UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES

FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES

FACULTY REGULATIONS

 1.0       PREAMBLE

The Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences, established in 1991 (as the Faculty of Commerce), currently comprises of 6 undergraduate teaching departments and plays surrogate to the Graduate School of Business Sciences and the Institute of Development Sciences. The FBES is therefore one of the oldest and largest Faculties of the National University of Science and Technology.  The Faculty currently offers 8 four-year Bachelor of Business Science Honours and 12 Masters of Business Science Programmes across various units.

2.0        LIST OF UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES

The following undergraduate programmes are offered by the Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences; -

• Bachelor of Commerce Honours Degree in Accounting
• Bachelor of Commerce Honours Degree in Banking and Investment Management
• Bachelor of Commerce Honours Degree in Economics and Econometrics
• Bachelor of Commerce Honours Degree in Management
• Bachelor of Commerce Honours Degree in Finance
• Bachelor of Commerce Honours Degree in Fiscal Studies
• Bachelor of Commerce Honours Degree in Actuarial Science
• Bachelor of Commerce Honours Degree in Risk Management and Insurance
• Bachelor of Commerce Honours Degree in Marketing

• GENERAL REGULATIONS FOR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
  • These regulations should be read in conjunction with the General Academic Regulations for Undergraduate Degrees of the University (hereinafter referred to as the General Regulations).

• ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
  • Normal Entry
    • Applicants for normal entry must have a minimum of two ‘A’ level passes including the relevant subjects stipulated herein under the appropriate programmes.
  • Special Entry
    • Holders of the Zimbabwe Higher National Diploma from the Polytechnic colleges or the Technical colleges (or their equivalent) who have passed the Diploma with merit (credits and distinctions) in half of the programme modules may qualify for special entry into Part II of the Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences Undergraduate Honours Degree Programme.

• Mature Entry
  • Applicants who are not eligible for entry under the normal or special entry regulations may apply for mature entry provided that they have passed at least five approved ‘O’ level subjects including English Language and Mathematics and must have attained relevant work experience on the programmes which they wish to study.
• Applicants for postgraduate study programmes must have, in addition to the above, the minimum qualifications detailed herein under the appropriate programmes.

• PROGRAMMES AND MODE OF STUDY
  • All undergraduate programmes consist of taught modules, Industrial Attachment/Work-based experience (work-based learning) and a final year research and innovation project.
  • The weighting of modules and programmes shall be based on the notional study hours (NSH) credit system in which all learning activities of a student of average ability, taking place in and outside scheduled contact sessions, are taken into consideration (1 credit = 10 notional hours). A student must attain a prescribed minimum number of credits to qualify for the award of a degree or diploma.
  • Programmes shall be delivered in any of the following modes: full-time, block-release or part time sessions and shall include one or more of face-to-face, online and blended learning approaches.
• ASSESSMENT
  • Undergraduate programmes
    • Unless specified otherwise, all taught modules’ continuous assessment component shall contribute 30% and the final examinations shall contribute 70% towards the overall mark.
    • In addition, students are expected to conduct a research and innovation project leading to a final year project report. The research and innovation project report shall be assessed at 100%.
    • Assessment of modules with a practical component, unless specified otherwise, shall be weighted as follows: continuous assessment 20%; practical 20% and examination 60%.
    • The continuous assessment component shall normally consist of at least two distinct and appropriately weighted pieces of work submitted by the students including assignments, tests, presentations, reports, projects and portfolios.
    • The practical component shall normally consist of at least two separate and appropriately weighted submissions of laboratory/workshop/studio/fieldwork reports, tests, assignments, products, artefacts and portfolios.
    • Assessment of the Industrial Attachment shall consist of continuous assessment (assessment reports from university and the candidates’ workplace) and the examination component (work-based experience file, log book and an analytical report).
    • The overall pass mark in each module and in aggregated part or programme marks shall be 50%.
    • General Regulations of the University concerning pass and fail, proceeding to the next part, carry over modules, repeat, discontinue and withdraw shall apply.
    • In determining the part aggregate, all taught modules shall normally carry an equal weighting of between 10 to 15 credits each, while the final year project report shall carry a double weighting of between 20 to 30 credits.
    • For the determination of the overall degree programme aggregate students shall refer to specific departmental regulations.
  • AWARD OF THE DEGREE AND CLASSIFICATION
    • Students for each degree programme must satisfy the examiners in all the prescribed modules and in all requirements for the programmes in which they seek to be awarded the degree.
    • For the Bachelor of Honours degree to be awarded, a minimum number of 480 credits must be satisfied.
    • The classification of the degree programmes shall be as in the General Regulations.
  • SPECIAL REGULATIONS
    • Departments in the Faculty have Special Regulations that differ from one programme to the other. These are available in the respective Departments.  
  • NOTIFICATION OF RESULTS
    • A list of results shall be published in accordance with Section 16 of the General Regulations.