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 Course Description
Supporting Business RequirementsBECN 100: Microeconomics The purpose of this course is to provide concepts related to the equilibrium between demand, and supply. Elasticity measures the dependency between demand and supply and the impact of changes in either on the equilibrium price level. Understanding these concepts enables businesses to differentiate among various companies on an individual level, and to determine their attractiveness for the businesses. BECN 225: Macroeconomics This course provides an overview of determination of output; unemployment; interest rates, and inflation. Monetary and fiscal policies are discussed besides public debt and international economic issues. The course also introduces basic models of macroeconomics and illustrates principles with the experience of the U.A.E and other economies. BECN 250: Money and Banking The purpose of this course is to study operations of the financial institutions and markets that operate in the UAE and in the major western countries. The coverage includes both practical and theoretical viewpoints relating to interest rate determination, term structure of interest, financial market efficiency, regulation, and internationalization. BSTA 200: Statistical Analysis The purpose of the course is to acquaint students with the basic concepts of statistics and probabilities that will help them make decisions using UAE data. Coverage includes: basic probability, sampling, hypothesis testing, simple and multiple regression models. BBUS 235: Advanced Research Methods The purpose of this course is to enable students acquire the skills necessary to develop scientific research proposal. Undertake systematic research using empirical and non-empirical approaches, literature review and the structure and management of a research project. BBUS 250: Business Negotiating Skills The purpose of this course is to improve students' negotiation skills in business and capacity to acquire and effectively use power. Its premise is that to be effective, managers must posses both strong analytical skills to identify solutions to business problems and a broad array of negotiation skills to empower acceptance of those solutions. Business Core RequirementsBACC 205: Principles of Financial Accounting The course introduces students to accounting concepts, principles, and processes underlying the production of financial statements. It focuses on the analyses, measurement and reporting of business transactions to users of financial statements. It also examines uses and limitations of accounting information, as well as the ethical issues affecting financial statements. BACC 210: Principles of Managerial Accounting This course examines the role of accounting information in managing organizations. It focuses on concepts and tools used in planning operations, controlling activities, and decision making. Topics covered include fundamental cost concepts, cost-volume profit analysis, budgetary planning, responsibility accounting and performance evaluation, incremental analysis, and capital budgeting. BBUS 200: Quantitative Methods for Business The purpose of the course is to model and solve decision problems in business using decision tools such as linear programming, transportation and assignment models. Suitable software will be used to help solving the problems. BFIN 200: Principles of Financial Management The purpose of this course is to help student understanding management of finance within a business organization. The coverage includes the sources of finance, the basic financial techniques such as TVM techniques used for making decisions in relation to valuation of financial instruments, risk and return trade off. BMNG 200: Management and Organizational Behavior The purpose of this course is to discuss to the nature of management practices in relation to UAE organizations. The course develops an understanding of the behavior of people within UAE organizations and the significance of managing this behavior in to-days business environment. The coverage includes the internal nature of organizations from a theoretical and practical point of view. BMRK 200: Principles of Marketing The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the marketing process, global market place and consumers, integrated marketing communication and marketing plan. BBUS 215: Fundamentals of Management Information Systems The purpose of this course is to focus on the nature and value of information in business organizations. The coverage includes the sources of management information and how these can be used in the decision-making process via electronic and paper-based communication. It enables the students to develop applications and to recommend how information management systems should be used in business. BBUS 305: Business Law This course focuses on business law within the context of constitutional rights and civil law. Topics include legal forms of business organization & ownership, contract & sales law, government regulation of business, laws relating to business, bankruptcy, finance, banking, and insurance. BFIN 305: Corporate Finance This course is designed to provide students with principles that corporations use to make this investing & financing decisions. The coverage includes capital budgeting, cost of capital and raising capital in the market, analyzing impact of leverage, dividend policy & working capital management. BMNG 310: Production and Services Operations Management The main purpose of this subject is to give future managers an understanding of the variety and importance of the management decisions faced in the production and operations area in different manufacturing and service organizations. The course equips them with the tools and techniques necessary to approach and solve production and operations management problems effectively. BMNG 315: International Business Management This course aims at introducing the students to the various practices, environments, and functions involved in the field of international business. It includes analysis of the environmental factors (such as culture, communication, behavior) at the international, national and industry levels. The course addresses the functional areas of business (Marketing, Finance, Production, and Human resources), and assesses, in this respect, the global competitiveness of the UAE economy. BBUS 350: Business & Society The purpose of this course is to understand the symbiotic relationship between business and society in terms of the moral and ethical dimensions of the power placed in the hands of owners and managers, confront and analyze complex dilemmas related to social context of business. BBUS 400: Strategic Management (Capstone) The purpose of the course is to stimulate and develop students' awareness and understanding of the key concepts of Strategic Management. The coverage includes situational analysis, the generation of choices of alternate actions and issues of implementation of the chosen course of action. Accounting Major RequirementsBACC 301: Cost & Managerial Accounting This course examines the tools and procedures used to accumulate cost data and information for planning, control, and decision making. Topics include cost accumulation and allocation, product and process costing, activities-based costing, transfer pricing, flexible budgets, and variance analysis. BACC 307: Accounting Information Systems This course provides an overview of accounting information systems and illustrates the importance of information technology for accountants. The coverage includes a variety of information technologies including manual, file-oriented, and database systems that are used in accounting subsystems. The relative advantages and disadvantages of each type of technology are highlighted and discussed. BACC 313: Intermediate Accounting 1 This course discusses the conceptual framework underlying contemporary financial reporting standards and practices. The course focuses on measurement, reporting and disclosure issues related to short and long- term assets BACC 414: Internal Auditing This course provides an overview of the accounting profession, auditing standards and professional ethics. The coverage includes topics such as deceptive practices in accounting, fraud/corruption, corporate social responsibility, and the importance of integrity and accountability in reporting systems, and impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on firms on UAE. BACC 416: International Accounting This course provides students with a broad perspective of international accounting and reporting issues that multinational corporations face. The course covers international accounting standards, financial reporting practices in different countries, international harmonization of financial reporting, accounting for foreign currency transactions and other financial reporting issues. BACC 417: Intermediate Accounting 2 This course discusses the conceptual framework underlying contemporary financial reporting standards and practices. The course focuses on measurement, reporting, and disclosure issues related to short and long- term liabilities, leases, shareholders equity, and earnings per share. BACC 418: Principles of Taxation This course provides students with basic concepts and procedures associated with individual and corporate tax systems. Topics covered include sources of income, measurement of taxable income, taxation rates, tax exemptions, liability for taxes, and the role of the state in collecting taxes. BACC 426: Oil and Gas Accounting This course addresses accounting for oil and gas activities. The course also covers accounting standards and disclosures applied in the oil and gas industry of the UAE. Finance & Banking Major RequirementsBFIN 301: Financial Mathematics This course helps in-depth understanding of financial tools required for making Investments & Managerial finance decisions. Apply them to current investment, banking & financial process. Topics include review of time value of money (TVM) for continuous cash flows, statistical concepts of financial returns, computation of money market yields, basic portfolio return measurement, Baye's formula, application of normal and lognormal distributions to financial returns, Monte Carlo simulation, and Derivation of E-V components. BFIN 316: Financial Statement Analysis This course focuses on the three major financial statements: the balance sheet, the income statement, and the statement of cash flows. For each financial statement, the course details its purpose, construction, pertinent ratios, and common-size analysis. Understanding these Concepts allows a student to evaluate trends in performance over several measurement periods and to compare the performance of different companies over the same period(s). Additional analyst tools such as EPS calculation are also covered. BFIN 317: International Finance and Banking The purpose of this course is to focus on international finance theory with current practical applications. The coverage includes: international financial markets including banks, exchange rate determination, and government influence on exchange rates, interest rate parity, international fisher effect, exchange rate risk management, managing economic and translation exposures. BFIN 326: Venture Capital Finance The purpose of the course is to build student skills, frameworks and knowledge in venture capital finance of small & medium enterprises. Most companies are at a relatively early stage of maturity and by definition are not publicly listed on exchanges. The context of venture capital is different than that of traditional corporate finance. The skills and frameworks are therefore, of necessity, more focused on cash flow, returns and recognizable value. The syllabus includes risk management, types of investment and funding sources, modeling opportunities, examine venture capital funding, conduct due diligence, technology transfers and IP acquisitions. BFIN 408: Investment Analysis The purpose of this course is to investigate trading in financial securities such as stocks and bonds. The coverage includes: trading of securities, analysis of risk & return (using UAE data) diversification, CAPM & APT pricing models, analysis of efficient market hypothesis, bond & stock valuation & technical analysis. BFIN 412: Managing Investment Portfolios The purpose of this course is to manage investment portfolios for individual & institutional investors. The coverage includes: managing band portfolios, macroeconomic & industry analysis, investment strategies, performance evaluation, & active portfolio management. BFIN 429: Risk Management The purpose of the course is to examine the business aspects of risk management as well as corporate application of principles of risk management and insurance. The coverage includes risk management, ERM, risk pooling, insurance and use of derivatives (options, future, forwards, swaps) for risk management of institutions. BFIN 431: Management of Banks and Other Financial Institutions The purpose of this course is to investigate nature of intermediation in financial institutions (commercial & investment banks, insurance companies and Islamic banks) and products developed & managed by these institutions. Management Major RequirementsBMNG 301 Human Resources Management The purpose of this course is to manage people within an organization in UAE context and evaluate human resource performance in UAE business firms. BMNG 303 Advanced Organizational Behavior The course focuses on organizational effectiveness in UAE and the development of a continuous improvement model. Evaluate roles of culture, power, politics and interpersonal conflict in UAE organizations, leadership behavior, and current trends in Motivation. BMNG 311 Management of Service Organizations The main purpose of this course is to focus on decision making in UAE service organizations such as health care, hotel care, hotel, banking & Finance, transportation, leisure, and government. Both conceptual and application of management techniques to problems peculiar to service organizations in UAE are covered. BMNG 423: Leadership Development This course covers the different theories and styles of leadership and their effectiveness and ineffectiveness in UAE context. Different motivation theories will be studied as to how they relate to effective or ineffective leadership practices. The different types of power and the power centers in UAE organizations will be studied along with the restraints and the limits power. BMNG 424: Change Management This course covers management of change in UAE organizations. Topics include: sources of change, resistance to change, coping with change, leading organizational change, models of organizational change, creation and change of organizational cultures, with specific reference to UAE. BMNG 412: Small Business Management The purpose of this course is to examine small business management, managing the transition from small business entrepreneur to manager; growth of the small business and preparing a business plan for growth. BMNG 414 Emerging Issues in Management The course deals with the exploration of emerging issues: such as problems facing management in multicultural and international environments in UAE. The delivery is in the format of a seminar with each student presenting a different issue. BMNG 445: Total Quality Management and Continuous Improvement The purpose of this course is to emphasize quality encompassing the entire organization from supplier to customer, and how organizations achieve it. The coverage includes approaches to quality management, systems and procedures for planning, control and continuous improvement of quality, barriers to implementation of TQM, quality audit, and benchmarking. Marketing Major RequirementsBMRK 301 Marketing Management This course focuses on managing the marketing function in a dynamic, competitive environment. It introduces the students to a simulation program which gives a real world scenario of the strategies for achievement of competitive advantage in product, marketing information, research, consumer behavior, segmentation, the four P's and global marketing. BMRK 309 Services Marketing The purpose of this course is to develop advanced knowledge of Services Marketing and their applications in different industries. The course introduces services sector, service strategy, service delivery process, pricing of services, managing service employees and customers, customer satisfaction, service quality & customer retention. BMRK 321 Consumer Behavior The purpose of this course is to enable students to develop understanding of customer dynamics, in which consumer behavior is influencing all marketing decisions. The course addresses the topics such as perception, learning & memory, the self personality and lifestyle, consumer decision making, subcultures and cultures. BMRK 303 Marketing Channels The course focuses on the management and managerial framework of marketing channels. It provides insights into the theory, research, and practice of channel decisions. Recent changes in the Global, socio-cultural and technological areas are also covered in the course. BMRK 424 Sales Management This course focuses on applying different sales strategies for various consumer groups, and integrating corporate, business, marketing and sales strategies. It addresses topics such as the sales function, personal selling, sales force deployment, recruitment and selection, sales training, sales management leadership, motivation and reward system management, effectiveness and performance, and evaluation of performance. BMRK 412 Marketing Research The purpose of this course is to enable students to develop a good understanding of customer dynamics, in which marketing research is influencing all marketing decisions such as; strategic, managerial and operational implications of customer-focused marketing, and trends in marketing research. BMRK 426 Advertising & Promotion Management The purpose of this course is to enable students to develop a good understanding of customer dynamics, in which advertising and promotions are influencing all marketing decisions such as; strategic, managerial and operational implications of customer-focused marketing, and trends in advertising and promotions. BMRK 418 International Marketing Strategies (Marketing Capstone) The purpose of this course is to examine the marketing systems and marketing operations in various countries and multinational market groups. Appropriate marketing strategies for developing global markets including the cultural, political and economic infrastructure of foreign markets will be formulated. This course provides the students hands on experience to global marketing through a simulation program. Supply Chain & Logistics Management Major RequirementsBSCL 301 Supply Chain Operations The course examines methods to integrate the processes of product distribution and managing the supply channels using the power and speed of electronic connectivity. The coverage includes: Collaborative demand planning (CPFR), lean Logistics, Lean supply chain operations, customer accommodation, market distribution strategy, procurement-manufacturing strategy, operational integration, information networks, ERP, inventory management and strategy, Collaborative demand planning (CPFR), demand amplification & Volatility (Bull whip effects) in supply chain, reducing variability, materials management, inventory models, vendor – co/managed inventory. BSCL 304 Warehousing & Materials Handling This course deals with the methods and tools necessary for analysis and management of warehousing; evaluating warehouse management systems (WMS); and warehouse performance measurement. BSCL 305 Strategic Procurement & Sourcing The course focuses on transform purchasing theory into purchasing practices and implementation. Strategic sourcing relationship/supplier management and online auctions (e-auctions) are also analyzed. BSCL 307 Global Supply Chain Strategy and Design The course focuses on Trends in global supply chain design and strategy in different industry groups. Impact of ERP systems on global supply chain management. BSCL 402 Transportation and Distribution This course provides basic concepts of economic analysis with respect to the transportation and distribution sector and the tools necessary to undertake transport and distribution project evaluation. The course also applies these concepts to evaluate private and public decisions associated with transportation and distribution BSCL 404 SCLM Technology & Information Systems The purpose of this course is to illustrate the importance of information technology for SCM. Provide documentation and an overview of E-Business and SCLM technologies such as RFID, tracking systems, ERP concepts, WMS warehouse management systems, TMS transportation management systems, and SCM software capabilities. BSCL 406 Modeling and Simulation of Supply Chains This course enables students to understand the complex interactions between stages in the supply chain and how changes at one or more stages affect the supply chain performance. An Instructor selected software will be used in the course. BMNG 445 Total Quality Management & Continuous Improvement The course focuses on quality and continuous improvement encompassing the entire organization from supplier to customer, and how organizations achieve it. The coverage includes approaches to quality management, systems and procedures for planning, control and continuous improvement of quality, barriers to implementation of TQM, quality audit, and benchmarking. Human Resources Management Major RequirementsBMNG 301: Human Resources Management The main purpose of this course is to give future human resource managers an understanding of the variety and the importance of human resource management functions in today's business environment, and how it is changing in response to the recent trends in the work place. It illustrates how all managers can use HR concepts and techniques in their organizations. BHRM 301: HR Planning & Development This course examines effective utilization and application of HR practices; understand strategies for assessing, designing and implementing training & HR development efforts in UAE. BHRM 303: Employment Law and Legal Aspects This course emphasizes on laws related to the hiring process, equal employment opportunity, and special employment requirements for UAE expatriates. BHRM 307: Financial Impacts of HR Strategies This course focuses on identifying the financial impact of various human resources strategies, policies, practices, and trends; Analyze measurements such as: HR turnover, compensation and salary systems, benefits, staffing, training, and HR Information System & career development. BHRM 402: Performance Management, Compensation & Employee Benefits This course focuses on: Strategic performance management considerations; performance system implementation through MIS; Analyze employee development, team performance management, compensation practice; Internal alignment, external competitiveness, pay-for-performance; and Management of compensation systems in the UAE. BHRM 404: Strategic HR Management The course focuses on how to manage people in unionized and UAE context; Analyzes best practices in attracting, retaining, and developing employees, the ethical implications of off-shoring and future challenges in strategic HRM in UAE if union activity is detected. BHRM 406: International HR Management This course addresses topics in comprehend multinational context and global organizational strategy. The course also focuses on functional HRM in MNC and global HR issues in the host country context and future international HRM trends and challenges. BHRM 408: Employee Relations This course introduces employment relations issues. These issues include an explanation of the unique features of the employment relationship and an exploration of the differing interests of employers, workers, and other relevant stakeholders. Also, this course describes the economic, sociological and psychological aspects of employment relations. Entrepreneurship Management Major RequirementsBBEM 301: Family Business: the Next Generation This course focuses on learn about family business dynamics and conflicts; Preparing to take charge. Analyze Non-family members of management; Second and third generation issues; Family business governance (the use of boards and family meetings); Succession planning. BBEM 303: New Products & Services DevelopmentThe course focuses on technology gate-keeping, identifying resources, marketing and market research in both stated and inchoate markets for new products & services, product & service development champions, stages in product (service) development and innovations (from inventions to diffusion), in UAE region-specific contexts, clusters and knowledge transfers and global contexts. BBEM 307: Managing Venture Growth and Transition
The course focuses on identifying and analyzing: 1) market for growth; (2) growth and success factors and planning for growth; (3) barriers to growth, and (4) resourcing growth. BBEM 402: International Entrepreneurship
The purpose of this course is to improve students' negotiation skills in international entrepreneurship, identify solutions to international business problems, and empower acceptance of solutions. BFIN 326: Venture Capital Finance The purpose of the course is to build student skills, frameworks and knowledge in venture capital finance of small & medium enterprises. Most companies are at a relatively early stage of maturity and by definition are not publicly listed on exchanges. The context of venture capital is different than that of traditional corporate finance. The skills and frameworks are therefore, of necessity, more focused on cash flow, returns and recognizable value. The syllabus includes risk management, types of investment and funding sources, modeling opportunities, examine venture capital funding, conduct due diligence, technology transfers and IP acquisitions. BMNG 412: Small Business Management The purpose of this course is to examine small business management, managing the transition from entrepreneur to manager; growth of the small business and preparing a business plan for growth. BMNG 445: Total Quality Management and Continuous Improvement The purpose of this course is to emphasize quality encompassing the entire organization from supplier to customer, and how organizations achieve it. The coverage includes approaches to quality management, systems and procedures for planning, control and continuous improvement of quality, barriers to implementation of TQM, quality audit, and benchmarking. BSCL 301: Supply Chain Operations The course examines methods to integrate the processes of product distribution and managing the supply channels using the power and speed of electronic connectivity. The coverage includes: Collaborative demand planning (CPFR), lean Logistics, Lean supply chain operations, customer accommodation, market distribution strategy, procurement-manufacturing strategy, operational integration, information networks, ERP, inventory management and strategy, Collaborative demand planning (CPFR), demand amplification & Volatility (Bull whip effects) in supply chain, reducing variability, materials management, inventory models, vendor – co/managed inventory. Business Economics Major RequirementsBECN 301: Intermediate Microeconomics The course familiarizes students with the basic tools of microeconomic theory & analyses problems in public policy. BECN 303: Intermediate Macroeconomics This course builds upon the foundations developed in the introduction to macroeconomics course. Analyze key concepts such as national income aggregates; equilibrium analysis of output, employment, money and inflation. BECN 307: Principles of Econometrics This course focuses on introducing students to the basics of econometric analysis: some of the main issues will include hypothesis testing, model building as well as diagnostic and corrective procedures. BECN 309: Industrial Organization The course focuses on the organization of markets, learn the pricing strategies of firms should produce, the range of products a firm should produce. Analysis of the behavior of firms under different industrial structures. BECN 402: Economic Forecasting This course focuses on applied econometric techniques in analyzing business problems. Its focus will be on forecasting and predicting business situations. The course emphasizes use of econometric tools such as SPSS/STATA. BECN 404: International Trade The course focuses on learning the theoretical models of International trade and competitive advantages; tools used by governments to determine and conduct trade policy, such as tariffs and quotas, with their impact on trade volumes and social welfare. BECN 406: Seminar in Labor Economics The course focuses on analyzing wages, working hours, conditions of work, fringe benefits, and productivity. It also explains how labor is supplied to the marketplace in the short and long run in the UAE and the region. BECN 408: Economics of the Middle East The purpose of the course is to familiarize the students with factors impacting the regional stability of the MENA countries, impact of oil wealth on economic growth such as the leading indicators, prospects for macroeconomic stability, and major risk factors that could have an adverse effect on business climate in the MENA region. InternshipInternship (for non-working students) Course Code 465 for all Majors, (but with respective prefixes of the Majors)
This course provides students with practical experience in an organizational setting. It helps students improve their skills; develop their professional attitudes, and competence in the application of learned theories and concepts. The course requires work on an identified task and presenting a written report at the end of the Internship. Industry Project (for working students) Course Code 470 for all Majors, (but with respective prefixes of the Majors) The purpose of this course is to provide the working students with practical experience in an organization setting where learning and doing are the chief objectives. Students will develop competence in the application of theory, skills and attitudes, by requiring them to undertake an industry project via research and analysis of an actual business problem /opportunity and to propose a solution/development (business case), or develop a business plan, resulting in both an oral and a written presentation. |
