Bachelor of Administration

Purpose

The purpose of the Specific Accounting qualification is to

• Equip learners for careers in administration, development and management divisions of the public, private and civic services.
• Develop learners who can also join commerce and industry or even follow an innovative path and become entrepreneurs and consultants.
• Empower learners already in the civil service to gain in-depth knowledge and specialized skills to become best innovative practitioners.

Rationale

The rationale for the development and implementation of the programme is to

• Provide comprehensive theoretical background for those students and practitioners who wish to occupy significant positions for effective administration both in Public Sector Leadership and Executive in all spheres of government.
• Allow students not only to understand challenges facing societal and public sector in Africa, but to be equipped with appropriate skills and attitudes that will assist in responding effectively and efficiently to identified and projected challenges and/or problems.
• Offer a qualification that will enable students to demonstrate highly abilities and competencies in recognized and niche areas such as public finance and procurement, local government management and finance, public policy making, ethics in public sector, rural and urban development, effective service delivery, leadership and good governance, programme and project management and research.
• Allow the programme that gives suitable weighting for students who wish to further their studies to post graduate levels.

• Candidates are accepted on basis of their National Senior Certificate or matriculation performance or University Recognition of Prior Learning policy.

Recognition of Prior Learning

Recognition of Prior Learning is applied as an entrance requirement using policies of the university.

Access to the Qualification

• The qualification targets all the candidates who intend to pursue administrative and management as well as entrepreneurship related careers.
• The qualification may also be categorized as one of the many other qualifications which permit entrance to other commercial and social sciences disciplines.
• The faculty prospectus indicates the basis and points a student needs to obtain at matric level for admission purposes.

• The Bachelor of Administration degree entails minimum credits of 120 each year to minimum of 360 and maximum of 384 over a period of 3 years. The period of three years in this qualification is taken to be the total duration of the course.
• B Admin structure does allow core and electives.

After successful completion of the programme students will able to demonstrate

• Abilities coupled with problem-solving skills to eradicate socio-economic challenges whilst simultaneously improving production and performance in service-delivery by promoting good governance, effective and efficient administration which is accountable, ethical equitable and sustainable.
• Application of well-rounded knowledge and specific skills in environment under which public administration operates particularly for public institutions.

Integrated Assessment

Since this is an undergraduate qualification which is unique on its own merits students in appropriately stages of their learning progress are assessed through written tests and examination, assignments, tutorials activities, class group work, class participation activities, individual assertiveness, case studies and research reports. This is meant to ensure that outcomes have been sufficiently grasped.