I - Core Courses (27 credit hours only):
Managerial Economics (ECON 602)
This course equips students with analytical tools essential for making informed business decisions in an increasingly complex and interconnected global economy. It covers key concepts such as demand analysis, production theory, and market structures, while emphasizing the integration of environmental responsibility, social impact, and ethical considerations into corporate strategy. Through real-world case studies and practical exercises, students apply economic principles—including game theory—to analyze behavior in oligopolistic markets and assess the broader implications of global economic trends. The course encourages critical thinking about the role of business in promoting sustainable development, ethical resource use, and inclusive economic growth. By the end of the course, students will be prepared to navigate contemporary challenges with a strong foundation in economic reasoning and a commitment to responsible and forward-looking decision-making.
Managerial Accounting for Decision Making (ACCT 602)
This course explores the preparation, analysis, interpretation, and application of accounting information for guiding and controlling business operations. Emphasis is placed on the decision-making process related to measurement and reporting, including advanced topics such as budgeting, performance evaluation, profit centers, and transfer pricing. It also highlights how accounting data can be used to support sustainable business practices by incorporating environmental and social considerations into managerial decisions.
Operations Management (MAGT 603)
This course helps students to understand how to manage the conversion process whether with goods, services or systems. It is also intended to broaden the scope of students' knowledge relating to the application of decision-making techniques to operations problems with special emphasis on operations strategy, process design, quality management, capacity management, inventory management and project management. Sustainable operations, eco-efficiency, and ethical supply chain practices are also explored as integral aspects of operational decision-making.
Marketing Management (MAKT 604)
This course enhances students' understanding of how organizations identify and respond to consumer needs within competitive markets, while formulating strategies to achieve and sustain a competitive advantage. Key topics include environmental analysis, market research, consumer behavior, strategic planning, and the marketing mix. The course also places a strong emphasis on ethical marketing practices, the well-being of consumers, and the broader environmental and social implications of marketing decisions.
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Corporate Finance (FINA 605)
The objective of the course is to provide an understanding of the nature of business finance, financial planning and analysis tools and help students acquire the necessary skills to be able to take important financial decisions which add and protect value to the corporation such as, the decision of financing investments and efficient resource allocation. The course addresses various risks faced by financial managers, including environmental and social risks, and explores how to incorporate them into financial decision-making to support long-term value creation.
Management Information Systems (MIST 606)
This course provides an introductory theoretical and managerial overview of the area of information systems. Students will be exposed to various information technologies, the methods and tools for developing and managing information systems, and the impact of information systems on organizations and on society at large. The course also explores how digital technologies support sustainability goals, promote data ethics, and encourage socially responsible IT governance. Case studies, in-class discussions, and projects are used to enhance students' ability to communicate effectively with information systems professionals.
Business Research Methods (MAGT 612)
This course is designed as an introductory seminar on research methods in business disciplines. The course provides an overview of research process design using both qualitative and quantitative methods as they are used in solving business problems. Students will learn basic knowledge and applications of qualitative and quantitative methods through the assigned reading materials which consist of the textbook and articles from major journals in the business fields. The course will focus on preparing research proposals for selected research endeavors. Students are encouraged to frame research inquiries that address environmental challenges, social impact, and ethical business practices, thereby contributing to responsible and sustainable business knowledge.
Strategic Management (MAGT 610)
This advanced course focuses on strategic management and planning, where students will be exposed to the stages of strategy formulation, implementation, evaluation, and control. Managers face no greater challenge than that of strategic planning and strategic management. Guiding a complex organization through a dynamic, rapidly changing environment requires the best of judgment. Strategic management and planning issues are invariably ambiguous and unstructured, and the way in which management responds to them determines whether an organization will succeed or fail. The course also emphasizes the development of strategies that align profitability with environmental responsibility, ethical leadership, and positive social impact. In this course, you will be asked to face the aforementioned challenges.
Applied Graduation Project (MAGT 615)
This capstone course represents the final phase of the MBA program, where students apply the knowledge and skills acquired throughout their studies to an independent research project. Under the supervision of a faculty advisor, students will select a business-related topic of interest and conduct in-depth analysis using appropriate research methodologies. The project culminates in the submission of a comprehensive written dissertation, not exceeding 20,000 words, which demonstrates the student's ability to critically evaluate complex issues and offer practical recommendations. Students are strongly encouraged to explore topics that address environmental sustainability, ethical leadership, and the social impact of business decisions, with the goal of proposing innovative and responsible solutions that contribute to long-term business value and societal well-being.
II – Electives: (9 credit hours only)
Human Resources Management (MAGT 602)
This course aims at exploring key issues related to the management, performance, and development of human resources in the workplace. It places special emphasis on making decisions and developing plans that will enable managers to make the best possible use of their human resources, and covers areas such as: manpower planning, analysis and evaluation, recruitment and selection, wages and salaries, training and management development, performance appraisal, and industrial relations.
Management for Change and Innovation (MAGT 604)
This course discusses the management of innovation and change by entrepreneurs. It begins with an examination of the nature and types of innovation as well as change. Students then learn about different opportunities that arise with innovation and change and study how entrepreneurs can build on innovations and exploit changes.
Project Management (MAGT 605)
This course will present project management concepts and techniques. Specific topics related to project management such as scope management, time management, cost management, quality management, human resource management, communication management, risk management, procurement management, and the roles and responsibilities of project managers will be discussed. Students will utilize current tools and software related to projects to enhance their teamwork skills by creating and documenting a complete business project.
International Business Management (MAGT 607)
This course examines the theories that explain the need for international business in both international trade and direct investment. It also covers the complex environmental factors (political/legal, cultural, social, economic/ financial) that affect the activities of multinational companies and international management practices in the areas of marketing, operations, finance, and human resources.
Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management (MAGT 609)
This course focuses on the entrepreneurial process and the different kinds of entrepreneurial outcomes. Topics covered include opportunity identification through analysis of industry niches, skills needed in order to turn an opportunity into reality, business plans, launch decisions, and obtaining risk capital.This course deals with the problems and challenges facing the management of small businesses in raising funds, marketing products and services, improving effectiveness and flexibility, and achieving growth.
Entrepreneurial Marketing (MAKT 605)
This course provides students with an integrative framework in which marketing helps identify value creation opportunities that produce sustainable competitive advantage for the firm. Students will learn how to identify market opportunities and assess them as well as identify the challenges confronting marketers in entrepreneurial ventures and approaches for addressing them. This course will also discuss how marketing can be an entrepreneurial activity within organizations.
Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management (FINA 607)
This course establishes the foundations for analysis of optimal security selection, examines procedures for constructing investment portfolios, and considers strategies that investors can employ to meet various alternative investment objectives. Selection of individual investments is discussed within the context of portfolio creation, target returns, and risk tolerance and management. Other topics include, Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT) and efficient capital markets. The empirical tests of these theories will also be discussed.
Enterprise Resources Planning (MIST 616)
This course is mainly focusing on the use of technology in all aspects of a business with the aim of providing the students a heightened awareness of emerging technologies and current trends in e-business. The course will explore several technical issues including the accounting and financial applications, purchasing and production tools, sales and marketing functions, and human resources management, use of technology for customer relations management.
Business Analytics (MIST 660)
This course will present business analytics concepts and techniques. Specific topics to be covered include: relevance of data-driven analytics to improving decision making, data preparation, preprocessing, data reduction, data quality issues, modeling techniques, model development, model assessment, model selection, and model deployment. The latest business analytics tools will be used on real-life data sets to illustrate the course concepts.
Data Mining for Business (MIST 670)
This course will present data mining concepts and techniques. Specific topics to be covered include: strategic importance of data mining in today's data deluge business environment, data-driven competitive advantage, data quality issues, data mining methods, models, and tools. In addition real-world data mining applications in various domains will be covered and the latest data mining tools will be used on real-life data sets to illustrate the course concepts.
III– Bridging Courses: (12 credit hours only)
Introduction to Management (MAGT 501)
This course addresses the definition of management, its characteristics, evolution and importance as well as the functions performed by manages-planning, organizing, directing and controlling. The course also intends to show students the applications of management functions in various enterprise such as marketing, finance, personnel, production, etc.
Introduction to Economics (ECON 501)
This course aims to provide the students with the essential tools of economic analysis, to allow them to utilize these tools in their work, and to make sense of the economic events occurring around them. This might include the following issues:
Economic problems, supply and demand, consumer theory, producer theory, circular flow of income, measurement of GDP, fiscal and monetary policies, business cycle, inflation and unemployment.
Introduction to Accounting (ACCT 501)
Presentation of theoretical and practical aspects of accounting information relevant to businesses by examining basic accounting concepts, preparation and usages of financial statements, including income statement, balance sheet, statement of stockholders' equity, and statement of cash flows.
Introduction to Finance (FINA 501)
This course establishes the foundations for corporate finance and investment decisions of the financial manager. Topics include financial analysis, cash flow, working capital management, the time value of money, risk and return, stock valuation, bonds valuation, capital budgeting, cost of capital and dividend policy.