SoBaT

Associate of Science in Business Studies (SoBaT)

Offered by School of Business and Trade,
Associate of Science in Business Studies (SoBaT)

The Associate of Science in Business Studies is a 90 credits programme intended to prepare students with a base in the approach and fundamentals of business studies in the present world and make a smooth progression into Bachelor of Science in Business Studies programme.

This programme requires completion of the following eighteen compulsory courses of five credits each.

  1. Financial Accounting
  2. Introduction to Economics
  3. Introduction to Information Systems
  4. Successful Writing
  5. Introduction to Business
  6. Principles of Banking and Finance
  7. Principles of Marketing
  8. Spreadsheet Applications
  9. Managerial Accounting
  10. Microeconomics
  11. Business Statistics
  12. Business Ethics
  13. Business Communication
  14. Business Law
  15. Macroeconomics
  16. Personal Finance
  17. Regional Geography
  18. Sociology
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