among South African businessmen, so we believe that our degree would make a useful new contribution. Our best graduates could expect to rise to high positions in the business world. Their undergraduate degrees would be recognised by other South African universities as qualification for post graduate studies.

For further information please contact the Administrator for the School of Commerce, Philosophy and Applied Ethics: 011 380 9054 or the Assistant Registrar (Undergraduate) on: 011 380 9012.

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The Bachelor of Commerce degree incorporates standard Bachelor of Commerce elements, notably first-level courses in economics, mathematics and statistics; accounting and commercial law and will also have a compulsory major in economics. However, what makes the St Augustine degree different is that the remainder of the course will be in philosophy and politics rather than the usual management sciences or accounting.

Modules for the BCom

First-year courses: Microeconomics I, Macroeconomics I, Critical thinking and logic, Introduction to philosophy, Introduction to political science, Introduction to global politics, Mathematics, Statistics, Communication and study skills, Basic computer and research methods. There are five courses in the first semester andfive in the second semester. 

Second-year Courses: Microeconomics II, Macroeconomics II, International economics, Mathematics for economists, History of philosophy I, Philosophy of knowledge and reality, History of philosophy II, Philosophy of mind and person, International relations, South African government and politics, Politics of the United States and Latin America, Accounting I. In the second year the courses are splitbetween the first and second semesters.

Third-year courses: Microeconomics III, Macroeconomics III, Econometrics ,Development of economics, Economies of the public sector, Ethics, Philosophy of science Philosophy of religion, Contemporary philosophical pluralism, Philosophy integration seminar, International Relations II, Political philosophy II, Political economics, Regional politics, Capstone seminar, Commercial Law I, Commercial Law II. In the third year, there is a range of modules in economics and a choice between politics andphilosophy as the second major.