Bachelor of Science Business Administration

Overview

Through this course KWUST aims to produce graduates with a broad interest in all commercial activities and who will build upon knowledge of the functional, environmental, behavioural, economic and legal aspects of business and provide analytical and conceptual tools for analysing and solving problems. The programme is designed to create a self-directed graduate who will understand the particular challenges women face in the dynamic and multicultural workplace. The graduate will, therefore, enter the job market confident that she knows herself and her skills well enough to compete and be competent to be a leader – in whatever area of operation she may choose.

Mission statment

To develop and nurture well rounded, confident and responsible women who aspire to achieve their full potential and prepared to cope with a changing post-modern and globalised world.

The Department of Business Administration is one of the largest and fastest-growing departments under the School of Business and Management of Kiriri Women’s University. The Department offers an exceptionally wide and unique range of market-driven programs at both undergraduate, Diploma and Certificate level. The programmes are constantly reviewed to be in tune with the ever dynamic business environment. The Department seeks to leverage the use of technology to deliver quality, value-driven and flexible learning programmes. Our learners are molded to tackle the societal challenges and address the market challenges with professionalism.

Undergraduate

Areas of specialisation

Accounting

Finance

Human Resource Management

Marketing

General Management

International Business Management

Procurement and Supplies Management

Diploma

Areas of specialisation

Human Resource Management

Business Administration

Diplomacy & Public Relations

Hotel & Catering Management

Certificate

Areas of specialisation

Human Resource Management

Business & Management

Upon completion of the course, graduates will:

Have an awareness of the broad range of knowledge required in business administration
Be equipped with specialised knowledge required in the particular profession they wish to enter
Develop the analytical and behavioural skills they will require to make effective use of this knowledge in employment
Understand the particular challenges women face in the dynamic multicultural workplace
Develop the skills and capabilities required to successfully pursue graduate studies in business

The course has seven distinct majors:

Accounting
Finance
General Management
International Business Management
Marketing
Purchasing and Supply Management
Human Resource Management

Minimum admission requirements

Have a KCSE Mean grade of C+ and minimum grade of Mathematics – C (Plain) and English or Kiswahili – C (Plain) or

Be a holder of Kenya Advance Certificate of Education (KACE) certificate with a minimum of two principal passes and subsidiary pass in General paper and a minimum of credit pass in Mathematics at KCE.

Be a holder of a KNEC diploma or its equivalent or Higher National Diploma from an institution recognized by the KWUST Senate.

Possession of the minimum requirements does not guarantee automatic admission to the degree of Bachelor of Science Business Administration.

Year I

Semester I

KLC 001 Communication Skills 45 hours
KAC 100 Principles of Accounting 45 hours
KFI 100 Principles of Micro-economic Theory 45 hours
KBA 101 Introduction to Business 45 hours
KBA 107 Introduction to Micro-Computers 45 hours

Semester II

KGS 100 HIV & AIDS 45 hours
KFI 001 Introduction to Financial Management 45 hours
AC 101 Principles of Accounting II 45 hours
KFI 101 Principles of Macro-economic Theory 45 hours
KBA 106 Introduction to Business 45 hours
KPS 100 Principles of Purchasing 45 hours
KGS 002 Community Service 8 hours

Year II

Semester I

KLC 002 Development Studies 45 hours
KAC 200 Intermediate Accounting I 45 hours
KFI 200 Business Finance 45 hours
KFI 201 Intermediate Micro-economic Theory 45 hours
KBA 203 Statistics for Management 45 hours
KBA 209 Principles of Management 45 hours

Semester II

KCS 001 Computing Professional Ethics 45 hours
KLC 003 Public Image & Relations 45 hours
KAC 102 Introduction to Management Accounting 45 hours
KFI 202 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory 45 hours
KBA 202 Production & Operations Management 45 hours
KAC 200 Intermediate Accounting II 45 hours

Specialisation options

Finance

Year III

Core units

KFI 300 Corporate Financial Planning & Strategy 45 hours
KFI 301 Financial Institutions and Markets I 45 hours
KFI 302 Investment Analysis 45 hours
KFI 306 Risk Management 45 hours

Common units

KBA 301 Business Law 45 hours
KBA 302 Business Communication 45 hours
KBA 304 Business Ethics 45 hours
KBA 305 Business Leadership & Strategy 45 hours
KBA 323 Entrepreneurship I 45 hours
KGS 310 Internship 90 hours
KGM 401 Implementing Total Quality 45 hours

Elective Units

KFI 302 Cost Accounting 45 hours
KFI 303 Monetary Theory & Policy 45 hours
KFI 304 Advanced Corporate Finance 45 hours
KFI 305 Financial Institutions & Markets II 45 hours
KFI 307 Advanced Micro-economic Theory 45 hours
KFI 308 Advanced Macro-economic Theory 45 hours

Year IV

Core units

KFI 402 Money and Banking 45 hours
KFI 404 Public Finance 45 hours
KFI 405 Seminar in Finance 45 hours

Common units

KBA 002 Strategic Management 45 hours
KBA 400 Research Methodology 45 hours
KBA 401 Research project 90 hours
KBA 422 Entrepreneurship II 45 hours
KBA 424 Company Law 45 hours

Elective Units

KFI 400 International Finance 45 hours
KFI 401 Multinational Finance Management 45 hours
KFI 406 Investment Analysis II 45 hours
KBM 402 International Economics 45 hours

Accounting Option

Year III

Core Units

KAC 300 Advanced Financial Accounting Techniques 45 hours
KAC 301 Advanced Management Accounting 45 hours
KAC 302 Cost Accounting 45 hours

Common Units

KBA 301 Business Law 45 hours
KBA 302 Business Communication 45 hours
KBA 304 Business Ethics 45 hours
KBA 305 Business Leadership & Strategy 45 hours
KBA 323 Entrepreneurship I 45 hours
KGS 310 Internship 90 hours
KGM 401 Implementing Total Quality 45 hours

Elective Units

KAC 304 International Accounting 45 hours
KAC 305 Bankruptcy & Reorganisation 45 hours
KAC 306 Project Management 45 hours

Year IV

Core Units

KAC 306 Project Management 45 hours
KAC 401 Auditing & Investigation 45 hours
KAC 402 Taxation 45 hours

Common Units

KBA 002 Strategic Management 45 hours
KBA 002 Strategic Management 45 hours
KBA 401 Research project 90 hours
KBA 422 Entrepreneurship II 45 hours
KBA 424 Company Law 45 hours

Elective Units

KAC 404 Contemporary Issues in Management Accounting 45 hours
KAC 405 Accounting Theory 45 hours
KAC 406 Public Sector Accounting 45 hours
KAC 407 Contemporary Issues in Taxation 45 hours

Marketing Option

Year III

Core Units

KBA 317 Consumer Behaviour 45 hours
KBA 318 Marketing Research 45 hours
KBA 319 Industrial Marketing 45 hours
KBA 320 Strategic Marketing Planning 45 hours

Common Units

KBA 301 Business Law 45 hours
KBA 302 Business Communication 45 hours
KBA 304 Business Ethics 45 hours
KBA 305 Business Leadership & Strategy 45 hours
KBA 323 Entrepreneurship I 45 hours
KGS 310 Internship 90 hours
KGM 401 Implementing Total Quality 45 hours

Elective Units

KBA 306 Project Management 45 hours
KBA 321 Sales & Marketing 45 hours
KBA 322 Not-for-Profit Marketing 45 hours
KBA 324 Managing Marketing Communications 45 hours

Year IV

Core Units

KBA 418 International Marketing 45 hours
KBA 420 Public Relations 45 hours
KBA 421 Product Management 45 hours
KBA 429 Applied Marketing Research 45 hours

Common Units

KBA 002 Strategic Management 45 hours
KBA 400 Research Methodology 45 hours
KBA 401 Research project 90 hours
KBA 422 Entrepreneurship II 45 hours
KBA 424 Company Law 45 hours

Elective Units

KBA 419 Pricing 45 hours
KBA 425 Marketing Communications Strategy 45 hours
KBA 426 Advanced Marketing Research Techniques 45 hours
KBA 427 Selected Topics in Marketing Management 45 hours
KBA 428 Agricultural Marketing 45 hours
KBA 430 Promotion and Advertisement 45 hours
KBA 431 Retail Marketing Management 45 hours
KGM 401 Implementing Total Quality 45 hours

General Management Option

Year III

Core Units

KGM 300 Group Dynamics 45 hours
KGM 301 Organisation Structure & Environment 45 hours
KGM 302 Human Resource Management 45 hours

Common Units

KBA 301 Business Law 45 hours
KBA 302 Business Communication 45 hours
KBA 304 Business Ethics 45 hours
KBA 305 Business Leadership & Strategy 45 hours
KBA 323 Entrepreneurship I 45 hours
KGS 310 Internship 90 hours
KGM 401 Implementing Total Quality 45 hours

Elective Units

KGM 303 Cross-Cultural Management 45 hours
KGM 304 Industrial Relations 45 hours
KGM 305 Organisation Behaviour 45 hours

Year IV

Core Units

KGM 400 Research Methodology 45 hours
KGM 401 Implementing Total Quality 45 hours
KGM 402 Organisational Power & Politics 45 hours

Common Units

KBA 002 Strategic Management 45 hours
KBA 400 Research Methodology 45 hours
KBA 401 Research project 90 hours
KBA 422 Entrepreneurship II 45 hours
KBA 424 Company Law 45 hours

Elective Units

KBA 418 International Marketing 45 hours
KBA 421 Public Relations 45 hours
KBA 426 Advanced Marketing Research Techniques 45 hours
KBA 427 Selected Topics in Marketing Management 45 hours
KGM 403 Conflict Resolution: Negotiation & Meditation 45 hours

International Management Option

Year III

Core Units

KBM 300 Fundamentals of International Business 45 hours
KBM 301 International Trade and Export/ Import Management 45 hours
KBM 302 Multinational Business Operations & Strategy 45 hours
KBM 305 Organisation Theory 45 hours

Common Units

KBA 301 Business Law 45 hours
KBA 302 Business Communication 45 hours
KBA 304 Business Ethics 45 hours
KBA 305 Business Leadership & Strategy 45 hours
KBA 323 Entrepreneurship I 45 hours
KGS 310 Internship 90 hours
KGM 401 Implementing Total Quality 45 hours

Elective Units

KBM 304 Regional Economic Integration and Business Strategy 45 hours
KFI 306 Risk Management 45 hours
KBM 317 Consumer Behaviour 45 hours

Year IV

Core Units

KBM 407 Management of International Business & Organisation 45 hours
KBA 418 International Marketing 45 hours
KBM 405 International Business Seminar 45 hours
KFI 401 Multinational Financial Management 45 hours

Common Units

KBA 002 Strategic Management 45 hours
KBA 400 Research Methodology 45 hours
KBA 401 Research project 45 hours
KBA 422 Entrepreneurship II 45 hours
KBA 424 Company Law 45 hours

Elective Units

KBM 402 International Economics I 45 hours
KBM 403 Management Information Systems 45 hours
KBM 405 Selected Topics in Business and Strategies 45 hours
KBM 406 International Economics II 45 hours

Purchase & Supply Management

Year III

Core Units

KPS 300 Contract Administration 45 hours
KPS 301 Inventory Planning 45 hours
KPS 302 Material Management 45 hours

Common Units

KBA 301 Business Law 45 hours
KBA 302 Business Communication 45 hours
KBA 304 Business Ethics 45 hours
KBA 305 Business Leadership & Strategy 45 hours
KBA 323 Entrepreneurship 45 hours
KGS 310 Internship 90 hours
KGM 401 Implementing Total Quality 45 hours

Elective Units

KAC 302 Cost Accounting 45 hours
KAC 306 Project Management 45 hours
KFI 307 Advanced Micro-economic Theory 45 hours
KFI 308 Advanced Macro-economic Theory 45 hours
KGM 304 Industrial Relations 45 hours

Year IV

Core Units

KPS 400 Purchasing and Information Technology 45 hours
KPS 401 Purchasing Ethics 45 hours
KPS 402 Supplies Management 45 hours
KPS 403 International Logistics Management 45 hours

Common Units

KBA 002 Strategic Management 45 hours
KBA 400 Research Methodology 45 hours
KBA 401 Research project 45 hours
KBA 422 Entrepreneurship II 45 hours
KBA 424 Company Law 45 hours

Elective Units

KAC 406 Public Sector Accounting 45 hours
KAC 402 Taxation 45 hours
KPS 404 Contemporary Issues in Inventory Management 45 hours
KPS 405 Special Topic in Purchasing 45 hours

Human Resource Management

Year III

Core Units

KHR 302 Human Resource Management II 45 hours
KHR 303 Human Resource Development 45 hours
KHR 305 Personnel Administration 45 hours

Common Units

KBA 301 Business Law 45 hours
KBA 302 Business Communication 45 hours
KBA 304 Business Ethics 45 hours
KBA 305 Business Leadership & Strategy 45 hours
KBA 323 Entrepreneurship 45 hours
KGS 310 Internship 45 hours
KGM 401 Implementing Total Quality 45 hours

Elective Units

KHR 304 Employee Resourcing 45 hours
KHR 307 Reward Management 45 hours

Year IV

Core Units

KHR 406 Employee Relations 45 hours
KHR 408 Labour Economics 45 hours
KHR 409 Industrial Relations 45 hours

Common Units

KBA 002 Strategic Management 45 hours
KBA 400 Research Methodology 45 hours
KBA 401 Research project 45 hours
KBA 422 Entrepreneurship II 45 hours
KBA 424 Company Law 45 hours

Elective Units

KHR 410 Leadership and Team Building 45 hours
KHR 413 Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management 45 hours