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Bachelor of Business Administration (SAQA ID number 48859)

 

Duration

 

All full-time undergraduate degree programmes are offered over a minimum period of three years.

 

Description

 

MGI’s Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree is specifically designed for those students who wish to develop their careers within a business context. This qualification will assist them in gaining the business-related knowledge and skills necessary to build, grow and utilise business opportunities. These principles can either be practised within an established company or applied in a new business.

 

Students complement theoretical knowledge with practical assignments and projects. One such project is the Market Day, when second year students start and manage a “real” business on campus. Students are responsible for managing all the business functions in order to gain a comprehensive view of the running of a business.

 

Qualification structure

 

The syllabus comprises of three levels:

 

Level 1 

  • Business English
  • Business Management IA
  • Business Management IB
  • Computer Skills
  • Consumer Behaviour I
  • Foundations of Global Political Economy
  • Human Resource Management I
  • Industrial Relations I
  • Introduction to Global Business
  • Marketing I
  • Public Relations I
  • Quantitative Techniques

Level 2 

  • Business Law
  • Economics IA
  • Economics IB
  • Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
  • General Management
  • Human Resource Management IIA
  • Human Resource Management IIB Project Management
  • Issues in Global Business
  • Marketing IIA
  • Marketing IIB
  • Public Relations II
  • Research Methodology
  • Regional Developments in Global Environment: Africa 

Level 3 

  • Business Ethics
  • Human Resource Management IIIA
  • Human Resource Management IIIB
  • Internship
  • International Marketing
  • Organisational Change III
  • Product and Promotion Management
  • Public Relations III
  • Research Project
  • Strategic Management III 

In addition, MGI offers students the opportunity to qualify for a certificate in global business offered through the prestigious Regent’s Business School in London. Students need to complete the following subjects successfully: 

  • Introduction to Global Business
  • Foundations of Global Political Economy
  • Issues in Global Business
  • Regional Development in the Global Environment: Africa 

Successful students will receive their certificate directly from Regent’s Business School in London. 

  • Career options
  • Business Administrator
  • Business Economist
  • Entrepreneur/Intrapreneur
  • Management Consultant
  • Manager
  • Business Consultant