Department Of Business Studies

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS STUDIES

The Business Studies Department offers Bachelors (degree) and Diploma programmes in business related disciplines. The Department aims at producing graduates with the knowledge, skills and disciplines essential to enable them perform at the middle level of management of the accountancy profession. Graduates of the Department are eligible for employment in the manufacturing industry, commerce or academia in the private or public sectors of the economy. 

Programmes offered by the Department.

1. B.Sc.  Accounting 
2. B.Sc. Procurement and Operations Management
3. Diploma in Accounting with Information Technology

New programmes (going through accreditation process)

1. BSc. Marketing and International Business 

FACILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT

The Department has spacious and well-furnished classrooms for lecturing. We have access to the University’s library and e-learning centre as well.

OBJECTIVES OF THE DEPARTMENT

• To enable students acquire appropriate level of proficiency in applying accounting and auditing knowledge, skills and discipline in the working environment.
• To enable students obtain an understanding of managerial principles essential to the performance required at the work place.
• To equip students with the fundamentals of economics, law, taxation, quantitative techniques, finance and computerized information systems which are considered essentials for the performance of the accountancy profession.
• To lay the foundation for the acquisition of further professional or academic advancement to enhance career development in industry, commerce and academia.

Graduates from the Department are in top managerial /supervisory positions all over the world. 

FUTURE ASPIRATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENTS.

The Department intends to introduce BSc. Banking and Finance as a new programme.  By pursuing any of our business programmes, you will be equipped to track income and expenditures, ensure statutory compliance, and provide investors, management, and government officials with the quantitative and financial information useful in making business decisions.

Information Source: Marketing Unit.