Management and Public Administration – ACCRA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

Department of Management and Public Administration

Overview of the Department

The Department of Management and Public Administration trains students in the area of bilingual and general secretarial duties. The Department offers courses in Management Studies to prepare students as administrators in corporate, public or non-governmental institutions.

The department also runs Management and Administration of Public Systems; a discipline that involves the activity of executing policies, overseeing programme implementation through the combined application of policy and the management of modern systems.The Department is poised to distinguish itself as the best in secretarial training in the country.

Programme Structure of the Department

HND SECRETARYSHIP AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES

Year 1 Semester I

No	Course Code	Course	Credit Hours	Remarks
1	CLT 101	COMPUTER LITERACY I	2	C
2	ACT 103	ECONOMICS THEORY I	3	C
3	COS 101	COMMUNICATION SKILLS I	2	C
4	LAN 119	SECRETARIAL FRENCH	2	C
5	SMS 111	TEXT PROCESSING I	3	C
6	SMS 121	LAW AND PROCEDURES OF MEETING I	3	C
7	SMS 131	INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTING I	2	C
8	SMS 141	SECRETARIAL ENGLISH 1	2	C
		Total	19

Year 1 Semester II

No	Course Code	Course	Credit Hours	Remarks
1	SMS 142	SECRETARIAL ENGLISH II	2	C
2	SMS 182	BUSINESS LAW	2	C
3	SMS 132	INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTING II	2	C
4	SMS 122	LAW AND PROCEDURES OF MEETING II	2	C
5	SMS 112	TEXT PROCESSING II	3	C
6	SMS 102	BUSINESS MANAGEMENT	2	C
7	COS 102	COMMUNICATION SKILLS II	2	C
8	CLT 102	COMPUTER LITERACY II	2	C
		Total	17

Year 2 Semester I

No	Course Code	Course	Credit Hours	Remarks
1	MAS 261	QUANTITATIVE METHODS	3	C
2	CLT 233	COMPUTER APPLICATION	2	C
3	SMS 203	BUSINESS COMMUNICATION I	2	C
4	SMS 213	TEXT PROCESSING III	3	C
5	SMS 223	LAW AND PROCEDURES OF MEETING III	3	C
6	SMS 243	SECRETARIAL ENGLISH III	2	C
7	SMS 253	ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR	2	C
		Total	17

Year 2 Semester II

No	Course Code	Course	Credit Hours	Remarks
1	SMS 254	ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR II	2	C
2	SMS 244	SECRETARIAL ENGLISH IV	2	C
3	SMS 224	LAW AND PROCEDURES OF MEETING III	3	C
4	SMS 234	OFFICE MANAGEMENT	3	C
5	SMS 214	TEXT PROCESSING IV	3	C
6	SMS 216	RESEARCH METHODS	2	C
7	SMS 204	BUSINESS COMMUNICATION	3	C
8	CLT 234	COMPUTER APPLICATIONS II	2	C
9	AFS 100	AFRICAN STUDIES	2	C
		Total	22

Year 3 Semester I

No	Course Code	Course	Credit Hours	Remarks
1	MKT 395	PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING	3	C
2	LGS 385	CORPORATE LAW	2	C
3	SMS 301	ENTREPRENEURSHIP	2	C
4	SMS 315	RESEARCH METHODS	2	C
5	SMS 335	SECRETARIAL PRACTICE I	3	C
6	SMS 355	HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT	3	C
		Total	15

Year 3 Semester II

No	Course Code	Course	Credit Hours	Remarks
1	SMS 356	PROJECT WORK	3	C
2	SMS 366	INDUSTRIAL RELATION	3	C
3	SMS 386	MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM	3	C
4	SMS 336	SECRETARIAL PRACTICE II	3	C
5	ETP 302	ENTREPRENEURSHIP	3	C
		Total	15

HND BILINGUAL SECRETARYSHIP