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School of Business and Administration

Bachelor of Management (Hons) with Psychology
JPT/BPP(U)/(MQA/PA1336)08/17

Programme description
This programme is designed to provide students with broad managerial knowledge and skills and also to develop their awareness of the increasing important role of psychology in decision making. Students will study key areas and aspects of management, complemented by specific psychological insights of work and organisational behaviour to an appropriate depth and scope.

Job prospects
The following are examples of career possibilities that students can expect upon graduation.

  • Business manager
  • Human resource officer
  • Training & development officer
  • Business executive
  • Office administrator
  • Management consultant
  • Motivator in human services organisations
  • Wellness consultant
  • Counsellor
  • Social worker

Programme structure Graduation requirements

No.

 Course code Course title

Credits

  
    MPW Courses (Take 3 courses)  
1. WLA 101/03 Bahasa Kebangsaan A
(untuk pelajar warganegara Malaysia tanpa kredit dalam SPM Bahasa Melayu)		 3
2. WLA 103/03 Malaysian Studies
(untuk semua pelajar)		 3
3. WLA 104/03 Pengajian Islam
(untuk pelajar Islam) atau		 3
4. WLA 105/03 Pendidikan Moral
(untuk pelajar bukan Islam)		 3
      9
    University Courses (Take all)

 

1. WUC 116/05 University Mathematics for General Studies 5
2. WUC 115/05 Introduction to Computing and Internet 5
3. WUC 117/03 Learning Skills for University Studies 3
4. WUC 131/03 Communication Skills for the Workplace 3

University Elective Courses (Choose one course only)
5. WUC 202/05 Advanced Writing Skills for University Studies or 5
6. BBM 210/05 Entrepreneurship Development 5
      21
    Basic Major Courses (Take all)

 

1. LSP 101/05 Introduction to Psychology 5
2. BBM 102/05 Microeconomics 5
3. BBM 103/05 Principles and Practices of Management 5
4. BBM 104/05 Principles of Marketing 5
5. LLS 203/05 Cross Cultural Intelligence 5
6. LSP 204/05 Social Psychology 5
7. BBM 205/05 Business Accounting I 5
8. BBM 207/05 Human Resource Management 5
9. BBM 209/05 Effective Leadership 5
      45
   

Core Major Courses (Take all)

  
1. LSP 205/05 Managing Stress at Work 5
2. BMG 301/05 Services Management 5
3. BLC 301/05 Operations Management 5
4. BMG 302/05 Organisational Behaviour 5
5. BMG 303/05 Strategic Management 5
6. LSP 303/05 Cognitive Psychology 5
7. LSP 304/05 Conflict Management 5
8. LSP 305/05 Psychology at the Workplace 5
      40
   

Elective Courses (Choose 1 of the 3 courses)

  
1. BBM 208/05 Business Ethics 5
2. BBF 302/05 Financial Management and Analysis 5
3. LSP 302/05 Counseling - Theory and Practice 5
  Total

 

120
* Please refer to your respective Regional Office for the list of courses offered in each semester.

 

Advisory Prerequisites:

 

 
No. Course Code & Title

Advisory Prerequisite
a. LSP 204/05 Social Psychology LSP 101/05
b. LSP 303/05 Cognitive Psychology LSP 101/05
c. LSP 305/05 Psychology at the Workplace LSP 101/05
d. LSP 302/05 Counseling - Theory and Practice LSP 101/05
 
Important Notes:

1. International students can be exempted from the 9 credits of Mata Pelajaran Wajib (MPW) courses but are required to replace them with any other undergraduate courses in order to fulfill the minimum credits for graduation requirements.
 
No. Course

Credits
1. MPW 9
2. University 21
3. Basic major 45
4. Core major 40
5. Elective Course 5
  Total

120
Graduation requirements: minimum 120 credits