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Bachelor Of Science In Economics (4years)


Mode of Study:Full-time |Mutare and Harare Parallel

About the Programme

This is a 4 year program on full time as well as parallel. The curriculum of this program emphasizes on an integrated approach whereby the student will acquire a basic education to develop his intellectual and analytical ability while at the same time acquiring the body of knowledge and skills in professional management. As such, the first two years will be spent mainly in basic education in the older disciplines of Mathematics, Communication, Economics, and Humanities while the remaining two years will be devoted mainly to specialized subjects in accounting, economics, marketing, finance, human resources management, risk management, quantitative analysis, and public sector management.

 

Entry Requirements

5 'O' level passes or equivalent including English language and Mathematics. At least two GCE Advanced level passes in any of the following subjects: Accounts, Management of Business, Economics, Commerce and Mathematics.

Special entries

Applicants with approved diplomas in Management related subjects e.g Zimbabwe Association of Accounting Technicians (ZAAT), Association of Certified Charted Accounts (ACCA), Higher National Diploma (HND), Charted Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), Charted Institute of Secretaries (CIS), and Diploma in Business Administration and Commerce (IAC) and Institute of Marketing Management (IMM) may be considered for admission

Year One Semester One

  1. HCS101 Communication Skills (3 credits)
  2. MAC101 Foundations of Accounting (3credits)
  3. HFR111 French for Beginners I, or HPO111 Portuguese for Beginners I, or HESL111 English as a Second Language I (3 credits)
  4. MMS101 Mathematics for Business I (3 credits)
  5. MEC101 Economic Principles I (3 credits)
  6. HIT100 Introduction to Information Technology (2 credits)
  7. MMS103 Introduction to Management (3 credits)
Total Credits hours: 20

Year One Semester Two

  1. MMS102 Business Communication Skills (3 credits)
  2. HFR112 French for Beginners II; or HPO112 Portuguese for Beginners II; or HESL112 English as a Second Language II (3 credits)
  3. MMS105 Mathematics for Business II (3 credits)
  4. MEC 102 Economic Principles II (3 credits)
  5. CIS102 Microcomputer Applications (3 credits)
  6. MKT102 Principles of Marketing (3 credits)
  7. MAC102 Foundations of Accounting (3 credits)
Total Credit hours: 21

Year Two Semester One

  1. MEC201 Intermediate Microeconomics (3 credits)
  2. MEC203 Mathematics for Economists (3 credits)
  3. MMS202 Quantitative Analysis I (3 credits)
  4. MEC205 Money & Banking (3 credits)
  5. TEV200 Ethics & Christian Values (2 credits)
Electives

Year Two Semester Two

  1. MEC204 Intermediate Macroeconomics(3 credits)
  2. MEC206 Public Sector Economics (3 credits)
  3. MEC207 History of Economic Thought (3 credits)
  4. MAC204 Business Finance (3 credits)
  5. HAS100 Introduction to African Studies (3 credits)
  6. MMS204 Quantitative Analysis II (3 credits)
Total credit hours: 18

Year Three Semester One

  1. MMS301 Report Writing (1 credit)
  2. MEC301 Comparative Economics System (3 credits)
  3. MEC302 International Economics I (Trade) (3 credits)
  4. MEC303 Introduction to Econometrics (3 credits)
  5. MMS 307 Industrial Relations (3 credits)
  6. MEC304 Managerial Economics (3 credits)
  7. FMA302 Honors Seminars (3 credits)
Electives
Total credit hours: 22

Year Three Semester Two

FMA301 Industrial Attachment

Year Four Semester One

  1. FMA301 Industrial Attachment (15 credits)
  2. FMA413 Industrial Attachment Report (1 credit)
Total credit hours: 16

Year Four Semester Two

  1. MEC404 Resource & Environmental Economics (3 credits)
  2. MEC405 Monetary Economics (3 credits)
  3. MEC406 Business Cycles & Forecasting (3 credits)
  4. FMA403 Honours Seminars (3 credits)
  5. FMA412 Project Report(3 credits)
  6. MEC402 International Economics 2 (Finance)(3 credits)
  7. MEC403 Development Economics(3 credits)
Total credit hours: 21

Electives
  1. MMS201 Organizational Behaviour(3 credits)
  2. MMS203 Business Law(3 credits)
  3. MAC205 Company Law(3 credits)
  4. MAC207 Money & Capital Markets(3 credits)
  5. MAC304 Investment Analysis(3 credits)
  6. MEC 305 Industrial Economics & Public Policy(3 credits)
  7. MEC306 Urban/Regional Economics(3 credits)
  8. MMS401 Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management(3 credits)
  9. MMS402 Productions & Operations Management(3 credits)
  10. MMS403 Risk Management(3 credits)
  11. MKT401 Marketing Management(3 credits)
  12. MKT402 Retail & Sales Management(3 credits)
  13. MKT405 Consumer Behaviour; MKT406 International Marketing(3 credits)
  14. MMS410 Public Policy Analysis(3 credits)
  15. MMS411 Strategic Management(3 credits)

Any other courses approved by the Dean