BS in Business Administration 

Program Requirements

Degree Requirements Credits
I. University General Education Requirements 31
II. School Requirements 48
III. Major Requirements Not Applicable
IV. Major Elective Not Applicable
V. Business Electives (Thirteen courses (including 2 internship courses in any of the majors) provided these comprise major required, major elective and minor elective courses in any of the 6 majors and 1 minor.) 39
VI. Free Electives 3
Total 121

I. University General Education Requirements (31 credits)

Code Course Title Credit
ENG 101 Composition 3
ARAB 101 (O) or
ARAB 110 (O)
Arabic Language and Culture for Non- Native Learners I or
Arabic Language and Culture for Native Arabic Speakers I
3
UAES 200 Survey of United Arab Emirates Studies 3
ITEC 103 Fundamentals of Information Technology  3
STAT 100 Introductory Probability and Statistics 3
MEST 100 Introduction to Islam in World Culture  3
PHIL 100 Critical Thinking and Reasoning  3
UNIV 100 University First-Year Transition 1
UNIV 200 Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability 3
ECON 103 Principles of Microeconomics  3

The Natural Sciences (3 Credits)

BIOL 100 or
ENVS 102 or
CHEM 211
Humankind in a Biological World or
Sustainability and Human-Environment Relations or
General Chemistry I 
3

II. School Requirements (48 credits)

Code Course Title Credit
ACCT 204 Principles of Financial Accounting 3
ACCT 205 Principles of Managerial Accounting 3
BUAN 301 Analytics for Decision Making v 3
BUSN 301 Business Communication 3
BUSN 304 Commercial Law 3
BUSN 306 International Business Law 3
BUSN 307 Research Methodology 3
BUSN 498 Strategic Management 3
ECON 104 Principle of Macroeconomics 3
BUSN 312 Public Policy and Business Ethics 3
FNAN 300 Principle of Business Finance  3
MGMT 301 Principles of Management 3
MIST 301 Introduction to Business Information Systems 3
MKTG 301 Principles of Marketing 3
OPMT 311 Methods and Models of Management Science 3
MGMT 401 Organizational Behavior 3

III. Business Electives (33 credits)

ACCT 311 Managerial and Cost Accounting 3
ACCT 331 Intermediate Accounting I 3
ACCT 332 Intermediate Accounting II 3
ACCT 361 Accounting Information Systems 3
ACCT 412 Auditing 3
ACCT 352 Taxation and Managerial Decisions 3
ACCT 472 International Auditing 3
ACCT 491 Special Topics in Managerial Decisions 3
FNAN 303 Financial Analysis, Forecasting, and Valuation 3
FNAN 304 Principles of Risk Management and Insurance 3
FNAN 321 Financial Institutions 3
FNAN 401 Advanced Financial Management 3
FNAN 411 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management 3
FNAN 412 Futures and Options Markets 3
FNAN 421 Money and Capital Markets 3
FNAN 431 International Financial Management 3
MGHR 301 Human Resource Management  3
MGHR 302 Compensation Management  3
MGHR 304 Human Resource Recruitment and Selection 3
MGHR 403 Cross Cultural and International Human Resource Management 3
MGHR 431 Employee Relations  3
MGHR 461 Diversity in Organizations 3
MGHR 462 Strategic Human Resource Management 3
MGHR 463 Negotiations in Organizations 3
MGHR 464 Training and Development 3
MKTG 312 Consumer Behavior 3
MKTG 313 Integrated Marketing Communications 3
MKTG 351 Marketing Research Techniques & Applications 3
MKTG 412 Marketing of Services 3
MKTG 471 Marketing Strategy 3
MKTG 311 Sales Management 3
MKTG 332 Retailing and E-Commerce 3
MKTG 407 International Marketing 3
BUAN 311 Analytics for Decision Making
BUAN 312 Visual Analytics
BUAN 401 Business Data Engineering
BUAN 411 Business Intelligence & Big Data Analytics
OPMT 301 Operations Management
OPMT 405 Supply Chain Management
HTMT 311 Survey of the Hospitality & Tourism Industry
HTMT 321 Hospitality Operations I - F&B Management
HTMT 322 Hotel Operations
HTMT 411 Destination Management
HTMT 412 Meetings and Conventions
HTMT 312 Sustainable Tourism
BUSN 391 International Internship

Major based Internship (3 credits in total from the list below)

Code Course Title Credit
ACCT 390 Internship in Accounting 3
FNAN 390 Internship in Finance 3
MGHR 390 Internship in Human Resource Management 3
MKTG 390 Internship in Marketing 3
BUAN 390 Internship in Business Analytics 3
HTMT 390 Internship in Hospitality and Tourism Management 3

Project based Internship (3 credits in total from the list below)

Code Course Title Credit
ACCT 444 Accounting Project Based Internship 3
FNAN 444 Finance Project Based Internship 3
MGHR 444 HRM Project Based Internship (A) 3
MKTG 444 Marketing Project Based Internship 3
BUAN 444 Business Analytics Project Based Internship 3
HTMT 444 Hospitality & Tourism Management Project Based Internship 3

IV. Free Electives (3 credits)

Any course from other programs outside the school of business and not taken previously.

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