Course detail
program synopsis
The program is designed to prepare students with the skills necessary to meet today’s business demands and those for the future. Students will be provided with a fundamental knowledge of business functions, processes, and an understanding of business organizations in today’s global economy. The program provides students with a solid business core that includes an extensive background in the functional areas of banking and finance.
The program introduces students to the fundamentals of Banking and Financial studies and provides them with the skills necessary for a broad understanding of the theoretical and practical aspects of the banking and financial sectors functioning in a global economy characterized by continuous development, innovation, competition and change, and gaining greater importance for their growing role in the economy The main aim of the program is to:
(i) Produce graduates who are well-qualified in every area of financial sector, including banks and in government and private sector as an expert, manager, instructor or as an academician at the universities;
(ii) Produce graduates who are competent for jobs in banking, insurance, investment and commercial enterprises;
(iii) Deliver to students the functional aspects of all areas of finance using information technology;
(iv) Enable students to adapt to the changing environment of finance and technology in the real world situation
(v) Help individuals who are willing to work in the financial sector, particularly in the banking and investment area and provide students with a sound theoretical knowledge and practical skills needed to operate in the financial services industry;
(vi) Produce graduates who have an appreciation of Information Technology (IT) and the organizational contexts within which these technologies can be deploy, in order to offer maximum benefit to the business.
The program introduce students to the field of IT, emphasizing on various IT concepts, principles, tools and their applications to business and management problems and practice. Students acquire relevant and modern IT skills and expertise that will enable them to competently develop IT-based business and management applications and solutions including those relevant to the field of banking and finance and its practice.
The degree focuses on integrating theory and practice, so that graduates possess the ability to communicate effectively, understand the internal and external environments of business, and appreciate the legal, ethical, strategic and behavioral contexts of business decisions. Graduates on this program benefits from the technology emphasis philosophy of AIT as a technological university, a focus that better prepare them for their career choices, including continued study in a graduate program
Entry requirements
Senior Secondary/High School Certificate Examination (SS/HSCE) or West African Senior Secondary School Certificate (WASSCE).
program structure
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course title
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course code
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prerequisites
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credit hour
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|---|---|---|---|
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Information Technology Foundation 1
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IT101
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-
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3
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Business Mathematics and Statistics I
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MATH151
|
-
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3
|
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Microeconomics
|
ECON101
|
-
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2
|
|
Principles of Accounting I
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ACCT101
|
-
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3
|
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Principles of Management
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MGT101
|
-
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3
|
|
English Composition, Writing & Communication Skills I
|
ENGL101
|
-
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2
|
|
Information Technology Foundation II
|
1T152
|
1T151
|
3
|
|
Business Mathematics and Statistics I
|
MATH107
|
MATH101
|
3
|
|
Introduction to Entrepreneurship
|
MGT201
|
MGT101
|
3
|
|
Macroeconomics
|
ECON102
|
ECON101
|
3
|
|
Principles of Accounting II
|
ACCT201
|
ACCT101
|
3
|
|
French I
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FRN101
|
-
|
1
|
|
Business Mathematics and Statistics II
|
MATH203
|
MATH107
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3
|
|
Business, Government and Society
|
MGT204
|
-
|
3
|
|
Principles of Marketing
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MKT201
|
-
|
3
|
|
Introduction to Human Resource Management
|
HRM201
|
MGT101
|
3
|
|
Information Technology Practice
|
IT206
|
IT103
|
1
|
|
French II
|
FRN102
|
FRN101
|
2
|
|
Group Dynamics & Communications
|
NT201
|
-
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2
|
|
Fundamentals of Management Science
|
MS101
|
MATH203
|
3
|
|
Principles of Finance
|
FIN201
|
-
|
3
|
|
Business Law
|
MGT203
|
MGT101
|
3
|
|
Introduction to Public Administration
|
MGT209
|
MGT204
|
3
|
|
Data Communications & Computer Networks I
|
CS208
|
IT201
|
2
|
|
Business and Professional Ethics
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BNT201
|
-
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3
|
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Business Finance
|
FIN301
|
FIN201
|
3
|
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Organizational Communication
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HRM351
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HRM251
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3
|
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Company Law
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MGT302
|
-
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3
|
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Production and Operations Management
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MGT303
|
-
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3
|
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Organizational Behavior
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MGT304
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MGT101
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3
|
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Principles of Business Problem Solving
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BNT301
|
-
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3
|
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Systems Analysis & Design Practice
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CS351
|
-
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3
|
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Micro Finance
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BAFN 353
|
-
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3
|
|
Banking Law And Practice
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BAFN 363
|
-
|
3
|
|
Marketing Of Financial Services
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BAFN 364
|
-
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3
|
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International Business Management
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MGT352
|
-
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3
|
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Research Methods
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MGT362
|
-
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3
|
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Knowledge-based Information Systems
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IT352
|
-
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3
|
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Cost and management Accounting
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ACCT352
|
-
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3
|
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Retail Operations
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BAFN373
|
-
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3
|
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Regulations And Compliance
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BAFN383
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BAFN383
|
3
|
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Risk Management & Insurance
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BAFN461
|
ACC152, MATH261
|
3
|
|
Web Technologies and Systems
|
IT451
|
-
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3
|
|
Project Management
|
MGT451
|
MATH261, MS252
|
3
|
|
Strategic Management
|
MGT452
|
-
|
3
|
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Capstone Project I
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MGT471
|
-
|
3
|
|
Money And Capital Markets
|
BAFN451
|
FIN252
|
3
|
|
Treasury Management
|
BAFN481
|
BAFN352
|
3
|
|
Options And Futures Markets
|
BAFN452
|
BAFN451
|
3
|
|
International Finance Management
|
BAFN591
|
FIN252
|
3
|
|
Corporate Finance
|
BAFN462
|
FIN252
|
3
|
|
International Trade Finance
|
BAFN472
|
FIN252
|
3
|
|
Life Insurance
|
BAFN482
|
ACCT152
|
3
|
|
Business Lending
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BAFN483
|
-
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3
|
|
Retail Lending
|
BAFN493
|
-
|
3
|
|
Risk Management And Insurance
|
BAFN563
|
-
|
3
|
|
Security Analysis And Valuation
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BAFN492
|
-
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3
|
|
DERIVATIVES 1 - FORWARDS, FUTURES, AND OPTIONS
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BAFN552
|
-
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3
|
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Derivatives 2 � Laws On Derivatives And Swaps
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BAFN553
|
-
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3
|
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Commercial Bank Management
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BAFN562
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FIN252, ECON151
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3
|
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Corporate Reporting
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BAFN572
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ACCT152
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3
|
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Management Information Systems (MIS)
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MIS351
|
IT162
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3
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E-Applications and Systems
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IT482
|
-
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3
|
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Procurement Management
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MGT462
|
MGT361
|
3
|
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Capstone Project II
|
MGT472
|
MGT471
|
3
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