Overview
The purpose of Diploma in Business management is to train persons who wish to purse career in business management. As a result of stiff competition in the market, all forms of business require professional management. While the public universities have concentrated in providing degrees in this area, a real gap has been noticed at the Diploma level. Before the temporary closure of most of the programmes in the Department of Extra-Mural studies in 1988, many useful courses were offered to the general public. The Public has continued to ask for more courses that are taught and examined by the University of Nairobi. The extra mural department offers a special connection in training, to the university and the general public.
Structure
- The course is divided into two (2) semesters of six (6) months.
- The students will take all 16 course units.
- Each course unit will be covered in 45 contact hours of study
- The course will be delivered in 45 contact hours of study
- The course will take one calendar year
- No candidate will be registered in this course for more than six semesters (equivalent to 3 years)
- The students will be expected to carry out a Research Project which will constitute two units.
Admission Requirements
CATEGORY I: KCSE grade C or above with C- in Maths or Commerce or Economics or Accounts & C- in English or Kiswahili
CATEGORY II: KCE Division III with a pass in Maths or Commerce or Economics or Accounts and a pass English or Kiswahili
CATEGORY III: ‘A’ level with at least 2 (two) Subsidiary Passes
CATEGORY IV: KCSE mean grade C- OR KCE DIV. III with a Professional Certificate from a recognized Institution
CATEGORY V: Degree from a recognized Institution
Fees and Funding
TOTAL UNITS - 14UNITS
TUITION 144,000.00
MEDICAL FEE (PER YEAR) 6,500.00
EXAMINATION (PER UNIT @1000) 14,000.00
ACTIVITY-( PER YEAR) 2,000.00
CAUTION - (ONCE) 5,000.00
REGISTRATION (PER SEMESTER@2250) 4,500.00
STUDENT ORGANISATION(PER YEAR) 1,000.00
ID CARD ( PER YEAR) 1,000.00
ICT SERVICES - (PER YEAR) 7,000.00
LIBRARY (PER YEAR) 4,000.00
Total 189,000.00
Exam Regulations
- The examination will be governed by the general examinations regulations of the University of Nairobi
- For the award of the Diploma in Business management, a candidate will be required to pass in all prescribed courses units taken.
- Each course unit shall be examined by a two (2) hour written examination at the end of the semester during which the course was offered.
- The written examination shall constitute 70% of the marks in each course unit while course work constitutes 30%.
- Course work assessment shall comprise assignment and test.
- The pass mark shall be 40%
- A candidate who fails to satisfy the examiners in any unit, with a mark below 40% may on the recommendation of the Board of Examiners and approval of Senate, re-sit the failed examination(s) during the next semester examinations.
- A candidate who fails in the re-sit examinations(s) shall be required to repeat failed units.
- A candidate shall only be allowed to repeat a course unit for three semesters.
- The project will be marked out of 100%. The pass mark shall be 40%. The project will be graded by the appointed supervisor.
- A candidate who fails to satisfy the examiner in the project with a mark below 40% may on the recommendation of the board of examiners and approval of senate re-do the project.
- A candidate shall be allowed to re-do the project for a maximum of three semesters.
- A candidate shall only be allowed to repeat a maximum of three course units in a semester.
- Any candidate who fails in more than three units in a semester shall be discontinued.