Master of Business Administration

Since 1981, LAU has prepared men and women for key roles in managerial and professional positions in business and public organizations. In a brief span the School of Business has grown rapidly to become the largest English-language program of its kind in the Middle East by encouraging scientific appreciation of the society in which managers act, with creativity and high moral purposes, and, promoting leadership in the quest for economic and social development.

In offering a Master in Business Administration, LAU draws on substantial and growing experience in undergraduate business education to provide a significant opportunity for advanced education to seekers of a business career.

The university also recognizes that persons with undergraduate degrees in fields other than business (e.g. engineering, agriculture, liberal arts, etc.) may pursue a business education, so the curriculum has been adapted to meet their needs. Moreover, to make the program accessible to those already active in management, provision has been made for part-time students at conveniently scheduled times. Students must complete a total of 39 credits (18 credits for the core and 21 credits for the elective and research requirements).

Major Learning Outcomes

Graduates in the Master in Business Administration will be able to do the following:

To utilize modern techniques, and technologies, to effectively deal with the complex managerial issues facing upper-level managers in today’s global business environment.
To work, as a team, to solve complex business problems, and to show evidence of highly professional, oral, and written, communications skills when presenting their solutions.
To possess a thorough understanding of the ethical, and so-cial, responsibilities of business executives in the global mar-ketplace.

A. Core Requirements (18 Credits)

All candidates for the Master of Business Administration degree must satisfy the following requirements:

Number	Course	Cr
BUS811	Business Economics	3
BUS831	Management Theory	3
BUS841	Marketing Management	3
BUS851	Quantitative Methods in Business	3
BUS852	Research Methods in Business	3
BUS861	Financial Management	3

B. Students can choose to pursue one of the following remaining options for graduation:

Take seven courses from the following list
Take six of the following and BUS898 Project in Business
Take five of the following and BUS899 Thesis in Business

Number	Course	Cr
BUS821	Financial Accounting	3
BUS822	Management Accounting	3
BUS832	Management Systems	3
BUS833	Personnel Management and Human Resources Development	3
BUS834	Project Planning and Management	3
BUS835	Commercial Bank Management	3
BUS836	Modern Portfolio Management	3
BUS837	International Business	3
BUS839	Organizational Behavior	3
BUS842	International and Global Marketing	3
BUS863	Financial Derivatives	3
BUS871	Seminar in Business (can be taken more than once for credit, with different topics)	3
BUS872	Business Policy and Planning	3
BUS874	Trends Management	3
BUS875	Business Strategy and Innovative Management	3
BUS876	Leadership	3
BUS898	Project in Business	3
BUS899	Thesis in Business	6

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