About

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg's Management Accounting course will be of value to working people who need management accounting skills for their current positions or to qualify for promotion. It is aimed at people with accounting skills, but without a previous degree and who would not be interested in or qualify to register for a formal BCom degree.

Overview

Key facts

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg's Management Accounting course will run over two academic terms. Each module/ half course component will involve between 36 and 48 hours of face-to-face teaching, plus a 3-hour revision session and an examination (3 hours per module). Total face-to-face teaching for the Certificate in Management Accounting will be 96 hours and the study commitment will be 120 notional hours (equivalent to 12 credits on the SAQA system), incorporating assignments, reading and research projects.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Decision making given the constraint of scare resources.
Job costing, process costing and joint and by-product costing.
Standard costing and variance analysis.
Budgeting for planning, control and performance management.
Transfer pricing.
Tools, criteria and conditions for fair performance management.

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2024-07-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-06-14 00:00:00
Starting 2025-02-12 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

More details

February: Wednesdays 17:30 – 19:30

Language

English

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Accounting View 6 other Short Courses in Accounting in South Africa

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

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Other requirements

General requirements

Participants should hold a matriculation certificate, be fluent in English and have three to five years working experience. Participants should have completed Financial Accounting 2.

Tuition Fee

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International

12500 ZAR/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 12500 ZAR for the full programme during 12 months.
National

12500 ZAR/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 12500 ZAR for the full programme during 12 months.

Living costs for Johannesburg

8434 - 12036 ZAR /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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