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Faculty of Business Administration

Bachelor of Business Administration

APPROVED BY SENATE	10 June 2008
LAST REVISED	July 2008 (edited 15 April 2009)
FORMAT	Full time
APPROVED LOCATIONS	Mukono Campus and all Study Centres
TARGET POPULATION	Students from high school (A’ Level); people with working experience in the business field
VISION	‘To be the Leading Provider of Accounting, Marketing and Management Education in the African Region’.
AIM OR MISSION	‘The faculty of business is committed through teaching, research, service, and student character formation to the provision of business education based on integrity and Christian values that will produce innovative and self reliant individuals’.
Career propsects	Positions in the private sector and Government sector Manager Accountant Auditor Finance analyst and advisor( in both profit and no-for-profit organization) Operations Manager Stock Broker Claims adjuster Human Resource Manager, among others.

Ideal Graduate

Character	a) A graduate should be morally upright with a high level of integrity in their daily lives.b) He or she should be self-motivated because of their experience as students of UCU.c) He or she should have goals and posses zeal to achieve those goals.
Ability	a) A Graduate should be able to translate theoretical principles learnt into practical solutions at his or her work place.b) A graduate should have developed interpersonal skills as a result of interacting with fellow students in their discussion groups.c) He or she should have developed good research skills, presentation and proper data analysis skills.
Knowledge	a) The graduate should have gained a good understanding and ability to transfer the knowledge attained in their study area into the day-to-day issues they face at their work places.b) He or she should be critical thinkers with the ability to analyze ideas.
Skills	a) The graduate should have gained good information technology skills.b) He or she should have gained good negotiating skills.c) He or she should have good presentation skills.d) He or she should have good problem solving skills with minimum supervision.e) He or she should have gained good writing and presentation skills. f) He or she should have good communication skills.g) He or she should have gained good research and analytical skills.h) He or she should have gained good leadership skills.i) He or she should have gained good interpersonal skills.
Behaviour	a) The graduate should be accustomed to following the rules, guidelines and code of conduct of all institutions that the graduate belongs to in implementing their duties.b) He or she should have gained the ability to scan the environment and learn to suit in it.

Entry requirements

For Bachelor of Business Computing, Bachelor of Procurement and Logistics Management, Bachelor of Economics and Management and Bachelor of Business Administration students entering through A’ level must have passed Economics, math, Entrepreneurship, and natural sciences with a principle pass. For the Entrepreneurship and Project Planning Programme, A’ level students must have passed with any two principal passes.

Research requirements

Students to present their research work before a panel of experts when it’s completed

Internship/Experiential Learning

Students go for internship during their 5th semester; write a report which is presented to the panel in a field work seminar organized for that purpose; Graded as part of the research paper. Field work to be a course unit on its own and graded independently out of 100%.

Course structure

Total credits 105+ Internships and Dissertations 6=111

	Course Code	Core	Lect Hrs	Tut Hrs	Prac Hrs	Credit Units
Year 1 Semester 1
Fundamentals of Accounting	BBA 1101	Core	2	2		3
Business Economics	BBA 1102	Core	2	2		3
Principles of Management	BBA 1103	Core	2	2		3
Basic Computing	FS 1102			4		3
Understanding the Old Testament	FS 1103		2	2		3
Elements of Mathematics	FS 2103			4		3
Total						18

Year 1 Semester 2
Business Communication Skills	BBA 1201		2	2		3
Quantitative Methods	BBA 1202		2	2		3
Business Law	BBA 1203		2	2		3
Business Information Technology	BBA 1204		2	2		3
Writing and Study Skills	FS 1101			4		3
Understanding the New Testament	FS 1104		2	2		3
Total						18

Year 2 Semester 1
Intermediate Accounting	BBA 2101		2	2		3
Financial Management	BBA 2102		2	2		3
Organizational Behavior	BBA 2103		2	2		3
Business Statistics	BBA 2104		2	2		3
Understanding World Views	FS 2101		2	2		3
Health and Wholeness	FS 2104		2	2		3
Total						18

Year 2 Semester 2
Marketing Management	BBA 2201		2	2		3
Human Resource Management	BBA 2202		2	2		3
Entrepreneurship	BBA 2203		2	2		3
Cost and Management Accounting	BBA 2204		2	2		3
Money and Banking	BBA 2205		2	2		3
Understanding Ethics	FS 2102		2	2		3
Total						18

Internship	BBA 2207				150	3

Accounting & Finance Option
Year 3 Semester 1
Advanced Accounting	BBA 3101	2	2			3
Auditing	BBA 3102	2	2			3
Risk & Insurance	BBA 3103	2	2			3
Research Methods	BBA 3104	2	2			3
Company Law	BBA 3105	2	2			3
Project Planning & Management	BBA 3106	2	2			3
Total						18

Year 3 Semester 2
Advanced Management Accounting	BBA 3201		2	2		3
Computerized Accounting	BBA 3202		2	2		3
Taxation and Public Finance	BBA 3203		2	2		3
Operations Research	BBA 3204		2	2		3
Advanced Financial Management	BBA 3205		2	2		3
Total						15

Dissertation	BBA 3206				150	3

Marketing Option
Year 3 Semester 1
Advanced Marketing Management	BBA 3107		2	2		3
Customer Behavior & Care	BBA 3108		2	2		3
Strategic Management	BBA 3109		2	2		3
Research Methods	BBA 3104		2	22		3
Company Law	BBA 3105		2	2		3
Project Planning and Management	BBA 3106		2	2		3
Total						18

Year 3 Semester 2
International Marketing	BBA 3207		2			3
Sales and Sales Force Management	BBA 3208		2	2		3
Taxation and Public Finance	BBA 3203		2	22		3
Operations Research	BBA 3204		2	2		3
Advanced Financial Management	BBA 3205		2	2		3
Total						15

Dissertation	BBA 3206				150	3

Management Option
Year 3 Semester 1
Management Information Systems	BBA 3110		2	2		3
Operations Management	BBA 3111		2	2		3
Strategic Management	BBA 3109		2	2		3
Research Methods	BBA 3104		2	2		3
Company Law	BBA 3105		2	2		3
Project Planning & Management	BBA 3106		2	2		3
Total						18

Year 3 Semester 2
Industrial Relations and Labor Law	BBA 3209		2	2		3
Advanced Management Accounting	BBA 3201		2	2		3
Taxation and Public Finance	BBA 3203		2	2		3
Operations Research	BBA 3204		2	2		3
Advanced Financial Management	BBA 3205		2	2		3
Total						15

Dissertation	BBA 3206				150	3