UNISA Risk Management Course Module 2024-2025
| Enterprise Risk Management – RSK2601 | |||
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| Diploma,Under Graduate Degree | Semester module | NQF level: 6 | Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English | |||
| Pre-requisite: MNB1601 or MNB102E | |||
| Purpose: This module will equip students to define and classify risks, define and implement corporate governance and propose and implement Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) in their organisations. The purpose of this module is to explain risk management as an enterprise-wide concept and propose a framework for the implementation of ERM in an enterprise. The module will also provide a foundation for later courses and modules in risk management. | |||
| Fundamentals of Operational & Financial Risk – RSK2602 | |||
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| Diploma | Semester module | NQF level: 6 | Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English | |||
| Purpose: The purpose of this module is to develop the student’s knowledge of risk management concepts, to distinguish between operational and financial risks, to analyse the principles of risk management and to be capable to interpret the allocation of capital to risks. | |||
| Risk Financing and Short Term Insurance – RSK3701 | |||
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| Under Graduate Degree,Diploma | Semester module | NQF level: 7 | Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English | Module presented online | ||
| Purpose: The purpose of the module is to equip students with the necessary competencies (knowledge, values and skills) to be able to apply the fundamental concepts, principles and processes in providing risk financing and insurance products and services. | |||
| Risk Management: Long Term Insurance – RSK3702 | |||
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| Under Graduate Degree | Semester module | NQF level: 7 | Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English | Module presented online | ||
| Pre-requisite: RSK3701 | |||
| Purpose: This module will be useful to people who are involved in the risk management and insurance field. The purpose of the module is to equip students with the necessary competencies (knowledge, values and skills) to be able to apply the fundamental concepts, principles and processes in providing long term insurance products and services. | |||
| Research Project in Financial Management – HRBUS86 | |||
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| Honours | Year module | NQF level: 8 | Credits: 36 |
| Module presented in English | Module presented online | ||
| Co-requisite: HMEMS80 | |||
| Purpose: The purpose of the module is to equip students with the competencies required to plan, execute and write an acceptable academic research proposal in Financial Management. Students will be able to gather, analyse, evaluate and apply knowledge and reason and debate in written format a specific topic, recognising existing research on the topic and integrate appropriate research methodologies in Financial Management. | |||
| Operational Risk Management – RSK4801 | |||
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| Honours,Post Graduate Diploma | Year module | NQF level: 8 | Credits: 24 |
| Module presented in English | Module presented online | ||
| Purpose: This module will be useful to students who are following or planning to follow a career in risk management. Students credited with this module will be able to identify various risk types, recognise the underlying factors of operational risk, apply the principles of operational risk management, develop an operational risk management framework. | |||
| Risk Management for Bankers – RSK1501 | |||
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| Diploma,Higher Certificate | Semester module | NQF level: 5 | Credits: 12 |
| Module presented in English | |||
| Purpose: The purpose of this module is to develop a sound understanding of the concepts of risks within a banking environment and how to best manage these risks. | |||
| Governance, Risk and Compliance Management – RSK4802 | |||
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| Honours,Post Graduate Diploma | Year module | NQF level: 8 | Credits: 24 |
| Module presented in English | |||
| Purpose: This module will be useful to students who work in the Government departments, NGO’s e.g. Corporate, financial and non-financial institutions and have an interest in governance and compliance as it relates to risk management. Students accredited with this module will be able to understanding and analyze the Risk Management process and the role of risk management in the organisation, the Compliance management process within the organisation as it is required by specific legislation and supervisory bodies and the Corporate Governance process within the organisation as it is required by the specific supervisory bodies. | |||
| Risk Financing – RSK4803 | |||
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| Post Graduate Diploma | Year module | NQF level: 8 | Credits: 24 |
| Module presented in English | Module presented online | ||
| Purpose: This module will be useful to students who are following or planning to follow a career in risk management. Students credited with this module will be able to interpret risk management regulations, analyse risk exposures in financial terms, determine the cost of risk control and advise management on a realistic risk appetite. | |||
| Credit Risk Management – RSK4804 | |||
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| Post Graduate Diploma | Year module | NQF level: 8 | Credits: 24 |
| Module presented in English | Module presented online | ||
| Purpose: Students who complete this module will be able to apply the principles and process of credit risk management, formulate lending objectives and apply the credit risk analysis framework, monitor, review and manage the credit risk, and formulate funding strategies in order to finance their current operations and support future growth. | |||
| Market Risk Management – RSK4805 | |||
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| Honours,Post Graduate Diploma | Year module | NQF level: 8 | Credits: 24 |
| Module presented in English | Module presented online | ||
| Purpose: People credited with this module are able to analyse, construct, price and apply derivative instruments, construct applicable hedging strategies and calculate market risk exposure by using historical simulations and other methods. | |||