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| Courses Code | Courses Name | Credit Hours | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| BA-031 | Introduction to business | 6 Credits | View Details |
| BA-064 | Marketing Essentials | 6 Credits | View Details |
| BA-226 | Business communication | 6 Credits | View Details |
| BA-375 | Fundamentals of accounting | 6 Credits | View Details |
| BA-608 | Introduction to finance | 6 Credits | View Details |
| BA-686 | Management & administration | 6 Credits | View Details |
| BA-707 | E-business | 6 Credits | View Details |
| BA-785 | Human resources | 6 Credits | View Details |
| Courses Code | Courses Name | Credit Hours | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIN-174 | International Finance | 6 Credits | View Details |
| FIN-242 | Introduction to financial accounting | 6 Credits | View Details |
| RMT-294 | Principles of Finance | 6 Credits | View Details |
| FIN-323 | Entrepreneurial Finance | 6 Credits | View Details |
| FIN-513 | Investments | 6 Credits | View Details |
| FIN-801 | Introduction Financial Markets | 6 Credits | View Details |
Introduction to business
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Understanding the u.s. business system.
- Understanding the environments of business.
- Conducting business ethically and responsibly.
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Understanding entrepreneurship and new ventures.
- Understanding the global context of business.
- Managing the business enterprise
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Organizing the business enterprise
- Managing human resources and labor relations.
- Motivating and leading employees.
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Understanding marketing processes and consumer behavior.
- Developing and pricing products.
- Distributing products.
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Promoting products.
- Producing goods and services.
- Managing for productivity and quality
- Managing information systems and communication technology.
- Understanding principles of accounting.
- Understanding money and banking.
- Understanding securities and investments.
- Understanding financial and risk management.
Marketing Essentials
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Marketing: managing profitable customer relationships
- Company and marketing strategy: partnering to build customer relationships
- The marketing environment
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Managing marketing information
- Consumer markets and consumer buyer behavior
- Business markets and business buyer behavior
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Customer-driven marketing strategy: creativing value for target customers
- Product, services, and branding strategies
- New-product development and life-cycle strategies
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Pricing products: understanding and capturing customer value
- Pricing products: pricing strategies
- Marketing channels and supply chain management
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Retailing and wholesaling
- Communicating customer value: integrated marketing communication strategy
- Advertising and public relations
- Personal selling and sales promotion
- Direct and online marketing: building direct customer relationships
- Creating competitive advantage
- The global marketplace
- Marketing ethics and social responsibility
Business communication
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Understanding business communication in todays workplace
- Communicating in teams and mastering listening and nonverbal communication
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Planning business messages
- Writing business messages
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Completing business messages
- Choosing and using media for brief messages
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Writing routine and positive messages
- Writing negative messages
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Writing persuasive messages
- Understanding and planning reports and proposals
- Writing and completing reports and proposals
- Preparing and giving oral presentations
- Building careers and writing rsums
- Applying and interviewing for employment
Fundamentals of accounting
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Accounting and the business environment
- Recording business transactions
- The adjusting process
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Completing the accounting cycle
- Accounting for a retail business
- Internal control and cash
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Receivables
- Inventory
Long-term assets: plant assets and intangibles - In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Current liabilities and payroll
- Corporations and stockholders' equity
- Long-term liabilities
- The statement of cash flows
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Financial statement analysis.
- Introduction to management accounting
- Job order costing
- Process costing
- Cost-volume-profit analysis
- The master budget and responsibility accounting
- Flexible budgets and standard costs
- Special business decisions and capital budgeting
Introduction to finance
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- An introduction to the foundations of financial management - the ties that bind
- The financial markets and interest rates
- Understanding financial statements and cash flows
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Evaluating a firm's financial performance
- The time value of money
- Risk and return
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Bond valuation
- Stock valuation
- Capital-budgeting techniques and practice
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Cash flows and other topics in capital budgeting
- Cost of capital
- Determining the financing mix
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Dividend policy and internal financing
- Short-term financial planning
- Working-capital management
- Current asset management
- International business finance
Management & administration
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Introduction to management and organizations.
- Management yesterday and today.
- Organizational culture and environment: the constraints.
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Managing in a global environment.
- Social responsibility and managerial ethics.
- Decision-making: the essence of the manager's job.
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Foundations of planning.
- Strategic management.
- Planning tools and techniques.
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Organizational structure and design
- Communication and information technology.
- Human resource management.
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Managing change and innovation.
- Foundations of behavior.
- Understanding groups and teams.
- Motivating employees.
- Leadership.
- Foundations of control.
- Operations and value chain management
E-business
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Overview of ec.
- E-commerce market mechanisms.
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Reatailing in e-commerce: products and services.
- Consumer behavior, customer service, and advertising
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Company-centric b2b and collaborative commerce.
- Public b2b exchanges.
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Intrabusiness, e-government, c2c, e-learning, and more.
- Mobile commerce.
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Laws, ethics, and cyber crime.
- Payments and order fulfillment.
- E-strategy, internet communities, and global ec.
- Infrastructure and application development.
Human resources
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Introducing hrm
- Human resource strategy and planning
- Recruitment
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Selection: shortlisting and interviews
- The employment relationship
- Introduction to the learning process
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Learning and development programmes
- Performance appraisal and performance management
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Payment systems
- Managing employee welfare
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Health and safety
- Partnership, employee involvement and high performance working
- Discipline and grievance
- Dismissal, redundancy and outplacement
International Finance
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Financial goals and corporate governance.
- The international monetary system.
- The balance of payments.
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- International parity conditions.
- Foreign exchange rate determination.
- The foreign exchange market.
- Foreign currency derivatives.
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Transaction exposure.
- Operating exposure.
- Translation exposure.
- Global cost and availability of capital.
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Sourcing equity globally.
- Financial structure and international debt.
- Interest rate and currency swaps.
- International portfolio theory and diversification.
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Foreign direct investment theory and strategy.
- Political risk assessment and management.
- Multinational capital budgeting.
- International trade finance.
- Multinational tax management.
- Working capital management.
Introduction to financial accounting
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Accounting: the language of business
- Measuring income to assess performance
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Recording transactions
- Accrual accounting and financial statements
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Statement of cash flows
- Accounting for sales
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Inventories and cost of goods sold
- Long-lived assets and depreciation
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Liabilities and interest
- Stockholder's equity
- Intercorporate investments and consolidations
- Financial statement analysis
Principles of Finance
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- The financial environment: firms, investors and markets.
- Financial institutions and markets.
- Corporate securities: bonds and stocks.
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Interest rate fundamentals.
- Time value of money.
- Risk and return.
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Valuation.
- Financial statements and analysis.
- The firm and its financial environment.
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Capital budgeting: cash flow principles.
- Capital budgeting techniques: certainty and risk.
- Cost of capital.
- Capital structure and dividends.
- Financial planning.
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Short-term financial management.
- Investment information and transactions.
- How external forces affect firm's value.
- Investing in stocks.
- Investing in bonds.
- Mutual funds and asset allocation.
- Derivative securities.
- Corporate control and governance.
Entrepreneurial Finance
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Financial and economic concepts
- Financial management and planning
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Financial statements
- Analysis of financial statements
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Profit, profitability, and break-even analysis
- Forecasting and pro forma financial statements
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- Working capital management
- Time value of money: using lump sum
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Time value of money: using annuities
- Capital budgeting
- Personal finance
Investments
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Introduction.
- Buying and selling securities.
- Security markets.
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Efficient markets, investment value, and market price.
- Taxes.
- Inflation.
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- The portfolio selection problem.
- Portfolio analysis.
- Riskfree lending and borrowing.
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- The capital asset pricing model.
- Factor models.
- Arbitrage pricing theory.
- Characteristics of common stocks.
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Financial analysis of common stocks.
- Dividend discount models.
- Dividends and earnings.
- Investment management.
- Portfolio performance evaluation.
- Types of fixed-income securities.
- Fundamentals of bond valuation.
- Bond analysis.
- Bond portfolio management.
- Investment companies.
- Options.
- Futures.
- International investing.
Introduction Financial Markets
Topics Covered in This Course:
- In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Why study financial markets and institutions?
- Overview of the financial system.
- What do interest rates mean and what is their role in valuation?
- In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
- Why do interest rates change?
- How do risk and term structure affect interest rates?
- Are financial markets efficient?
- In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
- Structure of central banks and the federal reserve system
- Structure of central banks and the federal reserve system
- The money markets
- In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics
- The bond market
- The stock market
- The mortgage markets
- The foreign exchange market
- In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
- The international financial system
- Why do financial institutions exist?
- What should be done about conflicts of interest in the financial industry?
- Banking and the management of financial institutions
- Commercial banking industry: structure and competition
- Savings associations and credit unions
- Banking regulation
- The mutual fund industry
- Insurance companies and pension funds
- Investment banks, security brokers and dealers, and venture capital firms
- Risk management in financial institutions
- Hedging with financial derivatives
- Finance companies
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