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As a specialization, administration is at the heart of business management. Administration graduates are equipped with competencies that enable them to draw and administer integrated plans for the units and institutions they serve, in addition to the ability to supervise and control through sound decision-making processes. They also have skills in project administration and supervision in the wide sense of the word.
The focus of administration as a specialization is to prepare administrators according to scientific methods and standards, enabling them to carry out their jobs in planning, organizing, advising and supervising. They are also trained to take up institutional jobs in the areas of finance, human resources, operation management, marketing, and research and development, in addition to their ability to contribute to the relation between their employer and employer's peer institutions.
Program content
The BA in Business Administration (Management) is an integrated program which covers the main areas required for practicing management in various organizations. The academic plan aims at meeting the needs of practicing administration from employment and strategic perspectives. On the employment front, the plan caters for what is needed in financial, operational and human resources management; and on the strategic front the academic plan caters for wider matters such as: strategic and administrative policies of the organization as a whole, organizational behavior, information processing within the organization, application of up-to-date technologies.
In addition to the knowledge base outlined above, the academic plan emphasizes the need for mastering practical skills by using case studies with most courses, and employing a variety of teaching and evaluation strategies customized for different components of the program.
Program Information
| Number of academic courses: 42 | Number of academic years: 4 |
| Study language: English | Number of semesters: 8 |
| Mode of study: click here | Total number of credit hours: 130 |
Conditions for admission to the program
To view the general admission criteria and registration steps, please visit the admission portal (click here).
Program objectives
The BA in Business Administration aims at preparing a specialized workforce and developing the skills and competencies needed for meeting the requirements of the job market in both public and private sectors.
The graduates of the program are expected to:
1-Show understanding for practicing administrative jobs in various organizations.
2-Specify objectives for administrative units and organizations.
3-Distribute tasks and responsibilities among employees and specify the areas of authorities within the organization.
4-Encourage and stimulate employees to fulfill the organizations' objectives.
5-Evaluate performance and following standard procedures.
6-Suggest and draw long-term policies and plans.
7-Specify and envisage opportunities, challenges and threats to the organization from surrounding external environment.
8-Utilize up-to-date technologies in the administrative operations.
Justification for offering BA in Business Administration
The following reasons and needs justify offering the program:
A.The importance of administrative jobs in any organization.
B.The continuous demands of the job market for administrative jobs.
C.The large number of applicants to specialize business administration.
Employment opportunities
The BA in Business Administration (Management) prepares graduates to work in a wide variety of management positions and jobs in the public and private sectors, including the following:
•Director, general director, chairperson of a department, chairperson of a section, Director of an administration
•Planning specialist
•Chairperson of an administrative sector
•Assistant administrative inspector, administrative inspector
•Assistant administrative supervisor, administrative supervisor
•Personnel supervisor, personnel inspector.
Summary of Program Requirements
| Credit Hours | Requirement |
| 34 | University Requirement |
| 57 | College Requirement |
| 30 | Department Requirement |
| 9 | Concentration Requirement |
| 130 | Total Requirements for Graduation |
University Requirements
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENG001 | English Language Skills | 16 | |
| CS001 | Computer Essentials | 3 | |
| MATH001 | Fundamentals of Math | 3 | |
| COMM001 | Communication Skills | 2 | |
| CI001 | Academic Skills | 2 | |
| ISLAM101 | Introduction to Islamic Culture | 2 | |
| ISLAM102 | Professional Conduct & Ethics in Islam | 2 | |
| ISLAM103 | Islamic Economic System | 2 | ISLAM101 |
| ISLAM104 | Social System and Human Rights | 2 | ISLAM102 |
| Total | 34 | ||
College Requirements
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCT101 | Principles of Accounting | 3 | Passing the First Year |
| MGT101 | Principles of Management | 3 | Passing the First Year |
| STAT101 | Statistics | 3 | Passing the First Year |
| ECON101 | Microeconomics | 3 | Passing the First Year |
| LAW101 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 | Passing the First Year |
| ECOM101 | E-Commerce | 3 | |
| MGT201 | Marketing Management | 3 | MGT101 |
| FIN101 | Principles of Finance | 3 | ACCT101 |
| MGT211 | Human Resources Management | 3 | MGT101 |
| STAT201 | Quantitative Methods | 3 | STAT101 |
| ECON201 | Macroeconomics | 3 | |
| MIS201 | Management of Information Systems | 3 | MGT101 |
| MGT301 | Organizational Behavior | 3 | MGT211 |
| ACCT301 | Cost Accounting | 3 | ACCT101 |
| MGT 311 | Introduction to Operations Management | 3 | MGT101+STAT101 |
| MGT321 | Introduction to International Business | 3 | |
| ECOM201 | Introduction to E-management | 3 | MGT101 |
| MGT322 | Logistics Management | 3 | MGT101 |
| MGT401 | Strategic Management | 3 | MGT201 + FIN101 |
| Total | 57 | ||
Business Administration Department Requirements
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| MGT421 | Communications Management | 3 | MGT101 |
| MGT312 | Decision Making and Problem Solving | 3 | MGT101 |
| MGT323 | Project Management | 3 | MGT311 |
| MGT403 | Knowledge Management | 3 | MGT101 |
| MGT402 | Entrepreneurship & Small Business | 3 | MGT101 |
| MGT422 | Business Ethics & Social Responsibility | 3 | |
| MGT404 | Organization Design and Development | 3 | MGT101 |
| MGT324 | Public Management | 3 | MGT101 |
| MGT430 | Internship | 6 | Complete 90 Credit Hours |
| Total | 30 | ||
Concentration Requirement (Only one concentration must be chosen)
Business Administration Concentration
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| MGT325 | Management of Technology | 3 | MGT101 |
| MGT424 | Quality Management | 3 | MGT101 |
| MGT425 | Spreadsheet Decision Modeling | 3 | MGT101 |
| Total | 9 | ||
Accounting Concentration
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCT201 | Financial Accounting | 3 | ACCT101 |
| ACCT422 | Tax & Zakat Accounting | 3 | ACCT201 |
| ACCT402 | Introduction To Accounting Information Systems | 3 | ACCT101 + MIS201 |
| Total | 9 | ||
E-Commerce Concentration
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECOM301 | E-Marketing | 3 | MGT201 |
| ECOM421 | E-Business Strategies and Business Models | 3 | MGT401 |
| IT404 | Web Design | 3 | |
| Total | 9 | ||
Finance Concentration
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIN201 | Corporate Finance | 3 | FIN101 |
| FIN401 | Banks Management | 3 | FIN101 |
| FIN402 | Financial Institutions and Markets | 3 | FIN101 |
| Total | 9 | ||
First Year Semester 1
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENG001 | English Language Skills | 8 | |
| CS001 | Computer Essentials | 3 | |
| COMM001 | Communication Skills | 2 | |
| Total | 13 | ||
First Year Semester 2
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENG001 | English Language Skills (Continued) | 8 | |
| MATH001 | Fundamentals of Math | 3 | |
| CI001 | Academic Skills | 2 | |
| Total | 13 | ||
Second Year Semester 3
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISLAM101 | Islamic Faith | 2 | Common First Year |
| STAT101 | Statistics | 3 | Common First Year |
| LAW101 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 | Common First Year |
| ECON101 | Microeconomics | 3 | Common First Year |
| MGT101 | Principles of Management | 3 | Common First Year |
| ACCT101 | Principles of Accounting | 3 | Common First Year |
| Total | 17 | ||
Second Year Semester 4
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISLM102 | Professional Conduct & Ethics in Islam | 2 | |
| STAT201 | Quantitative Methods | 3 | STAT101 |
| FIN101 | Principles of Finance | 3 | ACCT101 |
| MGT201 | Marketing Management | 3 | MGT101 |
| MGT211 | H.R Management | 3 | MGT101 |
| ECOM101 | E-Commerce | 3 | |
| Total | 17 | ||
Third Year Semester 5
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECON201 | Macroeconomics | 3 | |
| MIS201 | Management of Information Systems | 3 | MGT101 |
| ECOM201 | Introduction to e-Management | 3 | MGT101 |
| MGT301 | Organizational Behaviour | 3 | MGT211 |
| MGT311 | Intro to Operations Management | 3 | MGT101 + STAT101 |
| MGT312 | Decision Making and Problem Solving | 3 | MGT101 |
| Total | 18 | ||
Third Year Semester 6
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISLAM103 | Islamic Economic System | 2 | ISLM101 |
| ACCT301 | Cost Accounting | 3 | ACCT101 |
| MGT321 | Intro to International Business | 3 | |
| MGT322 | Logistics Management | 3 | MGT101 |
| MGT323 | Project Management | 3 | MGT311 |
| Concentration Level 6 | 3 | Concentration Table | |
| Total | 17 | ||
Fourth Year Semester 7
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISLM104 | Islamic Social System | 2 | ISLM102 |
| MGT401 | Strategic Management | 3 | MGT201+FIN101 |
| MGT324 | Public Management | 3 | MGT101 |
| MGT402 | Entrepreneurship | 3 | MGT101 |
| MGT403 | Knowledge Management | 3 | MGT101 |
| Concentration Level 7 | 3 | Concentration Table | |
| Total | 17 | ||
Fourth Year Semester 8
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| MGT404 | Organization Design and Development | 3 | MGT101 |
| MGT421 | Communications Management | 3 | MGT101 |
| MGT422 | Business Ethics and Organization Social Responsibility | 3 | |
| MGT430 | Internship | 6 | Complete 90 credit hours |
| Concentration Level 8 | 3 | Concentration Table | |
| Total | 18 | ||
Concentration (Business Administration) - Business Administration Program
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| MGT325 | Management of Technology | MGT101 | |
| MGT424 | Quality Management | MGT101 | |
| MGT425 | Spreadsheet Decision Modeling | MGT101 | |
| Total | |||
Concentration (Accounting) - Business Administration Program
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCT201 | Financial Accounting | ACCT101 | |
| ACCT422 | Tax & Zakat Accounting | ACCT201 | |
| ACCT402 | Introduction To Accounting Information Systems | ACCT101 + MIS201 | |
| Total | |||
Concentration (E-Cmmerce) - Business Administration Program
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECOM301 | E-Marketing | MGT201 | |
| IT404 | Web Design | ||
| ECOM421 | E-Business Strategy and Business Models | MGT401 | |
| Total | |||
Concentration (Finance) -Business Administration Program
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIN201 | Corporate Finance | FIN101 | |
| FIN401 | Financial Institutions and Markets | FIN101 | |
| FIN402 | Banks Management | FIN101 | |
| Total | |||
Concentration (Business Administration) - for other programs
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| MGT312 | Decision Making and Problem Solving | MGT101 | |
| MGT402 | Entrepreneurship and Small Business | MGT101 | |
| MGT323 | Project Management | MGT311 | |
| Total | |||
Brief Description
The internship provides qualified students with an opportunity to receive professional training and experience in an actual work environment. This Internship is an ongoing seminar between the student, the faculty member and the employment supervisor. It involves an Internship Application and Learning Agreement, periodic meetings with the faculty representative, professional experience at a level equivalent to other senior-level courses and submission of material as established in the Internship Application.
Semester
Semester 8 (10 weeks).
Time Allocation and Scheduling Arrangement
One semester after completing 90 credit hours of the study plan.
Number of Credit Hours
6 credit hours.
Intended Learning Outcomes
To examine one's own aptitudes toward work in the field of Finance and to consider which aspects of Finance best match one's own interests.
To apply academic learning to workplace practices.
To develop the professional sense of the trainee.
To practice and develop professional skills, such as oral, written, and interpersonal communications.
To demonstrate high problem solving capability.
To demonstrate awareness of organizational behavior and management methods.
To demonstrate and develop critical thinking.
To improve educational experience away from what is taught in classrooms.
To improve overall understanding of the Organization's working structure and mechanisms.
Assessment Procedures
40 % for internship activities (assigned by the on-training supervisor).
30 % for the apprehension and the assiduity of the student (assigned by the academic supervisor).
30 % for the substance and the style of the training report (assigned by the department).
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