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COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

College BUS 102 - Introduction to elements of the legal framework
Requirements Business adopted in the UAE in comparison
to other countries, and reviews
Credit Hour: 3 implications of legal principles on the
ACC 200 - Principles of Financial This course is an introduction regulatory environment in which UAE
Accounting to business with the aim to give businesses operate.
students a good understanding
Credit Hour: 3 on the important role business BUS 306 - Applied Management
Prerequisite: ENG 200 + ITD 100 + organizations play in today’s world. Science
(MTB 101 or MTT 101 or MTT 102)
The emphasis is on understanding Credit Hour: 3
This course presents financial various business functions and Prerequisite: MGT 255 + STT 100 +
accounting as an essential part of the activities and recognizing their ECO 201
decision-making process by both the significance in the successful This course presents quantitative
external users and the management. operation of business organizations. methods necessary for decision
The course involves the study of The course also aims to provide making in business. Topics covered
foundations of accounting methods students a good understanding on are: an introduction to Analytics
and systems, including transaction the role of technology in improving and Management Science , linear
analysis, the accrual system of business functions. Furthermore, programming (formulation; graphical
accounting, the process of income the course addresses various career solution, computer software for
measurement, and understanding opportunities in various functional optimization, optimal solution and
of financial statements. This course areas of business management. sensitivity analysis), extensions to
assumes no prior accounting specialized business models of (
knowledge. BUS 204 - Business Research staffing assignment, transportation,
Methods
ACC 201 - Principles of Credit Hour: 3 and transshipment), decision theory
Managerial Accounting Prerequisite: STT 100 + BUS 102 (decision tree, expected value and
Credit Hour: 3 utility, value function), theory of
waiting lines and their economic
Prerequisite: ACC 200 + BUS 102 The purpose of this course is to
enable students to acquire the skills analysis, and an introduction to
Managerial accounting is a branch of necessary to undertake an ethical computer simulation. Computers will
accounting that is concerned with the business research project. It covers be used to obtain solutions for these
identification, measurement, analysis, the basics of business research problems.
and interpretation of accounting concepts and how these concepts
information so that it can be used relate to decisions about conducting Formulation and analysis of variety
to help managers make informed specific business research projects. of business problems will be
operational decisions. Managerial Topics include an overview of emphasized. While computers will
accounting is geared towards how to conduct ethical research, be used to obtain the solution for
these problems. By the end of the
“insider users” and provides an in- collecting primary and secondary
depth study of accounting related data collection, questionnaire course, students are expected to will,
topics such as: Basic cost concepts, design, sampling, and data analysis, hopefully, gain enough proficiency in
cost classification, budgeting, cost presentation. (1) building mathematical models for
allocation systems, planning and complex business-oriented problems
and (2)preparing managerial reports
control, and costing for decision BUS 301 - Business Law
making (i.e., strategic cost analysis). Credit Hour: 3 with recommendations to the
This course is oriented towards Prerequisite: FWS 305 decision makers based on solving
the concepts and techniques of and analyzing the models they
accounting information system that This course focuses on the study of created using the techniques learnt
in class.
are applicable to management of the UAE legal system as it applies
organizations (i.e., internal decision to the business environment,
makers) resources effectively. with emphasis on laws related to
contracts, commercial companies,
negotiable instruments, and labor
disputes. The course highlights

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