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Bachelor of Science in Hospital Administration

This programme focuses on equipping students with the knowledge and skills required to effectively manage healthcare facilities and services. This program combines business management principles with a deep understanding of the healthcare industry. Graduates are prepared for diverse roles within the healthcare sector, ensuring the efficient and effective operation of hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Admissions Criteria

  • BGCSE/equivalent with 5 Passes.

Graduates of this programme can:

  • Be equipped with knowledge of business, healthcare management and leadership
  • Healthcare Economics; strategic planning and healthcare systems
  • Provide insights into healthcare systems, financial management, and human resources
  • Be prepared to lead and navigate the complexities of healthcare organizations

Career Prospects

  • Health manager
  • Office manager
  • Practice administrator
  • Program administrator/Manager
  • Healthcare Administrator
  • Healthcare Management Practitioner
  • Clinical Management
  • Management Consultant
  • Health Insurance Professional
  • Health Information Manager
  • Public Health Professional
  • Managed Care Analyst
  • Hospital Director of Admitting
  • Pharmaceutical Sales Manager
  • Health IT manager

Skills Developed

  • Healthcare Knowledge
  • Administrative and Organizational Skills
  • Communication Skills
  • Leadership and Management
  • Financial Management
  • Health Information Management
  • Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
  • Human Resources Management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Ethical Decision-Making
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Public Health Knowledge
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Crisis Management
  • Technology Proficiency

Bachelor of Science in Safety, Health and Environmental Management

This programme will equip students with skills that will empower and capacitate them with abilities to penetrate the industrial market and atmospheres, they can engage in safety, health, and environmental consultancy as well as work as Safety, Health, and Environmental officers and managers. Additionally, the graduates may acquire positions as Environmental Policy analysts as well as OHS trainers, inspectors, practitioners, and assessors. In academic progression, this qualification may work as a baseline entry qualification into various fields of vertical progression towards postgraduate qualifications like Environmental Management, Risk and Safety Management, Public Policy and Health and any other relevant field as may be fit.

Admissions Criteria

  • BGCSE/equivalent with 5 Passes including English, Mathematics/Statistics and Science.

Graduates of this programme can:

  • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of concepts of Occupational Safety, Health and Environmental Management
  • Conduct accident/incident investigations
  • Critically and comprehensively analyse Safety, Health, and Environmental risks at the workplace and external environments
  • Develop practical, sustainable, cost- effective, and environmentally friendly solutions and alternatives in addressing challenges on safety, health, and environmental management at the workplace and beyond
  • Formulate programs with a mandate to drive environmental sustainability for safe, sustainable and healthy human capital
  • Investigate the effects of exposures to occupational health, safety and environmental stressors
  • Engage in academic debates and research forums on issues addressing Safety, Health and Environmental Management

Career Prospects

  • Safety, Health and Environment Representatives
  • Occupational Health and Safety Management Consultants
  • Safety, Health and Environment Managers and officers
  • Safety, Health and Environment Policy Analyst and Developers
  • Safety, Health and Environment Officers
  • Environmental Officers
  • Environmental Managers
  • Risk Control Officers
  • Risk Control Managers
  • Loss Control Officers
  • Loss Control Managers
  • Safety Officers
  • Safety Managers
  • Safety Auditors
  • Trainers in Occupational Health and Safety Management
  • Administrators in Occupational Health and Safety and related fields
  • Human Resources officers in Occupational Health and Safety and related fields
  • Industrial and Environmental Assessors
  • Safety Health Assessors
  • Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Inspector
  • Health and Safety Practitioner
  • Lecturer / Academic Officer
  • Environmental Control/Protection Officer
  • Industrial Hygienist
  • Environmental Impact Assessment Officer/Specialist
  • Occupational Health and Safety Management Researcher

Skills Developed

  • Communication skills
  • Strong personal and people skills
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Energetic and an intense desire to learn
  • Enthusiasm and dedication
  • Critical thinking skills

Bachelor of Science in Data Science

This programme is concerned with extracting intelligence from data. This is done by applying cutting-edge techniques from Statistics, Mathematics and Computer Science. The techniques used to understand the modern abundance of data are at the intersection of computing and mathematics, including statistics and machine learning, and there is a high demand in the industry. Furthermore, the qualification will aid in making data-driven decisions in the bid to attain Sustainable Environment and Sustainable Economic Development.

Admissions Criteria

  • BGCSE/equivalent with 5 Passes including including English and Mathematics.
  • Applicants in possession of a Diploma or Higher Diploma in related field may be given exemptions based on the credit point
    equivalency.

Graduates of this programme can

  • Apply data-driven models in various fields like finance, biology, health, education, agriculture, and many other fields
  • Communicate in technical and non-technical terms concepts of Data Science in different sectors of the economy
  • Develop new data processing models
  • Apply developed models to various problems
  • Develop multiple programming languages used for expressing solutions
  • Safeguard the ethical use of data in all aspects of their profession
  • Work effectively in a team
  • Communicate effectively
  • Develop research skills
  • Develop entrepreneurial skills
  • Develop new businesses ideas and help improve existing ones
  • Develop and implement corporate governance guidelines for financial institutions

Career Prospects

  • Data Analyst
  • Data Mining Engineer
  • Data Architect
  • Data Scientist
  • Senior Data Scientist
  • Business Intelligence Analyst
  • Machine Learning Scientist
  • Clinical Data Managers

Skills Developed

  • Statistical analysis and computing
  • Machine learning
  • Deep learning
  • Processing large data sets
  • Data visualisation
  • Highly organised and effective decision making
  • Data wrangling
  • Mathematics
  • Programming

Bachelor of Science in Health Information Management

This programme combines Science, Business, and Information Technology to ensure that students who undertake it come out furnished with the necessary skills they will need to work in middle to senior management grades in clinical and hospital settings or physicians’ offices as Health Data & Information Managers, Bio Statisticians, Medical Informaticians, Data Quality Managers, Researchers, and Public Health Information Managers or Officers.

Admissions Criteria

  • BGCSE/equivalent with 5 Passes including English, Mathematics and Biology/Double Sciences.

Graduates of this programme can:

  • Build effective systems to collect, generate, organise, collate, analyse, interpret and disseminate health related data
  • Organise and present health related information for policy, planning and for operations management of the health sector
  • Design data collection tools/instruments
  • Conduct special studies/evaluations on health information areas
  • Develop protocols/guidelines for health information management
  • Develop and manage a health informatics infrastructure
  • Develop and administer medical databases
  • Ensure privacy and ethical practices when managing patient data
  • Carry out medical transcription
  • Carry out coding of diseases and drugs using ICD 10 or later standards

Career Prospects

  • Health Data & Information Management Officer/Managers
  • Medical Informatician
  • Data Quality Manager & Researcher
  • Public Health Information Managers/Officers
  • Inpatient and Outpatient HIM Coder & Coding Educator
  • Director – Coding Operations Hospital
  • HIM Analyst/Coder
  • HIM Programme Director
  • Medical Coding Manager
  • HIM Consultant
  • HIM Practice Leader Operations
  • Health Information Services Manager
  • Insurance Manager
  • Hospital Administrator

Skills Developed

  • Computer skills
  • Professional writing
  • Presentation skills
  • Data collection and analysis skills
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Creative, critical, logical and analytical thinking skills
  • Team building and management skills

Bachelor of Education in Primary Education (English Language and Mathematics)

The Bachelor of Education (Primary Education) programme offered at Botho University focuses on training and preparing learners for a range of valuable careers that require educational skills, competencies and knowledge needed by the learners to become the professionals that they aspire to be. The programme is designed for both pre-service and in-service teachers with specializations in English language and
Mathematics. The programme is specifically designed to align with current policy initiatives regarding retooling and re-skilling teachers, as well as preparing fresh entrants into the teaching profession. With a bachelor’s degree in primary education, prospective graduates could secure good jobs in the education, social services, training, and research fields.

Admissions Criteria

  • BGCSE/equivalent

Graduates of this programme can:

  • Master the art of student -centered learning and teaching using modern technologies.
  • Competently apply 21st century teaching and learning approaches
  • Conduct action research into the areas of primary education with a focus in English language, Mathematics and Science.
  • Pursue continuous professional development in educational activities to expand their knowledge of professional practice.
  • Demonstrate the ability to effectively assess learning.
  • Apply problem solving skills in the different areas of specializations of primary education.
  • Be eligible to register with professional bodies both at local and international levels.
  • Demonstrate understanding of effective pedagogical practices in primary education.

Career Prospects

  • Teachers of Basic Education
  • Remedial Teachers
  • Specialist Subject Teachers of Basic Education
  • Education Researchers
  • Curriculum Development and Evaluation Officers
  • Education Officers
  • Education Counsellors
  • School Inspectors
  • Instructional Coordinators
  • Language Interpreters
  • Basic Education Policy Analysts
  • Basic Education Policy Developers
  • Basic Education Community Service Leaders

Skills Developed

  • Written and verbal communication skills
  • Listening skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Good classroom management skills
  • Interactive teaching skills and patience
  • Ability to relate well with, and teach learners with learning difficulties
  • Ability to teach mixed- ability learners
  • Critical thinking skills
  • Good leadership and management skills
  • Expertise in specific subjects of specialization
  • Ability to work innovatively and in teams
  • Good time management skills

Bachelor of Science in Network Security and Computer Forensics

This programme equips students with a strong understanding of computer technology and networks as well as the skills and discipline required to protect these systems and data from malicious manipulation and attacks. With the acquired knowledge they can effectively address the rising need for cyber security in the corporate setting as technology continues to advance and get increasingly adapted in various processes.

Admissions Criteria

  • BGCSE/equivalent with 5 Passes.

Graduates of this programme can

  • Design and develop network architecture and ensure security of the network
  • Acquire knowledge of computer crime through forensic methods.
  • Process Legal requirement for collecting evidence.

Career Prospects

  • Information Technology
  • Computer Forensics Analysts
  • Vulnerability Security research engineer
  • Digital Forensics Examiner
  • Malware Media Forensics Analysts
  • Forensics Auditors
  • Network Security Specialists
  • Computer Crime Investigators or Security Analysts

Skills Developed

  • Networking Protocols
  • Network Architecture and Design
  • Routing and Switching
  • Network Security
  • Wireless Networking
  • Network Management and Monitoring
  • Network Virtualisation
  • Cloud Computing and Networking
  • Network Troubleshooting
  • Cryptography
  • Operating Systems
  • Programming and Scripting
  • Project Management

Bachelor of Business Administration in Business Management

This program is designed for students seeking to build a career in management, primarily in profit driven sectors. It carefully combines theoretical and practical teaching as part of its training approach, while incorporating work-related learning to ensure the production of graduates with both the knowledge and skills to succeed in the competitive business sector worldwide.

Admission criteria

  • BGCSE/equivalent with of 5 Passes including English and Mathematics.
  • Applicants in possession of a Diploma or Higher Diploma in related field may be given exemptions based on the credit point equivalency.

Graduates of this programme can

  • Address practical business problems
  • Make key business decisions
  • Influence business strategy
  • Analyse business data
  • Manage and organize product portfolio
  • Appraise corporate projects
  • Manage small business
  • Plan and implement strategic plan
  • Establish new ventures
  • Research and development

Career prospects

  • Operations Manager
  • Business Process Orchestration Analyst
  • Business Consultant
  • Business Lecturer
  • Branch Supervisor
  • Branch Manager
  • Country Manager
  • Change Management Consultant

Skills Developed

  • Understanding of facts and figures
  • Computer skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Market intelligence
  • Ability to deal with people
  • Interest in starting and growing a business

Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting

This programme helps develop student‘s understanding of accounting with a deeper look into taxation, auditing, assurance, commerce, finance, strategic management, etc. It is targeted at those who would like to permeate the accounting sector, commercial banking sector, investment sector, or work in public sector companies or
accounting firms.

Admission criteria

  • BGCSE/equivalent with of 5 Passes including English and Mathematics.
  • Applicants in possession of a Diploma or Higher Diploma in related field may be given exemptions based on the credit point equivalency.

Graduates of this programme can

  • Prepare financial statements
  • Interpret and analyse financial information
  • Interpret and apply financial standards
  • Prepare and analyse budgets
  • Manage cash flows
  • Develop, model and manage risk
  • Research on existing problems and develop solutions
  • Develop business continuity plans
  • Identify and evaluate sources of finance
  • Appraise investment projects
  • Manage finances
  • Plan on taxation issues
  • Develop new and innovative ideas and start
    own enterprises

Career prospects

  • Accountant
  • Auditors
  • Educationist
  • Taxation Consultants
  • Finance Managers
  • Accounts Consultants
  • Middle Level Managers
  • Accounts Clerks
  • Bookkeepers

Skills Developed

  • Financial management
  • Presentation
  • Research
  • Analytical
  • Critical thinking
  • Entrepreneurial
  • Problem solving
  • Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint

BCom in Hospitality Management

This programme combines practical and theoretical learning in the Degree programme ensure that graduates are well versed in knowledge, skills and competencies required in the hospitality industry characterised by continuous changes in technology and customer motivations. The course sets a firm foundation for those aspiring to establish careers or become entrepreneurs in the hospitality industry.

Admissions Criteria

  • BGCSE/equivalent with 5 Passes including English and Mathematics.
  • Applicants in possession of a Diploma or Higher Diploma in related field may be given exemptions based on the credit point equivalency

Graduates of this programme can:

  • Manage daily operations in a hotel or restaurant
  • Solve day-to-day challenges within a business
  • Maximize customer satisfaction for the business
  • Make key business decisions
  • Influence business strategy
  • Analyse business data
  • Manage and organize product portfolios
  • Appraise corporate projects
  • Create and implement strategic plans
  • Establish new ventures
  • Research and development

Career Prospects

  • Restaurant Managers
  • Food and Beverage Managers
  • Guest Relations Managers
  • Front Office Managers
  • Executive Housekeepers
  • Rooms divisions Managers
  • Reservations Managers
  • Sales and Marketing Managers
  • Tourism and Hospitality Consultants
  • Researchers and Lecturers

Skills Developed

  • Passion for the hospitality industry
  • Ability to interact with people
  • Ability to be on your feet for long periods
  • Understanding facts and figures
  • Computer skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Market intelligence