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Bachelor of Science in Economics

The Bachelor of Science in Economics programme is designed for students who want to pursue a career as Economists in academia, industry, finance or government. It equips students with analytical skills to tackle the complexities of the modern world through economic analysis, modeling, monitoring and planning for both public and private organizations. They will also deal with logical analysis of social and individual decision making. Career options to graduates include; Accountants, Tax Advisers, Actuarial Work, Insurance and Trading, etc. Entry options include; UACE, relevant diploma or Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Certificate from a recognized institution with at least one principal pass in Economics and two subsidiary passes at the same sitting in UACE and at least one subsidiary pass in Mathematics in UACE.

 

Career Options

Details about the admission requirements under each option are given in the appendix attached.

Note 1: All students on completion of their first year, will undertake a Community Engagement activity of approximately four months. Under this activity, students will be charged to contribute to their own communities by deploying what they just studied. UTAMU will provide them with cases, projects to work on within their communities in order to improve on the day to day running of the community programs and activities. We envisage that with such engagements, UTAMU will be able to give back and reach out to the communities across different parts of the country.

Note 2: The BA Econ and B.Sc. Econ programmes differ in the approach of instruction. While the BA Econ focuses on approaching the field of economics from the humanistic view resulting into career options such as Bankers, Economic Policy experts, etc., the B.Sc. Econ takes the more scientific, mathematical approach resulting into career options such as Economic Modelers, Financial Analysts, Tax Advisers, etc. Call for application for the first intake for the above programmes is already out and students will start studying on May 10th 2013. The second intake will begin studying on September 10th 2013 while the 3rd will commence on January 10th 2014.

Note 3: Candidates wishing to be considered under the CCNA certificate option but are yet to obtain this certificate, can consider enrolling on our six months CCNA programme.

Admission Requirements

Programme Name Bachelor of Science in Economics
Programme Duration 3 Years
Admission Criteria Direct Entry
  1. At least two principal passes at the same sitting in UACE of which one must be in Economics.
  2. At least one subsidiary pass in Mathematics
Diploma Entry
  1. At least 2nd class lower division in Business Administration, Management, IT, Statistics, Development Economics, Library Studies or a related field.
  2. Adequate understanding of Math either by the results of A-Level (at least a subsidiary pass) or by performance of mathematical courses in the diploma programme.
CCNA
  1. Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Certificate from a recognized institution
  2. At least one principal pass in Economics and two subsidiary passes at the same sitting in UACE
  3. At least one subsidiary pass in Mathematics in UACE
Mode Dual Mode (Online and Local Support)
Fee Type - Per Semester Uganda Shillings 1,150,000

Programme Structure

Code

Course name

LH

P/FH

TH

CH

CU

Year 1 semester 1 (6 cores)

BEC 1100

Microeconomics I

30

-

30

45

3

CSC 1100

Structured Programming

30

30

30

60

4

CSC 1101

Computer Applications & Systems

30

30

-

45

3

BBA 1101

Organizational Theory & Management

30

-

30

45

3

BBA 1106

Communication

30

-

30

45

3

MMT 1103

Statistical Methods in Economics

30

-

60

60

4

Semester load

20

Year 1 semester 2 ( 6 cores)

MMT 1106

Calculus

30

-

30

45

3

MMT 1203

Linear Algebra

30

-

30

45

3

MMT 2200

Statistical Inference

30

-

30

45

3

BEC 1203

Rural Economics

30

-

30

45

3

BEC 1202

Macroeconomics I

30

-

30

45

3

BDE 1201

Principles of Development Economics

30

-

30

45

3

Semester load

18

Year 1 recess term

COE 1300

Community Engagement I

-

150

-

75

5

Semester load

5

Year 2 semester 1 (6 cores)

BBA 2108

Entrepreneurship Theory & Principles

30

-

30

45

3

BEC 2100

Micro Economics II

30

-

30

45

3

BEC 2101

Macro Economics II

30

-

30

45

3

BEC 2102

Econometrics

45

-

30

60

4

MMT 2101

Differential Equations

45

-

30

60

4

BEC 2103

Monetary Economics

30

-

30

45

3

Semester load

20

Year 2 semester 2 (6 cores)

RMS 2201

Research Methods

30

-

30

45

3

BBA 2206

Public Finance & Fiscal Policy

30

-

30

45

3

BEC 2205

Economic Planning & Policy

30

-

30

45

3

CIS 1201

Management Information Systems

30

-

30

45

3

HME 2103

Monitoring & Evaluation

30

-

30

45

3

BEC 2206

Economic Modeling

45

30

 

60

4

Semester load

19

Year 2 recess term

COE 2300

Community Engagement II

-

150

-

75

5

Recess term load

5

Year 3 semester 1 (3 cores)

MMT 3100

Stochastic Processes

45

-

30

60

4

BEC 3109

Industrial Economics

30

-

30

45

3

BBA 3103

Corporate Finance

45

-

30

60

4

(2 electives)

 

 

 

 

 

BEC 3107

Economic Policy Analysis

45

-

-

45

3

BEC 3100

Public Sector Economics

30

-

30

45

3

BEC 3108

Environmental Economics

30

-

30

45

3

Semester load

17

Year 3 semester 2 (3 cores)

RPR 2201

Project

-

120

-

60

4

HPP 2102

Project Planning & Management

30

-

30

45

3

BBA 2103

Financial Management

45

-

30

60

4

(2 electives)

 

 

 

 

 

BEC 2201

International Economics

30

-

30

45

3

BEC 3200

The Uganda Economy

45

-

-

45

3

BEC 3213

Managerial Economics

30

-

30

45

3

Semester load

17

Year 3 recess term

COE 3300

Community Engagement III

-

150

-

75

5

Recess term load

5


Minimum graduation load for Bachelor of Science in Economics is 120.

Fees per semester

Fees per semester Functional Fees Application Fees
1,200,000 UGX 250,000 UGX 50,000 UGX

International students pay international student tuition fees which is rated in dollars and this specifically covers only the cost of teaching and many student support services. This tuition below is per academic session and includes both the tuition and functional fees.

Category of Programme Fees per academic session (USD) Application / Admission Fee
Bachelor’s Degree $700 $30
Undergraduate Diploma $500 $30
Undergraduate Certificate $250 $30

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