Blantyre International University Bsc. ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT (B.ENT)

BACHELOR OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT (B.ENT)

Entrepreneurship is an evolving discipline and Blantyre International University (BIU) is one of the institutions in the forefront of that evolution. Through this programme, BIU will play a major role in providing entrepreneurial skills and best practices. The programme offers opportunities to those wishing to study entrepreneurship. It covers the venture creation process, exploitation by individuals and to increase entrepreneurial opportunity in corporations and organisations.

The aim of the programme is to develop students’ skills, knowledge and tasks that an entrepreneur must have and apply in order to successfully start, manage and sustain business enterprises as well as bringing positive change to an existing enterprise.

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

a) Identify new business venture opportunities;

b) Start new business ventures;

c) Interpret customer needs and quantify the value proposition;

d) Navigate the venture capital investment process;

e) Establish business networks;

f) Undertake research.

Entrepreneurial success is central to enhancing the economic opportunities of nations and organisations. Entrepreneurs create wealth and exploit change. They innovate and mobilize resources to create wealth by invention of, or improvement of existing products or services. In order for Malawi and other developing countries to develop, there is need to include entrepreneurship in their education curricula. The four tigers of Asia i.e. Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea are some of the countries that have used entrepreneurship to develop. It is therefore through entrepreneurial success that developing countries can create more wealth and reduce their high unemployment levels resulting in social stability and high standards of living for their people hence this programme at BIU.

Upon completion of this programme, students are expected to start their own small businesses or buy into existing businesses or franchise or become managers in existing enterprises where they are expected to bring in positive and innovative changes.

1 JRN 111 Communication Skills 1

2 ACF 111 Financial Accounting 1

3 MAT 111 Business Mathematics

4 ECON 111 Introduction to Microeconomics

5 BBA 111 Principles of Management

1 BBF  121 Business Finance 1

2 ACF 121 Financial Accounting 2

3 ENTP 121 Principles of Marketing

4 ECON 121 Introduction to Macroeconomics

5 IT 112 Software Applications

6 JRN 112 Communications Skills 2

1 BBF 211 Business Finance 2

2 ACF  211 Intermediate Accounting

3 STAT  211 Business Statistics

4 BBA 211 Organizational Behaviour

1 LAW  224 Business Law

2 ACF  221 Cost and Management Accounting 1

3 BBA 311 Operations Management 1

4 ENTP 222 Entrepreneurship

1 BBA 321 Human Resources Management

2 ENTP  311 Retail Management

3 ACF  321 Cost and Management Accounting 2

4 BBA 322 Operations Management 2

1 IT  222 Fundamentals of E-Commerce

2 STAT  321 Research Methods

3  JRN 211 Public Relations

4 BBA 223 Business Ethics and Corporate Governance

1 ENTP  411 Business Plan Writing (Project)

2 ENTP  412 International Marketing

3 ACF 411 Auditing

4 ENTP 413 Consumer Behaviour

1 ENTP 421 Marketing Management

2 BBA 421 Strategic Management

3 ACF  422 Taxation

4 ENTP 422 Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

5 BIU 400 Research Project