Faculty Of Business & Economics
About Program
The student, who wants to develop their professional career and want to participate in leadership in economics and commerce regionally, should join this university. Our students enjoy academic, social, and professional development activities through the individual academic advisor and student organizations (different clubs). Our focus is given to developing analytical orientation, soft skills, attitudes, values and ethics, business etiquette, and commitment among the students that together can module them into brilliant organizational leaders and powerful change agents.
BBA Program
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) program duration is 4-year consists of 12 trimesters and minimum 124 credit hours. There are 3 (Three) trimesters in a year, January-April (Spring), May–August (Summer), and September-December (Fall). The course work is spread over general education courses, foundation courses, core courses, elective courses, major courses (15 credits), and internship program (4 credits). We offer major courses in Marketing, Human Resource Management (HRM), and Finance, Banking & Insurance area. The BBA program is intended to ensure that our graduates have the necessary and comprehensive qualities, such as:
- Business, management, and emerging technology knowledge.
- Problem-solving and decision-making creativity and innovation.
- Communication/Intercultural Competence.
- Collaboration and teamwork.
- Business analysis and Research
- Morality, Ethics and Global Citizenship.
- Lifelong Learning
Program structure
The tri-semester students have to complete the required credits to earn the BBA degree. The courses of the undergraduate curricula are divided into several groups such as:
For BBA Program | ||
Sl. No | Category of the Courses | Total Credits Hour |
01 | Pre University Courses (2 Courses) | 02*0=00 |
02 | General Study Courses (6 Courses) | 06*3=18 |
03 | Foundation Courses (7 Courses) | 07*3=21 |
04 | Core Courses(19 Courses) | 19*3=57 |
05 | Major Courses (5 Courses) | 05*3=15 |
06 | Minor Courses (3 Courses) | 03*3=09 |
07 | Internship | 04*1=04 |
Total | 124 | |
List of the Courses of BBA Program:
Pre University Courses |
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Code | Name of the Course | Credits | Exemption | |
ENG 099 | Remedial English | 0 | These courses may be exempted depending on the performance on the placement test | |
General Study Courses 18 Credits (6 Courses) |
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Code | Name of the Course | Credits | Pre-requisite | |
CSE 101 | Computer Fundamentals | 3 | – | |
ENG 101 | English Fundamentals* | 3 | – | |
ENG 102 | English Composition | 3 | ENG 101 | |
MAT 101 | Fundamentals of Mathematics | 3 | – | |
One course from the following: | ||||
BIO 101 | Concepts of Biology Introduction to Physics Introduction to Chemistry | 3 | – | |
One course from the following: | ||||
HUM 101 | World Civilization and Culture Introduction to Philosophy Political Science Introduction to Psychology Introduction to Sociology Introduction of Anthropology | 3 | – | |
* Maybe exempted depending on the performance in the placement test. The credits will not be counted for graduation.
Foundation Courses 21 Credits (7 Courses) |
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Code | Name of the Course | Credits | Pre-requisite | |
ACT 101 | Principles of Accounting | 3 | – | |
CSE 121 | Structured Programming Language | 3 | CSE 101 | |
ECO 101 | Introduction to Micro-Economics | 3 | MAT 101 | |
BUS 202 | Business Communication | 3 | ENG 102 | |
MGT201 | Principles of Management | 3 | – | |
SSC 108 | Bangladesh Studies | 3 | ECO 102 | |
STA 101 | Introduction to Statistics | 3 | MAT 101 | |
Core Courses 57 Credits (19 Courses) |
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Code | Name of the Course | Credits | Pre-requisite | |
ACT 201 | Financial Accounting | 3 | ACT 101 | |
ACT 301 | Management Accounting | 3 | ACT 101 | |
BUS 101 | Introduction to Business | 3 | – | |
BUS 201 | Business Law | 3 | – | |
BUS 301 | Research Methods in Business and Management | 3 | STA 201 | |
BUS 302 | International Business | 3 | ECO 102, FIN 201, MKT201 | |
ECO 102 | Introduction to Macro-Economics | 3 | ECO 101 | |
ENT 301 | Entrepreneurship | 3 | MGT 201, ECO 102, BUS101, FIN 201 | |
FIN 201 | Introduction to Finance | 3 | ACT 101 | |
FIN 301 | Financial Management | 3 | FIN 201 | |
MAT 201 | Business Mathematics | 3 | MAT101, STA 101 | |
MGT 202 | Organizational Behavior | 3 | MGT 201 | |
MGT 203 | Human Resource Management | 3 | MGT 201 | |
MGT 401 | Strategic Management | 3 | All other core courses | |
MIS 201 | Introduction to Management Information System | 3 | CSE 101 | |
MKT 201 | Introduction to Marketing | 3 | – | |
MKT 301 | Marketing Management | 3 | MKT 201 | |
OPN 301 | Production and Operations Management | 3 | MAT 201, STA 201 | |
STA 201 | Business Statistics | 3 | STA 101 | |
Major Courses
15 Credits (5 Courses)
Finance, Banking, and Insurance |
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Code | Name of the Course | Credits | Pre-requisite | |
ACT 401 | Auditing | 3 | MGT201, MGT202, MGT203, FIN 301 | |
ECO 101 | Taxation | 3 | ECO 102, FIN 301 | |
FIN 401 | Corporate Finance | 3 | FIN 301 | |
FIN 402 | Portfolio Management | 3 | ECO102, MGT201, FIN301 | |
FIN 403 | Financial Institutions | 3 | ECO102, MGT201, FIN301 | |
FIN 404 | Bank Management | 3 | ECO102, MGT201, FIN301 | |
FIN 405 | Insurance | 3 | ECO 102, MGT 201, FIN 301 | |
Human Resource Management |
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Code | Name of the Course | Credits | Pre-requisite | |
HRM 401 | Compensation Management | 3 | MGT 201, MGT 202, MGT 203 | |
HRM 402 | Training and Development | 3 | MGT 201, MGT 202, MGT 203 | |
HRM 403 | Labor Economics | 3 | ECO 102, MGT 201, MGT 203 | |
HRM 404 | Industrial Relations | 3 | ECO 102, MGT 201, MGT 203 | |
HRM 405 | Manpower Planning & Forecasting | 3 | MGT 201, MGT 202, MGT 203 | |
HRM 406 | Industrial Psychology | 3 | MGT 201, MGT 202, MGT 203 | |
Marketing |
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Code | Name of the Course | Credits | Pre-requisite | |
MKT 401 | Introduction to Consumer Behavior | 3 | MKT 301, BUS 301 | |
MKT 402 | Selling and Salesmanship | 3 | MKT 301 | |
MKT 403 | Business Logistics | 3 | MKT 301, OPN 301 | |
MKT 404 | Brand Management | 3 | MKT 301 | |
MKT 405 | Advertising | 3 | MKT 301 | |
MKT 406 | International Marketing | 3 | MKT 301 | |
MKT 407 | Basic Marketing Research | 3 | BUS 301, MKT 301 | |
MKT 408 | Strategic Marketing | 3 | MKT 301 | |
Internship Program |
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Code | Name of the Course | Credits | Pre-requisite | |
BUS 450 | Internship | 4 | Complete all the courses requirement | |
Requirements for degree awarding (Courses, Reports, Thesis, etc.)
In the BBA program, the courses are grouped into four parts: general study courses, foundation courses, core courses, and major (concentration). The prescribed minimum total 124 credit hours will have to be met for graduation with the following requirements are as follows: (i) Completion of 4 credits internship with at least a ‘C+’ grade (GPA 2.5) (ii) Passing of all the courses individually with minimum 2.0 and maintaining a minimum CGPA of 2.20 out of 4.0.
Entry Requirements for new applicants
BBA
A total GPA of 6.00 with a minimum GPA of 2.75.
Minimum GPA 2.5 (in both O and A Levels separately) with no grade lower than ‘D’ among best 5 subjects in O’ level and best 2 subjects in A’ level.(Scale: A = 5, B = 4, C = 3, D = 2 & E= 1)
High School Diploma/International Baccalaureate with minimum grade B.
The GED result will not be accepted.
MBA (Regular)
Methods of assessment:
The Evaluation Procedures
Evaluation of students’ performance will be based on final examination, terminal examinations, assignments/term paper, and class-test/in course. The distribution of marks is as follows.
Theory: | |
Items | Marks |
Class Attendance | 05% |
Class performance including behaviour | 05% |
Class Test | 10% |
Class Quiz/Assignment/Term Paper | 10% |
Midterm Examination | 30% |
Final Examination | 40% |
Total | 100% |
Grading and Point System
The City University will follow the Uniform Grading System (As directed by University Grants Commission of Bangladesh)
As directed by University Grants Commission of Bangladesh | ||
Numerical Grade | Letter Grade | Grade Point |
80% – 100% | A+ (A Plus) | 4.0 |
75% – 79.99% | A (A Regular) | 3.75 |
70% – 74.99% | A- (A Minus) | 3.5 |
65% – 69.99% | B+ (B Plus) | 3.25 |
60% – 64.99% | B (B Regular) | 3.0 |
55% – 59.99% | B- (B Minus) | 2.75 |
50% – 54.99% | C+ (C Plus) | 2.5 |
45% – 49.99% | C (C Regular) | 2.25 |
40% – 44.99% | D | 2.0 |
Less than 40% | F | 0.0 |
Note: Grades without numerical value
P: Pass , I: Incomplete , W: Withdrawal