Program Goal
This programme is designed to produce professional, transformative and innovative graduates of high integrity who have theoretical, practical and analytical competencies for research and effective management of county and national economic systems. It enables students to describe, compare and correlate the important Economics phenomena of production, consumption, exchange and distribution with the help of Statistics.
Career Opportunities
- Actuarial analyst
- Economist
- Chartered accountant
- Chartered certified accountant
- Chartered public finance accountant
- Data analyst
- Financial risk analyst
- Forensic accountant
Programme Goals
- Provide students with a wide range of skills, knowledge, and attitudes thorough understanding of the theories, principles and analytical techniques in the economics and statistics disciplines as taught worldwide
- Equip students with analytical skills in economics and statistics
- Provide students with skills for careers in the research institutions, public and private sectors as well as non-governmental organisations
Duration of programmes
- Eight (8) trimesters
Learning Outcomes
- Explain, graph, and analyse key economics models.
- Analyse the economics and institutional arrangements of specific regions, countries, organizations, localities, industries or firms.
- Generate and interpret summary statistics and regression models.
- Identify data sources, describe appropriate empirical tools, and perform research on data they retrieve from original surveys, or official and industry sources.
- Evaluate economic issues and public policy by using economic models or data analysis while identifying underlying assumptions of the model(s) and limitations
- Effectively communicate economic ideas.
- Formulate informed opinions on policy issues and recognize the validity of opposing viewpoints.
Minimum Entry requirements
- KCSE minimum grade C+ (plus)
- Minimum grade of C+ (plus) Mathematics and English
CURRICULUM SETUP FOR BACHELOR OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
YEAR 1 SEMESTER 1
CORE UNITS
- BAC 111 Financial Accounting I
- BBM 121 Principles Of Management
- BCU 100 Communication Skills
- BCU 101 Introduction To Computer Studies and Internet
- BEC 111 Introduction to Microeconomics
- BEC 112 Statistics For Economists I
- MAT 111 Basic Mathematics
YEAR 1 SEMESTER 2
CORE UNITS
- BAC 121 Financial Accounting II
- BCU 102 Health And Wellness Management
- BCU 410 Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- BEC 121 Introduction To Macroeconomics
- BEC 122 Mathematics For Economists I
- MAT 120 Calculus I
- STA 123 Probability and Statistics I
YEAR 2 SEMESTER 1
CORE UNITS
- BEC 210 Microeconomic Theory II
- BEC 212 Regional Economics
- BEC 213 Statistics For Economists II
- BEC 214 Economics Of Global Business
- MAT 210 Linear Algebra I
- MAT 211 Introduction To Real Analysis
YEAR 2 SEMESTER 2
CORE UNITS
- BEC 220 Macroeconomic Theory II
- BEC 221 Mathematics For Economists II
- BEC 223 Development Economics
- BFN 221 Financial Risk Management
- MAT 213 Calculus II
- STA 212 Probability And Statistics II
YEAR 3 SEMESTER 1
CORE UNITS
- BCU 320 Research Methods
- BEC 310 Microeconomic Theory III
- BEC 311 International Economics I
- BEC 313 Economics Of Public Expenditure
- MAT 311 Operations Research I
- MAT 312 Theory Of Estimation
YEAR 3 SEMESTER 2
CORE UNITS
- BEC 320 Macroeconomic Theory III
- BEC 322 Economics Of Money And Banking
- BEC 323 Mathematics For Economists III
- BEC 413 Labour Economics
- STA 223 Probability And Statistics III
YEAR 4 SEMESTER 1
CORE UNITS
- BEC 410 Microeconomic Theory IV
- BEC 411 Environmental Economics
- BEC 412 Taxation Economics And Policy
- BEC 414 Project Planning And Evaluation
- BEC 415 Fundamentals Of Econometrics I
- STA 416 Time Series Analysis
YEAR 4 SEMESTER 2
CORE UNITS
- BCU 400 Research Project
- BCU 401 Industrial Attachment
- BEC 420 Macroeconomic Theory IV
- BEC 423 Fundamentals Of Econometrics II
- BEC 425 Economic Modelling And Computer Simulation
- BEC 426 Economic of Natural Resources
- BFN 412 Monetary Theory And Practice