Undergraduate Programmes
The Regular Undergraduate Programmes
The regular undergraduate programmes of the Faculty are four year Programmes in Accounting, Economics, Management and Public Administration, leading to a Bachelor's Degree in the respective disciplines. The first year of study is the Freshman Programme where common courses are offered to all students before their placement to each Department. Each Department has its own entrance requirements which are based on a student's overall performance in the Freshman year and in specific courses relevant to it.
The Extension Undergraduate Programmes
The Extension Programme of the Faculty of Business and Economics offers evening classes leading to Diplomas and Degrees. Degree programmes are in Accounting, Economics, Management and Public Administration offered with the same standard and rigour as the regular programme. Diploma programmes are in Accounting and in Supervisory Management. However, the maximum credit hours allowed in a semester is twelve an(l the normal load is 9 to 10 credit hours. This makes the Extension programmes to extend up to seven years for the B.A. degree and five years for the diploma.
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The overall objective of the
Department of Accounting is to
strengthen the Ethiopian Economy by
developing professionally trained
manpower that will be needed in all
aspects of business and industry as well
as government organizations.
The B.A. degree in Economics is
awarded to a student who has completed
a total of 132 credit hours of study
including 36 credit hours of courses
taken at the Freshman level. A student
must attain an overall CGPA of 2.00 and
a major CGPA of 2.00 to be awarded a
degree.
The programme is designed in
such a way that a student joining the
Department would be required to choose
between Management and Public
Administration streams after the student
has gone one and half years of study in
the Department. Therefore, in the
remaining one and half years the student
will take courses with greater dose in the
stream of his choice.
The minimum requirement for
graduation is 138 credit hours. Of this
minimum a student must take courses in
the stream he chooses and the
requirement is 65 and 72 credit hours in
Management and Public Administration
streams respectively.
Whereas the overall requirement
for earning a bachelor's degree is a
cumulative grade point average of 2.00
(on a scale of 4) the student must also
attain; a cumulative grade point average
of 2.00 in the major fields of studies.
The Degree Programme in
Management and Public Administration
is currently administered to regular and
extension students with same level of
rigours.
Accounting Programme
Accounting education started at the
tertiary level in 1958 with the offering of
Accounting course(s) within the Faculty
of Arts of the University College of
Addis Ababa. This grew to the
Commerce Department in the Faculty of
Arts offering Banking, Finance and
Accounting courses. In 1963 the College
of Business Administration (CBA) was
founded as independent college
consisting of Accounting and
management Departments. The CBA
merged with other Faculties and
Departments to form the College of
Social Sciences in 197. The
Department of Accounting was one of
the large departments in the College.
Currently with the establishment of the
Faculty of Business and Economics a
total of 310 regular and 700 extension
students are enrolled in the programme
with a faculty of 14 teaching staff.
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Accounting Degree Programme
The Regular programme offers only B.A.
Degree in Accounting while the
Extension programme offers Diploma
and Degree in Accounting. Students are
required to complete 132 credit hours to
be awarded a B.A. Degree in Accounting
with a CGPA of 2.00 and major area
GPA of 2.00 at the final year of study.
Out of the total credit hours in the
Degree programme J4 credit hours are
in Accounting (Major areas).
Accounting Diploma Programme (Evening Programme)
The Accounting Diploma Programme
takes three and a half year to complete.
A total of 65 credit hours must be taken
to complete the programme, and out of
the total, 32 credit hours are in
Accounting that give emphasis on
financial Accounting and Finance; 6
credit hours are in Management and the
rest are on general education courses. A
student must have a CGPA of 2.00 in his
final year of study to be awarded a
Diploma in Accounting.
Masters Programmes
Joint programme with Management and
Public Administration. See Graduate Programmes.
Economics Programme
The B.A. Degree Programme in
Economics has a history extending back
to the early fifties and is intended to
produce experts in economic analysis to
business enterprises and government
institutions in the context of a
developing economy. Since 1981 alone,
more than 900 students have graduated
from the programme of which 664 were
regular students the rest being extension
students. A total of 300 regular and 400
extension students are currently enrolled
in the same programme with a faculty of
20.
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Management and Public Administration Programme
The Department was formed by bringing
the department of Management of the
former College of Business
Administration and the Department of
Public Administration of the former
Faculty of Arts together. However, the
courses being offered in the department
have still maintained their identity in
terms of orientation.
Degree Programme
The Bachelor's Degree Programme in
Management and Public Administration
aims to impart knowledge to and
develop skills of graduates which they
need to effectively manage Business or
Public Institutions.
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Diploma Programme
The Department of Management and
Public Administration also offers a
Diploma Programme in Supervisory
Management for Extension students.
The programme, aims to improve the
supervisory management skills of
students at intermediate level. Although
the programme is terminal by its nature,
graduates with outstanding academic
performance are admitted in the Degree
programme to continue their studies to
earn a bachelor's degree in management.
Masters Programmes
Joint Programme with Accounting
Department.
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