Master of Science in Bio-Management

In these days, the industry is in the process of transforming recent academic findings about our human genealogical structures into developing cures and medicines for various illnesses and diseases. Responding to this trend in industry, ITU has created a new focus of our Masters in Business Management. This MBA – Bio-Management will give the students the same knowledge and skills as a traditional MBA -  program with an additional core focused in managing various aspects of the biotech industry.

ITU provides the highest quality of professional talent to teach the students the necessary skills of the field and to collaborate on real world problems in the bio-tech industry. Students who graduate with ITU’s MBA in Bio-Management will be specifically suited for managing and auditing clinical trial studies, and the degree is also an excellent preparation for entering the bio-tech industry as an entrepreneur, a manager at a large scale multi-national enterprise, or any position in between.

Curriculum:
To complete the Masters degree each student must complete a total of 36 units. 

Students pursuing a degree in ITU MBA Bio Management program will take 18 semester units of core courses in the Bio Management concentration category listed below. In addition, they must take an additional 18 semester units of ITU management Elective courses listed below.

To graduate with a Master of Science in Bio Management degree, students should complete 24 semester units of Bio concentration core courses, including BIO 920. The remaining 4 courses should be taken from the Management Electives Courses listed below.

Courses Requirements :

Choose 6 courses of the following courses                                                                          ….18   

Concentration Core Courses (MBA 18 units)
BIOM 900     Introduction to Clinical Research Management (3)
BIOM 901     Biolaw: Issues in Legal, Regulatory (3)
BIOM 902     Clinical Biostatistics and Epidemiology (3)
BIOM 903     Protocol Development and Scientific Writing (3)
BIOM 904     Bio-Technology Entrepreneuship (3)
BIOM 905     Human Ecology (3)
BIOM 906     Biological Management (3)
BIOM 907     Global Biotechnology (3)
BIOM 908     Bioethics and policy (3)
BIOM 909     Biotech industry fundamentals (3)
BIOM 910     Bio Market Study (3)
BIOM 911     Bio Economics (3)
BIOM 912     Bio IT Fundamentals (3)
BIOM 913     Bio IP and Patents (3)
BIOM 914     Innovation and R&D Bio Management (3)
BIOM 920     Bio Management Practicum: Field Project (3)

Choose 6 courses of the following courses                                                                                …..18

Management Elective Courses (MBA 18 units)
ACTN 900      Financial Accounting (3)
ACTN 910      Managerial Accounting (3)
CONS 900     Consilience Theory 1 (3)
EBUS 910     Executive Leadership (3)
FINN 932       Corporate Finance (3)
GRN 511       Verbal Communications and Conversations (3)
GRN 597       Joint Seminar (3)
GRN 599       Writing and Composition (3)
HCM 904       Translating Biomedical Innovation from the Laboratory to the Marketplace (3)
MBAN 998     MBA Project (3)
MBAN 999     MBA Thesis (3)
MGTN 901     Fundamentals of Management (3)
MGTN 930     Strategic Operations Management (3)
MGTN 942     Project risk management (3)
MGTN 948     Project Management (3)
MGTN 949     Organizational Theory (3)
MISY 915      Management Information Systems (3)