Master’s Degree in Business Administration

• Develop students’ theoretical and practical skills by introducing the latest management theories and ways of applying them in local and international organizations.
• Qualifying students to occupy administrative positions at various administrative levels effectively and efficiently.
• Preparing a group of qualified researchers who are able to conduct scientific research in various administrative fields.
• Contribute to the progress and prosperity of the local economy by preparing qualified cadres to start their own successful entrepreneurial projects.

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• The student should have a bachelor’s degree in management, accounting or economics with a grade of at least good from one of the Palestinian and Arab universities or from any other university recognized by Al-Quds University.
• Students who have a bachelor’s degree from other university colleges such as engineering and science and who work in the economic and commercial fields may be accepted, based on the recommendation of the academic council of the program, provided that they pass the placement test in courses designated before they join the program. This examination is held at the end of each semester.
• Pass the Entrance Exam. This exam aims to ensure that the student is familiar with the basic principles and concepts in his field of specialization. And his ability to express it in English. This exam is held for graduate students from the faculties of management and economics.
• As for students accepted from faculties other than management and economics, the entrance examination will include additional parts aimed at measuring the student’s familiarity with the basic management and economics principles.

Conditioned Admission:

The college grants conditional admission upon the recommendation of the Graduate Studies Committee and the approval of the University’s Council of Graduate Studies. There are two types of conditional acceptance:

• Obtaining a cumulative average not less than 75% of the courses that the student studies in the first semester of joining the program. And not to fail in any of the courses registered for that semester, and this acceptance is mostly granted to undergraduate students from faculties of business and economics.
• Success in all remedial courses determined by the program with an average of at least 75%. This admission is granted to bachelor students from graduates other than faculties of management and economics

The MBA program contributes to increasing students job experiences, and updating their knowledge and skills. The MBA degree will increase the chances of moving up the career ladder and occupying managerial positions in various administrative fields such as human resources, marketing and sales, production and warehousing, research and development, and many other various fields. In addition to developing the skills of the ambitious students and enabling them to build and launch their own entrepreneurial projects.

Faculty Obligatory Courses  (6 credit hours)

No.	Course number	Course name	Credit hours
1	8111609	Research Methodology in Economic and Administrative Sciences	3
2	8111610	Analytical statistics and regression analysis	3

Master In Business Administration Program Obligatory Courses (15 credit hours)

No.	Course number	Course name	Credit hours
1	8113611	Advanced marketing management	3
2	8113612	Advanced financial management	3
3	8113614	Investment analysis and evaluation	3
4	8113625	Human resource management *	3
5	8115606	Advanced topics in Entrepreneurship	3

* Students are allowed to register management strategies (8113615) an equivalent course for human resource management (8113625).

Master In Business Administration Program Elective Courses (9-12 credit hours)

For students who chose to make a thesis they have to study 9 credit hours while for students who chose to go for the comprehensive exam they should study 12 credit hours from the following list:

No.	Course number	Course name	Credit hours
1.	8113630	Production management	3
2.	8113655	Quality control management	3
3.	8113616	Agricultural marketing	3
4.	8113615	Management strategies	3
5.	8113627	Service and tourism marketing	3
6.	1136338	Operations managements	3
7.	8112613	Management information systems	3
8.	8113632	Organizational behavior	3
9.	8113620	International marketing	3
10.	8111631	Commercial law	3
11.	8115601	The Economic Foundations of Entrepreneurship	3
12.	8115603	Seminar in Entrepreneurial marketing	3
13.	8115604	Entrepreneurship of tourism	3
14.	8115605	Entrepreneurial Finance	3
15.	8115602	Entrepreneurship, Innovation, leadership and creativity	3
16.	8115611	Entrepreneurial Research Project	3
17.	8112611	Advanced managerial accounting	3
18.	8111632	Public Finance and Tax Legislation	3

Advanced marketing management 8113611

This course is mainly concerned with marketing research and its importance in the planning, control and decision-making processes in production and service institutions. This course deals with scientific concepts and theories related to marketing research, market segmentation and targeting strategies for both local and global markets, developing marketing strategies and preparing marketing plans, in addition to the practical application of these concepts and theories by clarifying practical methods in research design, collecting, tabulating and analyzing data, and presenting the results in a way that enables proper decision making. Through this course, a set of practical cases of foreign and local companies will be discussed and analyzed.

Advanced financial management 8113612

This course aims mainly at discussing the main topics in financial management needed for financial planning analysis, and control in order to help managers take financial decisions in their investment’s companies. This course will concentrate on understanding and analyzing the financial statements, cash flow statements (financial and accounting), Theory and application of time value of money and net present value, capital budgeting techniques, the analysis and evaluation of Investment decisions as part of financial planning, including scenario and sensitivity analysis, also this course contains the subject of risk and return concentrating on lessons from the financial market and the capital asset pricing theory and Portfolio theory. In addition to that, the course tackles other topics in Finance including capital market theory, valuation of bonds and stocks, capital structure, and dividend policy.

Investment analysis and evaluation 8113614

The course will introduce the concepts of investing by addressing both the theory and application of investment topics. The course addresses the differences between the basic types of securities and how they fit in the total portfolio picture. It will help the student to learn how to access and evaluate investment information and analyze investment opportunities. The course also covers how to analyze securities, decide if they should be included in an investment portfolio, and how to buy and sell them.

Human resource management 8113625

The Human Resource Management course deals with the administrative activities related to human capital within the organization. It covers all theories, policies and practices of human resource management within organizations. Topics covered include: strategic human resource planning, job analysis, job description, job specification, recruitment, selection and placement, mentoring, training and development, performance appraisal, compensation and benefits management, and labor management relations. This course introduces human resource management as an essential component of the competitiveness, effectiveness and sustainability of organizations by combining theoretical human resource principles with scientific research. This course highlights important challenges facing managers and employees alike by reviewing and analyzing real-world case studies for companies and organizations in depth.

Management information systems 8113613

The management information systems course deals with the basic concepts of management information systems and its impact and usefulness on the administrative process as an important tool for planning, coordination and decision-making. The necessary infrastructure to implement an integrated information system of all kinds is also explained. This course also introducing students to the security and protection mechanisms for the information system, with attention to the ethics of dealing with electronic management, whether related to the individual, work and interactions. The course also presents important topics closely related to information systems such as electronic business, customer relationship management systems, cloud computing systems, communications management, information resource management, and knowledge management.

Management strategies 8113615

This course introduces the student to the concepts of administrative and strategic policies and the nature of strategic thinking and planning in companies, especially in the fields of production and marketing.

Agricultural marketing 8113616

This course focuses on studying the marketing policies of agricultural and food crops and the stages of the flow of agricultural products from the farm to the final consumer. The focus will be on the methods of marketing agricultural products in the local and international markets and the price structure of agricultural and food products and marketing associations. Marketing services such as packaging, grading, transportation, warehousing, risk-taking and futures markets will be studied, in addition to government intervention in determining the prices of some food and agricultural products. Practical research will be conducted on food and agricultural products such as meat, dairy products, grains, fruits and vegetables.

Service and tourism marketing 8113627

This course aims to study marketing strategies in the field of service and tourism institutions, production and pricing methods, promotion and distribution of various services, how to activate tourism contracts and systems for distributing and providing tourism services, and determining the marketing mix, in addition to shedding light on the characteristics that distinguish services from goods.

Production operations management 8113630

This course covers topics such as: forecasting, production capacity planning and uses of waiting theory, locating facilities, internal arrangement, job design, work standards, production and scheduling, inventory control, quality control, and material needs planning with an emphasis on the use of mathematical and statistical methods.

Operation management 8113633

This course aims to enhance the student’s abilities to use quantitative analysis methods in making economic and managerial decisions. This course includes many topics, such as: quantitative analysis methods, game theory, queuing, time programming, and inventory systems.

Organizational behavior 8113632

This course focuses on four main topics, the first is the theory of management development. The second is the organizational behavior  which includes the subject of perception, learning, power, authority, influence and individual decision-making, formal group formation, conflict resolution at work, problem solving, motivation and leadership. The third topic deals with organizational structure and work design. Finally, the course focuses on organizational dynamics, including change management, organizational development in institutions, growth in institutions, and how to achieve it.

 Global Marketing 8113620

This course aims to deepen the student’s knowledge in the administrative fields of companies looking for marketing opportunities in foreign markets, and this calls for familiarity with commercial policies, import and export business risks and export development policies. Students will also be trained on how to manage import and export activities.

Quality control management 8113655

This course aims to apply statistical analysis tools to evaluate production and marketing processes in business that lead to improve the facility performance.

Master thesis in Business administration 8113700

This course aims to qualify the students to prepare a master’s thesis in business administration.

The Economic Foundations of Entrepreneurship 8115601

Recent changes in the world economy have made the pursuit of entrepreneurial activities and opportunities increasingly important to income and job creation. This course examines, evaluates, and exploits opportunities to create future goods and services.   It also evaluates the impact of entrepreneurial activity on individuals, firms and societies at large based on the foundation of entrepreneurship theory. It considers the economic dimension of entrepreneurship from a market-process perspective. Also, it deals with how entrepreneurs create organization on the one hand and how organizations create entrepreneurship on the other.

Entrepreneurship, Innovation, leadership and creativity 8115602

This course is designed for students who believe that they will be involved in a creative, Entrepreneurial venture and who may work within innovation companies and firms. Students will learn what makes an organization creative and innovation, in this regard, creative problem-solving process will be taught to students to make use of it in the future for solving innovation dilemmas and challenges regarding product, sales, and finance.

Seminar in Entrepreneurial marketing 8115603

This course aims at understanding and managing an enterprises’ marketing performance and functioning. Students in this course will be allowed to select a topic for a research paper related to Entrepreneurial marketing. Students should concentrate on areas of developing and improving plans for the marketing of new products and supervising the implementation of these plans regarding product, price, promotion and place to meet the needs of the marketplace. In this course, students will be required to discuss updated and advanced journal articles to assist them in conducting individual and group research papers.

Entrepreneurship of tourism 8115604

This course will enable students to focus on the skills and theories that allow them to identify market opportunities. Students will examine the factors that initiate an individual’s likelihood of engaging in entrepreneurship and new insights into tourism entrepreneurship. Students will also be enriched with the key competencies needed to develop leadership skills in organizing tourism and leisure projects, and develop the core skills and competencies needed to lead family businesses in the field of tourism. Each student is required to develop their own enterprise in the tourism industry with expectations of increased income and increased employment.

Entrepreneurial Finance 8115605

This course is designed to enable students who are interested in becoming entrepreneurs by creating their own businesses. It will also be of value to individuals interested in becoming investors in another entrepreneurial group. The course is designed to cover the basic ideas, tools, and techniques related to the process of setting up and then managing the financing of an existing company. The course will be delivered through an integrated set of study notes; case studies; actual corporate accounts; And how to secure the money for the project.

Advance topics in Entrepreneurship 8115606

This course tries to combine theoretical knowledge and real-world knowledge of the challenges of starting and growing new business ventures. In this course, students learn certain issues concerning entrepreneurial attitudes toward managing growing business, business plan, creativity and profit. Students will be required to review theoretical and applied journal articles individual and team work assignments will be required in this course.

Entrepreneurial Research Project 8115611

Student in this course will be allowed to select a topic for a research paper to demonstrate their research capabilities by advancing knowledge of a selected aspect of entrepreneurial environment in Palestine. The professor will assist students in selecting suitable topics.