Business Administration Department
Master of Business Administration
Stay on the pulse of change; discover new ideas, develop business communication skills to shape your industry and make data-informed leadership decisions through the ITU MBA program. ITU’s MBA program helps prepare you keep ahead in today’s changing environment through providing a solid core of business innovation knowledge, along with skills and practical experiences that prepare you to lead the most current and emerging trends.
ITU courses and concentrations help you unlock your career potential through core courses for a lifetime of leadership, coursework that explores the latest technology and trends taught by industry leaders, practical industry experiences to apply your new knowledge and skills, and through team and capstone projects that demonstrate your readiness for leadership.
ITU’s MBA programs data 2019-2020 academic year
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Graduation Rate: MBA - General
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Attrition Rate Average for the MBA program
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Graduation Rate: MBA - Business Analytics
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Persistence Average
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Graduation Rate: MBA - HealthCare Management
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Retention Average
Program Structure
| Degree Requirements | Credits |
| Core Courses | 9 |
| Required Capstone Courses | 3 |
| Required ITU Presents | 1 |
| Required Nugget Courses | 2 |
| Internship | 1 |
| Elective Courses | 23 |
| Total | 39 |
CORE COURSES
- MGT 503 Organizational Leadership theories
- FIN 534 Financial and Economic Analysis
- MIS 527 Technology and Operations Management: Creating value. OR
- BUA 500 Principles of Business Analytics*
*(Required for Business Analytics, Financial Analysis and Risk Management Concentrations, instead of MIS 527).
RECOMMENDED COURSE:
- MKT 551 Competitive Marketing Strategies
CAPSTONE COURSE
Capstone course: Business Project or Thesis for a total of 3 credit hours
- MBN 697 MBA Thesis OR
- MGT 690 Pitching a Business Plan to Venture Capitalists
INTERNSHIP
- INT 593 Internship (1 Credit Hour)
ITU PRESENTS
- PRE-500 ITU Presents (1/3) (3 courses for a total of 1 credit hour)
ITU NUGGET COURSES Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)
Nuggets courses are typically coded between IDS 500 and IDS 599.
- IDS 550 FinTech Fundamentals (2)
- IDS 551 Chip Design Fundamentals (2)
- IDS 504 Data Warehousing (2)
- IDS 505 Predictive Analytics (2)
- IDS 510 Data Science Applications (2)
- IDS 511 Data Visualization (2)
For more details, consult the Chair Department
MBA Elective Courses
A sufficient number of Elective Courses must be completed to
bring the total of credit hours to 39 which may include a
maximum of 9 internship credit hours (Including 1 credit hour of
required internship).
List of MBA Elective Courses
| ACT 604 Auditing |
| BUS 500 Project Management Frameworks |
| BUS 501 Strategic Planning and Portfolio Management |
| BUS 502 Project Management and Leadership BUS |
| 503 Project Management – Agile Approach |
| BUS 504 Contract Management and Financial Planning |
| BUS 509 Leading and Managing Change |
| BUS 510 Regulation, Governance Ethical and Social Responsibility |
| BUS 516 Principles of quality management |
| BUS 517 Organization Culture and Diversity |
| BUS 518 Applied Statistics |
| BUS 520 Emerging technologies for product development |
| BUS 521 Management of Technology and Innovation |
| BUS 600 Research Methods |
| BUS 688 Special Topics (1-3 credit hours) |
| BUS 689 Independent Study (1-3 credit hours) |
| BUS 690 Strategic Management and Business Policy |
| ERP 509 Introduction to ERP Systems using SAP – ITU/SAP University Alliances |
| ERP 510 ABAP – Advanced Business Application Programming – ITU/SAP University Alliances ERP 511 Enterprise Portal technology using NetWeaver – ITU/SAP University Alliances |
| ERP 512 Enterprise procurement processes (MM) – ITU/SAP University Alliances |
| ERP 513 Sales order management with ERP – ITU/SAP University Alliances |
| FIN 515 Managerial Finance |
| FIN 516 Entrepreneurial Finance |
| FIN 517 Financial Institutions |
| FIN 518 Financial and Socially Responsible Investing |
| FIN 519 Corporate Valuation |
| FIN 520 Investment Management |
| FIN 521 International Financial Management |
| FIN 522 Behavioral Finance |
| FIN 523 Macroeconomic Theory |
| FIN 525 Econometrics |
| FIN 526 International Economics |
| FIN 604 Securities Analysis |
| FIN 605 Financial Derivatives and Risk Management |
| FIN 606 Corporate Finance |
| FIN 607 Mergers and Acquisitions |
| HRM 528 Human Resource Management |
| HRM 529 Employee Training and Development |
| HRM 530 Employment law for business |
| HRM 532 Managing Human Capital using SAP |
| HCM – ITU/ SAP University Alliances |
| HRM 533 Strategic compensation: issues and opportunities |
| HRM 535 Human Resources and Information Technology using SAP HCM – ITU/SAP University Alliances |
| INB 553 Fundamentals of International Business |
| INB 554 International Financial Markets |
| INB 556 Global Strategic Management |
| INB 558 Global Marketing and Strategy |
| MGT 560 Principles of Management |
| MGT 561 Coaching – Changing Lives, Changing Organizations |
| MGT 564 Principles of Public Relations |
| MGT 566 Production and Operations Management |
| MGT 567 Quality Control Management |
| MGT 569 Strategic Operations Management |
| MGT 571 Critical Thinking Strategies in Decision Making |
| MGT 572 High-Technology Entrepreneurship |
| MGT 573 International Management |
| MGT 575 Project Management |
| MGT 576 Organizational Theory |
| MGT 577 Project risk management |
| MGT 578 Business Communications |
| MGT 579 Business Ethics |
| MGT 580 Business Law |
| MGT 581 Managing Emotions, Managing Self and Others |
| MGT 582 Team and Group Dynamics |
| MGT 583 Global Entrepreneurship and Innovation |
| MGT 584 Supply Chain Management (Previously MKT 584) |
| MGT 593 Intrapreneurship – Innovation from Within |
| MGT 608 Business Statistics |
| MGT 611 Lean Six Sigma |
| MGT 612 Advanced Project Management |
| MIS 537 Management Information Systems |
| MIS 538 Business Database Applications |
| MIS 539 Business Telecommunications |
| MIS 540 Information Resource Management |
| MIS 541 Managing Global Information Systems Projects |
| MIS 542 Information Systems Innovation |
| MIS 543 Human-Computer Interaction |
| MIS 544 Business Decision Support Systems |
| MIS 545 Data Mining and Business Intelligence using SAP – ITU/SAP University Alliances |
| MIS 546 Data Science for Business |
| MIS 547 Software Development Process Management |
| MIS 548 Knowledge Management |
| MKT 582 Marketing Management |
| MKT 583 Entrepreneurial Marketing |
| MKT 585 International Marketing |
| MKT 586 Marketing Research |
| MKT 587 Comparative Studies of MNC, FDI, and International Trade |
| MKT 588 Consumer Behavior |
| MKT 589 E-commerce |
| MKT 590 Marketing with Social Media |
| MKT 591 Advertising Strategy |
| MKT 592 Supplier/Seller Management |
| MKT 593 Marketing with Digital Perspectives using SAP CRM – ITU/SAP University Alliances MKT 613 Advanced Marketing |
Admission Requirements
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Who
should apply
At ITU, you will be able to take advantage of:
- Seasoned industry experts, who come from companies like NASA, HP, and Pfizer.
- A program designed to teach you the practical skills needed to supplement your education, and maximize your career prospects.
- Flexible night and weekend class schedules, and online course offerings that allow you to continue your career while furthering your education.
Learning Outcomes
Through your study in the MBA program, you will have the opportunity to learn cutting edge knowledge and skills that blend technological focus and traditional management practice. Examples of skills you will learn through your program are as follows:
- Leadership and Management in a variety of industries, and organizational settings,
- Technical and computer skills as applied to data-driven decision making,
- Practical reasoning skills to efficiently study, create, apply, and assess the collected information,
- Analytical/Quantitative, Innovative and Critical thinking Skills,
- Collaboration and Interpersonal Communication,
- Innovative and Entrepreneurial Skills for a Rapidly Changing Environment
- Industry specific knowledge.
You can also customize your learning through an MBA without any concentrations, and earn industry relevant certificates and certifications.
Program Learning Outcomes
All PLOs are mapped to the relevant ILOs and contained within parentheses. Upon completion of this program, graduates will:
PLO 1: Evaluate information to find solutions for business challenges using the cognitive processes of observation, reflection, analysis, conclusion and practice. [Mapped to ILO 1, 2]
PLO 2: Illustrate effective communication in written and oral formats. [Mapped to ILO 3]
PLO 3: Assemble teams for business projects using effective group dynamics. [Mapped to ILO 4]
PLO 4: Evaluate and synthesize business practice by applying technical and research skills to analyze complex data, understand theories, and create hypotheses. [Mapped to ILO 5, 6]
PLO 5: Outline and demonstrate sound ethical and socially responsible behavior. [Mapped to ILO 7]
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