Business Administration
Undergraduate
College of Business Management
The Bachelor of Business Administration (Honors) is a professional and comprehensive management that provides conceptual knowledge and in-depth exposure to functional areas in business management including accounting, marketing, finance, management, entrepreneurship and MIS along with special emphasis on leadership, social awareness, creativity and innovation. The program employs the latest approaches in experiential learning to develop skills for interpersonal communication, team work, foreign languages and managing diversity. Students learn to think critically and to apply conceptual knowledge to real-world challenges and design solutions. Graduates of the BBA program distinguish themselves with their personal and professional excellence as managers and entrepreneurs in their areas of specialization. They are well-rounded professionals known as “doers” and “go-getters” and are in great demand in the industry. BBA is a four-year program which requires completion of 144 credit hours of course work and 2 credit hours of internship in a firm approved by the Institute. A student is required to complete 48 courses of 3 credit hours each in order to meet the degree requirements. Six credit hours are structured into the program for a foreign language course. Students must maintain a CGPA of 2.5 for the conferment of the degree.
To promote lifelong learning at IoBM, the program emphasizes Experiential Learning (EL) and developing readers and writers. The college’s mission is reflected through courses designated with a suffix R, W or E in the program structure:
Students are provided with general business courses as part of their studies and are required to select five electives and a capstone project from the following specializations:
*BBA program is recognized by ACCA which offers 5 course exemptions (F1 – F5) to BBA students of IoBM
Communication | Language | Economics | Law |
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COM100 Foundation English** COM107 Academic English (W, R) COM202 Business and Professional Speech (E) COM205 Persuasive & Analytical Writing for Bus. Comm. (E, W)** This non credit course can be exempted by taking and clearing a test designed by the institute. |
LAN 10* Foreign Language I LAN 20** Foreign Language II *1 = Introduction to Arabic *2 = Introduction to French *3 = Introduction to Spanish *4 = Introduction to German *5 = Introduction to Japanese *6 = Introduction to Italian *7 = Introduction to Russian *8 = Introduction to Chinese**1 = Intermediate Arabic **2 = Intermediate French **3 = Intermediate Spanish **4 = Intermediate German **5 = Intermediate Japanese **6 = Intermediate Italian **7 = Intermediate Russian **8 = Intermediate Chinese |
ECO101 Principles of Microeconomics ECO102 Principles of Macroeconomics ECO402 Pakistan Economic Policy OR ECO405 Seminar in Economic Policy |
LAW409 Corporate and Business law |
Accounting | Finance | Entrepreneurship | Human Resource Management |
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ACC101 Introduction to Financial Accounting ACC201 Intermediate Financial Accounting ACC320 Cost and Management Accounting |
FIN201 Introduction to Business Finance (R)FIN202 Financial Management FIN301 Financial Institutions (E) |
ENT307 Entrepreneurial Leadership and Motivation ENT308 Social Advocacy and Community Service ENT403 Small Business and Entrepreneurship |
HRM301 Human Resource Management (E) |
Management | Management Information Systems | Marketing | Logistics and Supply Chain Management |
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MAN101 Principles of Management ENT3082 Organizational Behavior (E) ENT3083 Production and Operations Management MAN405 Strategic Management MAN408 Analysis of Pakistani Industries |
MIS303 IS Audit and Management (E) MIS305 CRM Systems and Applications( E) |
MKT301 Principles of Marketing MKT302 Marketing Management MKT403 Sales Management (E) MKT404 Methods in Business Research (E) MKT509 Consumer Behavior MKT511 Brand Management (R) |
SCM400 Introduction to ERP |
Accounting | Finance and Banking* | Human Resource Management |
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ACC302 Accounting and Financial Information Systems ACC505 Auditing ACC506 Analysis of Financial Statements ACC520 Managerial Analysis and Decision Making ACC521 International Finance Reporting Standards ACC522 Strategic Management Accounting ACC523 Financial Regulatory Requirements for Business ACC524 Corporate Governance and Reporting |
FIN503 Corporate Finance FIN504 International Finance FIN505 Treasury and Fund Management FIN506 Investment Banking and Security Analysis FIN507 Portfolio Management FIN509 Financial Derivatives FIN511 Analysis of Financial Statements FIN514 Asset Liability Management FIN520 Financial Risk Management FIN530 Commercial and Corporate Banking FIN531 Real Estate and Alternative Investments FIN533 Information Technology and Product Innovation in Financial Services FIN534 Retail and Consumer Banking FIN613 Financial Modeling for Investment Decisions |
HRM501 Recruitment and Selection HRM503 Employee Training and Development HRM504 Negotiation Skills HRM508 Salary and Compensation HRM511 Performance Appraisal HRM512 HR Analytics |
Islamic Banking and Finance | Management Information Systems | Management |
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ISF601 Economics for Islamic Finance ISF602 Islamic Banking Practices ISF603 Accounting fo Islamic Finance ISF604 Islamic Financial Services Marketing ISF605 Islamic Capital Markets ISF606 International Islamic Finance Standards ISF607 Small and Medium Enterprise Islamic Financing ISF608 Risk Management in Islamic Financial Institutions FRM514 Takaful and Risk Management in Islamic Products |
MIS509 Software Project Management MIS522 Business Information Systems MIS524 Decision Support Systems MIS525 Enterprise Systems MIS526 Enterprise Resource Planning Systems MIS527 Information Security MIS528 Advanced Information Security MIS530 Information Systems Research MIS532 New Perspectives on Organizations & Info. Systems |
ENT3085 International Relations MAN410 Introduction to Industrial Management MAN501 Total Quality Management MAN502 Business Process Re-engineering EEM601 Environmental Management and Green Technology |
Marketing | Entrepreneurship | Logistics and Supply Chain Management |
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MKT405 Marketing Research MKT506 International Marketing MKT507 Services Marketing MKT508 Personal Selling MKT510 Direct and Digital Marketing MKT513 Media Planning MKT520 Merchandising and Sales Promotion MKT521 Distribution and Channel Management MKT526 Public Relations and Event Management MKT530 New Product Development MKT531 Retail Management MKT532 Principles of Advertising MKT608 Small Business Marketing |
ENT503 Competitive Strategies for Startup ENT504 Technology Support for Small Business ENT505 Innovative Internet Based Business Models ENT506 Guerrilla Strategies in Business ENT507 Affordable Design and Frugal Innovation ENT508 Commercializing and Monetizing Ideas ENT509 Building and Managing Start-Up Teams ENT510 New Venture Finance ENT511 Managing Family Business ENT512 Growth Hacking Strategies ENT513 Design Thinking and Strategy |
SCM302 Quantitative Methods in Production and Logistics SCM306 IT Applications in Logistics SCM309 Packaging Design and Environmental Aspects SCM501 Supply Chain Management SCM504 Procurement and Inventory Management SCM506 Transportation Techniques and Management |
Semester One | Semester Two | Semester Three | Semester Four |
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Academic English (W, R) Principles of Microeconomics Principles of Management Introduction to Psychology College Algebra Islamic Studies (R) |
Introduction to Financial Accounting Principles of Macroeconomics Principles of Marketing Calculus for Business Decisions Pakistan Studies (W) Entrepreneurial Leadership and Motivation (R) |
Intermediate Financial Accounting Persuasive and Analytical Writing for Business Communication (E, W) IS Audit and Management (E) History of Ideas (W) Quantitative Business Analysis Social Advocacy and Community Service (E) |
Business and Professional Speech Introduction to Business Finance (R) Business Ethics Marketing Management (R) Quantitative Skills & Managerial Statistics Organizational Behavior (E) |
Semester Five | Semester Six | Semester Seven | Semester Eight |
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Introduction to ERP Systems Financial Institutions (E) Foreign Language I* Methods in Business Research (E) Human Resource Management (E) Cost and Management Accounting |
Financial Management Foreign Language II Production & Operations Management Consumer Behavior Corporate and Business Law CRM System and Applications (E) |
Sales Management (E) Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management Analysis of Pakistani Industries (R) Elective I Elective II Elective III |
Pakistan Economic Policy OR Seminar in Economic Policy (R) Strategic Management (R) Brand Management (R) Elective IV Elective V Capstone Project Internship (2 credit hours) |