Are you considering enrolment for an accredited course that will lead to an undergraduate degree? BPEC offers national and foreign pathways to undergraduate courses in Abu Dhabi?
Undergraduate courses offer an entry point to the world of work and most importantly the development of entrepreneurship skills among learners. Students need to make informed choices when deciding an undergraduate course to study as the choices determine career and professional development. The UAE is a complex and competitive environment for education and BPEC responds as a mission-critical institution guided by the fundamental values of scholarship and the strategic focus of Abu Dhabi and UAE.
With an increase in the number of learning institutions, students need enough information to decide on the appropriate course to study. How does BPEC respond to the demands of learners and the changing dynamics of the world of work?
BPEC offers a variety of undergraduate courses in Business Management, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Information Technology, and Accounting & Business. BPEC’s undergraduate courses in Abu Dhabi start from foundation diploma for higher education studies, foundation diploma in business studies, and Level 2 Certificate in Business Administration. The learning approaches adopted on these courses focus at developing learners’ employability and entrepreneurial skills. This is also supported by the student-centered workshops, industrial visits, internship programs, and other learning activities facilitated across UAE.
What information do you require when choosing an undergraduate course? I share some few nuggets to help candidates in Abu Dhabi make informed undergraduate career choices.
The Academic Enterprise
Learners need to critically review the institutions available before making a decision. This encompasses a review of accreditation status, programmes on offer, and the institution’s strategic focus. Institutions that have a broad understanding of scholarship and the shifting dynamics of the 21st Century focus on developing learners’ exploration & exploitation competencies, but most importantly awakening individual learners’ natural capabilities. The awakening of learners’ enduring human capabilities can be assessed through the teaching methods and extra-curricular activities in relation to such capabilities as curiosity, imagination, exploration and discovery.
The Faculty Members
The mindsets of teaching faculty are important in the development of learners at undergraduate level. Undergraduate learners need to interact with faculty members who do not deepen the traditional teacher-student or parent-child relationship. BPEC acknowledges that this mindset was predominantly adopted in traditional learning institutions where teachers viewed learners as mere containers to be filled with knowledge. As such teaching focused on the mere cultivation of learners’ capacity and efficiency without awakening the creative impulse and igniting a sense of imagination among learners. Undergraduate learners need to interact with faculty members who have both the theoretical and practical knowledge in a particular discipline. There are high stakes in these interactions, particularly in nurturing entrepreneurial tendencies among leaders. Business Faculty members should be entrepreneurs or business owners; IT Faculty members should be involved in significant IT projects, and Accounting Faculty members should be engaged in Accountancy practice.
The Curriculum
There is a lot of literature about the significance of curriculum in academic and training enterprises. The curriculum should be rigorous and relevant to the changing times and to learners’ career pursuits. Learners need to be introduced to a future-focused curriculum rather than outdated curriculum. Most curriculum focuses on traditional concepts without integrating the future of work and as such cultivate curiosity and imagination among learners. In reviewing curriculum, candidates need to pay attention to individual program specification items, the core competencies to be gained from learning sessions, and the assessment methods and processes to be used in evaluating learners’ work. This information should be readily available to prospective and current learners in an academic enterprise.
The Administrative Help and Guide
Administrative support of an academic enterprise needs to be astute and highly responsive to the needs of learners. In most cases, administrative staff of a learning institution model the learners’ mindset around work and professionalism. The administrative support in academic and learning institutions include Customer Experience Representatives, Information Technology Experts, Office and Campus Administration, Marketing and so on.
In choosing an undergraduate courses in Abu Dhabi, BPEC is a mission-critical learning institution working with national and international vocational and academic institutions. The learning activities of BPEC are structured in a manner that helps diverse learners develop competencies for the world of work and for learners to establish viable businesses. A cursory perusal of BPEC alumni industry engagements indicate that the graduates are employed in well-paying jobs and others have established viable projects.
In terms of academic partners, BPEC collaborates with national and foreign awarding and regulatory bodies that seek to advance real scholarship. In Abu Dhabi, BPEC is a Registered Training Provider (RTP).
BPEC maintains multicultural academic and administrative staff as an approach to advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. This approach helps to prepare learners for the diverse world of work while exposing learners to diverse learning perspectives in a globalized economy. The workshops that are facilitated to support academic activities are presented by experts from different countries and industries.
The administrative team is engaged in developing support activities that enhance learning. This encompasses student support activities and maintenance of the Learning Management System (LMS). The administrative team also organizes field trips, industrial visits, and internship programs in consultation with the academics department. These activities are fundamental in enhancing the learning experience of individual learners.
The undergraduate courses in Abu Dhabi are built on the following foundational courses, both National Qualifications and Foreign Qualifications
Certificate 4 in Management Degree
Diploma 5 in Business Administration
Level 3 Award in Assessing Vocationally Related Achievement Degree
Level 3 Diploma in Business Studies
Level 3 Foundation Diploma for Higher Education Studies
Level 4 Diploma in Accounting and Business
Level 4 Diploma in Information Technology
Level 4 Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management Degree
Level 4 Diploma in Education and Training Management Degree
Level 4 Diploma in Business Management Degree
Level 5 Diploma in Accounting and Business
Level 5 Diploma in Information Technology
Level 5 Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management Degree
Level 5 Diploma in Business Management Degree
Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training
The courses delivered at BPEC provide a reliable and accost-effective pathway towards earning an accredited national or foreign undergraduate degree.
