Programmes » Faculty of Business & Accounting » BCom in Risk Management
Mode of Study
Campus Learning
The programme consists of core (required) and elective modules. Some modules may have pre-requisites (i.e. may require the students to pass another module or set of modules first). The number at the end of the module in parenthesis indicates the credit load of the module. One credit is equal to 10 hours of learning (guided in class and independent combined); therefore 10-credit module requires on average 100 hours of learning from the students
Core Modules
- C5-IMO-20: Introduction to MS Office (10)
- B6-AWB-20: Academic Writing for Business (10)
- B5-BS1-17: Business Mathematics & Statistics 1 (10)
- B5-LAB-13: Legal Aspects of Business (10)
- A5-RM1-20: Risk Management 1 (10)
- B5-BM1-20: Business Management 1 (20)
- B5- PMK-17: Principles of Marketing (10)
- B6-BS2-17: Business Mathematics & Statistics 2 (10)
- A6-FA1-17: Financial Accounting 1 (10)
- A6-RM2-20: Risk Management 2 (20)
- A6-STI-20: Short Term Insurance: Personal Lines (10)
- A6-CAF-17: Computerised Accounting (10)
- A6-RAT-20: Risk Assessment and Treatment (10)
- B5-MIE-17: Micro- economics (20)
- A6-COA-20: Cost Accounting (10)
- A6-LTI-20: Long Term Insurance (10)
- A6-ICO-20: Insurance Company Operations (10)
- B6-MAE-17: Macro Economics (10)
- A6-TAX-20: Taxation (20)
- A6-FM1-20: Financial Management 1 (10)
- A6-RGC-20: Risk, Governance and Culture (10)
- A7-FA2-20: Financial Accounting 2 (10)
- A6-EMP-20: Employee Benefits Management (10)
- A7-RAD-20: Risk Analysis and Decision Making (20)
- A7-PLR-20: Property and Liability Risk Management (20)
- A7-CLI-20: Commercial Lines Insurance (10)
- A7-WMG-20: Wealth Management (10)
- A7-HIA-20: Healthcare Insurance and Administration (20)
- B7-RMB-20: Research Methods in Business (10)
- A7-CRM-20: Credit Risk Management (20)
- A7-REI-20: Reinsurance (10)
- B8-ENI-20: Entrepreneurship and Innovation (20)
- A7-RP1-20: Research Project 1: Proposal Writing (10)
- A7-PPR-20: Professional Practice in Accounting (40)
- A7-RP2- 20: Research Project 2: Dissertation (20)
Elective Modules
- Select one from the following:
- A7-PIA-20: Portfolio Management and Investment Analysis (10)
- A7-INF-20: International Finance (10)
Select two from the following:
- A7-RIF-20: Risk Financing (10)
- A7-FIM-20: Financial Modelling (10)
- A7-FRM-20: Financial Risk Management (10)
Recommended full-time study path (4½ years):
| Year | Sem | Module | Credits |
| Year 1 | Sem 1 | C5-IMO-20: Introduction to MS Office | 10 |
| B6-AWB-20: Academic Writing for Business | 10 | ||
| B5-BS1-17: Business Mathematics & Statistics 1 | 10 | ||
| B5-LAB-13: Legal Aspects of Business | 10 | ||
| A5-RM1-20: Risk Management 1 | 10 | ||
| B5-BM1-20: Business Management 1 | 10 | ||
| Sem 2 | B5- PMK-17: Principles of Marketing | 10 | |
| B6-BS2-17: Business Mathematics & Statistics 2 | 10 | ||
| A6-FA1-17: Financial Accounting 1 | 10 | ||
| A6-RM2-20: Risk Management 2 | 20 | ||
| A6-STI-20: Short Term Insurance: Personal Lines | 10 | ||
| Year 2 | Sem 3 | A6-CAF-17: Computerised Accounting | 10 |
| A6-RAT-20: Risk Assessment and Treatment | 10 | ||
| B5-MIE-17: Micro- economics | 10 | ||
| A6-COA-20: Cost Accounting | 10 | ||
| A6-LTI-20: Long Term Insurance | 10 | ||
| A6-ICO-20: Insurance Company Operations | 10 | ||
| Sem 4 | B6-MAE-17: Macro Economics | 10 | |
| A6-TAX-20: Taxation | 10 | ||
| A6-FM1-20: Financial Management 1 | 10 | ||
| A6-RGC-20: Risk, Governance and Culture | 10 | ||
| A7-FA2-20: Financial Accounting 2 | 10 | ||
| A6-EMP-20: Employee Benefits Management | 10 | ||
| Year 3 | Sem 5 | A7-RAD-20: Risk Analysis and Decision Making | 20 |
| A7-PLR-20: Property and Liability Risk Management | 20 | ||
| A7-CLI-20: Commercial Lines Insurance | 10 | ||
| A7-WMG-20: Wealth Management | 10 | ||
| Sem 6 | A7-HIA-20: Healthcare Insurance and Administration | 20 | |
| B7-RMB-17: Research Methods in Business | 10 | ||
| A7-CRM-20: Credit Risk Management | 20 | ||
| Elective –I (Select one module form below) | |||
| A7-PIA-20: Portfolio Management and Investment Analysis | 10 | ||
| A7-INF-20: International Finance | 10 | ||
| Year 4 | Sem 7 | A7-REI-20: Reinsurance | 10 |
| B8-ENI-20: Entrepreneurship and Innovation | 20 | ||
| A7-RP1-20: Research Project 1: Proposal Writing | 10 | ||
| Elective –I (Select two module from below) | |||
| A7-RIF-20: Risk Financing | 10 | ||
| A7-FIM-20: Financial Modelling | 10 | ||
| A7-FRM-20: Financial Risk Management | 10 | ||
| Sem 8 | A7-PPR-20: Professional Practice in Accounting | 40 | |
| A7-RP2- 20: Research Project 2: Dissertation | 20 |
Admissions Criteria
1)The typical entry requirement is BGCSE or other equivalent secondary school qualification with a minimum grade of ‘D’ in five subjects. In addition, applicants must have 10 points in English and Mathematics combined or 32 points in the top 5 subjects.
2) Certificate 5 holders may be granted exemptions based on the relevance of the subjects.
3) Diploma or equivalent qualification in a related field.
4) Applicants that do not meet the above criteria but possess relevant industry experience will be considered through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).
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