Bachelor of Economics
GIMPA Bachelor’ Degree programmes are specially designed for junior and middle management staff of organizations to effectively meet the leadership, management and administration challenges of the global society within the broad framework of the Institute’s mandate. These programmes aim at equipping students with basic tools for analytical thinking, good judgment, entrepreneurship and other critical managerial skills required by the new generation of managers.
Campuses
In addition to the Greenhill College campus at Achimota-Accra, the GIMPA Business School has three (3) other satellite campuses at Tema, Takoradi and Kumasi.
The curriculum consists of four (4) major components:
1. General Education Requirements (Total Credits = 51)
GBUS104: Quantitative Methods 1 | GBUS105: Quantitative Methods 2 |
GBUS208: Statistics 1 | GBUS209: Statistics 2 |
GSOT191: Computer Applications 1 | GSOT192 Computer Applications 2 |
GBUS102: Economic Science 1 | GBUS103: Economic Science 2 |
GBUS106: Reading Seminar in Humanities 1 | GBUS107: Reading Seminar in Humanities 2 |
GBUS200: Development Issues in Ghana | GBUS100: African Studies |
GBUS401: Leadership | GBUS402: Ethics and Social Responsibility |
GBUS101: Communication 1 | GBUS202: Communication 2 |
GBUS303: French Language Basics | |
2. Core Business Requirements (Total Credits = 42)
GBUS205: Management and Organizational Behavior | GBUS201 Accounting Foundations |
GBUS207: Principles of Marketing | GBUS206: Operations Management |
GBUS307: Project Management | GBUS301: Business Research Methods |
GBUS203: Cost and Management Accounting | GBUS204: Financial Management |
GSOT300: E-Commerce | FLAW301: Legal Environment of Business |
GSOT401: Management Information Systems | GBUS302: Foundations of Entrepreneurship |
GBUS304: International Business Management | GBUS403:Business Strategy and Policy |
3. Integrative Practical Experience
(Total Credits = 6)
In the final year students will complete a group project in their chosen field of specialization.
4. Major Area Electives
Depending on the programme being offered, students will select appropriate elective courses.
A. Accounting (21 Credits)
ACCT301: Financial Accounting | ACCT404: Intermediate Financial Accounting |
ACCT402: Advanced Financial Accounting | ACCT401: Advanced Cost and Management Accounting |
ACCT302: Financial Statement Analysis | ACCT407: Taxation |
ACCT403: Auditing | ACCT405: Public Sector Accounting |
ACCT300: Accounting Theory | ACCT400: Accounting Information Systems |
FLAW319: Company Law | FINC402: Budgeting and Financial Planning |
B. Entrepreneurship (21 Credits)
ENTR400: New Venture Creation | FINC405: SME Finance |
FINC402: Budgeting and Financial Planning | OSCM404: Managing Services |
PRMT300: Project Analysis and Planning | ENTR403: SME Management 1 |
ENTR403: SME Management 2 | ENTR404: Social Entrepreneurship |
C. Business Administration (21 Credits)
MKTG300: Consumer Behaviour | MKTG407: Customer Service Management |
PRMT300: Project Analysis and Planning | OSCM404: Managing Service Operations |
ENTR403: SME Management | HRMT300: Introduction to Human Resources Management |
FINC402: Budgeting and Financial Planning | HRMT405: Performance Management |
D. Marketing (21 Credits)
MKTG300: Consumer Behavior | MKTG400: Sales Management |
MKTG401: Integrated Marketing Communications | MKTG402: Distribution Management |
MKTG301: Services Marketing | MKTG403: Marketing Strategy |
MKTG404: International Marketing | MKTG405: Social Marketing |
MKTG406: Retail Management | MKTG407: Customer Service Management |
MKTG408: Marketing Research | MKTG410: E-Marketing |
MKTG411: New Product Development | OSCM300: Logistics Management |
OSCM401: Supply Chain Management | OSCM409: Strategic Supply Chain Management |
E. Hospitality & Tourism Management (21 Credits)
HOTM405: Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism | HOTM401: Food and Beverage Management |
HOTM300: Housekeeping Management | HOTM402: Front Office Operations |
HOTM400: Culinary Theory | HOTM409: Rooms Division Management |
HOTM405: Hospitality Information Systems | HOTM407: Property and Facilities Management |
HOTM404: Hospitality Financial Management and Control | HOTM408: Quantity Food Service Management |
HOTM403: Hospitality Entrepreneurship and Venture Creation | Tourism & Hospitality Marketing |
Tourism Destination Planning | Meetings, Incentives and Events Management |
Tourism Transportation Systems | Sustainable and Eco-Tourism |
Cultural and Heritage Tourism | Tourism Destination Geography |
HOTM410: Tourism in Ghana | The Tourism Industry in Africa |
Information Technology and E-Tourism | Tourism and Hospitality Law |
F. Procurement Management (21 Credits)
OSCM410: Principles of Procurement | OSCM411: Contract Management |
OSCM412: Public Procurement Management | MKTG402: Distribution Management |
MKTG407: Customer Service Management | OSCM408: Business to Business Marketing |
OSCM402: Materials Management | OSCM400: Procurement and Supply |
OSCM405: Manufacturing Management | OSCM300: Logistics Management |
OSCM409: Strategic Supply Chain Management | |
G. Economics (21 Credits)
ECON302: Mathematics for Economists | ECON301: Intermediate Microeconomics |
ECON301: Intermediate Macroeconomics | ECON402: Econometrics I |
ECON403: Econometrics II | UECO211: Industrial Economics |
ECON407: Public Sector Economics | ECON406: Monetary Economics |
ECON405: International Economics | Agricultural Economics |
Environmental Economics | ECON404: Labor Economics |
H. Finance (21 Credits)
ACCT302: Financial Statement Analysis | FINC400: Investment Management |
FINC401: Financial Risk Management | FINC404: Advanced Financial Management |
FINC403: International Financial Management | FINC402: Budgeting and Financial Planning |
ENTR403: SME Finance | FINC406: Credit Analysis and Management |
FINC300: Financial Markets | FINC708: Money and Banking |
Banking Operations | |
I. Human Resource Management (21 Credits)
HRMT300: Introduction to Human Resource Management | HRMT403: Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining |
HRMT402: HR Information Systems | HRMT405: Performance Management |
HRMT303: Staffing | HRMT400: Compensation and Benefits Management |
HRMT407: Training and Development | ECON404: Labor Economics |
HRMT404: Negotiation and Conflict Management | HRMT401: Employment and Labor Law |
HRMT406: Strategic Human Resource Management | |
J. Operations and Supply Chain Management (21 Credits)
OSCM401: Supply Chain Management | OSCM406: Enterprise Resource Planning |
OSCM403: Total Quality Management | OSCM402: Materials Management |
OSCM400: Procurement And Supply | OSCM405: Manufacturing Management |
OSCM300: Logistics Management | MKTG301: Managing Service Operations |
MKTG402: Distribution Management | OSCM408: Business To Business Marketing |
GBUS206: Operations Strategy | OSCM409: Strategic Supply Chain Management |
K. Project Management (21 Credits)
PRMT300: Project Analysis And Planning | OSCM401: Supply Chain Management |
OSCM406: Enterprise Resource Planning | OSCM403: Total Quality Management |
OSCM402: Materials Management | OSCM400: Procurement And Supply |
OSCM300: Logistics Management | PRMT400: Advanced Project Management |
HRMT300: Introduction To Human Resource Management | PRMT401: Strategic Issues In Project Management |