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BSc in Business Management
Mode of Study: Campus Learning | Distance Learning
The Bachelor of Science in Business Management is targeted at those wishing to build a career in management, mainly in the profit-driven sectors. The programme carefully combines theoretical and practical learning through pedagogical approaches and work-related learning to ensure the production of graduates with both the knowledge and the skills to succeed in the cutthroat business sectors of Botswana and elsewhere.
Programme details: The programme consists of core (required) and elective modules as detailed below. Some modules may have pre-requisites (i.e. may require the student to pass another module or set of modules first). Some modules may be co-requisite (i.e. such modules are required to be taken together). The number at the end of the module in parenthesis indicates the credit load of the module. 1 credit is equal to 10 hours of learning (guided, in-class and independent combined); therefore a 10-credit module requires on average 100 hours of learning from the student.
Core Modules
- B5-BM1-13 Business Management 1 (20)
- D5-CS1-17 Communications and Study Skills 1 (10)
- C5-ICO-11 Introduction to Computers (20)
- B5-BS1-17 Business Mathematics and Statistics 1 (10)
- B5-BM2-13 Business Management 2 (20)
- B5-LAB-13 Legal Aspects of Business (20)
- B5-MIE-17 Micro Economics (10)
- B5-BS2-17 Business Mathematics and Statistics 2 (10)
- D5-CS2-17 Communications and Study Skills 2 (10)
- B6-MAE-17 Macro Economics (10)
- B6-OBE-13 Organisational Behaviour (20)
- A5-IFA-13 Introduction to Financial Accounting (20)
- A6-FMA-13 Fundamentals of Management Accounting (20)
- B6-MKT-13 Marketing Management (20)
- B6-SBM-17 Small Business Management (20)
- B7-FFM-17 Fundamentals of Financial Management (20)
- B7-OPM-13 Operations Management (20)
- B7-CFI-13 Corporate Finance (20)
- B7-EBS-13 E-Business (20)
- B7-PPR-13 Professional Practice in Business (60)
- B8-BRM-13 Business Research Methods (20)
- B8-STM-13 Strategic Management(20)
- B8-ENT-13 Essentials of Entrepreneurship (20)
- B8-PRO-13 Project in Business (40)
Elective Modules
Select one from the following:
B7-CGV-13: Corporate Governance (20)
B7-SMK-13: Strategic Marketing (20)
Select one from the following:
B7-PRM-13: Project Management (20)
B7-CHM-13: Change Management (20)
Select one from the following:
B8-HRM-13: Human Resources Management (20)
B8-IEM-13: Import and Export Management (20)
Recommended full-time study path (4½ years):
Year | Semester | Module code | Module name | Credits |
1 | 1st semester | B5-BM1-13 | Business Management 1 | 20 |
D5-CS1-17 | Communications and Study Skills 1 | 10 | ||
C5-ICO-11 | Introduction to Computers | 20 | ||
B5-BS1-17 | Business Mathematics and Statistics 1 | 10 | ||
2nd semester | B5-BM2-13 | Business Management 2 | 20 | |
B5-LAB-13 | Legal Aspects of Business | 20 | ||
B5-MIE-17 | Micro Economics | 10 | ||
B5-BS2-17 | Business Mathematics and Statistics 2 | 10 | ||
2 | 3rd semester | D5-CS2-17 | Communications and Study Skills 2 | 10 |
B6-MAE-17 | Macro Economics | 10 | ||
B6-OBE-13 | Organisational Behaviour | 20 | ||
A5-IFA-13 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | 20 | ||
4th Semester | A6-FMA-13 | Fundamentals of Management Accounting | 20 | |
B6-MKT-13 | Marketing Management | 20 | ||
B6-SBM-17 | Small Business Management | 20 | ||
3 | 5th Semester | B7-FFM-17 | Fundamentals of Financial Management | 20 |
B7-OPM-13 | Operations Management | 20 | ||
Select any one from the following: | 20 | |||
B7 - CGV - 13 | Corporate Governance | 20 | ||
B7 - SMK - 13 | Strategic Marketing | |||
6th Semester | B7-CFI-13 | Corporate Finance | 20 | |
B7-EBS-13 | E-Business | 20 | ||
Select any one from the following: | ||||
B7 - PRM - 13 | Project Management | 20 | ||
B7 - CHM - 13 | Change Management | 20 | ||
7th Semester | B7-PPR-13 | Professional Practice in Business | 60 | |
4 | 8th Semester | B8-BRM-13 | Business Research Methods | 20 |
B8-STM-13 | Strategic Management | 20 | ||
Select any one from the following: | ||||
B8 - HRM - 13 | Human Resources Management | 20 | ||
B8 - IEM - 13 | Import and Export Management | 20 | ||
9th Semester | B8-ENT-13 | Essentials of Entrepreneurship | 20 | |
B8-PRO-13 | Project in Business | 40 |
Admissions Criteria
1. Applicants are expected to have successfully completed secondary schooling. The typical entry requirement for any Diploma or Bachelors programme is SGCSE, IGCSE, or other equivalent secondary school qualification. SGCSE and IGCSE candidates are required to achieve a minimum grade of ‘C’ or above 5 subjects.
2) Applicants must have 10 points in English and Mathematics combined or 32 points in the top 5 subjects
3) Applications must have a minimum of Grade C in Mathematics and English
4) Applications in possession of a Diploma or Higher Diploma in related field may be given exemptions based on credit point equivalency A