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        Bachelor                      The course examines the        apply project management skills and      as cost concepts and classifications,   FIN 303-  Risk Management and   MGT 314 - Entrepreneurship
                                                                                                              cost accounting cycle, accounting
                                                                                                                                            Insurance
                                      development of HRM as a discipline
                                                                     concepts acquired.
                                                                                                                                                                           Management
        of Business                   and from a theoretical basis.   Concentration                           for materials, labor and overhead,   Credit hours: 3         Credit hours: 3
                                      The constituent parts of HRM
                                                                                                              process cost accounting, budgeting,
                                                                                                                                                                           Prerequisite: MGT 255
                                                                                                                                            Prerequisite: FIN 200
        Administration                are covered including a strategic   Electives                           standard costs, cost reports, direct   This course will present risk   This course is designed to give
                                      overview, HR ethical, legal and
                                                                                                              costing and differential cost analysis,
                                      social considerations, staffing,                                        costing of products and services,   exposures with regard to the   students the opportunity to
                                      human resource development,                                             cost allocation among the business   individual and the firm. A wide variety   investigate the context and nature
              Concentration           compensation and benefits, safety   ACC 302 - Intermediate              departments, activity-based costing,   of techniques for reducing risk   of entrepreneurship.  It exposes
                                                                     Accounting I
               Requirements           and health, employee labour    Credit hours: 3                          and income effects of absorption   exposure will be studied including   students to detailed descriptions
                                                                                                                                            life, property and casualty insurance.
                                                                                                                                                                           and analytical study of the
                                                                                                              and variable costing. In addition, the
                                      relations, global considerations for
                                      HRM.                           Prerequisites: ACC 200 (C Grade)         course will focus on ways the cost   In addition, the course will examine   internal and external business
                                                                                                                                                                           environment.  Actual case studies
                                                                                                                                            the problems faced by insurers,
        FIN 301 - Managerial Finance  MKT 301 - Consumer Behavior    Financial accounting and reporting       accounting helps managers make   such as re-insurance and investment   and entrepreneurial profiles
                                                                                                              better decisions. Cost accounting
        Credit Hours: 3               Credit hours: 3                is the primary medium by which           is increasingly becoming integral   policy.                  are utilized to help illustrate the
        Prerequisites: FIN 200 + ECO 201                             organizations provide information        member of decision making teams                              elements of successful and not-so-
                                      Prerequisites: MKT 200 + FWS 305  to their external stakeholders                                      MGT 321 - Change Management    successful ventures. This subject
        This course will focus on a study of                         (e.g., shareholders, creditors,          instead of just data providers.   Credit hours: 3            offers the rules, the roadmap, and
        the techniques used by the financial   This course will explore the nature   governmental agencies, customers   By focusing on a basic concepts,   Prerequisite: MGT 255  the reasoning how to bring creative
        manager in planning and controlling   of consumer behavior that helps   and alike). The information provided   analyses, uses, and procedures,                     business ideas out of mind into
        the acquisition and use of funds to   in comprehend different factors   would be used for a variety of   we recognize cost accounting as   This course provides students with   being.
        maximize the value of the firm. Topics   influencing consumer decision   decisions making purposes by   a management tool for business   a conceptual understanding of
        covered will include cash budgeting,   making, and marketing strategy.  interested parties. This is the first   strategy and implementation. This   a framework for change using a   HRM 404 - Employee Relations
        ratio analysis, capital budgeting,   Attention will be given to study and   of a two part course. Intermediate   course prepares students for the   series of contemporary Case Studies   Credit hours: 3
        forecasting techniques, project   analyze external influences (culture,   accounting I provides an in depth   rewards and challenges facing them   and Readings. The basis of such a   Prerequisites: HRM 313
        evaluation, financial leverage, risk and   subculture, cross cultural variations in   study of the process of preparing   in the professional cost accounting   framework is related to the three
        the cost and the cost of capital.  consumer behavior, group influence,   and presenting financial information   world both today and tomorrow.  primary forces for change namely   This course introduces the student
                                      families and households, and social   about an entity for outside users.                              technology, customers and the forces   to the nature of Employment
        HRM 313 - Human Resources     class), internal influences (perception,   Topics vary but typically include the   FIN 302 - Financial Statements   of globalization. The course considers   Relations with particular reference
        Management                    learning, memory, product      process of accounting standard           Analysis                      a need to articulate a vision in order   to the practice of ER in sustaining
        Credit hours: 3               positioning, motivation, personality,   setting, the accounting cycle   Credit hours: 3               to respond to the opportunities   human capital in the UAE. The course
                                                                                                              Prerequisite: FIN 200
        Prerequisite: MGT255          emotions, attitudes, and self-concept   including data accumulation,                                  and constraints that are associated   provides a rationale for the need to
                                      and lifestyle), consume decision                                                                      with change in contemporary    establish a harmonious relationship
        This course provides students with   process and other marketing stimuli   adjustments, and preparation of   The aim of the course is to introduce   organizations. Students are provided   between employer and employee
                                                                     financial statements. There is a focus
                                                                                                              students to the basic approaches
        an understanding of the many   affects consumer purchasing                                                                          with a diverse range of tools and   in terms of being efficient, effective
        different perspectives that are   behavior.                  on the recognition, measurement,         to financial statement analysis.   techniques to implement a change   and providing both parties with a
                                                                                                              The course covers the analysis,
                                                                     and disclosure of revenue, valuation
        needed to make HR management                                                                                                        strategy including an ability to   voice for mutual communication. ER
        decisions. No longer can we rely   MGT 411-  Project Management  of inventory and cost of sales,      interpretation, and evaluation of   help people cope with change   is examined in a contemporary and
        upon a single vision and culture of   Credit hours: 3        and plant assets. This course will       financial statements. Financial   successfully. The role of a change   pluralist context including a review of
                                                                                                              statement analysis (FSA) is an applied
                                                                     have “preparer orientation” and in
        an organizationwhen we consider   Co-requisite: BUS 306                                                                             agent is considered in terms of   anti-discrimination, a legal and policy
        human resource issues. The    This course is an examination   that context assists the students       tool, one must be able to apply as   the competences and capabilities   framework, equal opportunities,
                                                                                                              well as understand it. FSA involves a
                                                                     as to understand the process of
        student is presented with a view                                                                                                    required to manage the change   diverse labor market and the position
        of organizations as fragmented,   of the knowledge sets, skills,   generating accounting information   comparison of a firm’s performance   process. The course addresses   of female workers Consideration is
        individual focused, with decentralized   tools and techniques of project   and its reporting.  With the   with that of others in the same line   change as a continuous process   given to how employer/employee
                                                                     knowledge of such limitations, users
                                                                                                              of business. The analysis is used to
                                      management, with an emphasis
        power and responsibility which                                                                                                      with the associated uncertainties,   needs can be aligned to business
        contributes to a more flexible   on how project management   would be in a position to attach         determine the financial position in   ambiguities and challenges that such   policies with opportunities provided
                                                                                                              order to identify current strengths
                                      contributes to the strategic goals
                                                                     appropriate level of confidence to the
        yet more complex whole. The                                                                                                         a situation presents. Relying on case   to influence workplace and
        course considers HRM as a key to   of the organization. The course   accounting and financial reporting in   and weaknesses, the projected   study material and selected readings   organization decision making. An
        organizational change and presents   focuses on four of the knowledge   their decision making.        profile and to suggest actions that   the course provides students with a   ER Project is used to allow students
                                      areas of project management (Scope
                                                                                                              might enable the enterprise to take
        the student with a range of effective                        ACC 306 - Cost Accounting                                              comprehensive picture of how and   to explore alternative approaches
        HRM practices that derive from the   management, time management,   Credit hours: 3                   advantages of its strengths and to   why organizations change.  to ER and consider a variety of ways
                                                                                                              put remedies in place to attend to its
                                      cost management, risk management
        organization strategic plans so that                                                                                                                               to resolve labor conflicts to create
        as managers they can operate with   and marketing feasibility). Tools for   Prerequisite: ACC 201     problems.                                                    sustainability.
        flexibility and opportunity to initiate   resources estimation and scheduling   This course is designed to provide
                                      will be applied in this course.
        and sustain change using the people                          a practical knowledge of cost
        of the organization as change agents.  MS Project software will be used   accounting systems and procedures.
                                      extensively during this course to
                                                                     The course will focus on topics such
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