Category: Business Administration (BSA)

This course is designed to introduce students to the functioning of an economy from a policy and fiduciary perspective. At the end of this course students are expected to (a) understand how to evaluate macroeconomic conditions such as unemployment, trade relations, and economic growth and development (b) understand how monetary and fiscal policies among others can be used to influence short-run macroeconomic conditions (c) understand how globalization continues to shape world economies. The course will cover a broad range of topics in macroeconomics including international trade, exchange rates, balance of payments, multilateralism and integration, policy tools, and conditions that drive economic growth and development. Current affairs and recent macroeconomics conditions and events will guide the delivery and application of macroeconomic tools and ideology.

An understanding of how the law works is essential for guiding the activities of persons in society as well as persons engaging in business. This course therefore will introduce students to general legal principles that affect their daily lives as well as several business law principles that govern the business arena. Business and Corporate law highlights primary role of legal institutions, purpose of regulation and principles of operation. It addresses the knowledge needs of persons engaged in occupations which require some understanding of the law – occupations such as law clerks, paralegals, administrators, managers, police and other public officers. This course has been designed to lay an introductory foundation that can assist students who wish to embark on further study of law. Topics include but not limited to: personnel of the law, procedure and evidence, formation of contract, discharge of contract, sale of goods, carriage of goods and intellectual property law,

This Information Technology course will expose the student to foundation courses in Information systems, Application Software, financial and managerial accounting using an accounting software package, organizational behavior, finance, business, and operations. In addition, you will focus on a number of conceptual and practical information technology topics. The objective of the is to build a strong foundation in business and business technologies easily applied in a work setting.

This course is designed to familiarize students with the range of techniques used by management in the performance of their role as decision-makers. Students will be exposed to quantitative as well as the qualitative methods pursued by managers to assist them in the decision-making process. Students will also be expected to identify and consider the constraints in the environment and how they influence decisions made by management.

This course covers the critical concepts that comprise Sociology as a discipline and introduces important perspectives on society from a Sociological perspective. It deals with what Sociology is all about and focuses on the various approaches to the discipline such as the positivist and conflict perspectives, which enables participants to understand the different interpretations of social issues and the activities of the institutions of society.

This course introduces students to principles of Marketing. It includes core concepts such as the 4 P’s, the Marketing Environment, Marketing Research and Marketing Communication and Tools. Students who complete this course can use it as a foundation if they wish to specialize in the field of Marketing or apply acquired knowledge to the business world. The delivery of this course captures key Marketing theory illustrated with real world examples.

This course first introduces students to how economies function. It depicts how economies garners income (GDP, NNP and GNP) and how this income is circulated. Various methods for calculating national income are featured (Output, Income and Expenditure Methods). The course considers the theories (Keynes, Injection/Withdrawal, Demand and Supply) for understanding the determination of income and provides the measures that can be implemented by governments to create economic growth. The stages, forms and role of money (M1, M2…M4) is illustrated. The concept of inflation is addressed and the impact that it can have on money and therefore and economy. Students will be taught the role of Central Banks. They will gain an appreciation of the policies (fiscal and monetary) and tools (eg. taxes, government spending, repo rate ) utilized to control inflation.