Academics

LAW

The Graduate School of Management’s Bachelor of Arts degree in Law has been designed to meet the increasing demand for professionals with legal training to serve in varied career fields in Cote d’Ivoire and several areas across Africa. The curriculum provides prospective students with a solid intellectual foundation in law, legal reasoning, and analysis. It is designed to meet the increasing demand for professionals with legal training in varied.

Course objectives

The Graduate School of Management’s Bachelor of Arts degree in Law has been designed to meet the increasing demand for professionals with legal training to serve in varied career fields in Cote d’Ivoire and several areas across Africa. The curriculum provides prospective students with a solid intellectual foundation in law, legal reasoning, and analysis. It is designed to meet the increasing demand for professionals with legal training in varied.

The Bachelor of Arts in Law curriculum is fully conducted in English. This encourages cooperation within a bilingual environment, and interaction among students from different countries and the teaching staff, who are recruited from internationally recognized academic institutions with years of experience in legal studies and practice. Students can therefore expect to be rigorously trained on core principles and concepts, theory, and the skills of legal practice. Students will receive training in key foundational areas of law, such as property, contracts, torts, administrative law, business law, criminal law, and civil procedure, which will make them marketable across professions and help them present clearly written and logical arguments.

After the four-year programme, students graduate with an internationally recognized qualification which will enable them to secure jobs as individual legal consultants, or in positions at private or government agencies where legal training is an advantage. Upon completion of the curriculum for the Bachelor of Arts in Law, prospective students would be able to:

  • Begin a career in the legal field, law firms, courts, and public or private settings.
  • Demonstrate a broad understanding of Ivorian laws and legal practices in other countries.
  • Apply the core principles, concepts and theories in law, and employ the skills of legal practice.
  • Identify, analyze and solve various legal problems in organizations.
  • Demonstrate proficiency in presenting clearly written and logical legal arguments.
  • Develop the requisite foundation to pursue advanced legal studies.

Career Progression
The curriculum exposes prospective students to laws, legal systems and practices, so that they can think and act like lawyers, enabling them to succeed internationally in careers oriented with legal compliance, governance, national policy formulation and planning. The B.A programme in law would therefore help graduates to gain a competitive edge and drive their careers forward, attract challenging and higher paying job offers, and increase the marketability of their professional skills.

Employment opportunities
Graduates of the GSM bachelor’s programme in Law would be prepared to competently perform in law firms, individual legal consulting, government institutions, private settings or non-profit organizations that promote civil rights. Graduates can also find employment in entry or middle level positions in several business organizations that have legal departments or emphasize on legal compliance.

Structure
This is a 4-year [8-semester] Bachelor of Business Administration degree with specialization in Human Resource Management, Accounting & Finance, Marketing, and Management. Each year has two semesters. The BBA programme covers course work and a long essay/project work. Courses have three minimum credits. The long essay/project work has 6 credits. Each semester’s load will range between 15 and 21 credits. The total minimum number of credits for graduation is 120 and a maximum of 141.

Degree Requirements
The Bachelor of Business Administration prepares graduates for a wide range of managerial positions in business, government and non-profit organizations. Business administration students acquire fundamental as well as practical and professional skills in all phases of business including decision-making and problem-solving capabilities.
The BBA programme offers area of concentrations that enable students to tailor their degrees to their career and educational goals. Specializations are available in Accounting & Finance, Management, Human Resource Management and Marketing. All students seeking the BBA degree must complete all courses required for graduation including final project work

Duration

3 Year + 6 Months

Certificate

BACHELOR OF ART

INSCRIPTIONS

200 000 Fcfa


From July to December every year

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Subjects of the Program

Semester 1

Code

Course

ENGL197

Reading Comprehension

ENGL193

Academic and Business Writing

ENGL186

Listening and Speaking Skills

ENGL181

Western Civilisation

FREN192

Techniques d Expression

MATH189

College Algebra

Semester 2

Code

Course

ECON241

Microeconomics

ACCT221

Comptabilite Generale I

COSC271

Information Technology

DCOM225

Droit des Obligations

ENGL211

English for Business

DCOM215

Introduction a l Etude du Droit

DCOM245

Droit Civil I (personnes)

Semester 3

Code

Course

LLBS224

Sociology of Law

MGNT221

Organisational Behaviour

ECON242

Macroeconomics

LLBS236

Family Law

LLBS235

Law of Contract

COSC272

Spreadsheet and Dbase

ENGL212

English for Academic Purposes

Semester 4

Code

Course

LLBS345

Civil Law

MGNT351

The Business Environment

HRMN333

Human Resource Management

LLBS326

Law and Technology

ENGL313

English for Critical Thinking

LLBS334

Jurisprudence

Semester 5

Code

Course

BSAD399

Project Management

LLBS476

Environmental Law

COSC374

Management Information System (MIS)

LLBS375

Administative Law

LLBS387

International Law

LLBS322

Criminal Law

Semester 6

Code

Course

ADMN465

Methodologie de Recherche et Redaction de Memoire

LLBS454

Investment and Competition Law

LLBS467

Human Rights Law

COSC422

Computer Application to Business and Finance

LLBS446

Property Law

BSAD496

Leadership Studies

LLBS458

Labour and Industrial Law

Semester 7

Code

Course

LLBS473

Banking and Tax Law

LLBS465

Modern Enterprise and Corporate Law

BSAD450

Entrepreneurship Development

LLBS454

Alternative Dispute Resolution

LLBS457

Intellectual Property Law

Semester 8

Code

Course

BSAD498

Redaction de Memoire de Recherche

BSAD489

Leadership and Innovation Seminars

ADMN499

Soutenance

BSAD490

Business Practicum

BSAD488

SAGE Software

Grading & Class of degree

Grades shall be given as symbols with quality points per symbol as shown below

MARKS

GRADE

EXPLANATION

QUALITY POINT

91-100

A+

OUTSTANDING

4.00

86-90

A

EXCELLENT

3.60

81-85

A-

REMARKABLE

3.40

76-80

B+

VERY GOOD

3.20

71-75

B

RELATIVELY GOOD

3.00

65-70

B-

GOOD

2.80

56-64

C+

PASS

2.56

51-55

C

Marginal PASS

2.00

0-50

F

FAIL

0