Degree Programmes

Bachelor of Science in Management (General) Degree Programme

All the students are admitted to the B.Sc. in Management degree programme during the first two academic years and the courses will be common to all. The duration of the general degree programme is three years. However, students those who are not willing to read or not qualified to read honours degree in any one of the streams mentioned below will continue the B.Sc. in Management (General) degree.

Honours Degree Programmes

Bachelor of Science Honours in Management / Bachelor of Science Honours in Marketing Management / Bachelor of Science Honours in Human Resource Management / Bachelor of Science Honours in Accounting and Finance / Bachelor of Science Honours in Information Systems.

Specialization Criteria

The students who are interested in reading /willing to follow honours degree programmes should earn the minimum requirements on relevant courses at the end of the first and second years of the study. At the end of the second year, second semester, the students may apply to follow an honours degree programme in any of the following streams, Management, Marketing Management, Human Resource Management, Accounting and Finance and Information Systems. Those who are not willing to specialize in any of the above streams can continue the general degree programme. The minimum requirements to enter/enrol in a specified honours degree programme are as follows. The student should have the minimum OGPA of 2.00 in each of the first and second year respectively. And student should obtain minimum “D” or better grades in any 45 credits (out of 60 credits). And also, the student should obtain “C+” or better grades in the following three courses stipulated for each specialization.

Bachelor of Science Honours in Management

BMT 1013 Principles of Management            Year I Semester I

BMT 1053 Microeconomics                           Year I Semester I

BMT 2013 Macroeconomics                           Year II Semester I

Bachelor of Science Honours in Marketing Management

BMT 1013 Principles of Management                        Year I Semester I

MKT 1013 Marketing Management                           Year I Semester II

BMT 2053 Operation Management                            Year II Semester II

Bachelor of Science Honours in Human Resource Management

BMT 1013 Principles of Management                        Year I Semester I

HRM 1013 Human Resource Management                Year I Semester II

BMT 2082 Fundamental Sociology & Psychology    Year II Semester II

Bachelor of Science Honours in Accounting and Finance

BMT 1013 Principles of Management                        Year I Semester I

AFM 1013 Financial Accounting                               Year I Semester II

AFM 2013 Cost & Management Accounting            Year II Semester I

Bachelor of Science Honours in Information Systems

BMT 1013 Principles of Management                        Year I Semester I

BMT 1023 Introduction to Information Technology             Year I Semester I

BMT 2023 Management Information System            Year II Semester I

Note: The student who is not attending any of the above-stipulated subjects (three subject combination for each honours degree programme) for ANY reason, he/ she is not eligible to choose that specific honours degree programme.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

The degree programmes, either of general or honours, is offered through six or eight semesters, respectively. The courses are conducted under the credit system. The length of a semester consists of 15 weeks. The general degree and the honours degree programmes have 90 and 120 credit hours, respectively. One credit will be equivalent to either 15 contact hours of lectures or 30 hours of practical. To assist students to acquire a satisfactory proficiency in Basic Tamil, Basic Sinhala, Career Guidance and Basic Science, a set of supplementary non-credited courses are included in the degree programmes of the Department of Business and Management Studies. To assist students to acquire a satisfactory proficiency in different branches of management study, this course includes a set of optional courses. These optional courses are applied only for the Bachelor of Science in Management (General) Degree Programme. In third year, first semester, students must choose two courses from “Organizational Development”, “Labour Law and Relations” and “Micro Finance”. In third year, second semester, student must choose one subject from “Disaster Management and Contemporary Issues in Management” based on their preference. Internship training is essential for the Bachelor of Science Honours Degree Programmes students to enhance their outcome based academic programme and other forms of active learning. This training provides opportunities for students to gain practical exposure under supervised settings where they can explore career choices, experiment classroom theory, establish professional contacts, building self-confidence, and gain a wide range of work-related skills. Bachelor of Science Honours Degree students are sent to the internship training after the completion of fourth year first semester. Successful completion of this component is essential for a student to qualify for the Bachelor of Science Honours Degree Programme. The emphasis during this practical training period is to provide students with hands-on experience in the areas of Management, Marketing Management, Human Resource Management, Accounting and Finance and Information Systems.

Independent research is entirely programmed to enhance the research and writing. A Senior lecturer will be appointed by the respective department for research supervision. Independent research starts in the first semester of the fourth year and should be completed before the end of the second semester. Bachelor of Science in Management (General) Degree has common courses and optional courses.

Course Code

Every course is assigned a course code with the pattern XXXYSNC, where;

• First three characters (XXX) refers to, if
  • BMT then course in Bachelor of Science in Management/ Bachelor of Science Honours in Management
  • HRM then course in Bachelor of Science Honours in Human Resources Management
  • MMT then course in Bachelor of Science Honours in Marketing Management
  • AFM then course in Bachelor of Science Honours in Accounting and Finance
  • IMT then course in Bachelor of Science Honours in Information Systems
• Fourth character (Y) refers to Year of Study
• Fifth and sixth character (SN) refers to serial number
• Seventh character (C) refers to credit weight.

Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Management/ Human Resource Management/ Marketing Management/ Accounting and Finance and Information System has common courses, special courses, independent research and internship.