Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Business

Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Business

The BA in Economics and Business offers its students expertise in Business and Economics. It provides them with an ability to demonstrate knowledge of business processes. It allows them to assess industry attractiveness and identify risks and opportunities of doing business in a global environment by choosing and applying appropriate methodologies. It prepares students for careers in business and finance, but can also be relevant for Government and non-Governmental Organizations. In particular graduates will be able to apply economic analyses within a business context.

The Government of Malawi has adopted a strategy for development and growth spanning 2017-2022. This is the Malawi Growth & Development Strategy III (MGDS III) (Government of Malawi, 2017). This blueprint recognizes the failure of the country to develop competitively, resulting in Malawi becoming a consuming and importing nation, with very limited investment in industry, technology and private sector activities that promote manufacturing and export-led growth.

According to MGDS III, the plan for spurring growth recognizes provision of education and skills as key to providing the human capital required for socio-economic development and industrial growth. Unicaf University Malawi aims to play a part in the national effort to increase accessibility to tertiary education in general. Its online model, combined with its scholarship scheme makes high quality tertiary education accessible to a much large number of students than could be absorbed in a traditional face-to-face setting. Unicaf, therefore meets the goal of availing tertiary education to as many Malawians as possible. More particularly, the MBA Finance Program will contribute towards the realization of the national vision for growth and development as outlined by the rationale below

Foundation Courses

• Induction Module
• Introduction to Bachelor Degree

Year 1

• Management
• Operations Management
• Accounting I
• Microeconomics
• Mathematics for Economics and Business

Year 2

• Advanced Microeconomics
• Statistics
• Strategy
• Managerial Accounting and Finance
• Organizational Behaviour

Year 3

• Business Ethics
• Marketing
• Macroeconomics
• Finance
• Accounting II

Year 4

• Econometrics
• Managerial Economics
• Advanced Macroeconomics
• Business Simulation
• Business Research Methods and Project

Aim of the Program

The aim of the bachelor degree program in Economics and Business is to train open-minded graduates who are internationally focused. The course provides solid, basic, general preparation in the most important economic fields and offers an excellent introduction to the fields of economics and business.