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BBA Program - Curriculum and Courses


Degree Requirements
The BBA degree requirements are as following:

(a) Completion of 40 courses (120 credit hours).
(b) Completion of the Internship Program with a minimum C grade.
(c) Passing of the Comprehensive examination with a minimum C grade.
(d) Passing of all courses individually and maintaining a minimum CGPA of 2.50.

Curriculum
The forty courses are structured into three groups:

Core

33 courses [99 Credit Hours]

 Major area of study

4 courses [12 Credit Hours]

 Free Electives

3 courses [9 Credit Hours]

A student must complete all the 33 core courses offered by the program.  He/ she is required to concentrate in any one of the six major areas, as mentioned below, by doing four courses in an area. In addition, a student is required to do three elective courses as free electives.  A student may have a minor area of study if he/she does free elective courses from any one particular major area of study.

List of Core Courses

Course Code

Course Title

Z101

Introduction to Social Sciences

B101

Introduction to Business

G101

Introduction to Economic Geography

C101

English Language

K101

Mathematics for Decision Making

C102

Business Communication

A101

Financial Accounting I

Z102

Introduction to Humanities

Z103

Organizational Behavior

S101

Introduction to Physical Sciences

K202

Introduction to Computers

S202

Introduction to Biological Sciences

A202

Financial Accounting  II

W201

Principles of Management

G202

Micro Economics

A203

Management Accounting

G203

Macro Economics

F201

Introduction to Finance

K203

Basic Statistics

J201

Introduction to Human Resource Management

K305

Business Statistics

P301

Operations Management

M301

Introduction to Marketing

K304

Computer Applications

L301

Business Law

B303

Business Environment

G304

Socio-economic Study of Bangladesh

W302

International Business

F302

Financial Management

M302

Marketing Management

W403

Entrepreneurship: Processes & Principles

K406

Research Methods

W404

Business Strategy and Policy



Elective Courses (Major areas)

Marketing
M403 Introduction to Consumer Behavior      
M404 Advertising
M405 Selling and salesmanship   
M406 International Marketing
M407 Business Logistics             
M408 Basic Marketing Research
M409 Brand Management    
M410 Retailing

Operations Management

P402 Operations Research         
P403 Materials Management
P404 Quality Management    
P405 Productivity Management
P406 Production Planning & Inventory Control
P407 Management Science Applications in Operations                    

Finance
F403 Taxation   
F404 Financial Institutions
F405 Capital Budgeting         
F406 Costing
F407 Portfolio Management    
F408 Banking & Insurance

Human Resource Management  
J402 Compensation Management    
J403 Industrial Relations
J404 Training and Development
J405 Manpower Planning and Forecasting      
J406 Labor Economics                   
J407 Industrial Psychology      

Computer and Information Management (CIM)
K407 Management Information Systems       
K408 Computer Programming
K409 Information Technology
K410 System Analysis
K411 Applied Database Management    
K412 Management of Information Systems          

Business Economics
G405 Managerial Economics       
G406 Econometrics
G407 Industrial Economics  
G408 International Economics
G409 Economics of Public Utility    
G410 Public Finance
G411 Project Management                

2.12.3  Sequencing of the Courses 

  Semester I

Course Code

Course Title

Z101

Introduction to Social Sciences

B101

Introduction to Business

G101

Introduction to Economic Geography

C101

English Language

K101

Mathematics for Decision Making


Semester II

 

Course Code

Course Title

C102

Business Communication

A101

Financial Accounting I

Z102

Introduction to Humanities

Z103

Organizational Behavior

S101

Introduction to Physical Sciences


Semester III

 

Course Code

Course Title

K202

Introduction to Computers

S202

Introduction to Biological Sciences

A202

Financial Accounting  II

W201

Principles of Management

G202

Micro Economics


Semester IV

 

Course Code

Course Title

A203

Management Accounting

G203

Macro Economics

F201

Introduction to Finance

K203

Basic Statistics

J201

Introduction to Human Resource Management


Semester V

 

Course Code

Course Title

K305

Business Statistics

P301

Operations Management

M301

Introduction to Marketing

K304

Computer Applications

L301

Business Law



Semester VI

 

Course Code

Course Title

B303

Business Environment

G304

Socio-economic Study of Bangladesh

W302

International Business

F302

Financial Management

M302

Marketing Management


Semester VII

 

Course Code

Course Title

W403

Entrepreneurship: Processes & Principles

K406

Research Methods

 

Elective/Free Elective

 

Elective/Free Elective

 

Elective/Free Elective


Semester VIII

 

Course Code

Course Title

 

Elective/Free Elective

 

Elective/Free Elective

 

Elective/Free Elective

 

Elective/Free Elective

W404

Business Strategy and Policy

 

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