BCom Accounting

This Degree is designed to enable graduates to proceed into the accounting and finance related fields. Both the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and ACCA UK (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) fully accredit the degree. Students may proceed onto ACCA post-graduate courses and become certified chartered accountants in South Africa.

• Cost and Management Accountant
• Financial Accountant
• Financial Manager
• Chartered Accountant
• Auditor
• Accountant
• Tax Consultant
• Financial Accountant

BCom Marketing

The Marketing Management degree offers students a hands-on approach to analysing the marketing environment, understanding consumer personalities, decision-making, segmentation and trends. It teaches students to determine target markets and product positioning as well as the finer skills regarding the drafting and implementation of marketing mix strategies and strategic marketing plans. Concepts such as consumer interactions, advertising, brand loyalty, and awareness are analysed whilst students are exposed to the fundamental aspects of sales ethics, planning, evaluation, performance determinants as well as the management of the product range using various theoretical marketing models.

• Marketing Manager 
• Media Planner 
• Advertising Consultant 
• Sales Representative
• Marketing Consultant 
• Research Manager

BCom Tourism

The BCom Degree in Travel and Tourism Management provides a different and needed model of higher education in this discipline. Included in the curriculum are relevant, more generalised modules such as Introduction to Financial Accounting and Business English. Students gain the necessary skills in Airfares and Ticketing as a prerequisite for Galileo and are thus provided with practical experience and theoretical knowledge.

• Eco-tourism Planning & Management
• Strategic Tourism Manager
• Tour and Travel Operator
• Festival & Special Event Manager

System: Galileo

BCom HR

The programme covers sensitive issues in the workplace such as modern day stress and burnout, internal staffing and discipline, HIV/Aids, whistle blowing, sexual harassment, and retrenchment, whilst covering other areas such as:

• Human Resource Manager
• Human Resource Consultant
• Employment Relations Consultant
• Personnel Consultant

BBA

The BBA degree is designed for students who wish to develop their careers within a business context. The qualification will assist them in gaining the business-related knowledge and skills necessary to build, grow and utilise business opportunities. Students compliment theoretical knowledge with practical assignments and projects.

• Business Administrator 
• Business Economist 
• Entrepreneur/Intrapreneur
• Management Consultant 
• Manager Business Consultant

BA Journalism

Journalism enables students to explore and acquire the necessary theoretical, verbal, and practical expertise in newspapers, magazines, television, radio, and the Internet. Students are situated in a Journalism Lab where they are provided with media resources and computers, and daily and weekly broadcasters CNN and BBC. Students make use of video and audio equipment to produce news bulletins, as well as radio and television reports whilst they source, edit, and write real-life articles for the Journalism Department’s newspaper.

The programme allows graduates to enter the media industry with cultural insight and a comprehensive understanding of current affairs, politics, literature, and law.

• Newspaper
• Magazine
• Television
• Radio
• Internet

BSc IT
BSc Informatics

Both programmes represent a reasonable consensus of the Information Systems and Computer Science community to include characteristics of the respective professions. Third year students develop Industry Projects which form part of the final year. Graduates will have a solid knowledge base of databases, systems analysis and design, programming, project management and computer science. Students will be able to work in a team, collect, analyse, and present information, use technology or other methods of presentation for communication purposes, identify and suggest possible solutions to a problem, and to organise work requirements in order to meet deadlines.

Public Relations

Public Relations students learn how to embrace various functions as a Public Relations practitioner, ranging from crisis management to relationship building. Students are exposed to current case studies which enable them to place theoretical knowledge in context whilst learning how to research, investigate and critique issues.

Projects include the planning of effective campaigns and communication strategies, as well as the setting of communication goals. Students acquire cultural insight and a comprehensive understanding of the corporate and media environment as well as government and current affairs.

• Public Relations Practitioner
• Campaign Speech Writer 
• Media Liaison Officer
• Professional Events Manager
• Communications Officer

Graphic Design

Graphic Designers develop unique ideas and recognisable identities for products and promotional material for corporations. They are involved in typography and layout work that demand an intense knowledge of new hardware and software, affording designers the opportunity to create powerful designs on high quality operating systems

Fashion Design

The programme offers students an educational experience associated with apparel design in an environment that stimulates intellectual and creative thoughts.

Students are provided with a solid grounding in the main concepts of Fashion Design, culminating in a major project and participation in a formal Fashion Show.

• Fashion Designer 
• Pattern-Maker 
• Illustrator 
• Stylist

The BCom degree in Law is a specialised degree suitable for students who wish to link a commercial background with that of law. This Degree is conferred by UNISA with students attending lectures at MGI.

• Legal Advisor
• Legal Clerk

• Advocate
• Attorney
• Legal Advisor
• Magistrate

Psychology

• Complete rigorous questionnaires and/or psychometric tests.
• Present themselves for an in-depth interview to be conducted by a departmental panel consisting of academic staff and supervisors.

• Registered (Professional) Counsellor

Biomed

Biomedicine represents the interface between medicine and biology. It is a field with many opportunities that are fuelled by rapid advances in technology, creating the need to provide appropriate cultural healthcare and education to the public.

Graduates will have theoretical knowledge of human physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology and its applications. In addition, they will meet the professional needs of the pharmaceutical and allied health industries.

• Laboratory Technician
• Clinical Research Associate
• Production Technician
• Technical Sales Representative
• Scientific Communication Officer

Biochem

The South African government has indicated its intention to keep South Africa on track with biotechnology research and development by allocating funds to create Biotechnology Regional Innovation Centres (BRICS). The Degree in Biotechnology Management is grounded in a fundamental body of molecular biology knowledge in both a medical and an agricultural setting. The purpose of the programme is to help meet future human resource needs by training qualified scientists and scientific entrepreneurs. Students will gain knowledge in molecular biology and its applications and develop an understanding of the fundamentals of project management.

• Laboratory Technician
• Production Technician
• Technical Sales Representative
• Scientific Communication Officer