Bachelor of education in BUsiness studies

Our Bachelor of Education in Business Studies online is a 40 course degree programme, offering Business Studies skills for active and meaningful learning, and to learn business Studies teaching and learning strategies.

Programme Overview

The programme is designed to produce trained and qualified business teachers who have adequate subject matter knowledge and can employ critical and reflective thinking in their analysis of educational issues in general, and curricular and pedagogical issues relating to business education in particular. The course is designed to train teachers for secondary schools and colleges with a view of forming a young generation that has holistic views of the human person.

Our Goal

The goal of the programme is to produce competent graduates who would be able to meet appropriate standards in the knowledge and understanding required for effective subject teaching, classroom management and students’ assessment.

Why Choose BEd. BS at CeIR

Studying the Business Studies Major or Minor within the Bachelor of Education (Secondary) degree at CeIR will give you a broad understanding of Zambian and global business practices and environments.In general, when you choose Business Studies as your core teaching area, you will learn the expertise and skills to teach secondary school students about:the nature and role of businessinternal and external environmental factorsfunctionsbusiness processesmanagement responsibilities.Add another dimension to your specialist expertise and gain another teaching area to increase your career opportunities.

Course Catalog

Introduction to Marketing Principles

Course Number: BS211
Credits: 3

This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the principles of Marketing. There will be a focus on the management of the marketing activities and how marketing relates to overall organisational functioning, including the management of exchange processes between business units and consumers and between firms. It will include topics such as environmental analysis, industry and competitor analysis, objective setting, marketing strategies, market mix components, and finally implementation and control mechanisms.

Introduction to Education

Course Number: ED212
Credits: 3

This course provides an introduction to teaching as a profession in the American education system. It offers a variety of perspectives on education including historical,philosophical, social, legal, and ethical issues in a diverse society. It also includes background knowledge in organizational structure of schools. The organization and operation of Zambia schools, their financial and legal support, their place and role in the community, as well as some of the historical and philosophical foundations upon which Zambia education is predicated, are examined

Communication Skills

Course Number: EN1001
Credits: 3

This course introduces business communication. Students learn to leverage the techniques of persuasion to shape opinions, influence behavior, and guide outcomes. Through our programs, students will explore key strategies and gain effective tools to engage and inspire others across a variety of business contexts. Good Communication Skills are essential. Being an effective communicator takes real skill. Communication skills have to be developed, honed and added to on an on-going basis. They are the heart of student interpersonal skills and the greater your awareness of how it all works, the more effective your communication will be. To be effective in business, Student have to communicate well.

Accounting I, II & III

Course Number: ACC 2724
Credits: 4-12

This course is structured to cover three levels of accounting courses. Basic, Intermediate and advanced accounting courses are developed for students to cover them step by step. The basic accounting course covers most of the simple and initial topics like debits and credits, accounting principles, accounting framework, the accounting equation and more. The intermediate accounting course covers some of the same concepts as the basic course but in a little more detail. The advanced accounting course is the most complex course in our accounting course. It covers complex partnership transactions, accounting theory, and even some governmental accounting.

Organization Behaviour

Course Number: BS225
Credits: 3

This course is concerned with the joint performance of tasks by humans and machines. It stresses the importance of good interfaces and the relationship of interface design to effective human interaction with computers. Specifically, we concentrate on so-called interactive systems. This course uses an integrative and cross-disciplinary approach to bring together a broad variety of topics together in relation to the problem of developing quality user interaction designs to provide an introduction to the field of HCI. It focuses more on application (and less on theory) of user-centered design principles, guidelines, and evaluation. This course provides the concepts of HCI and user interfaces, focusing on user interface design, evaluation, and technologies.

Management Information Systems

Course Number: IT2026
Credits: 3

This course gives a connected prologue to Instruction design models, particularly. Our instruction design training shows would-be teachers how to implement the latest best practices for Secondary and College settings in their own classrooms. Students learn to teach effectively with ICt support equipment.

Audio and Video development for Education

Course Number: IT2027
Credits: 3

This course covers topics such as Audio and video development for education. We show students how to make educational audios & videos for anyone, from toddlers, preschoolers, kids and students right up to adults.

School Curriculum

Course Number: ED2028
Credits: 3

This course introduces the fundamental concepts necessary for the school curriculum, involving designing, contend that curriculum development encompasses, how a ‘curriculum is planned, implemented and evaluated, as well as what people,processes and procedures are involved..’. Curriculum models help designers to systematically and transparently map out the rationale for the use of particular teaching, learning and assessment approaches

Science of Teaching and Learning

Course Number: ED2029
Credits: 3

This course offers a definitive, scientifically grounded guide for better teaching and learning practices. Drawing from thousands of documents and the opinions of recognized experts worldwide, it explains in straight talk the new Mind, Brain, and Education Science―a field that has grown out of the intersection of neuroscience, education, and psychology. While parents and teachers are often bombarded with promises of “a better brain,” this course distinguishes true, applicable neuroscience from the popular neuromyths that have gained currency in education

Educational Technology

Course Number: ED2030
Credits: 3

This course centers the study and ethical practice of facilitating learning and improving performance by creating, using, and managing appropriate technological processes and resources. It stresses the use of both physical hardware and educational theoretics. It encompasses several domains including learning theory, computer-based training, online learning, and where mobile technologies are used, m-learning.

Education Psychology

Course Number: ED2031
Credits: 3

This course focuses on the study of how individuals learn, including topics such as student outcomes, the academic process, individual differences in learning, gifted learners and various learning disabilities. The course focuses on the study of how humans learn and store knowledge, specifically in educational settings like classrooms. This process includes emotional, social, and cognitive learning processes. Some of the many areas of focus in this branch of psychology include teaching and testing methods, classroom environment, and learning, social, and behavioral problems that may impede learning.

Education Sociology

Course Number: ED2032
Credits: 3

This course presents the study of how public institutions and individual experiences affect education and its outcomes. It is mostly concerned with the public schooling systems of modern industrial societies, including the expansion of higher, further, adult, and continuing education. Students will be able to understand the following:• To state the meaning of Education Sociology• To explain the Scope of Education Sociology • To differentiate between Education Sociology and Sociology of Education• To analyze the Need to study Education Sociology• To illustrate the Functions of Education in Society

Mathematics for Business

Course Number: Arith 8028
Credits: 3

This course provides an introduction to a number of areas of discrete mathematics with wide applicability. Topics covered are: Discrete mathematics: sets, relations, logic, graphs, mathematical induction and difference equations; probability and permutations and combinations; information security and encryption: prime numbers, congruences.

Graphics and Animation Development for Education

Course Number: IT2028
Credits: 3

This course on Graphics and Animation Development introduces the students about the concepts and practical skills of Graphics and Animation Development. Our courses are designed for students to gain proficiency in their chosen area of study and prepare them for the Education System. Each course comprises of theory and practical sessions, conducted in a friendly, interactive environment.

School Assessment System Management

Course Number: ED2033
Credits: 3

This course introduces the students to the concept of school assessment system management. It focuses on the systematic process of documenting and using empirical data on the knowledge, skill, attitudes, and beliefs to refine programmes and improve student learning. School assessment establishes measurable and clear student learning outcomes for learning, provisioning a sufficient amount of learning opportunities to achieve these outcomes, implementing a systematic way of gathering, analyzing and interpreting evidence to determine how well student learning matches expectations, and using the collected information to inform improvement in student learning.

Business Planning and Application

Course Number: BS229
Credits: 3

This course will assist students in learning the fundamentals of effective business planning. It teaches students the concepts they need to understand in order to properly assess a new business idea and make it yield results. Several skill-building exercises help to put the theory into practice. Topics covered include organizing a business plan, choosing a business name, developing a mission statement and executive summary, analyzing the environmental factors that can affect a business, marketing the business, and managing people and the competition. Students are provided the opportunity to apply and develop their business planning knowledge through the completion of tasks and review questions.

Education History and Philosophy

Course Number: ED2025
Credits: 3

This course is about Education history and philosophy. Students gain a vast understanding of the social, historical, and philosophical contexts of educational policy and practice domestically and internationally. Students will be able to explore careers as college/university professors, researchers, and policymakers in schools, government, or non-governmental organizations. Students will delve into educational topics involving religion, cultural diversity, gender, and social justice, among others.

Costing and Management accounting

Course Number: ACC2251
Credits: 3

This course is about Costing and Management Accounting. The programme is structured to primarily focus on internal financial analysis techniques and concepts within an organisation.  Through the course, you will receive an objective understanding of controllable factors in a company’s operations which will support strategic decision making and daily operational control. Costing and Management Accounting is a form of management accounting that aims to improve the company’s profitability by eliminating unnecessary costs.  It is through the implementation of successful cost and management accounting techniques that this can be achieved.

Microeconomics

Course Number: BA 1014
Credits: 4

This course focuses on the fundamental ideas of microeconomics. Students examine the market forces of supply and demand under different market structures in order to understand how economic agents make decisions about both consumption and production. The structure, conduct, and performance of markets are evaluated through analysis of consumer, producer, and societal welfare. Students explore the topic of factor markets in which the incomes of most workers and owners of capital and property are determined.

Macroeconomics

Course Number: BA 1016
Credits: 4

This course focuses on the national economy by examining macroeconomic data measuring national income, the cost of living, production and growth, and unemployment. Students examine the basic functions of the monetary system and analyze the macro economy in terms of long-run economic productivity and growth and in terms short-run fluctuations. The influence and effect of macroeconomic policy is studied within the context of current events.

Taxation

Course Number: ACC 116
Credits: 3

This course is designed to provide finance, legal and business professionals with the skills to understand tax compliance and related accounting for tax issues, compute tax liabilities and tax reliefs, and prepare tax returns. It is ideal for someone who is working in tax wants a good, solid knowledge of the main tax heads or for those who are seeking an overall refresher on their tax training.

Company Law

Course Number: ACC 117
Credits: 3

This course focuses on the study of Company law. Company law is a vital module for anyone intending to operate in a commercial field. The syllabus centres on the way the law regulates companies and the facilities that company law offers, such as limited liability and transferability of shares, as well as corresponding burdens such as duties of disclosure and compliance with statutory procedures.​

Entrepreneurship

Course Number: ACC 118
Credits: 3

This entrepreneurship course will provide students with the knowledge, skillset and confidence you need to be able to set up your own business venture. Over the duration of the course, students will come to understand the importance of entrepreneurship, learning how to plan and launch a business or product successfully.

Research Methods and Methodologies

Course Number: MM 121
Credits: 3

As a researcher, Students will consider what method(s) might be most appropriate for answering the questions they want to investigate. Whether they are trying to get the basics of statistics and how to conduct statistical tests or use a statistics software package, looking to gain experience in using software like NVivo to come to grips with their qualitative data, or learning how to design a questionnaire or survey for their research, this course is focused on that.

Educational Administration

Course Number: ED2026
Credits: 3

This course focuses educational administration. Students 'll learn about leadership and communication. They'll also understand the nuts and bolts of how a school district or school operates – from leading efforts that result in improved student achievement, human relations and decision-making to building systems such as heating, ventilation and air-conditioning.

Strategic Management

Course Number: BA 1017
Credits: 4

This writing-intensive course serves as the capstone experience in business and management that includes the gradual development of a comprehensive and integrative business plan. This course is designed to assist students in their development as managers, servant leaders, and successful strategic thinkers. Management, marketing, accounting, finance, economics, global perspectives, law, and political issues are covered during this course.

Ethics in Business

Course Number: BA 1064
Credits: 4

The study of business ethics is essential to becoming a good decision maker and business leader. Managers and executives will often be faced with complex ethical questions that require critical thinking and a deep understanding ethical leadership principles and best practices. The goal of business ethics is to support ethical individual professional and corporate conduct. This goes beyond merely operating within the legal rules and regulations that may be required by governmental organizations and may also be at odds with the goal of maximizing corporate profits.

Humanistic Guidance and Counseling

Course Number: ED1069
Credits: 3

An Introduction to Guidance and Counseling has been written specifically for you as a teacher who is undergoing training to become an effective and useful person to students, teachers, and school administrators and of course to the larger community around the school. There are four units in the module. In each unit, statements of General and Specific objectives have been given. These statements of objectives are there to help you remain in focus, and also in making sure that the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes are acquired by you within the period of the training.

Teaching Methods and Practice

Course Number: ED1089
Credits: 4-8

Each pedagogic approach is described succinctly so you can quickly understand how the technique might be relevant to your teaching. Written by fellow educators, these descriptions include tips for effectively using each technique, related research on their impacts on learning, as well as a set of example activities. The students will be allowed to get placement in a school or college for practice.

Academic Calendar

Academic Calendar 2018 -2019        Semester 1                                     Semester 2                                       Semester 3
Course Registration Opens
August 20, 2018
March 20, 2019
August 20, 2019
Course Registration Closes
October 1, 2018
May 1, 2019
October 1, 2019
Late Registration Closes
October 24, 2018
May 1, 2019
October 1, 2019
First Semester Starts
January 12, 2019
July 12, 20189
January 12, 2020

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