Blantyre International University Bsc. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (BBA)

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (BBA)

Businesses the world over have a common objective: to be of service to the larger society in return for profit. Businesses stand to gain when the needs of the society are satisfactorily met. In meeting these needs businesses have to be strategically focused and proactively competitive.

The focus of the BBA degree programme is two pronged. It seeks to develop students into effective business administrators and managers capable of managing business organizations profitably in a dynamic environment. It also seeks to develop students into successful entrepreneurs of the future through the acquisition of business knowledge and skills.

The aim of the programme is to provide students with both intellectual stimulation and the development capacities to enable them to serve society as capable business managers and entrepreneurs.

By the end of this programme, students should be able to:

a) Demonstrate a firm theoretical grounding on a wide range of  business and management schools of thought;

b) Develop their analytical and higher cognitive skills to solve business related problems;

c) Become decision makers and business leaders capable of successfully responding to the needs of the changing business environment.

In Malawi, and the region as a whole, there is a general shortage of skills in general management. By developing intellectual capacities in business related disciplines, this course is intended to build a credible base of potential personnel that will address the shortfall of management expertise.

Upon successful completion of this degree programme, graduates will have reached the desired level of intellectual maturity to make meaningful decisions. There are diverse opportunities. Some would set up and run their own businesses. Others may wish to defer pursuing this route and become part of the highly sought after graduate trainees/management executives in a number of employment sectors. These opportunities cut across the public and the private sectors. The range from which to make choices is almost unlimited.

1 JRN 111 Communication Skills 1

2 BBA 111 Principles of Management

3 ECON 111 Introduction to Microeconomics

4 MAT 111 Business Mathematics

5 ACF 111 Financial Accounting 1

1 JRN 112 Communication Skills 2

1 ACF 121 Financial  Accounting 2

2 IT 113 Software Applications

3 BBF 121 Business Finance 1

4 ECON 121 Introduction to Macroeconomics

5 ENTP 122 Principles of Marketing

1 ACF 211 Intermediate Accounting

2 BBF 211 Business Finance 2

3 BBA 211 Organizational Behaviour

4 STAT 211 Business Statistics

1 BBA  311  Operations Management 1

2 LAW 211       Business Law

3 ENTP 222 Entrepreneurship

4 BBA   211 Business Ethics and Corporate Governance

1 STAT 221 Research Methods

2 BBA 322 Operations Management 2

3 ECON 324 Markets, Competition and Regulation

4 IT 316 E-Commerce

1 BBA   321 Human Resource Management

2 ACF   312 Cost and Management Accounting 1

3 LAW   225 Company Law

4 ENTREP321  Business Plan Writing

1 ACF 422 Taxation

2 BBF 324 Principles of Insurance

3 ECON 414 International Economics

4 BBA 421 Strategic Management

ACCOUNTING CONCENTRATION

1 ACF 311 Corporate and Group Accounting

2 ACF 321 Cost  and Management Accounting 2

3 ACF 411 Auditing

4 ACF 412 Public Accounting

5 BIU  400 Research Project

MANAGEMENT CONCENTRATION

1 BBA 422 Management Thought

2 IT 111 Information Systems

3 ENTP 411 Marketing Management

4 Free Elective

5 BIU 400 Research Project

FINANCIAL CONCENTRATION

1 BBF 412 International Finance

2 BBF 311 Credit Risk Analysis

3 BBF 321 Investments and Portfolio Theory

4 ACF 423 Financial Statement Analysis