Why Study in the Faculty of Business, Economics and Political Science at the BUE

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Why Study in the Faculty of Business, Economics
and Political Science at the BUE?

• The Faculty
• The Experience
• The Subject Specialism
• Student Employability

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The Faculty

• International Faculty
• Well-qualified
• Research oriented
• Good studentstaff ratio
• Flexible
• Preparatory Year Students
• Get exposed to three disciplines (Business,
  Economics, Political Science)
• Can delay decision on specialist subject
• Make informed decision
• Get trained in
• Subject specialism
• Social Science research methods
• Different from others

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The Experience

• Learn how to-
• think (not what to think)
• solve problems
• apply knowledge
• work in teams
• Learn by doing
• not by memorising
• Relate learning to the world of work
• theory to practice
• Develop much-needed employability skills
• Enterprise Skills

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The Subject Specialism

• 3 specialisms
• Business Administration
• Economics
• Political Science
• All
• relevant to the needs of contemporary society
• validated by a leading UK University
• designed with the 21st century in mind
• based on leading edge research

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BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

• Specialisms
• Business Studies
• Accounting and Finance
• Marketing
• Human Resource Management
• Management Information Systems
• Entrepreneurship
• Business Incubator

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ECONOMICS

• Specialist Features
• Financial Economics
• Islamic Banking
• Visits to
• Stock Exchange
• World Bank
• Links with Leading National and International
  Banks.

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POLITICAL SCIENCE

• Specialist Features
• Focus on Political Theory
• Europe
• Sub-Saharan Africa
• Visits/Internships
• UN
• UNESCO
• Government Agencies

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Student Employability

• Students
• have what employers want
• Knowledge
• Skills
• Enterprising
• Pro-active
• Initiate change
• Self-starters
• Create own jobs