Undergraduate Curriculum at Tunis Business School

Students at TBS will be earning a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BBA).  In order to receive the degree, students must earn a minimum of 123 acceptable semester credits.  At different levels of the curriculum, the students have to make choices and shape their own profiles.  The student should take about 46 courses, corresponding to 123 credits, consisting of 17 Business Core Requirements, 11 courses from the Business requirements for the Major, 5 courses of Business electives for the Minor, 7 courses of non-business requirements, and 4 computer science courses.  In addition, the student must enroll in the TBS Organization Seminar.

 

The total number of credits should be taken as follows:

  1. Business Core Requirement   (51 semester credits)
  2. Business Area of Emphasis   (Major - 33 semester credits)
  3. Business Elective   (Minor - 15 semester credits)
  4. Non-Business   (12 semester credits of specific courses from Arts, Humanities, and Social Science areas)
  5. Computer Science   (10 semester credits)

1 - Business Core Requirement Courses

The list of business core courses at TBS is the following (51 semester credits):

    • BCOR 100: TBS Organization Seminar (0 credits)
    • BCOR 110: Mathematics for Business (3 credits)
    • BCOR 120: Principles of Management (3 credits)
    • BCOR 130: Financial Accounting (3 credits)
    • BCOR 140: Introduction to Microeconomics (3 credits)
    • BCOR 150: Probability & Statistics for Business I (3 credits - Pre-requisite BCOR 110)
    • BCOR 200: Introduction to MIS (3 credits)
    • BCOR 210: Fundamentals of Marketing (3 credits - Pre-requisite BCOR 120)
    • BCOR 220: Intermediate accounting (3 credits - Pre-requisite BCOR 130)
    • BCOR 225: Managerial Accounting (3 credits - Pre-requisite BCOR 130)
    • BCOR 230: Operation Research I (3 credits - Pre-requisite BCOR 110)
    • BCOR 240: Introduction to Macroeconomics (3 credits)
    • BCOR 250: Probability and Statistics for Business II (3 credits - Pre-requisite BCOR 150)
    • BCOR 260: Principles of Finance (3 credits - Pre-requisite BCOR 220 & BCOR 250)
    • BCOR 300: Production and Operations Management (3 credits - Pre-requisite BCOR 110)
    • BCOR 310: Industrial Economics (3 credits - Pre-requisite BCOR 140)
    • BCOR 320: Indirect Taxation and Taxation for Individuals and Business Income (3 credits - Pre-requisite BCOR 130)
    • BCOR 330: Business Law, Ethics, and Public Policy (3 Credits - Pre-requisite BCOR 130 & BCOR 210) (3 credits)

    2 - Non-Business Course Requirements

    Students must take 12 credits of specific courses from Arts, Humanities, and Social Science content areas:

    1. NBC 100: Intensive General English  (3 credits)
    2. NBC 110: French I (1 credit)
    3. NBC 120: English Communication Skills (2 credits - Pre-requisite NBC 100)
    4. NBC 130: French II (1 credit - Pre-requisite NBC 110)
    5. NBC 200: Business English (2 credits - Pre-requisite NBC 120)
    6. NBC 210: Technical Writing (2 credits - Pre-requisite NBC 200)

    In addition one of the following courses:

    • NBC 300: Arabic Culture (1 credit) for non native Arab students
    • NBC 310: Civil Society (1 credit)
    • NBC 320: Introduction to Political Science (1 credit)
    • NBC 330: Leadership Skills in Business (1 credit)
    • NBC 340: Aspects of Civilization (1 credit)
    • NBC 350: International Relations

      3 - Computer Science Courses

      Students must take 10 credits of computer science courses to build and enhance their skills in Computer and Information Technology:

      1. CS 100: Computer Science I (3 credits)
      2. CS 110: Computer Science II (1 credit - Pre-requisite CS 100)
      3. CS 200: Foundations of Information Technology (3 credits - Pre-requisite CS 110)
      4. CS 210: Enterprise Information Systems  (3 credits - Pre-requisite BCOR 200)

      4 - Business Area of Emphasis (Major and Minor)

      From among Accounting, Business Decision Making, Finance, Information Technology, and Marketing, students must choose an area of emphasis as a Major and another area with less emphasis as a Minor.  The Major consists of 30 semester credits beyond business core courses and a 3 credit Senior Project course. The minor consists of 15 semester credits.

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