Master in Business Administration (ΜΒΑ)

Master Degree | 90 ECTS

Students enrolled in this program earn a Master in Business Administration (MBA). The MBA program at the American College aims at providing a highly-competitive education in management issues that will ultimately equip future managers to solve complicated problems and implement creative concepts in their work environment, which will benefit their organization.

The MBA program aims at:

1. Preparing managers of high quality who will meet today’s complex and multidimensional work environment.
    
2. Developing the necessary skills for operating efficiently an organization.
    
3. Developing managers who will be able to integrate the concept and tools of management with the realities of their own business environment.
    
4. Fostering innovative entrepreneurs and creative business leaders with the vision and the skills to turn vision into reality.

Upon successful completion of this program of study, its graduates will:

1. Demonstrate competency across business disciplines, specifically apply the essential elements of core business principles to analyze and evaluate problems and to construct and implement solutions in the business environment.
    
2. Demonstrate critical thinking, specifically employ appropriate analytical models and apply critical reasoning processes to evaluate evidence, select among alternatives, and generate creative options in furtherance of effective decision making.
    
3. Demonstrate teamwork and leadership skills, specifically function in a variety of work groups using appropriate leadership skills and styles and collaborate with a variety of other people using elements of effective team dynamics to effectively and appropriately structure team work.
    
4. Possess effective communication skills, specifically write business documents clearly, concisely, and analytically and speak in groups and in public clearly, concisely, and analytically, with appropriate use of visual aids.

Credit Requirements

The program requires a minimum of 90 ECTS credits as follows:

MBA Core courses | 36 ECTS credits

MBA Elective courses | 24 ECTS credits

Thesis | 30 ECTS credits

MBA Foundation Courses are offered for the two weeks prior to the beginning of every semester/session. Students without a business degree or students who completed their business degree over seven years ago and do not have managerial experience are required to take the MBA Foundation Courses.

A student may get a Master in Business Administration degree without any specialization by successfully completing 18 credits from any specialization courses as long as he/she does not take more than 12 credits from a particular specialization.

A student can get an additional specialization by successfully completing the courses of the additional specialization.

MBA Foundation Courses

ACC501 Accounting (12 Hours)

CSC501 Business Computing (6 Hours)

MTH501 Business Mathematics and Statistics (12 Hours)

MBA Core Courses

ACC601 Financial and Managerial Accounting (6)

ECO601 Managerial Economics (6)

FIN601 Financial Management (6)

MAR601 Marketing Management (6)

MGT602 Human Resource Management (6)

MGT607 Strategic Management (6)

Management Specialization Courses

MGT617 Research Methods (6)

18 ECTS credits from the following:

MGT601 Operations Management (6)

MGT604 Business Ethics (6)

MGT605 Managing Corporate Change (6)

MGT618 Corporate Sustainability (6)

MGT619 Internship (6)

The Internship will be in the area of specialization.

Marketing Specialization Courses

MGT617 Research Methods (6)

18 ECTS credits from the following:

MAR602 Consumer Behavior (6)

MAR603 Marketing Research (6)

MAR608 Strategic Marketing (6)

MAR609 Digital Marketing (6)

MGT619 Internship (6)

The Internship will be in the area of specialization.

Hospitality Management Specialization Courses

MGT617 Research Methods (6)

18 ECTS credits from the following:

HOT601 Hospitality Management (6)

HOT602 Management of Rooms Division (6)

HOT603 Managing Food and Beverage Operations (6)

MGT619 Internship (6)

The Internship will be in the area of specialization.

Human Resource Management Specialization Courses

MGT617 Research Methods (6)

18 ECTS credits from the following:

MGT603 Organizational Behavior (6)

MGT611 Leadership and Innovation (6)

MGT615 Managing Diversity (6)

MGT619 Internship (6)

The Internship will be in the area of specialization.

Thesis

MGT614 Thesis (90)

The number of credits each course is carrying is indicated in the parenthesis following the course title.

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