Program Description Details

The  professional  Masters  in  Business  Administration  has  the  following  areas  of specializations:

·     Operations / Productions Management

·     Marketing

·     Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management

·     Strategic Management

·     Human Resources Management

Objectives of the Programme

The MBA program of the department has been designed to provide the students with a broad

and solid basis for acquisition of knowledge and skills in the general principles and practical vocational applications of Business Administration. It is a professional program. Further and specific objectives of the program include the following:

1.  To equip the students with essential theoretical and practical knowledge and skills needed for research and development in the field of Business Administration, and to empower such students with the needed requirements to offer services in leadership.

2.     The program is in complete agreement with the mission of Babcock University, in building the total man through the training of the head, heart and hand for effective leadership of the society and the church.

 

Upon completion of the program, the student will be able to:

-effectively manage a marketing/business enterprise.

-effectively initiate and conduct a research program in the field of Business Management.

-provide effective leadership, at a management scale, in a public or private enterprise.

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) COURSES

COURSE
CODE

COURSE TITLE

1st
Semester

2nd
Semester

3rd
Semester

 

GENERAL                  REQUIREMENT

 

 

 

 

 

GEDS 801

COURSES

 

Religion Faith & Morality

 

 

2

 

 

GEDS 801

Religion, Faith and Morality

2

 

 

GEDS 802

Statistics

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CORE COURSES

 

 

 

BSAD 800

Christian Business Ethics

3

 

 

ECON 801

Managerial Economics

3

 

 

BSAD 831

Quantitative  Techniques  &  Comp. Application
Application

3

 

 

BSAD 843

Management Theory

3

 

 

BSAD 841

Organization Behavior

3

 

 

BSAD 845

Postgraduate Business Law

3

 

 

BSAD 859

General Management

3

 

 

BSAD 842

Research Methods

 

3

 

ACCT 862

Financial Accounting

 

3

 

ACCT 802

Financial Management

 

3

 

BSAD 802

Strategic Management

 

3

 

MKTG 862

Advanced Marketing Management

 

3

 

BSAD 852

Intermediate Human Resources Management

 

3

 

BSAD 822

Seminar in Business Administration

 

3

 

BMBA 890

Research Project

 

 

6

 

SPECIALISATION ELECTIVES

 

 

9

 

Total Credit Units (61)

23

23

15

 

NB: Students are required to take three (3) specialization courses (3 Credits per Course) in their third semester in consultation with the HOD and/or the Course Coordinator.

 

Admission Requirements

Admission Requirements

Candidates for admission into the MBA degree programme of the Department of Business

Administration & Marketing should have:

A Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration/Marketing, or any other relevant discipline of Babcock University or any other University or Institution of higher learning approved by the Senate of Babcock University (with Second Class Lower and above).

or

Professional Qualifications such as: ACA, ACCA, ANAN, ACMA, ACIT, AIB, ACIS etc plus first degree will not need to pass through qualifying exam, but must have a minimum of one year work experience. Candidates without prior work experience will have to undergo three months internship in any reputable business organization. The admission requirements into the undergraduate programmes of the Department also apply.

Candidates may be required to write and pass a qualifying examination before admission. The qualifying examination will usually be a written test in Principles of Management/Marketing, General Knowledge, and Use of English. The examination will be at a standard of the final year class of the B.Sc. (Business/Marketing) degree program.