Bachelor of Science in Economics (BSCE)

Bachelor of Science in Economics - BSCE

About the program
Program rules
Program courses
Academic staff

The program of Bachelor of Economics (BSCE) was established in 2007 at the Syrian Virtual University, where the university wanted through this program to help specific groups of students who have work and reside in different places and can’t move to continue their study in higher education, as well as to equip students with the foundational business skills that will prepare them to excel in today’s dynamic marketplace.

There are three specializations in this program: Business Management, Marketing, Banking and Finance, and a student will hold a degree in Economics.

The program provides students holding a high school diploma or Technological Institute in commerce, finance or business to continue his/her study whenever and wherever they want without having to sacrifice their career or personal life, and obtain a high academic qualification.

This program is designed to equip student with the theoretical and practical knowledge necessary to work in organizations based on the latest knowledge and international standards.

Furthermore it helps him/her to use the most developed teaching methods through computer networks and the Internet, where a student can follow his/her courses anywhere and anytime, and taking advantage of all the benefits of virtual learning.

New specializations will be added in this program in the near future.

Registration

Attaining a public high school diploma scientific, commercial section, or any other section approved by the University Council is required from students for registration in the first year. Acceptance is made through a general trade-off, acceptance test, or both as determined by the competent council, Provided that students who have attained a secondary school certificate obtain more than 50% of the total general rate after deleting the mark of religious education course.
The student may be exempted from studying a number of courses if he/she gets an intermediate institute certificate in one of the following specialties:

Technical Institute of Accounting and Finance (formerly the Institute of Commerce)
Institute of Banking
Technical Institute for Business Administration and Marketing (formerly the Institute of Secretariat).
Higher National Diploma of Informatics and Management Applications.
Any other institutes related to economic sciences approved by the University Council.

3. University Council sets at the end of each academic year, the number of new students who can be admitted in the program.

4. Paying off the university courses fees according to the sanctioned financial system at Syrian Virtual University.

5. Students can select new courses to study throughout semester among courses which have open classes.

6. Students can choose a maximum of ten or a minimum of three courses in semester, this selection should be commensurate with related courses.

7. New students are accepted in two semesters (Fall and Spring) according to the admission criteria which is determined by the University.

Studying duration

The duration of the study to obtain the license in the economy for all disciplines is four years.
The student is allowed to study for a maximum of nine years for the secondary certificate campaign and seven years for the intermediate institute’s certificate campaign.
The academic year is divided into two separate semesters, and the University Council determines the date of commencement and completion of the study and the dates for the examination.

Costs anf Fees

Fee Type

Degree

The Amount

(SYP)

Euro(€)

Dollar ( $ )

Registration Fee

Bachelor / Advancement Programs

3000

Annual Fee

Degree / Advancement Programs

10000

130

150

Certificate Fee / Bachelor Degree

All Degrees

5000

100

110

Transcript Document Extraction

All Degrees

2500* Number Of Copies

Course Fee

All Degrees

16000

100

110

Notes

20% of the tuition fees is deducted for members of the Teachers Union and their children. This discount does not include exam fees and costs.
50% of the tuition fees is deducted for military personnel, whether they are working with the army and the armed forces as volunteers, draftees or reserves.

Placement test PT. and Admission test AT

The PT and AT fees for students in Saudi Arabia are paid at the University's Access Center in Riyadh and Mecca (cash in SAR)
The PT and AT fees for students in Dubai are paid at the University's Access Center in Dubai (cash in AED).
The PT and AT fees for students in (Jordan / Egypt / Lebanon / Turkey / Bahrain / Erbil / Sultanate of Oman/Sudan) are paid at the University's Access Centers in Amman / Cairo / Beirut / Istanbul / Manama/Erbil/Muscat/ Khartoum) cash in USD
The PT and AT fees for students in Kuwait are paid at the University's Access Centers in (Kuwait) cash in KD.
The PT and AT fees for students in Germany are paid at the University's Access Center in Germany (cash in Euro).
The PT and AT fees for students in Austria are paid at the University's Access Center in Austria (cash in Euro).
The PT and AT fees for students in Russia are paid at the University's Access Center in Moscow (cash in rubles).

After admission and final registration, students have to pay an additional amount for each course in return for the services of the center and the cost of examinations.

Fees	Country
1500 S.P	Internal Telecenters in Syria
40 USD 25 Euro	Jordan / Egypt/ Lebanon/ Bahrain/ Erbil / Sultanate of Oman/Khartoum
50 USD 25 Euro	Turkey
250AED	United Arab Emirates
230 SAR	Saudi Arabia
20KD	Kuwait
40 Euro	Germany
50 Euro	Austria
2500 rubles	Russia

Success and graduation conditions

Success conditions

The total mark is considered a 100 degree for each course
The student is considered passed in the course if he get a final result equal or greater than 60% of the higher mark of the course
If a student passes in a course and gets an exam result higher than 90% of the total mark, the university has the right to check the student's level throughout an oral interview or a written exam, and to ensure his success in the course or announce his failure in it if he isn't at the required level.
If the student failed in a course, he/she must repeat it completely with its assignments and exams, in addition to paying its full costs.

conditions of raising from year to the next one:

As for the raising for one year to the next, it differs according to the specialities in the program, as mentioned -in the following tables- the minimum number of the courses that the student should passed at in order to raise from one year to another in the fields of the following specialties (Business administration – Marketing – Banks). As for the graduates of the technological institutes, the calculation should be done for the exempted courses in addition to the successful ones and the administrative courses if any, in the BSCE program :

BSCE program / Business Administrative
year	The minimum number of the passed courses
second	8
third	21
forth	34

BSCE program/Marketing
year	The minimum number of the passed courses
second	8
third	20
forth	32

BSCE program/Banks
year	The minimum number of the passed courses
second	8
third	22
forth	35

The English levels are included in the number of the above calculated courses.

3- The general graduation average

The courses’ averages (including the English levels) that the student has successfully passed in the four years are combined and divided on the total number of the courses and thus the general average will be extracted.

4- The Ranks:

The Syrian Virtual University grants the students in the BSCE program the degree of appreciation according to the marks as follows:

Rank of Honors if the student gets a general average of (95%) or more

Rank of Excellence if the student gets a general average (85%) to below (95%)

Rank of Very Good if the student gets a general average (75%) to below (85%)

Rank of Good if the student gets a general average (65%) to below (75%)

Rank of Acceptable if the student gets a general average (60%) to below (65%)

5- The Graduation decision:

The student is considered successful in the BSCE program and obtains the certificate of bachelor degree of science in economics under the following conditions:

Passing in all of the required courses
Passing the fifth level in the English program or what equivalent to it.
The duration of his studies shall not exceed 9 years for the Secondary certificate holders and 7 years for the institute certificate holders.

Courses list:

Courses in after secondary school with precedences:

First year, Semesters I, II

	Code	Course name in English	Course name in Arabic	Precedences
1	EM610	Essential Mathematics (1)	أساسيات الرياضيات (1)	n.a
2	BMP612	Basic Management Principles	أساسيات الادارة	n.a
3	AE614	Accounting Essentials 1	أساسيات المحاسبة 1	n.a
4	MA624	Microeconomic Analysis	أساسيات التحليل الجزئي	n.a
5	GBS103	Introduction to On-Line Education	التعليم الإلكتروني	n.a
6	ICDL	International Computer driving Licence	رخصة قيادة الحاسب الدولية	n.a
7	AIC613	Arabic Islamic Civilization	الحضارة العربية والإسلامية	n.a
8	EM621	Essential Mathematics 2	أساسيات الرياضيات 2	EM610
9	AE622	Accounting Essentials 2	أساسيات المحاسبة 2	AE 614
10	PS623	Principles of Statistics	أساسيات الإحصاء	n.a
11	PM625	Principals of Marketing	أساسيات التسويق	n.a
12	ENG1	English I	اللغة الانكليزية [1]	n.a
13	ENG2	English II	اللغة الانكليزية [2]	ENG1

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT specialization

	Code	Course name in English	Course name in Arabic	Precedences
1	MA	macroeconomics Analysis	التحليل الكلي	MA624
2	BE	Business Environment	بيئة الأعمال القانونية	n.a
3	AO	Administrative Organization	التنظيم الإداري	BMP612
4	EAM	Economics & Administrative Mathematics	الرياضيات الإقتصادية والإدارية	EM621
5	CAM	Computer Applications Of Management	تطبيقات الحاسوب في الادارة	ICDL
6	MM	The Management of Marketing	إدارة التسويق	PM625
7	FA	Financial Accounting of Companies	المحاسبة المالية في الشركات	n.a
8	CA	Cost Accounting	محاسبة التكاليف	FA
9	DBM	Database management	نظم إدارة قواعد البيانات	CAM
10	FM	Financial Management	الإدارة المالية	n.a
11	OM	Operations Management	إدارة الإنتاج	n.a
12	SBM823	Small and medium Business Management	إدارة المشاريع الصغيرة والمتوسطة	BMP612
13	GRM	General relation Management	إدارة العلاقات العامة	BMP612
14	GA834	General Administration	الإدارة العامة	n.a
15	MFM	Management of Financial Markets	إدارة الأسواق المالية	n.a
16	AE	Administrative Economy	الإقتصاد الإداري	MA
17	SAA	Statistical applications for administration	تطبيقات الإحصاء في الإدارة	PS623
18	GF	General Finance	المالية العامة	n.a
19	PA842	Projects Administration	إدارة المشاريع	BMP612
20	LSA843	Logistic and supplying administration	إدارة التخزين والإمداد	BMP612
21	HRM	Human resources Management	إدارة الموارد البشرية	BMP612
22	OR	Operations researches	بحوث العمليات	EAM
23	ADT	Administrative Decisions Theory	نظرية القرارات الإدارية	OR
24	MIS	Management Information Systems	نظم المعلومات الإدارية	CAM
25	SM	Services Marketing	التسويق الخدمي	PM625
26	SA	Strategic Management	الإدارة الإستراتيجية	BMP612
27	TQM855	Quality Management	ادارة الجودة	BMP612
28	IBA853	International Businesses Management	إدارة الأعمال الدولية	BMP612
29	CM864	Crisis Management	إدارة الأزمات	BMP612
30	IM	International Marketing	التسويق الدولي	PM625
31	CIM862	Contemporary Issues In Management	قضايا إدارية معاصرة	BMP612
32	OT865	Organization Theory	نظرية المنظمة	AO
33	MC864	Management Of Change	إدارة التغيير	BMP612
34	MSE	Managerial Studies (in English)	دراسات إدارية باللغة الإنكليزية	ENG3
35	ENG3	English III	اللغة الانكليزية [3]	ENG2
36	ENG4	English IV	اللغة الانكليزية [4]	ENG3
37	ENG5	English V	اللغة الانكليزية [5]	ENG4

MARKETING specialization

	Code	Course name in English	Course name in Arabic	Precedences
1	MA	macroeconomics Analysis	التحليل الكلي	MA624
2	BE	Business Environment	بيئة الأعمال القانونية	n.a
3	AO	Administrative Organization	التنظيم الإداري	BMP612
4	EAM	Economics & Administrative Mathematics	الرياضيات الإقتصادية والإدارية	EM621
5	CAM	Computer Applications Of Management	تطبيقات الحاسوب في الادارة	ICDL
6	MM	The Management of Marketing	إدارة التسويق	PM625
7	FA	Financial Accounting of Companies	المحاسبة المالية في الشركات	n.a
8	CA	Cost Accounting	محاسبة التكاليف	FA
9	DBM	Database management	نظم إدارة قواعد البيانات	CAM
10	FM	Financial Management	الإدارة المالية	n.a
11	OM	Operations Management	إدارة الإنتاج	n.a
12	OB923	Organization Behaviour	السلوك التنظيمي	n.a
13	SM924	Sales management	ادارة المبيعات	PM625
14	GRM	General relation Management	إدارة العلاقات العامة	BMP612
15	MFM	Management of Financial Markets	إدارة الأسواق المالية	n.a
16	AE	Administrative Economy	الإقتصاد الإداري	MA
17	AA	Administrative accounting	المحاسبة الإدارية	CA
18	SAA	Statistical applications for administration	تطبيقات الإحصاء في الإدارة	PS623
19	OR	Operations researches	بحوث العمليات	EAM
20	MIS	Management Information Systems	نظم المعلومات الإدارية	CAM
21	SM	Services Marketing	التسويق الخدمي	PM625
22	SA	Strategic Management	الإدارة الإستراتيجية	BMP612
23	MP934	Management Of Promotion	إدارة الترويج	SM924
24	COB942	Consumer Behaviour	سلوك المستهلك	MM
25	ISP943	Individual-Selling Policies	سياسات البيع الشخصي	SM924
26	IM	International Marketing	التسويق الدولي	PM625
27	MSE	Managerial Studies (in English)	دراسات إدارية باللغة الإنكليزية	ENG3
28	SM952	Strategic Marketing	التسويق الإستراتيجي	PM625
29	MR953	Marketing Research	بحوث التسويق	PM625
30	PDP954	Pricing and Distribution Policies	سياسات التسعير والتوزيع	MM
31	MEC962	Marketing and Electronic Commerce	التسويق والتجارة الإلكترونية	PM625
32	CIM961	Contemporary Issues In Marketing	قضايا معاصرة في التسويق	PM625
33	INNO964	Innovative Marketing	التسويق الإبتكاري	PM625
34	ENG3	English III	اللغة الانكليزية [3]	ENG2
35	ENG4	English IV	اللغة الانكليزية [4]	ENG3
36	ENG5	English V	اللغة الانكليزية [5]	ENG4

BANKING AND FINANCE specialization

	Code	Course name in English	Course name in Arabic	Precedences
1	MA	macroeconomics Analysis	التحليل الكلي	MA624
2	BE	Business Environment	بيئة الأعمال القانونية	n.a
3	AO	Administrative Organization	التنظيم الإداري	BMP612
4	EAM	Economics & Administrative Mathematics	الرياضيات الإقتصادية والإدارية	EM621
5	IRM753	Insurance & Risk Management	إدارة التأمين والمخاطر	BA742
6	CAM	Computer Applications Of Management	تطبيقات الحاسوب في الادارة	ICDL
7	FA731	Financial Accounting1	المحاسبة المالية 1	AE622
8	FM740	Financial Management 1	الادارة المالية 1	n.a
9	BA742	Banking Administration	إدارة المصارف	BM743
10	BM743	Banks and Money	النقود والمصارف	n.a
11	CA	Cost Accounting	محاسبة التكاليف	FA745
12	DBM	Database management	نظم إدارة قواعد البيانات	CAM
13	FA745	Financial Accounting 2	المحاسبة المالية 2	FA731
14	MFM	Management of Financial Markets	إدارة الأسواق المالية	BM743
15	IA750	Intermediate Accounting1	المحاسبة المتوسطة 1	CA
16	AA	Administrative accounting	المحاسبة الإدارية	CA
17	SAA	Statistical applications for administration	تطبيقات الإحصاء في الإدارة	PS623
18	FM751	Financial Management 2	الإدارة المالية 2	FM740
19	GF	General Finance	المالية العامة	n.a
20	HRM	Human resources Management	إدارة الموارد البشرية	BMP612
21	OR	Operations researches	بحوث العمليات	EAM
22	ADT	Administrative Decisions Theory	نظرية القرارات الإدارية	OR
23	IA760	Intermediate accounting 2	المحاسبة المتوسطة 2	IA750
24	CB762	Commercial Banks	المصارف التجارية	BM743
25	IBF763	International banks and finance	المصارف الدولية والتمويل	CB762
26	IFO770	Islamic financial organizations	المؤسسات المالية الإسلامية	CB762
27	MIS	Management Information Systems	نظم المعلومات الإدارية	CAM
28	SM	Services Marketing	التسويق الخدمي	PM625
29	SA	Strategic Management	الإدارة الإستراتيجية	BMP612
30	FB774	Financial Budgeting	الموازنة المالية	GF
31	EB775	E-Banks	المصارف الإلكترونية	CB762
32	MSE	Managerial Studies (in English)	دراسات إدارية باللغة الإنكليزية	ENG3
33	FAN780	Financial Analysis	مقرر التحليل المالي	BA742
34	CFBI781	Contemporary Financial and Banking Issues	قضايا مصرفية ومالية معاصرة	BA742
35	INVM773	Investment Management	إدارة الإستثمارات	FM751
36	BF783	Business Finance	تمويل المنظمات	FM751
37	ENG3	English III	اللغة الانكليزية [3]	ENG2
38	ENG4	English IV	اللغة الانكليزية [4]	ENG3
39	ENG5	English V	اللغة الانكليزية [5]	ENG4