Faculty of Business and Management Sciences

FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES - FBMS

A professional University Faculty committed to excellence in training of Management professional for a rewarding career in the Management Sciences.

The mission of the faculty is to offer programmes at undergraduate-and postgraduate levels, which will develop and produce managers and other business professionals capable of using human and other resources to meet development needs and take advantage of the opportunities of Cameroon within the global context.

Objectives of the Faculty

The general objective of the faculty is to develop and offer academic programmes for the development of the intellectual and managerial potentials of its students.

Specific objectives are:

To provide knowledge that develops the students’ intellectual and managerial potentials,
To develop students’ intellectual and critical thinking ability as well as their managerial and entrepreneurial skills,
To foster the ability to organize, analyze and interpret information for decision making,

To instill and inculcate in our students, high moral standards of personal and professional behaviour, which are consistent with positions of trust and leadership in society.,
To imbue in students sensitivity and commitment to efficiency in the use of resources as well as to integrity, accountability and transparency, and
To encourage and develop a sense of curiosity and inquiry needed for innovative thinking and the development of new knowledge.

Graduation Requirements

In order to earn a B.Sc. in any of the disciplines, students are expected to meet the following conditions.

Earn a total of at least 180 credits
Pass all Compulsory courses and University requirements,
Have a GPA of at least 2.00,
Be of good conduct.
Full-time students, should not exceed three years for an honours degree and for the Part-time students, should not exceed three years for the same.

Assessment of Students

Students shall be assessed for their academic performance in examinations following the grading system outlined below in percentages:

Score	Grade	Description	GPA
75 – 100	A	Outstanding	4.00
70 – 74	B+	Excellent	3.50
60 – 69	B	Very Good	3.00
55 – 59	C+	Good	2.50
50 – 54	C	Fair	2.00
45 – 49	D+	Fail	1.50
40 – 44	D	Fail	1.00
Below 40	F	Fail	0.00

Industrial Experience / Internship

All students will be required to do internship of 256 hours (two months) and to be evaluated as follows

Evaluation by Supervisor in the Field 30%

Evaluation of Internship Report 50%

Evaluation by Academic Supervisor 20%

Total 100%

Admission Requirements into any Department of the Faculty.

Applicants are expected to obtain five (05) papers at the GCE Ordinary Level examination and at least two passes at the GCE Advanced Level or passes in the Probatoire and BAC. The subjects passed must include Mathematics and English Language at the “O” level. Preference will be given to students with “A” level passes in numerate/analytical subjects such as Accounting, Economics, Management, Marketing, Banking, Mathematics, Sciences and Geography.

In exceptional cases, applicants who do not meet the normal requirements may be considered for admission on their individual merit. Such applicants may however be required to undergo a remedial programme in specified areas of deficiency. Students are admitted generally into the faculty and not into any specific major. Students shall choose their majors at the end of their first year of studies.

The following programs are offered in this faculty

Undergraduate Programs

Program	Duration	Start Date
BSc Accounting	3 years (6 Semesters)	October of each year
BSc Banking and Finance	3 years (6 Semesters)	October of each year
BSc Economics	3 years (6 Semesters)	October of each year
BSc Economics and Management	3 years (6 Semesters)	October of each year
BSc Insurance and Risk Management	3 years (6 Semesters)	October of each year
BSc Management and Entrepreneurship	October of each year	October of each year
BSc Marketing	3 years (6 Semesters)	October of each year
BSc Microfinance Management	3 years (6 Semesters)	October of each year

Graduate Programs

Program	Duration	Start Date
MBA Program in Project Management, Design and Implementation (PMDI)	2 years (4 Semesters)	January of each year
MBA Program in Banking, Tax Administration and Financial Services (BFS)	2 years (4 Semesters)	January of each year
MBA Human Resource Management and Development	2 years (4 Semesters)	January of each year

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