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  Bachelor of Commerce Course Outline


The courses offered for the Bachelor of Commerce are listed below and unless otherwise stated, each course is one unit. Each unit is equivalent to 45 lecture hours.

STAGE I
COMPULSORY UNITS

HED 1101     Introduction to Ethics
HED 1102     Communication Skills I
HED 1202     Communication Skills II
HED 1201     Ethics I
HED 2101     Ethics II
HED 2103     Development Studies

COMMERCE CORE UNITS

BCM 1101     Fundamentals of  Accounting I
BCM 1102     Business Studies
BCM 1103     Introduction to Microeconomics
MAT 1101     Business Mathematics I
BCM 1104     Business Law I
BCM 1201     Principles of Management
BCM 1202     Fundamentals of  Accounting II
MAT 1202     Business Mathematics II
BCM 1203     Introduction to Macroeconomics
BBT 1111      Fundamentals of Computer Systems
BCM 2102     Cost Accounting
BCM 2103     Business Finance
BCM 2104     Intermediate Accounting I
MAT 2102     Introduction to Business Statistics
MAT 2203     Management Mathematics I
BCM 2202     Principles of Marketing
BCM 2203     Intermediate Accounting II
BCM 2204     Human Resource Management
BCM 2205     Introduction to Taxation
BCM 2206     Financial Management
BCM 2207     Community-based Attachment

Plus two (2) Humanities Electives
STAGE II
COMPULSORY UNITS

HED 3101     Political and Social Philosophy
HED 4201     Business Ethics

COMMERCE CORE COURSES
BCM 3101     Entrepreneurship Skills
BCM 3102     Management accounting
BBT 3111      Computer Programming
BCM 3201     Research Methodology
BCM 3202     Company Law
BBT  3211    Information System Analysis & Design
BCM 3203     Industrial Attachment
BCM 4102     Strategic Management
BCM 4201     Management Research Project (2 units.)
SPECIALIZATION UNITS
ACCOUNTING OPTION CORE COURSES

BCA 3101     Advanced Accounting I
BCA 3102     Financial Statement Analysis
BCA 3201     Auditing I
BCA 3202     Accounting Information Systems
BCA 4101     Advanced Taxation
BCA 4102     Advanced Accounting II
BCA 4201     Issues in Management Accounting
BCA 4202     Auditing II

Plus any five (5) Business Electives and two (2) Humanities Electives
FINANCE OPTION CORE COURSES

BCF 3101    Financial Modelling and Forecasting
BCF 3102    Financial Statement Analysis
BCF 3201    International Finance
BCF 3202    Financial Institutions and Markets
BCF 4101    Portfolio and Investment Analysis
BCF 4102    Financial Management in the Public sector
BCF 4201      Financial Information Systems
BCF 4202      Issues in Financial Management

Plus any five (5) Business Electives and two (2) Humanities Electives
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION OPTION CORE COURSES

BCB 3101      Marketing Management
BCB 3102      Management of Not For Profit Organizations
BCB 3201      Total Quality Management
BCB 3202      Management of Service Organizations
BCB 4101      International Business Management
BCB 4201      Business Planning
BCB 4102      Industrial Relations
BCB 4202      Issues in Management

Plus any five (5) Business Electives and two (2) Humanities Electives
MARKETING  OPTION  CORE COURSES

MKT 3101 Marketing Management
MKT 3102 Global Marketing
MKT 3201 Consumer Behaviour 
MKT 3202 Marketing research
MKT 4101 Advertising and Promotion Management
MKT 4102 Sales Management
MKT 4201 Services Marketing
MKT 4202 Business planning

Plus any five (5) Business Electives and two (2) Humanities Electives
ENTREPRENEURSHIP OPTION  CORE COURSES

ENT 3101     Small business marketing
ENT 3102     Business planning
ENT 3201     Venture Development and Growth
ENT 3202     Small Business Promotion    
ENT 4101     Small Business management
ENT 4102     Entrepreneurship
ENT 4201     Small Business Accounting
ENT 4202     Small Business Financing

Plus any five (5) Business Electives and two (2) Humanities Electives
BUSINESS ELECTIVES

BCE 3201 Development Finance
BCE 3202 Real Estate Finance
BCE 3203 Monetary Theory and Practice
BCE 3204 Insurance and risk management
MAT 3201 Management mathematics II
MAT 3202 Advanced Business Statistics
MAT 3203 Introduction to mathematics of finance
BCE 4101 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
BCE 4102 Issues in Taxation
BCE 4103 Business Law II
BCE 4104 Public sector accounting
BCE 4105 Production Management
BCE 4201 Project Management
BCE 4202 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
BCE 4203 Bankruptcy Liquidation and Receiverships
BCE 4204 Financial Accounting Theory
BCE 4205 International Marketing for the Small Business
BCE 4206 Internet Marketing Applications

HUMANITIES ELECTIVES
Language option

HED 2104     Foreign Language 1
HED 2204     Foreign Language 2
HED 3104     Foreign Language 3               
HED 3204     Foreign Language 4               

Humanities option 1

HED 2105   Introduction to Philosophy
HED 2205   Logic
HED 3105   Modern Philosophy
HED 3205   African Philosophy

Humanities option 2

HED 2105     Introduction to Philosophy
HED 2206     World Civilizations
HED 3107     Great Books 1   or
HED 3108     East African Societies
HED 3207     Great Books 2   or
HED 3209     Contemporary Social Issues

 
 
 
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