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Faculty welcomes new students
Author: Ronel Beukes
Published: 30/01/2018

This year, the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences has welcomed some 1 500 new students, of which a record number of 86% registered online.

This includes the first cohort of 22 students to have enrolled for the new undergraduate Diploma in Sustainable Development offered by the School of Public Leadership.

A multidisciplinary programme aimed at equipping students with the skills and knowledge to make use of entrepreneurial opportunities in the broad field of sustainable development, the Diploma in Sustainable Development is the Faculty's first undergraduate diploma. The three-year, non-residential programme with a workplace-integrated learning component is presented at the Sustainability Institute at Lynedoch near Stellenbosch.

Most popular among the Faculty's 14 undergraduate programmes are the Accounting programmes – BAccounting, BCom (Management Accounting), and BCom (Financial Accounting) – and the 4-year BCom degree in International Business. The latter is a pioneer in undergraduate business education and includes an exchange semester at a partner university abroad. It is a unique programme in South Africa and only 30 students per year are admitted.

The Faculty's welcoming programme kicked off on Thursday, 25 January with an opportunity for the students' parents to meet the Dean, Prof Johan Malan. This was followed by an information session for all the Faculty's first-year students. Orientation sessions at the JS Gericke Library, academic and computer registration also form part of the programme.

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    Right:
     Students' parents listened closely to the Dean, Prof Johan Malan, in the Coetzenburg Centre.
    Left: All the Faculty's first-years attended an information session in the Kruiskerk.
  • Photo right:  Distinguished Professor Mark Swilling of the School of Public Leadership addresses students enrolled for the Diploma in Sustainable Development.

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