Business Administration Program
Program overview
The Colleges of Applied Sciences (CAS), under the auspices of the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE), award Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA). The following specializations are currently offered in Salalah, Nizwa and Ibri campuses:
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Business Administration
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Tourism and Hospitality
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Accounting
The BBA program provides students with a multicultural understanding of business and its environments grounded on solid moral and ethical values. It is dedicated to the well-rounded development of students and in shaping them to be responsible and informed citizens of the Sultanate of Oman.
Vision
Business Administration Program seeks to be distinctive in providing applied education relevant to Business Administration discipline through high quality teaching, learning and research experiences and to become a pioneer in offering market-driven specializations in the Sultanate of Oman.
Mission
The mission of Business Administration Programis to deliver competitive and high quality education related to business administration and its allied disciplines (such as Accounting, Hospitality and Tourism ) and to educate students and develop their competencies to become business professionals who can contribute positively to the economic and social development of the Sultanate of Oman.
Entry Requirements
General Education Diploma, Islamic Institutes Diploma or Royal Guard Technical College Diploma with the following grades:
(Not less than C) in:
(Not less than D) in:
Program Structure
The BBA Program requires students to accumulate 128 credit hours during four years of their study. The total 128 credit hours include: 36 hours College requirements, 35 Department requirements, and 57 Specialization requirements (18 credit hours as electives).
The first year, two-semester courses are common among all specializations (Business Administration, Tourism & Hospitality and Accounting).
Graduates Attributes
The BBA degree has been developed to impart business knowledge and build-up professional, intellectual and personal skills such as decision making, problem solving and time management. Graduates will acquire comprehensive knowledge of their chosen specialization which will enable them to maintain lifelong learning.
The key graduate attributes/skills are:
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Academic and Professional Knowledge: With academic and professional knowledge, the graduates will be able to work confidently.
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Communication Skills: Graduates will be in command of oral and written communication.
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Teamwork and Leadership: Graduates will have good interpersonal and leadership skills which will enable them to work independently and in teams.
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Information Technology (IT) Literacy: Graduates will be able to manage information successfully and acquire adequate IT skills.
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Global Perspective and Cross-cultural Adaptability: Graduates will learn how to think globally and act locally as well as adapt to any different business environments.
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Critical and Analytical Thinking: Graduates will be able to analyze critically and solve the day-to-day business-related problems.
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Social Responsibility and Ethics: Graduates will gain high standards of integrity, social responsibility and ethical actions.
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Entrepreneurial Aptitude: Graduates will develop all required entrepreneurial skills.
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Life-Long Learning: Graduates will be able to recognize opportunities for ongoing learning.
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Research Skills: Graduates will poses skills required for recognizing problem situations, gathering, analyzing and interpreting data as well as reaching reliable findings and recommendations.
Business Specialization
Business Administration is the field of management which deals with business activities that includes international and national boundaries. The specialization is a forward-looking area of study that magnifies local issues and how they are intertwined with global challenges in business administration such as globalization and liberalization which are the engines for trade, commerce and economic growth.
Career Opportunities
Graduates of the Business Administration, Marketing and Supply Chain Majors fit into different business settings, ranging from large multinational corporations to small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) operating in the field of manufacturing, banking, oil sector, government, financial institutions, market research analyst, Business manager, Human resources manager, customer service manager, public relations officer, logistics manager, integrated programs director, supply chain director, inventory manager, supply chain planning manager, marketing manager, product manager, social media manager, market research analyst, supply chain analyst. Graduates can start their own venture as an Entrepreneur.
Tourism & Hospitality Specialization
The objective of the tourism management specialization is to enable students to develop rational and practical competencies, skills, and capability to face the challenges and successfully work in domestic as well as international tourism environments. Hospitality Management involves the management of hotels, restaurants, cruise ships, resorts, clubs, events, entertainments activities etc.
Career Opportunities
There is a huge range of career opportunities for the tourism management graduates such as travel agents, tour operators, event planners, tourism guides, airport jobs, entrepreneurs, tourism consultants, tourism planners and developers, in airline operations and cruise operations. The hospitality industry can provide huge career opportunities for Hospitality Management graduates ranging from entry level positions to management level positions such as hotel managers, operation managers, catering managers, restaurant managers, event organizers and planners, guest relation executives and cruise director. Graduates can start their own venture as an Entrepreneur
Accounting Specialization
The main objective of accounting specialization is to provide students with an in-depth understanding of the different accounting and finance fields including Banking and Insurance areas and to provide students with required knowledge and technical skills suitable for todays’ accounting and finance applications.
Career Opportunities
The BIBA Program in Majors such as Accounting, Banking and Finance and Insurance provides a range of career opportunities to the students to work in accounting, banking, finance, insurance and corporate houses, in the government as well as in the private sectors as cost accountants, financial accountants, auditors, financial planners, financial analyst, investor relations associate, budget analyst, bank teller, bank marketing representative, bank loan office, data processing officer, equity traders, Asset managers, insurance sales agent, insurance investigators, claims examiners and adjusters etc. Successful graduates can further pursue professional certificates such as CA, ACCA, CPA, ACPA, CMA, ICWA, CIMA, CFA, CFM. The graduates can also become entrepreneur.
The nature of work is usually office work in Business Administration, Banking and Finance, Tourism and Hospitality Management areas but few jobs in the areas such as Marketing, Insurance, Supply Chain and Tourism requires field work as well. Hospitality jobs in the field of hotel management are mostly technical in nature.