Master of Science in Business Administration and Innovation (Accountancy)

Introduction

The programme has been designed to integrate a strong understanding of business environment with the focus on management of innovation processes and business development. The programme gives an excellent foundation for future career opportunities. The Programme offers a unique combination of theory and practice to ensure a solid theoretical basis and tools readily employable in Ghana and globally.
 

Objectives

The objectives of this programme are to:

1. To teach advanced theoretical and practical concepts related to the field of business administration and innovation. This would be anchored on strong, sustainable, and competitively advantageous skills.
2. Train prospective students to acquire advanced critical and analytical skills related to business and innovation.
3. To teach students the professional and ethical principles related to business development, consulting, and management of innovation processes.
4. To develop capacities of students in handling advanced research in their specialized area.
5. To provide avenues for knowledge transfer in the tertiary education environment as well as prepare students for terminal degree (PhD).

Intended/Expected Outcomes

At the end of the programme, graduates will be able to:

1. Comprehend advanced theoretical and practical concepts related to the field of business administration and innovation.
2. Acquire advanced critical and analytical skills related to business and innovation.
3. Understand professional and ethical principles related to business development, consulting, and management of innovation processes.
4. Have the capacity to handle advanced research in their specialized area.
5. To be able to transfer knowledge in their various fields of work and be capable of understanding terminal degrees

Admission Requirements

1. Bachelor of Technology/Bachelor Degree holders in Accounting or Finance or related discipline with a minimum of (Second Class Lower Division) from a recognized University.
2. Third Class applicants with Bachelor of Technology/Bachelor Degrees in Accounting or Finance or related discipline with 3 or more years work experience in relevant role may be considered for admission after passing a selection interview.
3. Other Degree holders with Part 2 qualified or fully qualified certificates of ACCA, ICAG, CITG, CIMA, ICAEW, CPA, CFA and or related field of study.
4. Holders of MBA or Equivalent (Applicants may be exempted from some courses).
5. HND Accounting holders with Part 2 qualified or fully qualified certificates of ACCA, ICAG, CITG, CIMA, ICAEW, CPA, CFA and or related field of study.

Employment and Employability

The MSc in Business Administration and Innovation is designed to be useful to every sector of the economy. Apart from training our graduates to be entrepreneurial by setting up consultancies and teaming up with other partners to establish firms, they could be employed in a wide-ranging medium to large organisations in both the private and public sectors. Organisations in the private sector such as Accounting and Audit firms, Banking and Financial Services organisations, the Judicial and para-legal organisations, Pharmaceutical Firms, Construction, Insurance, Merchandising, Mining, Oil and Gas, Timber, Manufacturing, Health, Agriculture, Education, Hospitality and Leisure, Engineering, Non- Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to mention a few and this is so because essentially every business activity undertaken involves administration and innovation. Students who graduate with MSc in Business Administration and Innovation will be trained to handle and discharge responsibilities in any organization, be it profit or non-profit.