Business Studies Department
Welcome to the Business Department of the best teachers’ college in the western hemisphere.
Our programme is designed to expose our students to a broad spectrum of business subjects to develop their global perspectives and strategic initiative. We want our students to be optimally rounded, innovative, reflective and reflexive researchers who are prepared and relevant for the future. Consequently, we go beyond developing scholarly knowledge to ensure that our students garner the social, and emotional intelligence needed for the ever-competitive global village.
Students you can rest assured that you will be moulded into lifelong learners who will learn to read critically, write thoughtfully and act decisively. You can be assured instead a transformational experience that will cause you to grow creatively, intellectually and socially as you are exposed to the various courses that will expand your problem-solving capabilities and business shrewdness. Through lecturers, business competitions seminar-style and project-based learning activities, your skills and competences will be unearthed and honed to enable you to maximize your potentials.
We are proud to inform you that networking is one of the benefits of being enrolled in our department. The programme activities enable students to:
- Partner with students, faculty and staff of other tertiary institutions and corporations locally and overseas.
- Engage in student exchanges with international colleges.
- Gain overseas employment in attractive service and retail businesses.
- Trade and invest in local and international equities.
- Attend and participate in International conferences.
- Design product prototypes
- Undertake training and upskilling programmes in collaboration with local and international institutions.
- Develop and test Business Models for competitive application and for attracting private and government funding.
Do not delay, come and be a part of our community and business family today. We are looking forward to seeing you soon.
UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Programmes
B.Ed. in Business Studies
Entry Requirements
- 5 CSEC subjects including Principles of Accounts grades 1 or 2 and one
other business subject.- NB: Level 3 City and Guilds is also Accepted.
B.Ed. in Institutional Management and Leadership
Entry Requirements
- 5 CSEC subjects including one Business subject.
- NB: Level 3 City and Guilds is also Accepted.
COURSES FOR BOTH PROGRAMMES
Courses
General Education and Foundation Courses for both Programmes.
- Foundation English
- Foundational Literacy 1 and 2
- Essentials of Communication 1 and 2
- Argumentative Discourse 1 and 2
- Business Discourse
- Conversational Spanish
- Foundations of Language
- Foundations of Prose Fiction
- Foundations of Poetry
- Foundations of Phonology
- Foundations of Drama
- Fundamentals of Technical Writing
- Teaching English in the
- Jamaican Classroom 1 and 2
Bachelor of Education in Language and Literacy - Specialised Courses
- Assessing, Evaluating and
- Analyzing Literacy Behaviours 1 and 2
- Language and the Acquisition of Literacy
- Writing and Literacy Development
- Enabling Learners Overcome Literacy Difficulties
- Designing & Implementing the Literacy Programme
- Psychology & Physiology in Literacy Acquisition
- Ethics, Logics & Critical Thinking
- Discourse Analysis, Text Processing and
- Literacy Acquisition
- Research in Literacy
Bachelor of Education in Language and Literature - Specialised Courses
- Structure of Language
- Writing about Literary Texts
- Contemporary Poetry
- Making Sense of Literary Texts
- Commonwealth Literature
- Public Speaking, Shakespearean Drama
- Teaching Literature 1
- Modern Drama
- Jamaican Literature
- Sociolinguistics
- Literature for the Adolescent
Career Opportunities
Careers
- Teacher of English Language – High Schools
- Literacy Specialist – High School
- Cluster Based Literacy Specialist :
- MOE, USAID, PEACECORPS, UNICEF and UNESCO
- Primary Language Arts Teacher Upper School
- Primary School Teacher
- Literacy Specialist – Primary School
- Journalism – Author, Columnist, Blogger
- Communication Specialist
- Instructional Designer
- Content Creator (YouTube/AI Platforms)
- International English tutor for (English as a Second Language) China, Dubai, Switzerland, Belgium, Japan …to name a few.
- Teacher of English Language and Literature– High Schools
- CSEC Literature Assessment Writer / Assessor
- Literature Based Education Officer
- Literature Consultant for : MOE, USAID, PEACECORPS, UNICEF and UNESCO
- Primary Language Arts Teacher Upper School
- Paralegal – Entry to Law
- Journalism – Author, Columnist, Blogger, Reporter
- Textbook Assessment Specialist
- Editor/Publisher
- Communication Specialist