Bachelor of Business Management Program Offered at Egerton University

Unlike traditional business programmes, this programme (BBM) offers a wide range of unique choices of specialized options such as accounting, marketing, banking and finance, insurance and risk management, co-operative management, human resources management and management sciences which are focused on the needs of Kenya„s economic development.

At the end of the training, the graduates will be expected to:

• Effectively manage resources at their disposal according to contemporary economic, business management and technological trends;
• Carry out research in business and management trends with a view to finding solutions to contemporary problems affecting development at various scales;
• Appreciate the complex relationship between the national economy and global economic trends; and
• Have acquired knowledge, skills and attitudes for pursuing further studies in Business and Management.

All candidates admitted to the degree programme of Bachelor of Business and Management (BBM) must satisfy the minimum common entrance requirements of Egerton University.
In addition, candidates must obtain at least the minimum cut-off points for the year as determined from any one of the following four cluster subjects from the revised K.C.S.E. structure.

1. English or Kiswahili
2. At least any one from the following: History and Government Geography, Christian Religious Education Hindu Religious Education and Islamic Religious Education
3. Either, Biology or Biological Sciences;
4. Chemistry or Physics or Physical Sciences Or
5. Any one of the following: Accounts Commerce or Economics.

Those holding qualifications equivalent to the above from institutions recognised by Egerton University Senate may also be admitted.
Admission may be offered to outstanding diploma holders in Co-operative Management, Banking, Finance, Agri-Business, Marketing, Insurance and Risk Management and Management Science disciplines passed with a credit or higher or their equivalent. Such cases will be treated on individual merit. Based on Senate approved guidelines, candidates may be allowed to transfer up to a maximum of 30% of the required programme credits from a diploma course or its equivalent from an institution recognised by the University Senate.
Admission may also be offered to those holding CPA II and/or its equivalent through mature age entrance scheme as specified by the faculty.

The Bachelor of Business and Management degree programme takes four academic years for full-time students. 6.20 Part time students may be allowed to cover the programme within eight academic years.

some of the subject areas to be covered include:

1. General BBAM courses
2. Accounting course
3. Marketing course
4. Banking and Finance course
5. Insurance and Risk Management course
6. Co-operative Management course
7. Human Resource Management course
8. Management Science course

Egerton University is the oldest institution of higher learning in Kenya. It was founded as a Farm School in 1939 by Lord Maurice Egerton of Tatton, a British national who settled in Kenya in the 1920s.

Egerton University has three (3) Campuses and one Campus College.

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