BBA (HONORS) (FOUR YEAR) PROGRAM

  
Foundation Courses Core Business Courses Course Structure
 
The  Bachelor of Business Administration (Honors) is a four-year program. It requires completion of 144 semester hours of course work and a summer internship in a firm approved by the College. A student studies 48 courses of 3 credit hours each in order to complete the degree requirements. Six credit hours are structured into the program for a foreign language course. Students must maintain a 2.5 CGPA for the conferment of the BBA (Honors) degree.

Dr. Irshad Khan, Professor and HoD Industrial Engineering
leads the Academic Procession with the IoBM Blazon

Students are provided with general  business courses as part of their studies and are required to select one of  the eight fields of
specialization which would be called their major. The eight fields of specialization offered are:
  • Accounting
  • Finance and Banking
  • Human Resource Management
  • Management Information Systems
  • Marketing
  • Marketing Communications
  • Management
  • Media Management
  • Courses are divided into Foundation, Core and Electives.

Foundation Courses
Communications
COM 101 General English
COM 102 Business Communication I
COM 201 Business Communication II
COM 202 Business and Professional Speech
Language
LAN 10* Foreign Language I
LAN 20** Foreign Language II
*1 = Introduction to Arabic **1 = Intermediate Arabic
*2 = Introduction to French **2 = Intermediate French
*3 = Introduction to Spanish **3 = Intermediate Spanish
*4 = Introduction to German **4 = Intermediate German
*5 = Introduction to Japanese **5 = Intermediate Japanese
*6 = Introduction to Italian **6 = Intermediate Italian
Economics
ECO 101 Principles of Microeconomics
ECO 102 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECO 402 Pakistan Economic Policy
Law
LAW 201 Corporate Law
LAW 401 Business Law
Mathematics
MTH 101 College Algebra
MTH 103 Calculus for Business Decisions
Political Science
PSC 301 Pakistan Studies
Social Science
SSC 101 Introduction to Psychology
SSC 301 History of Ideas
SSC 401 Business Ethics
Religious Studies
REL 101 Islamic Studies
Statistics
STA 201 Quantitative Business Analysis
STA 202 Quantitative Skills and Managerial Statistics
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Core Business Courses
Accounting
ACC 101 Introduction to Financial Accounting
ACC 201 Intermediate Financial Accounting
ACC 303 Cost Accounting
ACC 410 Management Accounting
ACC 503 Taxation
Finance
FIN 201 Introduction to Business Finance
FIN 202 Financial Management
FIN 301 Financial Institutions
Human Resource Management
HRM 301 Human Resource Management
Management
MAN 101 Principles of Management
MAN 201 Personal Management                     
MAN 302 Organizational Behavior
MAN 303 Production and Operations Management
MAN 305 International Relations
MAN 403 Entrepreneurship and Small  Business Management
MAN 405 Strategic Management
MAN 408 Analysis of Pakistani Industries
Management Information Systems
MIS 102 Computer Concepts
MIS 103 Computer Applications I
MIS 201 Computer Applications II
Marketing
MKT 301 Principles of Marketing
MKT 302 Marketing Management
MKT 403 Sales Management
MKT 404 Methods in Business Research
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Students must take a minimum load of twelve credit hours (four courses) or a maximum load of eighteen credit hours (six courses) in a semester. In order to obtain the BBA (Honors) degree in four years, one would have  to cover twelve courses in a year. Full load of six courses can be taken each in the fall and spring semesters with option for fewer courses in the latter and making up the shortfall in the summer session.

 

The Masters/Bachelors degree programs offered at IoBM are based on a semester system. An academic year consists of a fall semester commencing in September and concluding in January, a spring semester commencing in January and concluding in May, and a summer session from June to August.

 

Enrollment in fall and spring sessions is compulsory with the summer session being optional. For the MBA executive program enrollment is also compulsory in the summer session.

 

IoBM does not encourage transfer of credits from other colleges. In case one  feels that he/she deserves transfer of credit, the applicant should at the time of admission submit a request to the Dean/Eexecutive Director Academics.

 

Course Structure
FRESHMAN
SEMESTER ONE SEMESTER TWO
Principles of Management Principles of Macroeconomics
General English Calculus for Business Decisions
Principles of Microeconomics Introduction to Psychology
College Algebra Computer Applications I
Computer Concepts Introduction to Financial Accounting
Islamic Studies Business Communication I
 SOPHOMORE
SEMESTER THREE SEMESTER FOUR
Business Communication II Personal Management
Quantitative Business Analysis  Introduction to Business Finance
Principles of Marketing Business and Professional Speech
Corporate Law Marketing Management
Inter. Financial Accounting Foreign Language I*
Computer Applications II Quant. Skills & Managerial Statistics
 JUNIOR
 SEMESTER FIVE SEMESTER SIX
Methods in Business Research Human Resource Management
Organizational Behavior Pakistan Studies
International Relations Sales Management
Financial Institutions History of Ideas
Cost Accounting Production and Operations Mgmt.
Foreign Language II Financial Management
 SENIOR
SEMESTER SEVEN SEMESTER EIGHT
Management Accounting Taxation
Business Ethics Pakistan Economic Policy
Business Law Analysis of Pakistani Industries
Entrepreneurship & Small Bus. Strategic Management
Elective - I Elective III
Elective II Elective IV
  Internship (2 Credit Hours)                           
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