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Bachelor of Science in Economics

Course Structure

        YEAR ONE

        First semester  

  • CMJ 1100 – Communication Skills, 3 Credit Hours
  • ZOO 1100 -HIV & AIDS and Lifestyle Diseases, 3 Credit Hours       
  • ECO 1101 – Introduction to Microeconomics, 3 Credit Hours         
  • ECO 1102 – Fundamentals of Mathematics, 3 Credit Hours
  • ECO 1103 – Economic Statistics I, 3 Credit Hours
  • BCOM1101 – Accounting I, 3 Credit Hours                             
  • ECO 1104 – Kenya’s Economy since Independence, 3 Credit Hours             

        Total                     21          

        Second Semester

  • COM 1200 – Computer & Information Literacy, 3 Credit Hours
  • ECO 1201 – Introduction to Macroeconomics, 3 Credit Hours
  • ECO 1202 – Mathematics for Economics I, 3 Credit Hours
  • BCOM 1201 – Business Law, 3 Credit Hours
  • BCOM 1203 – Accounting II, 3 Credit Hours
  • ECO 1203 – Economics Statistics II, 3 Credit Hours
  • ARE1203 – Introduction to Agricultural Economics, 3 Credit Hours

        Total                     21

       

       YEAR TWO

        First Semester  

  • ENS 2100 – Environmental Skills, 3 Credit Hours 
  • REL 2100 – Philosophy and Critical Thinking, 3 Credit Hours           
  • ECO 2101 – Intermediate Microeconomics, 3 Credit Hours             
  • ECO 2102 – Production Economics, 3 Credit Hours             
  • ECO 2103 – Rural Development, 3 Credit Hours  
  • ECO 2104 – Calculus for Economists I, 3 Credit Hours       
  • ECO 2105 – History of Economic Thought I, 3 Credit Hours             

        Total                     21          

        Second Semester

  • ECO 2201 – Intermediate Macroeconomics, 3 Credit Hours
  • ECO 2202 – Mathematics for Economics II, 3 Credit Hours
  • ECO 2203 – Economics of Money and Banking, 3 Credit Hours
  • ECO 2204 – Calculus for Economists II, 3 Credit Hours
  • ECO 2205 – History of Economic Thought II, 3 Credit Hours
  • ECO 2206 – Issues in Africa’s Economic Development, 3 Credit Hours
  • ECO 2207 – Accounting and Control, 3 Credit Hours

        Total                     21

       

       YEAR THREE

        First semester  

  • ECO 3101 – Advanced Microeconomics, 3 Credit Hours   
  • ECO 3102 – International Economics, 3 Credit Hours                         
  • ECO 3103 – Development Economics, 3 Credit Hours        
  • ECO 3104 – Economics of Labour and Industry, 3 Credit Hours     
  • ECO 3105 – Operations Research, 3 Credit Hours
  • ECO 3130 – Project Appraisal and Analysis, 3 Credit Hours    
  • ECO 3131 – Demographic Economics, 3 Credit Hours                        

         Total                     21          

        Second Semester

  • BBM 3200 – Entrepreneurship Skills, 3 Credit Hours          
  • ECO 3201 – Advanced Macroeconomics, 3 Credit Hours  
  • ECO 3203 – Development planning, 3 Credit Hours            
  • ECO 3205 – Research Methodology, 3 Credit Hours           
  • ECO 3204 – Industrial Attachment, 6 Credit Hours             
  • ECO 3230 – Economics Planning and Social Choice, 3 Credit Hours              
  • ECO 3231 – Health Economics, 3 Credit Hours     

         Total                     24

       

        YEAR FOUR

         First semester  

  •  ECO 4101 – Econometrics I, 3 Credit Hours                          
  • ECO 4102 – Research Paper, 3 Credit Hours                          
  • ECO 4103 – Applied Statistics, 3 Credit Hours                       
  • ECO 4130 – Natural Resource Economics, 3 Credit Hours
  • ECO 4131 – Small Business and Entrepreneurial Skills, 3 Credit Hours 
  • ECO 4132 – Comparative Economic Systems, 3 Credit Hours                      
  • ECO 4133 – Urban and Regional Economics, 3 Credit Hours                       

         Total                     21          

        Second Semester

  • ECO 4201 – Econometrics II          3
  • ECO 4202 – Data Analysis and Computer Applications, 3 Credit Hours       
  • ECO 4203 – Public Finance and Fiscal Policy, 3 Credit Hours           
  • ECO 4230 – Environmental Economics, 3 Credit Hours     
  • ECO 4231 – Macroeconomic Modeling and Forecasting, 3 Credit Hours    
  • ECO 4232 – Transport Economics, 3 Credit Hours
  • ECO 4233 – Food Policy, 3 Credit Hours  

        Total                      21

Fee Structure and Funding

www.mmarau.ac.ke/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Fees-Structure-Government-Sponsored-Students.pdf – Government Sponsored

 

Revised_fee_structure_October_2021.pdf (mmarau.ac.ke) – Privately Sponsored