Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Bachelor of Commerce degree – Why is it among the most popular courses in Kenyan Universities?

As soon as a college expands to University status, the first course that the college offers is usually the bachelor of Commerce degree.
The other popular course is the bachelor of Information technology. As the business landscape throughout the world keeps on changing, many Universities have merged the two courses. For instance, JKUAT offers a course on Business Information technology (BBIT), while other Universities offer the Business Information systems course.

Bachelor of Commerce (BCOM), is popular due to a number of reasons. One of the reasons is that every company is first and foremost a business. The business has a profit motive and this doesn’t matter whether it’s a manufacturing outfit, medical or a hospitality company. BCOM essentially enables a graduate to pursue such careers as marketing, accountancy, financial analyst, investment banking, and other related careers.

In many Universities, one will pursue a general course in the first two years. You will get to learn skills on abroad range of the above topics. In the next two years, you will specialize in marketing, finance, accounting, and other related careers. In some Universities, you can pursue the program without ever taking a long holiday, only a week between the semesters. If you pursue such a type of program, you are likely to spend just two years pursuing the course. It also helps for someone to pursue some other related professional courses such as CPA (certified public accountant), ACCA, CPS (certified public secretary), CFA (Certified Financial analyst) etc.

The fee charged by the universities vastly differs. If you enroll for the regular program, you will just pay the fee that regular students are charged. This can be anywhere between kshs. 27,000 and kshs. 60,000 per academic year. The parallel degree courses cost about Kshs. 120,000 per academic year. The fee in private Universities may be anywhere between kshs. 100,000 per academic year to kshs. 300,000 per academic year.
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