| Credential: | Bachelors Degree |
| Duration: | 4 Years |
| Credit Hours: | 123 |
| Tuition Fee: | AED 935 per credit hour (see detailed fee structure here) |
| Class Timings: | Evening and Weekend |
| Medium of Instruction: | Arabic with 8 courses in English |
The Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration is to provide students with the skills, knowledge and abilities required to prepare them to be active and responsible leaders and managers to engage in the modern workforce and anywhere in the world. This program prepares graduates to work in various types of jobs in the business sector and other sectors of the state, as well as qualify them to complete postgraduate studies. The program focuses on developing the skills of the best use of human resources available at the organizational, corporate, state, decision-making and problem solving levels, promoting ethical values, social responsibility and achieving success in societies with different cultures.
This program aims to:
| COURSE NUMBER | COURSE NAME | CH | PREREQUISITE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | ||||
| ENGA | 101 | English I | 3 | |
| ENVA | 201 | Introduction to Environmental Science | 3 | |
| MGT | 101 | Introduction to Business | 3 | |
| MTHA | 101 | Principles of Mathematics | 3 | |
| SCI | 101 | Science and Life | 3 | |
| Semester 2 | ||||
| SSSA | 101 | Study Skills | 3 | |
| ENGA | 102 | English II | 3 | ENGA 101 |
| ACCE | 101 | Principles of Accounting | 3 | |
| STATE | 102 | Business Statistics | 3 | CISA 101,MTHA 101,ENGA 102 |
| RES | 201 | Business Research Methods | 3 | STATE 102,CISA 101 |
| Semester 3 | ||||
| ECOA | 201 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 | |
| ACCA | 202 | Intermediate Financial Accounting | 3 | ACCE 101 |
| MGT | 201 | Management and Organizational Behavior | 3 | MGT101 |
| MGT | 202 | Business Ethics | 3 | MGT 101 |
| HRMA | 201 | Human Resource Management | 3 | MGT 101 |
| Semester 4 | ||||
| UAE/A | 201 | UAE Studies | 3 | |
| ECOA | 202 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 | ECOA 201 |
| FINA | 301 | Financial Management | 3 | ECOA 201 |
| MKTA | 302 | Principles of Marketing | 3 | ECOA 201 |
| MGT | 301 | Administrative Communications | 3 | CISA 101,ACS 101 |
| MGT | 310 | Innovation and Entrepreneurship | 3 | ECOA 201 |
| Semester 5 | ||||
| ISLA | 201 | Islamic Studies | 3 | |
| CISA | 101 | Applications of Information Technology | 3 | |
| ACS | 101 | Communication Skills in Arabic | 3 | |
| SYSE | 303 | Management Information Systems | 3 | CISA 101,ENGA 102 |
| Semester 6 | ||||
| MGT | 401 | Policy and Business Strategy | 3 | MGT 201 |
| MGTA | 402 | Operations Management | 3 | ECOA 201,STATE 102,SYSE 303 |
| MGTA | 304 | International Management | 3 | ECOA 201 |
| HRMA | 301 | Planning in Human Resource Management | 3 | HRMA 201 |
| HRMA | 302 | Jobs Analysis and Design | 3 | HRMA 201 |
| Semester 7 | ||||
| HRME | 312 | Career Planning | HRMA 201,ENGA 102 | |
| HRMA | 352 | Human Relations (Elective) | 3 | HRMA 201 |
| HRMA | 403 | Negotiation and Conflicts Resolution Strategy (Elective) | 3 | HRMA 201 |
| HRMA | 310 | Recruitment and Selection Management | 3 | HRMA 201 |
| HRMA | 311 | Human Resource Training and Development | 3 | HRMA 201 |
| HRMA | 350 | Performance , Incentives and Compensations Management | 3 | HRMA 201 |
| HRMA | 351 | Occupational Health and Safety Management | 3 | HRMA 201 |
| Semester 8 | ||||
| LAW | 401 | Labor Law | 3 | HRMA 201 |
| HRME | 402 | International Human Resource Management | 3 | HRMA 201,MGTA 304,ENGA 102 |
| HRME | 410 | Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management | 3 | HRMA 201,ENGA 102 |
| HRMA | 494 | Field Training | 0 | |
| HRMA | 499 | Graduation Project | 3 | HRMA 201,STATE 102,RES 201,SYSE 303 |
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The student shall select only one elective subject.
| 101: Introduction to Information Technology CISA | |
| This course is an introduction to computer sciences. It focuses on understanding how computers work and the relation between their operation and their hardware and software. This course illustrates how software is used in word processing, creating spreadsheets, and designing databases and presentations. The course starts by familiarizing students with the definition of a computer, outlining the most important hardware used for input, output, processing and storage and discussing the relation between IT and the community, the problems related to the use of computers, precautions observed when using them and the attention paid to information confidentiality and security. Besides, the course offers students exposure to the privacy concerns related to using the computer, viruses and relevant means of protection, security of software and data, and the ethics and morals of using the computer. Finally, the course presents the commonly-used programs and their application by featuring the most recent software. | |
| 101: English I ENGA | |
| This course is designed to develop oral and written communication skills. It assists students with building new skills and refining previous English skills. The course presents a variety of grammatical structures in a functional manner that would help promote the learner´s communicative competence, improves fluency, and expands familiarity with common vocabulary. It also provides learners with basic English skills such as listening, reading and writing while also encouraging speaking in the classroom context. | |
| 102: English II ENGA | Prerequisite: ENGA 101 |
| This course prepares and familiarizes students with the principles of clear, concise writing in a technical environment for specific discourse communities. Technical writing conventions such as headings, illustrations, style, and tone in the writing of a variety of letters, emails and reports will be considered. This course is for students studying in the Arabic programs. | |
| 101: Mathematics MTHA | |
| This course familiarizes students with real figures, solution ofsimultaneous inequalities, algebra, linear factors and equations, their systems, graphs of equations and mathematical functions needed by students in their university study. | |
| 201: Environmental Science ENVA | |
| This course addresses the concept of environment, the ecological system, the problem of resources exhaustion and maintenance, reasons for starvation catastrophes in the world, food production, environmental contamination, its reasons, components, distribution and the forms and risks of contamination. In addition, the course focuses on the significance and protection of wild and marine plantations and animals. Finally, the course sheds light on the importance of energy and metallic minerals in the ecological system as well as all forms of desertification. | |
| 101: Science and Life SCI | |
| This course covers a variety of issues such as the cell, nutrition, environment, contamination, extinction, energy and the development of science. These modules assist the students in increasing their knowledge base on the concept of science, human life and its contemporary requirements including the environment, contamination and the optimal utilization of energy. | |
| 201: Islamic Studies ISLA | |
| This course discusses the linguistic and technical meanings of culture as well as the concept of Islamic culture and its relation to the comparative terms such as religion, science, thought and civilization. The course also discusses the relation between the Islamic culture and other cultures as well as the role of Islamic culture in realizing development. The course outlines the basic sources of Islamic culture (Quran and Prophetic Traditions) and its additional secondary sources (Prophet’s Biography, Unanimous Agreement of Muslim Scholars, Analogy and Customary Traditions). The course sheds light on the peculiar features of the Islamic culture such as divinely-oriented attitude, comprehensiveness, moderation and balance, humanitarianism and positive realism as well as its main fields (faith, acts of worship and morality). This course manifests the most important contemporary trends such as the various forms of cultural invasion (proselytism, orientalism and westernization) and the approach adopted by the Islamic culture towards secularism and globalization. | |
| 101: Communication Skills in Arabic ACS | |
| This course teaches the basic skills of the Arabic language needed by students such as reading, writing, talking and listening. Students are trained on selected texts from the Holy Quran, Noble Prophetic Traditions and Arabic literature including poetry and prose. The course aims at developing the students’ knowledge abilities of communication skills related to talking, writing, listening and reading and promoting them to reach a level where they shall be able to understand, talk, write and read in Arabic. This target is realized by combining the lexical and rhetorical levels. The set of selected texts shall include a variety of terminologies, some simplified grammatical and morphological issues, some common linguistic, grammatical and morphological mistakes and styles. | |
| 101: Study Skills SSSA | |
| This course targets educational professionals and parents on how to study, pass exams and the difficulties students face in the university. | |
| 201: UAE StudiesUAEA | |
| This course studies the humanitarian communities in general and pays a special attention to the general features and main components of the UAE community including UAE geographic location, population, demographic growth, gender and general composition of its people. The course also discusses the economic and geographical aspects of the population, family issues, family and tribal systems, and the nature of rule in the tribal community. The course addresses the nature of services provided to the community during the pre and post-oil stages and studies the role of cultural, educational, and media organizations as well as their services provided to the UAE community. | |
| Principles of Accounting ACCE 101: | Prerequisite: ENGA 102 |
| The significance of accounting and the challenges it presents. Extensive coverage and review of major concepts followed by practical exercises. | |
| 202: Intermediate Financial Accounting ACCA | Prerequisite: ACCE 101 |
| This course presents the definition and framework of financial accounting and the concepts of cash money, debtors, notes receivable, long-term investments, accounts payable, equities and changes and analysis of the financial position. | |
| 101: Introduction to Business Administration MGT | Prerequisite: None |
| This course provides an overview of the main administrative functions with a special emphasis on planning, organization, leadership and control. | |
| 102: Business Statistics STATE | Prerequisite: CISA 101, ENGA 102, MTHA 101 |
| Business Statistics is the science of collecting, organizing, and summarizing data to provide information, stated in numerical form, for the purpose of making objective business decisions. Topics include methods of sampling, classifying, analyzing, and presenting numerical data; frequency distribution, averages, dispersion, times series analysis, correlation, and forecasting for business purposes. | |
| 301: Administrative Communications MGT | Prerequisite: ACS 101, CISA 101 |
| This course focuses on developing the student’s skills in preparing and writing a variety of letters and reports while adopting sound scientific approaches. This course explains the concept, nature, components, types, elements, models and features of effective communication in addition to the significance of introducing the most recent technologies in the communication process. | |
| 202: Business Ethics MGT | Prerequisite MGT 101 |
| This course discusses the importance of ethics in businesses and the responsibility of both the individual and the organization. In addition, it illustrates the significance of developing a strategy for dealing with ethical issues in terms of rights and duties between the company and its staff, suppliers and clients. The course also stresses that the organization should only deal with the institutions which adhere to ethical standards in businesses. This course also reviews the various traditional theories in ethics, how they are applied to businesses and the problems encountered in this respect. It presents applied examples and cases and how to deal with them in the various commercial sectors. | |
| 201: Business Research Methods RES | Prerequisite: CISA 101, STATE 102 |
| This course covers scientific research and its theory in business administration and information systems. It also discusses the proposed strategy, process and problem of the scientific research by collecting, analyzing and coding data and developing a research report for the private and public sectors. | |
| 401: Policy and Business StrategyMGT | Prerequisite: MGT 201 |
| This course defines the organization and presents its most important features and objectives as well as the development of its modern theories and concepts. In addition, this course explains the strategic concept of managing the business policies related to planning and organization in the commercial organizations as well as scheduling and calculating production requirements, project management, total quality assurance, planning of productive capacity and modern production systems. | |
| 201: Principles of MicroeconomicsECOA | Prerequisite: None |
| This course focuses on the behavior of the individual and the organization, their available options and market balance. In addition, it discusses supply and demand, benefit, costs of production and competition. It also explains the microeconomic theory, trade markets, costs of production, prices and auxiliary tools such as statistics and tables. | |
| 202: Principles of Macroeconomics ECOA | Prerequisite: ECOA 201 |
| This course primarily presents the proper analytic tools for understanding the macroeconomic theory and analyzing the national economy and its relation with the international economy. In addition, it focuses on analyzing economic growth, unemployment, inflation, national income, balance of commodities and services, balance in capital markets, surplus, deficit and balance of payments. | |
| 301: Financial Management FINA | Prerequisite: ECOA 201 |
| The course focuses on the basic concepts in the field of financial management and explains the main functions of the Financial Controller, his position in the organizational structure, his responsibilities and activities through the cash flow list, budget, current value of money, revenue, risk, management of current assets and capital budget. | |
| 201: Management and Organizational Behavior MGT | Prerequisite: MGT 101 |
| This course introduces various approaches and means which familiarize students on how to effectively manage staff and lead people. The course focuses on the managers’ attention to the human aspect as well as the technical and technological aspects. | |
| 303: Management Information Systems SYSE | Prerequisite: CISA 101, ENGA 102 |
| The course provides an overview of Management Information Systems (MIS) in business. It provides students with a framework for the uses information technology in business. Topics include MIS concepts, software, databases, information systems (IS), the strategic use of IS, the development of IS, and social and ethical issues associated with MIS. | |
| 304: International Management MGTA | Prerequisite: ECOA 201 |
| This course focuses on the concept of managing international business and trade and analyzing the environments of international commercial business, international financial policy, import and export, specialized functional strategies (international human resources, international finance, international trade activities, international marketing and research and development) and the general tendency of managing international business. | |
| 402: Operations Management MGTA | Prerequisite: STATE 102, ECOA 201, SYSE 303 |
| This course addressesthe strategic concept of operation management, business policies of planning and organizing in trade organizations, scheduling and calculating production requirements, project management, total quality assurance, planning productive capacities and modern production systems. | |
| 302: Principles of Marketing MKTA | Prerequisite: ECOA 201 |
| This course focuses onthe strategic relation between the organization and its clients, means of maintaining customers’ satisfaction by studying their behavior, needs as individuals and organizations as well as studying the environmental factors which affect the marketing decision such as pricing, promotion, distribution, product planning and development, detection of the available opportunities in the market and the development of marketing strategies and programs. | |
| 201: Human Resource Management HRMA | Prerequisite MGT 101 |
| This course handles the concept and significance of Human Resource Management in the organization, the means of strategic planning of human resources, job analysis, means of attracting and selecting staff, training, motivating and rewarding human resources, performance appraisal, career planning, empowering staff, maintaining employees’ safety and security and the significance of observing local and international labor laws. | |
| 301: Planning in Human Resource Management HRMA | Prerequisite: HRMA 201 |
| This course points out the significance of planning in Human Resource Management, means of the strategic planning of manpower, preparing, implementing and evaluating the strategic plans in the organization. In addition, this course focuses on the means of maintaining balance between supply and demand in manpower, securing the competencies needed by the organization, planning, designing and developing programs in the Recruitment Department, as well as selecting, hiring and managing surplus human resources. | |
| 302: Job Analysis and Design HRMA | Prerequisite: HRMA 201 |
| This course addresses the means and approaches followed in analyzing and designing jobs in public and private organizations and the sources of the required information in the analysis process of the Human Resource Management. In addition, this course focuses onthe significance of authenticity in collecting information on jobs through surveys, interviews and secondary sources of information as well as their relatedness to the accurate job description and the process of attraction, selection, recruitment, design and evaluation of performance, salaries, compensations, staff’s training needs, restructure and classification of jobs. | |
| 310: Recruitment and Selection Management HRMA | Prerequisite HRMA 201 |
| This course focuses on the significance ofstrategic recruitment in Human Resource Management, the various means and approaches of attracting excellent, competent and qualified personnel and their recruitment in the suitable positions. In addition, this course outlines the significance of the accurate job description prior to recruitment in order to develop clear standards for selecting the best candidates to occupy vacancies in the organization. | |
| 311: Human Resource Training and DevelopmentHRMA | Prerequisite: HRMA 201 |
| This course focuses onthe basic concepts of training, its means, planning and the implementation and evaluation of its programs in addition to its significance in supporting the aggregate performance of the organization as well as the individual and collective performance therein. In addition, this course sheds light on the significance of the strategic planning of the training programs in the organizations, development of the skills of their staff at all levels and the integration of the training programs with the other functions of human resources. | |
| 312: Career Planning HRME | Prerequisite HRMA 201, ENGA 102 |
| This course focuses on the essential views of careers and career planning. The model of career management presents the active problem-solving approach to work life and how people can collect information, gain insights into themselves and their environment, and develop appropriate goals and strategies to obtain useful feedback regarding their efforts. Topics in this course include career context and stages, models, applications, occupations, job stress, and career strategic planning. | |
| 350: Performance, Incentives and Compensations Management HRMA | Prerequisite: HRMA 201 |
| This course addressesthe basic concepts of evaluating staff performance, standards of performance and its measures. Besides, this course outlines the basics of designing the system of evaluating staff performance in a manner which is integrated with the organization’s performance as well as individual and collective performance. On another plane, this course points out the basic concepts, theories, approaches and steps of managing incentives within the framework of Human Resource Management in the United Arab Emiratesas well as the means of designing the various reward systems and their impact on the aggregate performance of the organization and the individual. | |
| 351: Occupational Health and Safety Management HRMA | Prerequisite: HRMA 201 |
| This course focuses on the significance ofoccupational safety programs at the workplace, precautionary measures, safety and security laws in the United Arab Emirates and the role of civil defense in maintaining a business environment characterized by safety, health and security. In addition, this course focuses on the importance of the role of employees, their awareness and understanding of the risk factors, hazardous materials and the safety of the means of transport. | |
| 401: Labor Law | Prerequisite: HRMA 201 |
| This course focuses onthe laws which organize the relation between the employers and employees in the United Arab Emirates. In addition, this course addresses the Labor Lawin the United Arab Emirates and that it is mandatory for the organizations operating in this country to act in accordance with its provisions. In addition, this course focuses onthe employment, training and Emiratization laws as well as the laws organizing the privacy of employees and their legal rights. | |
| 402: International Human Resource Management HRME | Prerequisite: HRMA 201, MGTA 304, ENGA 102 |
| This course provides the concepts, tools, and techniques that are needed to effectively manage an internationally diverse workforce. It also focuses on the roles and activities of the HR department in managing a global workforce. Students explore ways to manage the cultural and ethnic differences that occur as a result of international global diversity. | |
| 403: Negotiation and Conflicts Resolution Strategy (Elective)HRMA | Prerequisite: HRMA 201 |
| This course addressesthe concept and significance of the negotiation strategy and dispute settlement in the organization in terms of their types, reasons, stages and skills in order to reach solutions which satisfy the disputant parties. In addition, it points out the steps and methods of negotiations as well as other important issues related to negotiation. Besides, this course sets forth crisis management, its effective models, the scientific approach of dealing with crises, the basic tools and guidelines of crisis management and relevant applied examples. | |
| 410: Contemporary Issues in Human Resource ManagementHRME | Prerequisite: HRMA 201, ENGA 102 |
| This course includes special topics in current developments within the field of human resource management, namely Empowerment and job insecurity. The first topic focuses on how to organize with shared power and bottom-up leadership to foster vision, trust, accountability, and responsibility. The second topic focuses on the current research on flexibility, job insecurity, and more intense work and the impact of these developments on individuals, their families and workplaces, and the long term health of the economy. | |
| 494: Field Training HRMA | Prerequisite: 90 hours |
| This course addressesstudents’ training in the public and private organizations in the field of Human Resource Management as well as the academic and practical supervision during training. The student shall present reports on the nature of duties he / she performed during the training period, and the acquired skills as well as the challenges faced during the training period. The academic supervisor shall discuss these reports. | |
| 499: Graduation Project HRMA | Prerequisite: HRMA 201, RES 201, STATE 102, SYSE 303 |
| This course includes the main graduation research in the business administration program, major: Human Resource Management. It focuses on the basic concepts, theories, approaches and steps of designing the strategies of Human Resource Management as well as the means of developing the various strategies and formulating the vision, mission, values and strategic objectives. In addition, the course also stresses on the commercial and cultural business ethics, values and the study of relevant cases and applications. | |
Human Resource Management graduates can expect to find employment in many of the positions listed below:
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