Bachelor of Business Administration in Business Management
The program is designed to offer a wide range of career choices. Business Management provides the scope for you to immediately start a career after graduation as a sole practitioner or staff manager. Upon gaining proper experiences, you can move on to supervise other managers with an aspiration to become partners. The most important position to which you would aspire is that of a general manager (GM). COBA provides you the tools and advice to develop the right career that would lead to positions in management, healthcare, banking, computer technology and strategic management.
Course Structure
In the first year of the program, students study basic disciplines in management, accounting, marketing, and general studies. In the second year, in addition to general education, the Core requirements provide further education on management skills and their principles including the legal aspects. The third and fourth years allow the students to choose 300 and 400 level courses including specialization requirements.
- Acquire requisite knowledge and apply ethical understanding and perspectives to business environments
- Use critical thinking skills in business situations and apply them in work conditions
- Develop effective written and oral communications skills
- Analyze the local and global business environment prudently
Career Opportunities
- Manager
- Business Adviser
- Business Strategist
- Industrial Relations
- Management Consultant
1. General Education Required Courses (11 Compulsory Courses / 33 Credits)
No. |
Course Code |
Course Title |
C.H. |
1 |
ARL-AA 100
ARL-NA 100 |
Communication Skills in Arabic Language |
3 |
2 |
ENG 100 |
English |
3 |
3 |
MAT 100 |
General Mathematics |
3 |
4 |
CIT 100 |
Computer Literacy |
3 |
5 |
ASC 100 |
Study and Learning Skills |
3 |
6 |
ASC 105 |
Islamic Culture |
3 |
7 |
ASC 110 |
Introduction to Social Sciences |
3 |
8 |
ASC 200 |
General Psychology |
3 |
9 |
ASC 205 |
General Statistics |
3 |
10 |
ASC 210 |
Natural Sciences |
3 |
11 |
ASC 300 |
UAE and GCC Society |
3 |
2. Core Requirements / Business Compulsory Courses (16 Courses / 48 Credits)
No. |
Code |
Course Title |
C.H. |
1 |
ACC 100 |
Principles of Accounting |
3 |
2 |
ACC 105 |
Managerial Accounting |
3 |
3 |
MGT 100 |
Principles of Management |
3 |
4 |
ECO 100 |
Microeconomics |
3 |
5 |
MKT 200 |
Principles of Marketing |
3 |
6 |
MGT 200 |
Management Information Systems |
3 |
7 |
ECO 200 |
Macroeconomics |
3 |
8 |
MGT 202 |
Business Statistics |
3 |
9 |
MGT 205 |
Organizational Behavior |
3 |
10 |
FIN 200 |
Financial Management |
3 |
11 |
MGT 301 |
Business Law |
3 |
12 |
MGT 303 |
Quantitative Analysis |
3 |
13 |
MGT 300 |
Production and Operations Management |
3 |
14 |
MGT 302 |
Business Practice in UAE and GCC |
3 |
15 |
MGT 400 |
International Business |
3 |
16 |
MGT 405 |
Strategic Management |
3 |
3. Compulsory Courses – Business Management (10 Courses/ 30 Credits)
No. |
Code |
Course Title |
C.H. |
1 |
HRM 300 |
Human Resource Management |
3 |
2 |
MGT 304 |
Small Business Management |
3 |
3 |
MGT 305 |
Negotiation Skills |
3 |
4 |
MGT 306 |
Managing in the Service Environment |
3 |
5 |
MGT 402 |
Project Management |
3 |
6 |
MGT 403 |
Entrepreneurship Management |
3 |
7 |
MGT 404 |
Organization Theory and Design |
3 |
8 |
MGT 406 |
Total Quality Management |
3 |
9 |
MGT 408 |
Leadership and Organizational Creativity |
3 |
10 |
MGT 410 |
Computer Applications in Management |
3 |
4. Free Electives
5 Courses (15 Credits) can be chosen from any other Colleges / Departments / Specializations as long as the chosen courses prerequisites are met.
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