Unisa, Centre for Business Management Insurance Programmes for ...

Payments can be made per credit card, cheque,
electronic transfer or direct deposit.
All registration forms must be accompanied by:
• a copy of your highest qualification
• a copy of your Identity document
Enquiries:
Programme Admin Office:
IISA Programmes in Insurance
Centre for Business Management
P O Box 392 UNISA 0003
Tel: 012 429 4037
Fax: 086 693 7433
E-mail: iisa@unisa.ac.za
Programme Co-ordinators:
Mr Frank van der Meer
Tel: 012 429 3726
Fax: 086 642 2129/012 429 3881
E-mail: vdmeef@unisa.ac.za
Ms Cecile de Swardt
Tel: 012 429 4017
Fax: 086 641 5326/012 429 4955
• E-mail: dswarcj@unisa.ac.za
llSA lntroductory Programme in Retirement
Fund Management
Qualification code: 76600
This programme is one in a range of programmes that
were designed to specifically address the needs of the
insurance industry and were transferred to Unisa CBM
with effect from 2005. From 2009 the Programme has
been revised and restructured to meet the Unisa
Semester Structure and the preferred format of the
Higher Education Qualification Framework. This is the
first part of the Programme in Retirement Fund
Management. The programme improves the
employability of learners in the sense that the
successful completion of the programme enables them
to become retirement fund practitioners with a good
understanding of retirement benefit design, fund
financing and investment decisions and apply sound
fund administration with due cognisance of legislation
pertaining to retirement funds.
Duration
Twelve months (600 notional hours). Students may
complete the programme over a longer period and, in
fact, it is doubtful whether students can complete the
Programme in a single semester.
Registration requirements
A national senior certificate (FETC) or equivalent SAQA
registered NQF Level 4 senior certificate, or
an IISA ICiBS qualification
AND
IISA Short Course in Elements of Retirement Funds
(Qual 76627), or
at least 24 Insurance credits on SAQA registered NQF
Level 4.
Content
Students must complete the following modules:
Code
IPST01E
ICRF02L
ICRF03M
ICRF04N
ICRF05P
Module
Legal Framework of lnsurance
lntroduction to Fund Administration
lntroduction to Benefit Design
lntroduction to Fund Financing
Introduction to lnvestment Management
Applications for exemptions and credits
Application for new exemptions and exemptions for
credits previously obtained through IISA or other
institutions for this Programme will be combined with
such applications under the IISA Programme in
Retirement Fund Management and must be made with
the Programme Admin Office on the prescribed form.
Teaching method
Distance education. Two assignments must be
submitted and will count towards the final mark.
Evaluation and examination
NB Take careful note of the semester during which the
elective modules are available, in the selection of
modules and to plan your studies and the completion of
the Programme.
Examinations may be written during May/June for
semester one, and November for semester two at any
one of Unisa's examination centres throughout the
world. An extra levy will be charged to students writing
outside the borders of South Africa. A formal 2-hour
examination question paper will be set for each module.
Candidates must obtain at least 50% per module to
pass. A mark of 75% will constitute a distinction.
Supplementary examinations will be written in the next
semester and carry an additional examination fee.
The assignments count 10% towards the final mark,
while the examination counts 90%. If you are
unsuccessful in the examination, you will need a
minimum of 40% to be awarded a supplementary
(rewrite) examination.
Certificate
12 Contact us at : (012) 429 4037 fax-to-email: 0866937433 email: iisa@unisa.ac.za