ASc in Business Management

ASc in Business Management
Introduction
Enhance your knowledge base and required skills to pursue a career in business and
management with the Associate of Science Degree in Business Management (ASc BUMA).
Students pursue a mix of courses in a broad range of areas designed to provide them with a
foundation in management principles and functional skills to enhance efficiency and advance
organizational goals.
Graduates who meet minimum GPA requirements will be eligible for entry to Level 2 of the
relevant BSc programme at UWI.
Who is this programme for?
The ASc BUMA programme is specifically designed for middle managers, office
professionals and persons interested in formalizing their skills in management.
Programme Structure
The associate degree programmes are delivered using a mixed-mode format. Courses are
delivered using online or blended approaches. Students must have access to a computer and
Internet access. Online orientation is conducted before the start of the programme.
Students complete a total of 60 credits normally equivalent to 20 courses. Students explore
general education and core courses in a number of areas including:
• Statistics
• Management
• Business Law
• Financial Management
• Human Resources Management
• Introductory Foreign Language
When will the programme start?
The programme starts in August of the academic year
Entry Requirements
Applicants should meet lower level matriculation requirements which include:
1. Holders of five (5) CXC or GCE ‘O’ Level passes or equivalent, not necessarily obtained
at the same sitting, as follows:
(i) English (A), and
(ii) Mathematics or a foreign language, or an approved science (not Health Science), or
additional Mathematics or Geography
(iii) Three (3) other approved subjects not already counted above.
2. Persons over the age of 21 on the basis of their overall academic and professional
attainments.
3. Holders of the approved certificates from the School of Continuing Studies, UWI with an
acceptable pass in English Language
Academic Preparation
Prior to the start of the programme all new participants must take part in an orientation
programme held in August of an academic year. This orientation introduces learners to
online study and prepares them for the demands of a UWI Open Campus Associate Degree
programme.
OOL1001
IYMS1001
Orientation to Online Learning
Improving your Math Skills
Course of Study
COURSE CODE
COURSE NAME
MEDIUM
General Education
MGMT1000
FOUN1101
FOUN1001
ECON1003
ECON1005
SPAN0900
Introduction to Computers
Caribbean Civilization
English for Academic Purposes
Mathematics for the Social Sciences
Introductory Statistics
Introductory Spanish
Online
Online
Online
Online
Online
Online
Principles of Management
Introduction to Financial Accounting
Fundamentals of Marketing
Small Business Management
Business & Commercial Law
Business Ethics
Introduction to Macroeconomics
Cost and Management Accounting
Fundamentals of Organisational
Behaviour
Online
Online
Online
Online
Online
Online
Online
Online
Programme Core
MGMT1001
ACCT1002
MKTG1900
MGMT1907
BUAD1903
PHIL1901
ECON1002
ACCT1003
MGMT1915
Online
MGMT1905
MGMT1916
Fundamentals of Human Resource
Management
Caribbean Business Environment
Foundations of Financial Management
One of:
MGMT1914
INFO1901
MGMT1908
Industrial Relations Management
Management Information Systems
Project Cycle Management
Online
Online
Online
Level I Electives (Choose ONE (1)
Elective)
SOCI1002
ECON1001
FINA1001
Introduction to Sociology
Introduction to Microeconomics
Elements of Banking & Finance
Online
Online
Online
MGMT1902
Online
Online
Online