ACCRA INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY
Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Marketing and Information Technology

Program Synopsis


The program is designed to prepare students with the skills necessary to meet today's business demands and those for the future. Students will be provided with a fundamental knowledge of business functions, processes, and an understanding of business organizations in today's global economy.

The program provides students with a solid business core that includes an extensive background in the functional areas of marketing. The main aim of the program is to:
(i) provide basics of marketing and management in the fields of organization, economics and business operation and to produce graduates with the skills, knowledge and values necessary to pursue a career in marketing and business.
(ii) Produce graduates who have an appreciation of Information Technology (IT) and the organizational contexts within which these technologies can be deploy, in order to offer maximum benefit to the business.

The program also introduce students to the field of Information Technology (IT), emphasizing on various IT concepts, principles, tools and their applications to business and management problems and practice. Students acquire relevant and modern IT skills and expertise that will enable them to competently develop IT-based business and management applications and solutions including those relevant to the field of marketing and its practice.

The degree focuses on integrating theory and practice, so that graduates possess the ability to communicate effectively, understand the internal and external environments of business, and appreciate the legal, ethical, strategic and behavioral contexts of business decisions. Graduates on this program benefits from the technology emphasis philosophy of AIT as a technological university, a focus that better prepare them for their career choices, including continued study in a graduate program

Program Structure

Course Title Course Code Prerequisite Credit Hour
Information Technology Foundation I IT151 - 3
Business Mathematics and Statistics I MATH151 - 3
Microeconomics ECON151 - 3
Principles of Accounting I ACCT151 - 3
Principles of Management MGT151 - 3
English Composition, Writing & Communication Skills I ENGL151 - 3
Information Technology Foundation II 1T152 1T151 3
Information Systems IT162 1T151 3
Business Mathematics and Statistics II MATH172 MATH151, MATH151 3
Macroeconomics ECON152 ECON151 3
Principles of Accounting II ACCT152 ACCT151 3
French I FRN152 - 2
Business, Government and Society MGT251 - 2
Principles of Marketing MKT251 - 3
Introduction to Entrepreneurship MGT261 MGT151 3
Introduction to Human Resource Management HRM251 MGT151 3
Information Technology Practice IT251 IT162 1
French II FRN252 FRN152 2
Group Dynamics & Communications NT251 - 2
Fundamentals of Management Science MS252 MATH261 3
Principles of Finance FIN252 - 3
Business Law MGT252 MGT101 3
Introduction to Public Administration MGT262 MGT251 3
Data Communications & Computer Networks I CS252 IT152 3
Business and Professional Ethics BNT252 - 3
Services Marketing MKT351 MKT251 3
Exploring Internet Marketing MKT361 MKT251, IT151 3
Company Law MGT351 - 3
Production and Operations Management MGT361 - 3
Organizational Behavior MGT371 MGT151 3
Systems Analysis & Design Practice CS351 - 3
Marketing Channels MKT362 MKT251 3
Advertising MKT372 MKT251 3
Product and Brand Management MKT451 MKT251 3
International Business Management MGT352 - 3
Research Methods MGT362 - 3
Knowledge-based Information Systems IT352 - 3
Cost and management Accounting ACCT352 - 3
Sales and Distribution Management MKT461 MKT251 3
International Marketing MKT462 MGT352 3
Risk Management & Insurance BAFN461 ACC152, MATH261 3
Web Technologies and Systems IT451 - 3
Project Management MGT451 MATH261, MS252 3
Strategic Management MGT452 - 3
Capstone Project I MGT471 - 3
Web Marketing MKT452 MKT251, MKT361 3
Retail Management MKT462 MKT251 3
Integrated Marketing Communications MKT472 MKT451 3
Business Marketing MKT482 MKT251 3
Sales Management MKT492 MKT251 3
Management Information Systems (MIS) MIS351 IT162 3
E-Applications and Systems IT482 - 3
Procurement Management MGT462 MGT361 3
Capstone Project II MGT472 MGT471 3