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Full-Time MBA
Curriculum
As a MBA participant, you will build on your previous experience and acquire new skills to solve business challenges. You will gain practical experience in finance, strategy, marketing, accounting, economics, human resources, leadership, communications and information technology.
Programme Structure
The MBA programme consists of three parts - A Foundation Programme, Academic Programme and a Personal & Professional Development Programme. Assessment on the MBA is based on a combined grade for group assignments and presentations, individual projects, class participation and written examinations.
| Foundation | Semester 1 | Semester 2 | Summer Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Reporting | Management Accounting | ||
| Team building | Operations and Supply Chain Management (MBA) | Organisational Behaviour & Decision Making | |
| Presentation Bootcamp | Investment Management | Corporate Finance | Global & Corporate Strategy |
| Report writing | Strategies for Human Resources | Performance-driven Marketing | Leading the Innovative Enterprise |
| Research skills | Competitive Strategy | Doing Business in Emerging Mkt | Capstone Project |
| Time management | Strategic Information Systems | Option 1 | |
| Business & Society | Option 2 |
| Personal Professional Development Programme |
| Careers Service |
Core Modules
The programme begins at the end of August with a week-long Foundation Week. You will then begin to study your core courses.
Option Modules
In the second half of the MBA Programme, you will choose specialist electives to complement your core courses. The range of elective courses allows you to choose subjects that suit your career goals –or simply subjects that you have a particular interest in. You can develop areas of expertise that you can then use to improve your position in the workplace. Option modules can include the following:
| Corporate Governance | Managing the Negotiations Process |
| Entreprise Risk Management | Entrepreneurship |
| Strategic Finance | Financing New Ventures |
| Financial Statement Analysis | Sustainability and CSR |
| Business Law | Managing Sales Relations |
| Project Management | Strategic Marketing |
| Leadership in Action |
