Bachelor of Management (Honors) in Applied Economics

BM (Honors) in Applied Economics

UGC APPROVED – OFFERED BY NSBM

Duration - 4 Years (Full time)

Economics is one of the central disciplines that underpins the study of Management and Business; thus, a degree in Applied Economics will enable you to abstract, examine and quantify complex business and social issues, therefore, provide you with lucrative employment opportunities in a variety of careers in addition to working as a professional economist.

Bachelor of Management (Honors) in Applied Economics requires students to combine economic theory with real-world data to understand economic issues of great importance. There is a strong demand for highly numerate graduates throughout the global labour market, therefore, the analytical and problem-solving skills developed by this programme mean that careers for economic graduates are extremely wide-ranging and rewarding.

KEY FEATURES

UGC Approved 4-year honour’s degree with business in general, and Economics in particular with industry placement and supervised research project element
A unique and up-to-date collection of modules to develop research capacity and skills in a broader spectrum of Economics and Business
Access to state-of-the-art software tools for Economic data analysis
Developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills to succeed in a variety of career paths -foreign affairs, public administration, politics, policy analysis, health administration, entrepreneurship, market analysis, journalism, and emerging careers of the future.

PROGRAMME CONTENTS

Year 1

Management Process
Business Communication
Financial Accounting
Micro-economics
Soft Skills Development
Business Statistics I
Management Accounting
Computer Applications
Economics History
Introduction to Project Management
Academic Writing

Year 2

Human Resource Management
Marketing Management
Macro-Economics
Operations Management
Mathematics for Economics I
Professional development
Business Statistics II
Management Information Systems
Organizational Behaviour
Managerial Economics
Business Law

Year 3

Strategic Management
Mathematics for Economics II
Financial Institutions and Monetary Theory
Financial Economics
Transferrable Skills and Employability
International Economics
Introductory Econometrics
Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
Behavioural Economics
Industrial Training

Year 4

Sri Lankan Economy and Global Economic Trends
Public Economics
Research Methods in Economics
Development Economics
Big Data for Social and Economic Problems
Dissertation
Global Strategy
Labor Economics
Applied Environmental Economics

ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS

Students should have either of the following qualifications

Having three Passes in Commerce, Physical Science, Biological Science, Arts or Technology streams in a single sitting, at one of the following examinations or equivalent foreign qualifications is the minimum entry requirement.
G.C.E. Advanced Level examination conducted by the Department of Examinations, Sri Lanka.
G.C.E Advanced Level examination conducted by Pearson Edexel, UK (London A/L).
International Advanced Level examination conducted by Pearson Edexel, UK.
G.S.E Advanced Level examination conducted by Cambridge International Examination, UK