Certificate in Business Administration

Course Code: CBA

Level: Certificate

Duration: 2 Years

Business is any activity that one undertakes with an intention of making a profit, and ultimately accumulating wealth. This means that every academic discipline is business. One needs to appreciate the basic concepts of business, the computation of profits, the management of finances, and mobilization of capital, and ultimately the effective marketing of the goods or services.

The Certificate in Business Administration programme is aimed at developing business professionals with skills that can transform and profitably sustain businesses.

PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES

The Programme will develop the competency required to mobilize organize, direct, and control resources, in order to generate sufficient return to capital and to the owners of business.

The program aims at equipping learners with skills of effectively and efficiently perform their duties within the legal, ethical and tax regime environment of their current and/or future deployments.

This program is mainly targeting secondary school leavers and certificate level holders, who seek either a higher-level qualification in order the enhance their employment prospects, or who need a strong foundation qualification in accounting and finance studies to prepare them for their Diploma, and subsequently, their University studies in in business, administration and management programmes.

MODULES

YEAR I SEMESTER I

• CBA111 Introduction to Business Administration
• CAF112 Financial Accounting I
• CBA113 Introduction to Economics
• CCS111 Introduction to Computing & IT
• CJM115 Communication skills

YEAR I SEMESTER II

• CBA121 Computers & Micro Computer Applications
• CAF122 Quantitative Methods
• CAF123 Business Finance
• CBA124 Business Economics
• CBA125 Principles of management

YEAR 2 SEMESTER I

• CAF211 Taxation
• CHR212 Organisational Behaviour
• CBA213 Business law
• CBA214 Research Methodology
• CBA212 Strategic Planning & Decision Making
• CCS213 Information Systems

YEAR 2 SEMESTER II

• CAF222 Audit theory
• CAF223 Cost Accounting
• CEI221 Entrepreneurship Skills
• CBA221 Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Business
• CBA225 Final Year Project/Thesis

Industrial training

• CBA226 Industrial Attachment (8 weeks)

CAREER PATHS

Students who undertake this program will have business administration and management Services employment opportunities, ranging from business administrators, business development positions, business advisers and analyst positions. Typically, the graduates can work in organizations, commercial banks, non-bank financial institutions, Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), as well as Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), business enterprises and establishments, among other sectors with need for business administration service professionals to manage their businesses for improved their operations and performance. On the other hand, the programme also offers a great and firm foundation for one to become a business entrepreneur in their own right, and create employment opportunities for others.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Option A

The Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) with at least 5 credits obtained at the same sitting, or it’s equivalent..

Option B

A Certificate from a recognized institution of learning within the same, or in a related field.

COURSE FEES (PER ACADEMIC YEAR)

Semester I

Semester II