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Appendix: Personnel & Enrollment

• Master of Business Administration
• Master of Public Administration
• Courses
• Accounting (ACCT)
• Finance (FINC)
• Hospitality (HOSP)
• International Business (INTB)
• General Management (MGMT)
• Marketing (MKTG)
• Organization (ORGN)
• Production/Operation Management (OPMG)
• Public Administration (PADM)
• Systems Management (SYST)

Department of Management
School of Business, Economics and Communication

Professors: M. Abaza,  S. Akabawy,  H. El Sherif, S. Farag (chair), R. Fullerton, N.Hassan, T. Hatem, A.Mortagy (Dean of the school of Business, Economics and Communication) , E.Stuart, S.Youssef,
Associate Professors: M. Badran, C. Erdener, I.Hegazy, S. Imam, D. Rateb, S. Shabrawy, H.Yassin
Assistant Professors: M. Askar, K. Dahawy, Y. Hassan,  S. Kamel. E. Tooma

Master of Business Administration

The MBA is a professional degree designed to prepare students who have completed undergraduate work in any academic discipline and intend to pursue a management career. The curriculum emphasizes the principles underlying business operations as well as advanced technical knowledge in relevant specializations. It provides tools for analysis and helps develop a managerial perspective. Advanced specialized and elective courses provide the necessary skills in a functional area of business.

Coursework for the core is directed at providing the student with a basic background in the various functional areas of management. A minimum of six graduate management courses is required for the completion of the core courses. These courses are usually chosen from the following list in addition to other courses that may be added.
 

ACCT 506 Management Accounting, 3cr. OPMG 507 Quantitative Analysis for Management, 3cr. SYST 508 Management Systems, 3cr. ORGN 509 Management Functions, 3cr. OPMG 520 Introduction to Operations Management, 3cr. MKTG 525 Marketing Management, 3cr. FINC 527 Managerial and Business Economics, 3cr. FINC 540 Financial Management, 3cr.

 

MBA Electives

Advanced coursework for the MBA constitutes a diversified program aimed at providing the student with:

1. General background in the concepts, processes, and institutions of finance, marketing, personnel, and operations management.
2. Decision-making tools and techniques such as accounting, quantitative meth-ods, and management information systems.
3. Organizational theory, economic analysis, and business policy and strategy.

Master of Public Administration

The M.P.A. degree is designed for government and public-sector personnel and students interested in public policy for advanced academic and professional preparation in public administration.

Admission

Applicants lacking adequate preparation will be required to take one or more of the following prerequisite courses (credit earned in these courses shall not count towards the M.P.A. degree):
 

MGMT 503 Management Communications, 3 cr. OPMG 507 Quantitative Analysis for Management, 3 cr. PADM 510 Theory and Practice of Public Administration, 3 cr.

 

Courses

A minimum of nine courses (27 credit hours) is required from the list shown below. For applicants lacking adequate preparation in social sciences, the department may require additional courses.

Required courses: Six out of the following as advised:

PADM 500 Methods of Administrative Research and Analysis, 3 cr. ORGN 504 Organizational Behavior, 3 cr. PADM 505 Administrative Environment and Public Policy in Egypt, 3 cr. PADM 513 Management of Public Funds, 3 cr. PADM 514 Problems of Development Administration, 3 cr. PADM 517 Administration of Developmental Planning, 3 cr. PADM 521 Administration of Public Personnel, 3 cr.

 

A student taking all seven courses is permitted to include one of them as an elective.

M.P.A. students are normally required to write a thesis on some aspect of public administration. Students who do not intend to seek accreditation by the Egyptian Supreme Council of Universities may take two courses in lieu of the thesis requirement.

Courses

Accounting (ACCT)
 

CourseNum CourseTitle 506 Management Accounting 522 Managerial Accounting 523 Accounting for Operations Management

 

Business Policy and Strategy (BPST)
 

CourseNum CourseTitle 515 Seminar in Management Policies 536 Business Audit and Diagnosis 537 Strategic Business Management 544 Global Business Strategy 555 Information  Strategy

 

Finance
 

CourseNum CourseTitle 430 Special Topics in Middle East Studies 500 Methods of Administrative Research and Analysis 500 Social Thought 500 Mass  Communication Theory and Literature 500 English Grammar 501 Human Behavior in the Modern Enterprise 501 Comparative Theory 501 Principles of Linguistic Analysis 501 Advanced Economic Theory I 501 Advanced Reporting and Writing 501 Principles of Linguistic Analysis 502 Readings in Management 502 Scope and Method of Developmental Analysis 502 Assessment in Language Learning 502 Advanced Economic Theory II 502 Current Issues in Mass Communication 502 Assessment in Language Learning 503 Management Communications 503 Management Communications 503 Introduction To Solids 503 International Relations Theory 503 Structure and Process in Egyptian Society 503 Middle Eastern Societies and Cultures 503 Second Language Acquisition 503 Economic Growth and Development 503 Second Language Acquisition 504 Organizational Behavior 504 Organizational Behavior 504 Seminar on a Selected Work or Author in Classical Arabic Literature 504 Economic Policy 504 History of The European Union 504 Research Methods in Mass Communication 505 Administrative Environment and Public Policy in Egypt 505 Mathematical Physics 505 The Law of European Integration 505 Ethnographic Fieldwork 505 International Economics 505 History of the English Language 506 Survey Research 506 Resources for Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language 506 Advanced Topics in Applied Economics 506 Seminar on Practical Diplomacy 506 Internship 506 Management Accounting 507 Quantitative Analysis for Management 507 Introduction to Forced Migration and Refugee Studies 507 Introduction to Forced Migration and Refugee Studies 507 Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)/Computer Operations Techniques 507 Seminar on Modern Arabic Literature 507 Advanced Topics in Economic Theory 507 Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) 508 Management Systems 508 Seminar on Modern Arabic Literature 508 Labor Economics 508 Seminar on The European Union 509 Management Functions 509 The Political Economy of Europe 510 Theory and Practice of Public Administration 510 International Human Rights Law 510 Problems in Sociology-Anthropology 510 Methods of Teaching a Foreign Language I 510 Special Studies in Classical Arabic Literature 510 Renaissance Writers 510 The Idea of Europe, 1815-1945 510 Methods of Teaching a Foreign Language I 511 Human Resources Management 511 Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics 511 Research and Writing for International Human Rights Law 511 Special Studies in Classical Arabic Literature 511 Economic Development in Middle East Countries 511 Computational Methods in Engineering 511 Special Topics in Nineteenth and Twentieth European Studies 511 Methods of Teaching a Foreign Language II 511 Methods of Teaching a Foreign Language II 512 Comparative Management 512 Human Rights  and the United Nations 512 Special Studies in Modern Arabic Literature 512 Experimental Methods in Engineering 512 Seventeenth-Century Writers 513 Management of Public Funds 513 Theory of Solids 513 The European and Inter-American Systems of Human Rights Protection 513 Special Studies in Modern Arabic Literature 513 Economic Strategies for Sustainable Development 514 Problems of Development Administration 514 Human Rights in the Middle East and Africa 514 Bibliography and Manuscript Study 514 Eighteenth-Century Writers 515 Seminar in Management Policies 515 Kin, Friends, and Neighbors 515 Mathematical Economics 515 Seminar in Management Policies 515 The Phonetics of Arabic 516 Comparative Administration 516 Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights 516 Engineering for a Sustainable Environment 516 The Romantic Movement 516 The Linguistics of Arabic 517 Administration of Developmental Planning 517 The protection of Vulnerable Groups: Women and Children 517 Engineering Systems Analysis and Design 517 Nineteenth-Century Writers 518 Local Government and Development 518 International Refugee Law 518 Econometrics 519 Seminar in Special Management Topics 519 Project Evaluation 520 Introduction to Operations Management 520 Sex Roles, Gender, and Society 520 Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 520 Research Methods in Applied Linguistics 521 Administration of Public Personnel 521 Advanced Quantum Mechanics 521 Special Studies in Islamic Thought and Institutions 521 Advanced Topics in Mechanical Behavior of Engineering Materials 521 English Syntax 522 Classical Electrodynamics 522 Special Studies in Islamic Thought and Institutions 522 Materials in Design Manufacturing 522 Managerial Accounting 523 Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Solids 523 Physical Metallurgy 523 Modern Poets 523 Accounting for Operations Management 5234 Electronic Phenomena in Solids 524 International Marketing 524 International Marketing 525 Marketing Management 525 International Political Economy and Political Change 525 Religion, Ideology, and Society 525 Algorithms and Complexity Theory 525 Research Workshop 525 Deformation and Fracture of Materials 525 Contrastive Analysis in Second-Language Teaching/Learning 525 Language Transfer, Contrastive Analysis, and Error Analysis 526 Marketing Communications Management 526 Computer Methods in Materials Engineering 527 Managerial and Business Economics 527 Seminar: Selected Topics in Islamic Studies 527 Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms 527 Composite Materials  528 Project Management 528 Advanced Testing and Evaluation of Materials 529 Competitive Strategy 529 Computational Physics 529 Design and Analysis of Parallel Algorithms 529 Failure Analysis and Prevention 530 Quantitative Methods in Management 530 Comparative Political Development 530 Stratification and the State 530 Seminar on a Selected Topic in Medieval Arab/Islamic History, 600-1800 A.D. 530 Contemporary Computer Design 530 Supervised Study in TEFL 531 Seminar in Quantitative Methods 531 The Modern Novel 532 Manufacturing Strategy 532 Parallel Computer Architecture 533 Advanced Topics in Operations Management 534 Organizational Development 535 Human Resources Strategy 535 Middle East Politics 535 World Systems and Development 535 High Speed Networks 535 Introduction to TV News Production 536 Business Audit and Diagnosis 536 TV News Voice, Speech and Presentation Workshop 536 Business Audit and Diagnosis 537 Electronic News Gathering Workshop 537 Strategic Business Management 538 Advanced TV News Voice, Speech and Presentation Workshop 539 Advanced Electronic News Gathering and Production (ENG/EFP) Workshop 540 Financial Management 540 Politics of Modern Egypt 540 Agrarian and Pastoral Transformation 540 Readings in American Literature 540 Selected Topics in Applied Linguistics 540 Selected Topics in Applied  Linguistics 541 Advanced Topics in Finance and Investment 541 Quantum Many-Body Theory 541 Advanced Software Engineering 541 Integrated Manufacturing Systems 541 ENG/EFP Editing Workshop 542 International Financial Management 542 International Financial Management 542 Seminar on the Nineteenth - Century Middle East 542 Total Quality Management 542 Readings in French Literature 543 Management of International Business  Operations 543 Diffraction Methods in Materials Science 543 Seminar on the Twentieth - Century Middle East 543 Systems Modeling and Optimization 543 Readings in British Literature 543 Television News Production I 544 Global Business Strategy 544 Politics and the Government of Europe 544 Global Business Strategy 545 Administration of International Organizations 545 Politics and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa 545 Cities: Structure and Dynamics 545 Distributed Systems 545 Production Systems Design 545 Selected Topics 545 Television News Production II 546 Urban Environmental Management 546 Selected Topics 547 Environmental Policy and Administration 547 Advanced Television News Production I 548 Facilities Planning and Design 549 Management Information and Data Processing 549 Advanced Television News Production II 550 Systems Analysis 550 Advanced Materials and Techniques 550 Sociology of Knowledge 550 Seminar in International Communication 550 Language Pragmatics 550 Language Pragmatics 551 Management and Organization of Information-Processing Systems 551 Advanced Topics in Solids 551 African International Relations 551 Advanced Arabic Grammar 553 Advanced Computer Aided Design 553 Sociolinguistics 553 Sociolinguistics 554 Comparative Foreign Policy: Theories and Applications 554 Advanced Stress Analysis in Design and Manufacturing 555 Information  Strategy 555 Information  Strategy 555 Strategic Theory 555 Comparative Health and Healing Systems 555 Computer Graphics and Animation 555 Analysis and Design of Dynamic Systems 555 Research Seminar 556 Organizational Design 556 Public Policy Theory 557 Engineering Design Methodologies 558 Comparative Politics and the Middle East 558 Applied Finite Element Analysis for Engineers 560 Population Dynamics 560 Special Studies in Middle Eastern History 560 Supervised Study in TAFL 561 Independent Studies 561 Public Policy and Development 561 Special Studies in Middle Eastern History 561 Water Quality Control 562 International Development Organizations 562 Unit Operations in Environmental Engineering 563 Digital Image Processing and Pattern Recognition 564 Air Pollution Control Engineering 565 Ethnicity, Identity and Nationalism 565 Advanced Artificial Intelligence 565 Air Pollution and Combustion 565 Observation and Evaluation of Language Teaching 567 Robotics and Computer Vision 567 Environmental Chemistry 568 Noise Pollution Fundamentals, Measurements and Control 569 Groundwater Hydrology and Contamination 570 Interdisciplinary Seminar 570 Special Topics in Political Science 570 Environment and Society 570 Advanced Construction Management 570 Seminar in Mass Communication and National Development 570 Advanced Research Methodology 571 Seminar: Special Topics in International Relations 571 Advanced Systems Analysis for Construction Engineering 572 Fieldwork in Islamic Architecture 572 Claims and Disputes in the Construction Industry 573 Special Topics in Public Law 573 Seminar on the Architecture of a Selected Period 573 Advanced Construction and Building Materials 574 Special Topics in Public International Law 574 Methods and Equipment for Construction 575 Modern Social Movements 575 Special Studies in Islamic Art and Architecture 575 Techniques of Planning, Scheduling and Control 576 Issues in Forced Migration 576 Issues in Forced Migration 576 Special Studies in Islamic Art and Architecture 576 Advanced Systems for Construction 579 Protection and Repair of Structures 580 Selected Topics 580 Independent Study and Readings 580 Independent Study and Readings 580 Independent Study in Engineering 580 The Impact of Television: Issues and Developments 584 Practicum: Internship or Research 584 Practicum: Internship or Research 585 Project Seminar 585 Selected Topics in Computer Science 586 Project Seminar 588 Comprehensives 588 Comprehensives 588 Comprehensives 588 Comprehensives 588 Comprehensives 588 Comprehensives 588 Comprehensives 588 Comprehensives 588 Comprehensives 590 Graduate Seminar I 590 Seminar 590 Graduate Thesis Seminar I 590 Special Topics 591 Graduate Seminar II 591 Guided Research 591 Graduate Thesis Seminar II 592 Advanced Topics in Engineering 599 Master's Thesis 599 Research Guidance and Thesis 599 Thesis 599 Research Guidance and Thesis 599 Research Guidance and Thesis 599 Research Guidance and Thesis 599 Research Guidance and Thesis 599 Graduate Thesis 599 Research Guidance and Thesis 599 Research Guidance Thesis 599 Research Guidance and Thesis 599 Research Guidance and Thesis 599 Research Guidance and Thesis 599 Research Guidance and Thesis

 

International Business (INTB)
 

CourseNum CourseTitle 524 International Marketing 542 International Financial Management 543 Management of International Business  Operations 544 Global Business Strategy

 

General Management (MGMT)
 

CourseNum CourseTitle 502 Readings in Management 503 Management Communications 512 Comparative Management 515 Seminar in Management Policies 519 Seminar in Special Management Topics 588 Comprehensives 599 Master's Thesis

 

Marketing (MKTG)
 

CourseNum CourseTitle 524 International Marketing 525 Marketing Management 526 Marketing Communications Management 529 Competitive Strategy

 

Organization
 

CourseNum CourseTitle 501 Human Behavior in the Modern Enterprise 504 Organizational Behavior 509 Management Functions 511 Human Resources Management 534 Organizational Development 535 Human Resources Strategy 536 Business Audit and Diagnosis 556 Organizational Design

 

Production/Operation Management (OPMG)
 

CourseNum CourseTitle 507 Quantitative Analysis for Management 520 Introduction to Operations Management 528 Project Management 530 Quantitative Methods in Management 531 Seminar in Quantitative Methods 532 Manufacturing Strategy 533 Advanced Topics in Operations Management

 

Public Administration (PADM)
 

CourseNum CourseTitle 500 Methods of Administrative Research and Analysis 503 Management Communications 504 Organizational Behavior 505 Administrative Environment and Public Policy in Egypt 510 Theory and Practice of Public Administration 513 Management of Public Funds 514 Problems of Development Administration 516 Comparative Administration 517 Administration of Developmental Planning 518 Local Government and Development 521 Administration of Public Personnel 545 Administration of International Organizations 546 Urban Environmental Management 547 Environmental Policy and Administration 599 Research Guidance and Thesis

 

Systems Management
 

CourseNum CourseTitle 508 Management Systems 549 Management Information and Data Processing 550 Systems Analysis 551 Management and Organization of Information-Processing Systems 555 Information  Strategy