Course CONTENT
The Bachelor of Business Administration course is organized into semester based learning and the subjects to be taught for the entire four year course are described in below:
INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS/SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Course Outline
IBB–1101
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course is designed as a survey course that will expose you to business terminology, concepts, and current business issues. The intent is to develop a viable business vocabulary, foster critical and analytical thinking, and refine your business decision-making skills. These skills will be acquired by the reading materials, exercises, and research assignments in this course that simulate the workplace today. A major goal of your education is to help you become a citizen who can contribute and compete in an increasingly global environment. Elements of this course will focus on multicultural aspects of markets and business. Additional elements will ask you to look at other countries and evaluate the combination of business models and country characteristics.
PRINCIPLE OF MANAGEMENT I
Course Outline
PMGT –1102
96 Hours
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course provides a framework for understanding the day-to-day behavior of employees within dynamic organizations. Topics covered include human behavior principles in individual, small group, and organizational settings. The influence of job design on human performance will also be examined. The primary focus is on developing effective managerial skills used in improving employee performance.
PRE-CALCULUS
Course Outline
PCUL–1103
96 Hours
3 Credits
Course Description:
Pre-Calculus is a fast paced academic course intended for students who will possibly enroll in post-secondary programs that require Pre-Calculus. Students who take Pre-Calculus are expected to have a strong foundation of math skills from Pre-Calculus
ESSENTIAL ENGLISH I
Course Outline
ESNG-1104
96 Hours
3 Credits
Course Description:
English is a thematic course designed for learners who have had some English language training at some point in time and are now learning English again for reasons of advancing their academic studies, work, travel, hobbies, etc. The course takes students through Basic English language structures and it is geared towards adult learners who need English for studies and work and, as such, concentrates on vocabulary and forms that are useful for the academic and working world. The course is a general English course designed for Nugaal University students to enable them to communicate quickly and effectively in today’s world. The course is based on the communicative approach and it combines the best in current methodology with features designed to make learning easier. The course units integrate the learning of new language with skills development, and places equal emphasis on vocabulary and grammar. The course units are designed to enable a guided discovery approach to learning, first allowing students to check what they know, then helping them to work out the rules for themselves through carefully structured examples and concept questions. Practice lessons in each unit focus on the functional and situational language students need for day-to-day life.
COMPUTER APPLICATION/BASIC IT
Course Outline
BIT –1105
96 Hours
3 Credits
Course Description:
The course will be conducted in one semester (4 month) of study. It is a compulsory course with the intention of developing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as well as upgrading their academic knowledge for use and for further studies. The mode of learning will involve theoretical and practical aspects in the participatory mode. The course emphasis is on two main aspects; namely ICT as a subject for technological advancement and second, as a tool for integrating ICT skills in facilitating the process of teaching and learning. The course contains seven topics, namely Information Technology, Computer Basics, Computer Applications, Computer Programming Languages, Websites, Multimedia and Socio-economic and Cultural aspect of ICT.
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING ONE
Course Outline
FACC–1206
96 Hours
4 Credits
Course Description:
This course is aimed at people with no or limited prior accounting knowledge and provides an understanding of how financial statements are prepared for various types of organizations.
COST ACCOUNTING I
Course Outline
CACC –2114
96 Hours
4 Credits
Course Description:
This course is an introduction to Cost Accounting as a Management tool. Emphasis will be placed upon the application of cost accounting theory in the solution of problems and case studies
BASIC STATISTICS (QM) (I)
Course Outline
QM –2115
96 Hours
Credits: 3
Course Description:
This course helps the student develop different techniques of analyzing and decision making to solve existing problems in business management. Several methods are introduced in applying mathematics to solve management problems quantitatively. The determination of the most efficient use of limited resources in maximizing some measure of benefits could be solved using the graphical method or algebraic method. Determining the most profitable distribution pattern for transporting products from factories to markets, and determining the best way to assign a number of objects to a number of other objects are other major problems handled in this course. The student will cover correlation and regression, time series analysis, breakeven analysis, linear programming, deferential calculus and network analysis.
INTRODUCTORY MICRO ECONOMICS
Course Outline
IME –2116
96 Hours
3 Credits
General Objectives:
This course aims to introduce to students the concepts of scarcity and choice, and their influences in the decision-making process of individual consumers, groups of consumers, and firms. The course examines: price mechanism (demand, supply and price) and allocation of resources; comparative advantage and specialization; the theory of the firm – short run and long run cost/revenue structure and the interaction between markets.
BUSINESS & LABOUR LOW
Course Outline
BLL –3131
96 Hours
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course aims to provide students with a foundation in the study of business law and ethics, which includes an elementary understanding of the current legal environment of business and associated ethical issues. Students wishing to pursue the accounting specialization within the program will be provided with a basis for further business law studies. This course covers the origins of our legal system and sources of law; the law of tort; contract law; consumer law, incorporating the Australian Consumer Law; legal regulation of business entities and ethical issues in business.
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
Course Outline
OB–3233
96 Hours
3 Credits
Course Description
The study of organizational behavior enables understanding and explanation of how and why people behave the way they do in organizations and what impact organizations have on people’s behavior. This course will introduce a number of different theories, models and practices as applied to a variety of work contexts and encourage critical exploration of their usefulness in relation to organizational behavior. It will provide you with the opportunity to apply theoretical content to your personal styles and behavior and to combine these into a considered and practical approach.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Course Outline
FMM –3126
96 Hours
4 Credits
Course Description:
This course covers the concepts and skills of financial management within a business and builds on an understanding of accounting, business, economics and mathematics. Students learn how to analyze financial statements; plan appropriate action; prepare budgets; analyze investment options; determine the best means for financing business endeavors; and assess both the return and the risk involved in a firm’s financial decisions
PRODUCTION/OPERATION MANAGEMENT
Course Outline
POM –3127
96 Hours
3 Credits
Course description:
The major aim of production and Operations Management (POM) is to introduce you to the field of production and Operations Management. The field of POM is dynamic, and very much a part of many of the good things that are happening in business organizations. Generally, the subject matter represents a blend of concepts from industrial engineering, cost accounting, general management, marketing, quantitative methods and statistics. Production and Operations Management activities, such as forecasting, choosing a location for an office or plant, allocating resources, quality are core activities of most business organizations.
ACCAINTING INFORMATION SYSTEM/ACCOUNTING PACKAGE
Course Outline
AIS–4140
96 Hours
Credits: 4
Course Description:
In the Computer Accounting program students will review basic accounting practices used to post details of financial transactions for various sizes and types of business organizations. Students will then learn the functionality of common accounting software and use accounting software to complete required transactions and to accurately manage the accounting functions associated with purchasing, payroll, and inventory and to generate documents used for financial reporting and analysis. This course enhances the ability of the student to use technology for accounting practices in computerized system, will facilitate students to prepare company accounting, to manage day to day transactions and to get up to date reports for decision making. The student will install and manage QuickBooks enterprise by using last versions to manage business finances, inventory, customers, vendors, and employees.
PRINCIPLE OF MARKETING
Course Outline
PMR–3129
96 Hours
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course provides a comprehensive study of the structure and function of marketing systems in the firm, the economy, and society. The course develops the analysis of target markets, the assessment of the firm’s external environments, and the management of marketing practices both domestically and internationally.
ADVANCE ACCOUNTING
Course Outline
ADCC-3235
96 Hours
4 Credits
Course Description:
Advanced Accounting examines several accounting topics with which professional accountants should be familiar. Specifically, this course examines (1) the accounting for corporate investments in other corporations, (2) foreign currency transactions, and (3) partnership accounting. If time permits, other topics may be examined, such as accounting for state and local governments. The instructor reserves the right to make significant changes to this syllabus.
MONEY & BANKING
Course Outline
BMB–4139
96 Hours
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course is an introduction to the behavioral science of economics which focuses on interest rates, the concept of money, exchange rates, and monetary policy. Topics covered include banking structures and function, the Federal Reserve, determinants of the money supply, fiscal policy and monetary policy, and international economies. The emphasis of the course will be on: 1) the interaction between the financial sector and the aggregate economy, especially the interaction between the financial sector, economic policies and the macro-economy; 2) the structure and the regulation of the financial industry. Current issues, such as the recent financial tsunami, the debt crisis, the war of exchange rates will be discussed if time is permitted. The goal of this course is to equipped students with economic tools to analyze and understand events happened in the real world.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Course Outline
ENPD –3130
96 Hours
3 Credits
Course decription:
The emphasis of this course is on the aspect of nurturing entrepreneurship culture among student so they can appreciate the value of entrepreneurship in their daily life. Students will be introduced to the fundamental of entrepreneurship: its historical perspective, concept and theory, and the individual entrepreneurial development. Students will also be exposed to creative and innovative development that will enhance them in identifying business opportunities. Emphasis will also be made on methods of starting a business.
PROJECT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
Course Outline
PPM -4143
96 Hours
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course helps students understanding of how project management is accomplished through the application and integration of the project management processes of initiating, planning, execution, monitoring, controlling and closing. It covers in detail major aspects of project planning that project management specialists can never miss in their day to day activities. The course aims to explore and analyze deeply the details of project planning and management.
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Course Outline
HRD –4247
96 Hours
3 Credits
Course Description:
Students in this course will examine the role of research in HRD, emerging themes in HRD research, criteria for evaluating research in HRD, critique of past and future conference presentations, and the role of professionalism and professional organizations in HRD.
ESSENTIAL ENGLISH II
Course Outline
ESNG-1208
96 Hours
3 Credits
Course Description:
English is a follow-up course of English I. It is also a thematic course designed for students to continue their advancing in their language proficiency for both general and academic purposes. The course takes students through more basic English language structures and it is geared towards adult learners who need English for studies and work and, as such, concentrates on vocabulary and forms that are useful for the academic and working world. The course is a general English course designed for Nugaal University students to enable them to communicate quickly and effectively in today’s world. The course is based on the communicative approach and it combines the best in current methodology with features designed to make learning easier. The course units integrate the learning of new language with skills development, and places equal emphasis on vocabulary and grammar. The course units are designed to enable a guided discovery approach to learning, first allowing students to check what they know, then helping them to work out the rules for themselves through carefully structured examples and concept questions. Practice lessons in each unit focus on the functional and situational language students need for day-to-day life.
CALCULUS II
Course Outline
CUL–1209
96 Hours
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course bridges the Algebra II and Honors Pre-calculus curriculum by combining an in-depth study of Algebra II topics with those of an introductory Pre-calculus course. The course is intended to provide the necessary background for continued study in mathematics at the Pre-calculus and/or college algebra level as well as further prepare students for the mathematics section of college entrance exams. Graphing calculator technology is integrated throughout the course as problems are presented both algebraically and graphically. Topics covered include linear relations and functions, matrices, graphical analysis, trigonometric functions and their graphs and inverses, conic sections, exponential and logarithmic functions, sequences and series. The following is a brief outline of the units to be studied in this course as well as the expectations and evaluation procedures. Pre-Calculus is a fast paced academic course intended for students who will possibly enroll in post-secondary programs that require Pre-Calculus. Students who take Pre-Calculus are expected to have a strong foundation of math skills from Pre-Calculus
ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS
Course Outline
96 Hours
Credits: 3
AWS –1210
Course Description:
Academic Writing is a writing course for English language learners in academic settings. It teaches rhetoric and sentence structure in a straightforward manner, using a step-by-step approach, high-interest models, and varied practices. Students are guided through the writing process to produce well-organized, adequately developed paragraphs and essays. The numerous practice exercises help students assimilate each skill.
The course covers paragraphs, introduces essay writing, sentence structure: starting with simple sentences and progressing through compound and complex sentences. The course also includes instruction in the writing process and punctuation.
PRINCIPLE OF MANAGEMENT II
Course Outline
PMGT –1211
96 Hours
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course provides a basic framework for understanding the role and functions of a manager and to explain the principles, concepts, and techniques that can be used in carrying out these functions. It is intended for those who presently hold, or desire to hold, management responsibilities in any organization or enterprise. Specific topics include planning, decision making, organizing, leading, controlling, and innovating. We will put the major emphases only on topics you have not covered in management one which you have studied on first semester.
BUSINESS COMMUNICATION
Course Outline
BC–2117
96 Hours
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course aims to help you develop the proficiency needed to succeed in today’s technologically enhanced workplace by focusing on the development of professional oral and written communication skills. Having good oral communication and writing skills is imperative in today’s workplace. In the past, business people may have written a couple business letters a month, but now they can receive and send hundreds of email messages weekly. Their writing skills are showcased in every message they send. As well, with the arrival of videoconferencing, large-scale meetings are possible with increased frequency. Through this course, you will improve your: memo, letter, email, report, presentation skills; participation in and chairing of meetings; and job application strategies.
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING TWO
Course Outline
FACC–1212
96 Hours
4 Credits
Course Description:
This course covers financial accounting concepts from a user perspective and will focus on the application of these concepts in real-world environments. Topics include, measuring the cost of homogeneous inventories, using cost flow assumptions such as, Average, FIFO, and LIFO. Topics also include, determining the cost of plant assets and their deprecation methods, students will also learn the accounting records of Sole proprietorship, Partnership and Corporations.
QUANTITATIVE METHODS II
Course Outline
QM –2220
96 Hours
Credits: 3
Course Description:
This course helps the student develop different techniques of analyzing and decision making to solve existing problems in business management. Several methods are introduced in applying mathematics to solve management problems quantitatively. The determination of the most efficient use of limited resources in maximizing some measure of benefits could be solved using the graphical method or algebraic method. Determining the most profitable distribution pattern for transporting products from factories to markets, and determining the best way to assign a number of objects to a number of other objects are other major problems handled in this course. The student will cover correlation and regression, time series analysis, breakeven analysis, linear programming, deferential calculus and network analysis.
RISK AND INSURANCE MANAGEMENT
Course Outline
RIM –2221
96 Hours
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course is designed to introduce and discuss various risk management concepts, tools, and techniques in global context. Using integrated approaches, the course will emphasize discussion on the design and implementation of risk management practices. Basically, it purports to help students raise, understand, and master various state-of-the-art risk management theories and practices (such as loss control, loss financing, and initial risk reduction mechanisms) as well as their advancement in the future.
BUSINESS MATHEMATICS
Course Outline
BMTH –2118
96 Hours
3 Credits
Course Description:
The course introduces the applications of mathematics to solve the problems of business and industry. The aim of this course is to provide students with fundamentals of mathematics as a tool necessary for studying business. This course covers basic algebra and arithmetic (basics of theory of sets and logic, algebraic expressions and their simplification, linear, quadratic, irrational equations, inequalities, simultaneous equations, matrices, calculating loans and savings) and basics of analytical geometry (points, lines, distance, circles, parabolas).
COST ACCOUNTING II
Course Outline
CACC–2222
96 Hours
Credits: 4
Course Description:
Cost accounting is for the production department and its quantitative plans for production requirements in material labor and over head basis cost accounting 2 is for the advanced chapters in cost accounting as cost accounting one covered basics of cost accounting chapters focusing material labor and OH illustrations this course is indicating budgeting systems of cost accounting and decision making process. Students will improve their problem-solving abilities through experiential exercises, classroom discussion.
INTRODUCTORY MACRO ECONOMICS
Course Outline
IME –2224
96 Hours
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course is designed to develop an understanding of national income, employment, and inflation. The causes and impacts of recessions and expansions are featured. Fiscal and monetary policy, money and banking, current economic problems and policy analysis are covered. Students will acquire a working knowledge of all these topics, analytical tools, and how to apply all of it. Fundamental economic ideas and the operation of the economy on a national scale, production, distribution and consumption of goods and services, the exchange process, the role of government, the national income and its distribution, GDP, consumption function, savings function, investment spending, the multiplier principle and the influence of government spending on income and output. Analysis of monetary policy, including the banking system and the Federal Reserve System
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
Course Outline
MIS –3128
96 Hours
3 Credits
Course Description:
The aim of the course is to enable students to assess the opportunities and problems that managers in a wide range of organisations face as they attempt to use these IT applications to add value to their businesses. It also aims to help students understand transformational changes within and across industries. These changes have strategic implications for many businesses.
INTERNATIONAL MARKETING
Course Outline
INM –3237
96 Hours
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course will present an overview of the unique aspects of marketing in the international business environment and provide the framework upon which multinational marketing management can be based. Emphasis will be placed on the role of the international marketing manager in the development of marketing strategies for a variety of markets in diverse cultural, political and economic situations. Focus will be on the decision making process in the areas of foreign market analysis, target identification, product planning, promotion and channels of distribution
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
Course Outline
SMGT –2223
96 Hours
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course covers key concepts in strategic management, nature of strategic planning and strategy formulation, implementations and evaluation. It also includes the use of these concepts in the analyses of complex business situations and effective use of various disciplines in designing effective solutions for strategic business problems
AUDITING THEORY
Course Outline
ATH –4246
96 Hours
4 Credits
Course Description:
This course covers the nature and purpose of auditing and the regulatory and professional environment in which it operates.
Auditing is designed to provide students with a thorough introduction to auditing concepts, principles and practice. It instructs students in planning and auditing, gathering evidence, testing internal controls and account balances, audit sampling, creating audit work papers and auditing reports. Ethical conduct and legal liability of auditors is also covered along with auditing within a computerized environment.
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Course Outline
HRM –4141
96 Hours
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course approaches Human Resource Management from the strategic perspective of the general manager. It covers decisions that would be made by corporate boards of directors, strategic meetings of top management teams, or by general managers of strategic business units. This course would be of interest to individuals pursuing careers in management, entrepreneurship, consulting or human resources. An emphasis will be placed on Human Resource (HR) decisions and practices and how they are influenced by forces internal and external to the organization, including business strategy, global competition, technological change, unionization, and workforce characteristics. The course will examine the relationship between general management and human resource specialists (including consultants) and the ways HR practices are used by businesses to build and maintain competitive advantage.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Course Outline
RMT–4144
96 Hours
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course is an introduction to practitioner research methodology with an emphasis on the teacher as a researcher and on reflective teaching and teaching as decision-making. This is a field-based course. The Students will become familiar with practitioner research methods in an area of interest related to elementary or secondary education. This will involve reading, interpretation and presentation of research through oral and written communication. Students will engage in practitioner research. This will involve planning for their research proposal, synthesizing research and examining their conceptual knowledge.
CUSTOMER CARE AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
Course Outline
CCPR –3235
96 Hours
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course provides guidelines and best practices for providing excellent customer service that will enable frontline associates and service staff in back-up and support roles to build, maintain, and increase a loyal customer base
PUBLIC FINANCE/GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING
Course Outline
PF –4142
96 Hours
3 Credits
Course Description:
The course aims to give students an appreciation of the analytical methods in economics for the study of the public sector and the role of the state in principle and in practice; to provide a thorough grounding in the principles underlying the role of the state, the design of social insurance and the welfare state and the design of the tax system and to enable students to understand the practical problems involved in implementing these principles.
BUSINESS ETHICS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Course Outline
BETH –4248
96 Hours
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course introduces students to the relevance and importance of ethics and social responsibility in business, and the manner in which to satisfy these demands. Important learning objectives are to increase students’ awareness and understanding of ethical issues in business, and to provide students with the useful critical and conceptual tools to guide analysis and decision making. The ultimate intent of the course is to introduce students to the skills, ethical tools, and principles they will need to respond to the ethical dilemmas, and leave them better equipped to identify, think critically about, and resolve these ethical issues that are encountered in one’s working life at the individual, organizational, and societal levels
ISLAMIC BANKING AND FINANCE
Course Outline
IBF –4248
96 Hours
3 Credits
Course Description:
The course Principles of Banking and Finance is an introductory course on banking and financial markets for students. The course applies analytical approach, aimed at developing the economic way of thinking, makes the careful step-by-step introduction of different analytical models, uses a number of applications and examples from different banking systems.
THESIS PAPER/PROJECT PAPER
Course Outline
THPP –4250
96 Hours
3 Credits
Course Description:
This course will help you produce your research paper in the most effective way, so that many people will read, cite and build on it, thus progressing your career. The course is a must for every graduating student, whether or not you have already written or published a paper. It focuses on how to write your research paper and excel.
ISLAMIC ECONOMICS& FINANCIAL SYSTEM
Course Outline
IEFS–3236
96 Hours
3 Credits
Course description:
This economics and finance course will give you an overview of the Islamic financial system. You will learn the core principles and basic models of Islamic finance and establish a framework for understanding this financial system.