General Studies

PROGRAM

The Jagora University Bachelor of Arts in general studies program is designed to provide students with a well-rounded education by combining a core set of general education courses with courses from several career-related disciplines. The program lays the foundation for a broad base of knowledge with general education courses in a variety of subject areas. In addition, students can select courses from various disciplines such as business administration, marketing, criminal justice, and early childhood education to customize the program to meet their professional and personal goals.

This program emphasizes competency-based education, focusing on both theory and application and the students enrolled in this program will acquire skills that will better prepare them to understand, integrate and apply what they learn to their workplaces, both immediately and over the lifespan of their careers.
The Jagora University Bachelor of Art (BA) degree is part of a cohort of JU Career Programs that teaches everything required to take the candidate career to the next level in the shortest amount of time. Career Programs contain Skills Courses from the competency areas defined by employer partners.

Career programs can be completed in four years or less with an estimate of 45 hours of study per week. In some cases, the study could be completed in less than four years with the accreditation of prior experience learning. Jagora University Career Program graduates can earn USA nationally recognized certifications.

Objectives

Learn to be

Display the skills of time management, critical thinking, problem solving, decision making, written comprehension, communication, and research.

Efficiency skills

Identify and apply the fundamental principles of public speaking, speech criticism, audience analysis, and effective delivery techniques.

Thinking

Apply behavioral principles to fact situations, and reason to sound conclusions based on theory and practicality of solution.

Technology Knowledge

Demonstrate an understanding of the broad implications of technological innovation on social organization in terms of personal, political, economic, and environmental issues.

Prepare the future

Be prepared to enter master’s degree or MBA programs without any additional academic preparation.

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SKILLS LEVELS

– 100 : level skills courses are where students begin their journey. These include the foundational knowledge and skills required for success in a technical career.

– 200 : level skills courses are intermediate-level courses that include tools, equipment, processes and knowledge required to master technical tasks.

– 300 : level skills courses are advanced-level skill and knowledge-based courses.

– 400 : level skills courses are project and application-based courses. Many of these courses include full project-based.

DURATION

6 to 8 semesters.

1 semester = 30 ECTS (European Credit Transfert System)

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION INCLUDED

INTERNSHIP

The internship starts at the end of the program.

The duration of the internship is 3 months.

Contact

Hours of operation: Monday – Friday at 8am and 5pm, except on holidays.

Jagora University Campus

BP: 11 550, Rue 1.765

Yaoundé (Cameroun)

Phone : +237 6 95 38 62 37
Email : contact@jagora.org

Frequently Asked Questions

When does the program start?

Jagora University academic calendar has 2 intakes:
1) Fall intake in October
2) Spring intake in February

Who is the provider of the certificate?

The certificates are provided by ECLEE and the diploma degrees are delivered by Jagora University, KL University (India), University Moulay Ismail (Morocco).

Where does the lesson take place?

Lesson takes place in different places and, can take different forms :

– Online asynchronous
– Online synchronous
– Onsite instructor led at Jagora University main campus or partners campus

What is the language of the courses?

The courses is in English.