Self-Evaluation by Nedbank Chair in Accountancy & Director of School (4.2.1): This serves to certify that all the units in the BAccSc (BCompt) professional pathway contain outcomesbased syllabi that are available in the School Calendar and the School website on the Internet (open to anyone). These are reproduced in the unit outlines for each unit, and are available to each student. All the unit outlines are filed in the various core and supportive subject files that form part of this submission. This is also true for BETH 251, specifically dealing with the SAICA ethics requirements to be implemented from 2012. All courses in the BAccSc (BCompt) degree programme are attached to this application. There is one course outline covering students that registered up to 2010, and another one for students registering from 2011 onwards. Professor C. M. Ambe 4.2.2 SAICA Syllabus The current BAccSc (Old BCompt) programme has been designed and reviewed in line with the BCom (CA programme) of the UJ which is aligned to the SAICA syllabus. In promoting sustainability and ownership of its BAccSc programme, the SoA has reviewed its BAccSc programme content and syllabus in line with the new SAICA outcome based competency framework and implementation commenced January 2011. Self-Evaluation by Nedbank Chair in Accountancy & Director of School (4.2.2): This serves to certify that there is a continuous effort to ensure that the BAccSc (BCompt) programme remains in line with the latest SAICA syllabi. This forms part of the planning of the programme, which was discussed in more detail in section 4.1.4.
The SAICA syllabi were taken as the basis for mapping. The relevant outcomes and topics covered in a particular unit at SoA were then plotted on this matrix. Next to that, the coverage at UJ was plotted. Two sets of syllabi mapping were done: up to the end of 2010 and one for 2011 onwards (taking into account some internal curriculum and course changes made at the end of 2010). The mapping is quite extensive and the maps are thus included in each core subject file and in each supportive course. Professor C. M. Ambe 4.2.3 Sufficient Education Breadth The SoA BAccSc curriculum exposes learners to fields including those not directly related to the technical content of Accountancy, such as business English, business calculations, business law, and business management, amongst others in terms of the new SAICA competency framework.
SAICA ACCREDITATION SELF-EVALUATION REPORT 2011
The mapping of the programme to the SAICA syllabi has been a constant and continuous process in line with the SAICA competency framework. This happened within the core subjects (units) under leadership of the subject leader. Over and above that, all the core subjects material and assessments for up to 2010 (2009 for 3rd year) were received from UJ, in order to map to the UJ programme as well (as part of the articulation requirements).
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