Bachelor of Business Administration
The Bachelor of Business Administration is a three year full-time degree programme designed for students who aspire to be innovative leaders and entrepreneurs. It provides a comprehensive and integrated understanding of business in a contemporary and international context. The programme tries to blend theoretical expertise with practical training, giving students the academic foundation required for a career in business or management.
The programme covers a range of skills such as team management, personal responsibility, management of information and providing administrative services. Students are tested not only on their memorizing power but also on their ability to grasp and apply theoretical concepts to work-related scenarios. This is done through case studies and workplace simulations.
The programme spans over 11 terms and covers 140 credits under the new course introduced from the Academic year 2017-18. The new course includes 7-8 courses per term and a compulsory summer internship to furnish the students with practical exposure. The training methodology and evaluation procedure is similar to that of an MBA Programme. It comprises of core management subjects such as Human Resource Management, Finance Management and IT and Operations Management. In addition to this, the programme draws on a selection of Non-Business Courses such as Psychology, International Relations and Applied Ethics. This helps widen the students’ perspectives on current and relevant issues. Students are also trained in soft skills such as Public Speaking, Written Communication, Negotiation Skills and Etiquette. The programme adopts the enquiry based methodology of teaching to develop true managerial acumen in the students as in the case of MBA programmes. The students are tested on their ability to apply the knowledge gained in the classroom to real life situations in the industry through industry based assignments and the organization of a national level event ‘Impressions’ which is fully managed by the students of the department. The evaluation of the students performance is done through continuous assessment.
The BBA Department also has a book bank facility that provides every student with a reference book for each subject being offered. In addition, the Department has a computer laboratory with internet, intranet and wi-fi facilities. An excellent library and a state-of-the-art multimedia facility provides the students with a holistic education.
Three summer placements, lasting six weeks each for the FY and SY students and four weeks for the TY students is a part of the degree programme. Students can take up placements in any field of their choice. The purpose of the summer placements is for students to apply the management and leadership theories learnt in the classroom to specific situations in real life.
This programme has been designed to suit the requirements of the modern framework of the corporate world and aims at nurturing and preparing the most talented managers for which there is a great demand.