MBA 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 Master’s in Business Management. This MBA in Bio-Management will give students the same knowledge and skills as a traditional MBA program with an additional core focused in managing various aspects of the bio-tech 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 Master’s 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 Requirement :

Choose 6 of the Concentration courses from the following  Concentration courses for a total of 18 semester units    ….18

Concentration Courses (MBA 18 semester 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 Bio-tech 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 915 Regulatory Management in Biopharma (3)
BIOM 920 Bio Management Practicum: Field Project (3)
HCM 904 Translating Biomedical Innovation from the Laboratory to the Marketplace (3)

Bio and Management Electives Courses (18 semester units)

choose 6 courses from the following Bio and Management Elective courses for a total of 18 semester units……..18

Bio Elective courses

BPS 821 A Regulatory Overview for New Drug Development (3)
FPMP 920 Field Project: Management Practicum (3)
HCM 904 Translating Biomedical Innovation from the Laboratory to the Marketplace (3)
HCM 907 Healthcare Sector Marketing (3)
HCM 916 Healthcare Environment: Cultural and Behavioral Theories (3)
HCM 933 Alternative and Complementary Medicine (3)

Management Elective Courses

ACTN 900 Financial Accounting (3)
ACTN 910 Managerial Accounting (3)
CONS 900 Consilience Theory 1 (3)
ECON 920 Macroeconomic Theory (3)
FINN 933 Managerial Finance (3)
GRN 511 Verbal Communications and Conversations (3)
GRN 597 Joint Seminar (3)
GRN 599 Writing and Composition (3)
GRN 921 Independent Study I (3)
GRN 922 Independent Study II (3)
GRN 923 Independent Study III (3)
MBAN 998 MBA Project (3)
MBAN 999 MBA Thesis (3)
MGTN 901 Fundamentals of Management (3)
MGTN 923 Principles and Practices of Six Sigma (3)
MGTN 930 Strategic Operations Management (3)
MGTN 945 Pitching a Business Plan to Venture Capitalists (VCs)/ Workshops (3)
MGTN 949 Organizational Theory (3)
MGTN 950 Project Risk Management (3)
MISY 915 Management Information Systems (3)
MKTN 958 Marketing Management (3)

Total…………………………….36