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UD | Graduate Student Handbook 201415

BOARD OF TRUSTEES. ...........................................................................PRESIDENTS MESSAGE. . ......................................................................UNIVERSITY OF DUBAI ORGANIZATION CHART. . ..................................ABOUT UNIVERSITY OF DUBAI. . ........................................................... NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATIONS. . ...........................INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATIONS. ............................................................MBA PROGRAM - COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. .............. Program Concentrations Offered. ..................................................... Program Duration & Terms. .............................................................. MBA Delivery Modes. ....................................................................... MBA Program Objectives. ................................................................. MBA Curriculum Structure. .............................................................. MBA Curriculum Plan. ...................................................................... MBA Course Description. .................................................................MS-IS PROGRAM - COLLEGE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. ........... Program Concentration Offered. ...................................................... Program Duration & Terms. ............................................................. MS-IS Delivery Modes. ..................................................................... MS-IS Curriculum Structure. ............................................................. MS Program Objectives. ................................................................... MS-IS Curriculum Plan. ..................................................................... MS-IS Course Description. . .............................................................LLM PROGRAM-COLLEGE OF LAW. ...................................................... Program Concentrations Offered. . ................................................... Program Duration & Terms. .............................................................. LLM Curriculum Structure. ............................................................... LLM Program Objectives (PO). ......................................................... LLM Curriculum Plan. ....................................................................... LLM Course Description. . ................................................................GRADUATE PROGRAMS ADMISSION. ................................................... Admission Requirements. ................................................................. Admission Criteria. ...........................................................................

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Admission Guidelines for Transfer Students. ............................................ Admission Guidelines for Visiting Students/Audit Students. ................... Readmission. ............................................................................................ Admission Regulations. ............................................................................ Student Records and Information Release Policy. ...................................REGISTRATION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. . ............................................. Online Registration. ................................................................................. Registration Policies. ................................................................................ Registration Terminology. ........................................................................ Academic Advising. ..................................................................................GRADUATE ACADEMIC POLICIES................................................................... Attendance and Absenteeism Warnings. ................................................ Academic Standing. ................................................................................ Repeating Courses. ................................................................................. Duration of Study. .................................................................................. Student Evaluation & Grading System. .................................................. Grade Point Average. ............................................................................. Missing Exam Policy. .............................................................................. Change of Major/Degree at UD. ............................................................ Thesis /Research Project/Capstone Project. .......................................... Student Clearance for Graduation. ........................................................ Registering for Courses Off-Campus. ..................................................... Graduation Requirements. ..................................................................... Deans List. ............................................................................................. Withdrawal from the University. ............................................................GRADUATE TUITION & OTHER FEES............................................................LIBRARY AND IT SERVICES........................................................................... Library Rules.... Opening Hours IT Services.STUDENT SERVICES. ................................................................................... Student Life Activities. .......................................................................... Health and Safety. ..................................................................................STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.....................................................................Graduate Students Rights. .........................................................................UDs Expectations........................................................................................

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STUDENT AND ALUMNI AFFAIRS PUBLICATIONS. .........................................UD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. . .........................................................................MBA ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2014-15. ..........................................................MS ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2014-15. . ...........................................................LLM ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2014-15.............................................................FACULTY PROFILE | MBA Program. . .............................................................FACULTY PROFILE | MS Program. . ................................................................FACULTY PROFILE | LLM Program. ................................................................GRADUATE PROGRAMS | OFFICE CONTACT..................................................

.Majid Hamad Al Shamsi

On behalf of the University of Dubai, I would like to welcome you to the new edition of the student handbook.

As you all know, the University of Dubai (UD) was established in 1997 by Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI). The main idea behind this was to establish an academic institution that will serve the business community in delivering state-of-the-art educational disciplines, human capital development

This commitment to deliver international educational standards led UD to take strong and stable steps to enhance the pedagogical capabilities of the university by recruiting highly qualified faculty and benchmarking its curricula with international higher education institutions and universities in order to guarantee a high quality of education producing high caliber graduates. UD is a student-centric institution which focuses on students and students only.

President's Message

and consultancy.

Thus, this question arises: What does UD need to do in order to produce skillful graduates who will serve the business community and who will have a true impact on the progress and development of the country? To address this, UD has utilized all its resources to achieve the goal of excellence in student outcomes.

We are proud to announce that most organization are very keen to recruit our graduates due to the ongoing maintenance of the quality of UDs educational outcomes. We are also proud to announce that the School of Business is accredited by the international body AACSB. In addition, the Computing & Information Systems Bachelor degree program offered by the School of IT is again accredited by the international body ABET.

One of the strengths of UD is to deliver courses and offer professional development certificates to complement business needs and build on human capital capabilities. The Center for Executive Development (CED) offers 40 courses in 7 tracks such as Finance, HR, Leadership, General Administration and others, in order to keep abreast of rapid changes and growth in the economy and the business world of the country. This has attracted many organizations and companies to CED to receive training and up-to-date professional development courses which allow professionals to gain business skills and achieve human capital enhancement.

The ground breaking ceremony of the new campus in Dubai academic city took place on May 12th 2014. This campus will host the three Colleges (Business, IT and Law) in addition to facilities that will serve students, faculty and staff. We are expecting the completion of this project in September 2015. This new facility will represent a major step towards achieving excellence in campus design, construction and location as well ascontinued excellence in student outcomes, faculty quality and curricula.

Finally, Im glad to be a part of this renowned academic institution and hope to achieve the highest sandards of education in the country.

You, the UD students, will remain the focus of our endeavors and your quality assured educational outcomes will be our objectives. UD has a strong student advising system in place to assist you in resolving any issues faced during your entire period of study up to graduation. Feel free to contact your academic advisor for any assistance required.

We will work with you to reach your goals and thus achieve the mega goal of our country.

I wish you a successful year 2014-15!

Dr. Eesa M. BastakiPresident, University of Dubai

ORGANIZATION CHART

UD Board of Trustees

President

Finance & Accounting

Human Resources

Procurement & Admin

College of Business Administration (CBA)

Student Registration

College of Information Technology (CIT)

Student Services, Internship, Career

Development & Alumni Affairs

General Undergraduate Curriculum

Requirements (GUCR)

College of Law(CL) Library Services

Center for Research & Consultancy (CRC)

Academic Strategies

Service Strategies

Enrollment Strategies Outreach Strategies

Operational Strategies

Academic Management Office (AMO) & Student Affairs Dept.Chief Academic Officer

Chief Operating Officer

Student Recruitment & Admissions

Marketing & Communications

Information Technology

Center for Executive Education (CED)

Support Services Department

Executive Committee(EXCO)

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

(OIE)

The University Of Dubai (UD) was established by the Dubai Chamber Of Commerce and Industry to

address the skills and qualicaon gap in the workforce and to support the government's Emirazaon

iniave through the human resource development programs in both public and private sectors. The

year 2001 was a turning point in the history of the university, recognized then as the Dubai University

College, when the Ministry of Higher Educaon and Scienc Research accredited the Bachelor of

Business Administraon (BBA) and the Bachelor of Science (BS) in compung and informaon Systems

degree programs.

In June 2006, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE

and the Ruler of Dubai approved the name change from Dubai University College to University of Dubai.

This name change indicates the strategic importance given to the university by the Ruler of Dubai, and

underlines the university's mandate to promote quality terary educaon in both Dubai and the UAE in

general.

To be a leading university in the UAE following the

American system of Higher educaon oering

internaonally accredited degree programs with

emphasis on quality of teaching, research and

services to the Business community.

Serve the educaonal needs of diverse

undergraduates, postgraduates and

professionals

Produce high caliber graduates

Provide educaon based on internaonal

standards

Provide smulang educaonal

environment to prepare future leaders.

Engage faculty in applied research focused

mainly on the economic development of

MENA Region.

Ethical behavior in all aspects of life.

Sound cizenship through personal, social

and environmental responsibility

Respect for the opinion and beliefs of others.

Equal opportunies for all men and women.

Connuous improvement in teaching,

learning and research

Collecve responsibility through team work

Graduate Programs classes are held at the Dubai th th

Chamber of Commerce and Industry Building, 4 and 5

Floors.

VISION

MISSION

VALUES

ABOUTUNIVERSITYOFDUBAI

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NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATIONS

INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATIONS

PROGRAMMBA

CONTENTS

- Program Concentrations Offered

- Program Duration & Terms

- MBA Delivery Modes

- MBA Program Objectives

- MBA Curriculum Structure

- MBA Curriculum Plan

- MBA Course Description

College of Business Administration

The College of Business Administraon (CBA) uses research bases class material, thoughully designed

courses and exemplary faculty to provide one of the highest quality degree programs anywhere. One

reason the CBA is able to reach these high standards is because the College is internaonally accredited

by the Associaon to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). This AACSB accreditaon puts the

CBA in an elite group in which only 5% of the world's business schools are a part.

The CBA oers a Master of business Administraon (MBA) in four double majors and also gives the

students the opon to earn an MBA with dual concentraons by combining any two majors. The MBA

program is designed to prepare business leaders and professionals for successful careers in

organizaons as it enhances crical thinking, increases oral and wrien communicaon skills, builds

appreciaon for diverse cultural perspecves, improves decision making in a rapidly changing global

environment and reinforces the applicaon of knowledge and skills in problem solving. Ethics and

corporate social responsibility are woven throughout the curriculum. The program was granted inial

accreditaon in January 2010 by MOHESR-CAA.

The major objecve of UDMBA is to oer high quality graduate business educaon to the residents of

Dubai, UAE and other Middle East and African (MEA) countries. The MBA program oered by UD diers

from exisng MBA programs oered by other instuons in the following ways:

1. The UDMBA has been designed to prepare graduates for successful careers in organizaons. The

program will enhance crical thinking, increase oral and wrien communicaon skills, build

appreciaon for diverse cultural perspecves, improve decision making in a rapidly changing

global environment, and reinforces the applicaon of knowledge and skills in problem solving.

Ethics and corporate social responsibility is woven throughout the curriculum.

2. The instrucon process will be in a cohort format and will include a combinaon of classroom,

virtual business simulaons and contextualized real-world case-based learning to provide value

added hands-on experience and help students use their me eecvely. The online poron of the

learning will be enhanced using MOODLE plaorm.

3. The MBA has four concentraons in order to meet the need for professionals in these areas

especially in Dubai, UAE and other countries in the MEA region. In Addion, the program has been

designed to allow students with any undergraduate degree from an accredited university who

meet admission criteria to be admied to the program.

4. The UDMBA curriculum is of high quality and integrated with emphasis on applied learning,

mapped to professional qualicaons such as USA's SHRM, CFM & CFA Level 1 and the UK's CIPS &

CIM MBA graduates can sit for those examinaons for earning professional cercaon wgicg

adds value to their career.

5. The acon research Project/Work-based project is a unique requirement at the UDCBA which is

tailored to the empirical aspect of learning in the respecve concentraons. This requirement

together with capstone course and a set of 5-6 business simulaons in core and concentraon

courses signicantly add to the praccal and applied learning aspects of MBA in the UAE/MEA

region.

6. Alternavely, starng September 29, 2014 (Term 1, 2014-15), UDMBA students have the opon

of either compleng their Acon Research Project course instead take two addional courses OR

from a designated list of elecve courses.

7. The Classroom sessions are geared to develop crical thinking skills through sets of scenarios and

professors pose the queson Why? at every possible juncture. Or perhaps, What will happen

next? or What dierence does this make? or How does this change the situaon? professors

push students to provide their own speculaons, and then force the students to defend

underlying logic. This is to provide necessary skills in the real world, which require MBA students

to support their asserons.

MBAPROGRAM-COLLEGEOFBUSINESSADMINISTRATION

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Master of Business Administraon (MBA) in:

Finance & Accounng

Internaonal Business & Markeng

Leadership & Human Resources

Management

Operaons & Logiscs Management

MBA With Dual Concentraons

The program takes around 15 to 18 months for compleon

There are four terms in an academic year: September, January, April and July

Students must complete a total of 39 credit hours (13 Courses)th

Opon A Acon Research Project (ARP) 13 course

Opon B Mom ARP opon 14 courses by taking two addional courses from a designated list

elecve courses in lieu of the ARP course (For more details see pp, 9-12 inclusive)

Full-me students can register in 3 courses per term

Part-tome students can register in 2-3courses per term

MBA with dual concentraon with addional 5 courses (15CH)

The MBA classes are oered from 3.00 to 6.00 PM for full me students and from 6.30 to 9.30 PM for part-

me working students. All classes are held in Dubai chamber building with excellent facility and ambience

(in terms of classroom, IT facilies etc.,) for delivering the program

The classes meet 3 days a week for 10 weeks in a term with a week for the nal review and examinaon.

Each class meets for 3 hours with 20-minutes break in between. There is a break of one week between two

terms. For each course 3 credit hours (CH), the student is expected to commit at least 1 hour and 45

minutes of addional me each day for 6 days a week for reading, assignments, project and simulaons

outside the class. Thus, if the student is taking 3 courses (as a full-me student), then he/she must be able

to allocate 5 hours and 15 minutes each day for 6 days in a week, This reects the study intensity and the

commitment requited by the students for the UDMBA program.

Primary Concentraon Secondary Concentraon

Leadership & Human Resources Management

Finance & Accounng



Internaonal Business Markeng


Finance & Accounng






Finance & Accounng


Finance & Accounng



ProgramDuration&Terms

MBA Delivery Modes

ProgramConcentrations Oered

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The MBA program is oered in a Cohort format to build stronger relaonships among students so as to

increase communicaon and the sharing of experiences. The curriculum is rigorous and is designed to

achieve the following MBA program objecves:

1. Think crically and communicate eecvely as managers (though demonstrang eecve

professional or oral and wring skills for business and making persuasive presentaons as a

managerial level)

2. Work in and lead dynamic internaonal and UAE organizaonal situaons in business management

concept (though demonstrang eecve leadership qualies in a team seng work eecvely as a

member of work team, produce quality deliverables from the team work.

3. Adapt and innovate to solve problems , to cope with unforeseen events and to manage in

unpredictable environments (Through eecve use of quantave and qualitave analycal tools,

make and jusfy a recommendaon.)

4. Analyze ethical situaons and jusfy alternaves across areas of concentraons.

5. Adapt, apply and analyze knowledge in new and unfamiliar circumstances though conceptual

understanding of relevant inter-disciplines.

1. Perform managerial and leadership funcons more eciently consistent with organizaon mission

and objecves.

2. Assess leadership and HR strategies for compeve posioning of the rms

3. Use Knowledge and skills developed to add value to the rms in the UAE/MEA region.

At the end of LHRM concentraon, students will be able to:

1. Perform value adding operaons on various business processes (i.e., manufacturing service

producon and delivery, distribuon and supply)

2. Analyze opmizaon plans for operaons decisions such as new product development such as

new product development, supply chain capacity planning, process technology planning, factory

automaon, and producon systems planning in UAE.

3. Use knowledge and skills developed to add value to the rms in the UAE/MEA region.

At the end of OLM concentraon, students will be able to:

At the end of FA concentraon, students will be able to:

1. Apply accounng and nance theories for analyzing business operaons in these areas in the UAE

2. Assess the usefulness of exisng accounng and nance decision making tools and the potenal for

improving these tools in business in the UAE


At the end of IBM concentraon, students will be able to:

1. Apply markeng techniques on various processes in the UAE and in internaonal rms.

2. Analyze markeng strategies to meet the needs of rms operang in the UAE and internaonally


MBAProgramObjectives

General MBA Program Objecves (PO)

Specic MBA Program Concentraon Objecves (PCO)

Operaons & Logiscs Management (OLM)

Finance & Accounng (FA)

Internaonal Business & Markeng (IBM)

Leadership and Human Resources Management (LHRM)

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MBACurriculumStructure

The UDMBA curriculum is highly integrated to address three business challenges (Managing the

organizaon, Making choices and Making a Dierence) that will build students' business careers. The

structure of curriculum is as follows:

Challenge I

Managing the

Organizaon

(3 terms 9 months)

Challenge II Making Choices

(You can make one of the following four choices to excel in your business

career over 1 term 3 months)

Challenge III

Making a Dierence

(1 term 3 months)through:

The following eight (8)

common core courses

build a solid and broad

foundaon of general

management concepts

and skills for managing

the organizaon

through blended

learning modes of

classroom discussion,

case analysis and

handson simulaons

(those marked *).

1. Managerial

Economics

2. Markeng &

Internaonal

Relaons*

3. Accounng

Informaon &

Financing Decisions

4. Leadership & Team

Eecveness*

5. Advanced Analycal

Tools for Decision

Making

6. Services Operaons

Management

7. Managing Ethical

& Legal Issues of

Business*

8. Strategic

Management

(Capstone)*

In each term, you can

take up to 3 courses.

Choice 1:

Leadership & Human Resources Management. Here you can:

Perform managerial and leadership funcons more eciently, consistent with organizaon mission and objecves.

Assess leadership and HR strategies for compeve posioning of the rms.

Use knowledge and skills developed to add value to the rms in the UAE/MEA region.

These 3 choice objecves are achieved through the following 4

courses:

Management of HR Talent and Teams*, Strategic HRM*, Managing

Change* and Managing Organizaonal Eecveness.

1. Opon A Acon

Research/Workbased

Project

This course provides applied

learning experience through

acon research/workbased

project (ARP/WBP) in the Organizaon.

You make a dierence by

drawing on knowledge and

comprehension of

management issues

gained in courses

in Challenge I & Challenge II.

You also become an important

link between the organizaon

and the UD. As such, your

ARP/WBP reects the need

of the organizaon while

meeng your perceived needs

and interests.

2. Opon B Two addional

courses

Expand your experienal

learning experience from the

MBA program by taking two

specialized elecve courses

from the three other elds of

specializaon other than your

own chosen area of concentra

on. This opon was recently

approved by the Commission

for Academic Accreditaon

(CAA), UAE Ministry of Higher

Educaon and Scienc

Research and become opera

ve in Term 1, 201314.

Either one of these two

opons will enhance your

abilies or value that you can

make to any progressive

business organizaon

compared to other MBA

graduates.

Choice 2:

Logiscs & Operaons Management. Here you can:

Perform valueadding operaons on various business processes (i.e., manufacturing, service producon and delivery,

distribuon, supply..).

Analyze opmizaon plans for operaons decisions such as a new product development, supply chain capacity planning,

process technology planning, factory automaon, and produc

on systems planning in the UAE/MEA region.

These 2 choice objecves are achieved through the following 4 courses:

Operaons & Supply Chain Strategy*, Managing Supply Chain

Operaons*, Purchasing & Sourcing Strategy, Global Logiscs &

Transportaon Management.*

Choice 3:

Finance & Accounng. Here you can:

Apply accounng and nance theories for analyzing business operaons in these areas in the UAE.

Assess the usefulness of exisng accounng and nance decisionmaking tools and the potenal for improving these

tools in businesses in the UAE/MEA region.

Use knowledge and skills developed to add value to the rms in the UAE/MEA region.


courses:

Advanced Cost & Managerial Accounng, Internaonal Corporate

Finance, Investment Analysis & Porolio Management*, Cases in

Accounng & Finance Economic Value Creaon.

Choice 4:

Internaonal Business & Markeng. Here you can:

Apply markeng techniques on various business processes in the UAE and in internaonal rms.

Analyze markeng strategies to meet the needs of rms operang in the UAE and internaonally.

Use knowledge and skills developed to add value to the firms in the UAE/MEA region.


courses:

Managing Internaonal Business*, Markeng Analysis & Communica

on, Internaonal Markeng Strategies*, Global Logiscs &

Transportaon Management.*

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MBACurriculumPlan

Course Code l Course Title l Prerequisite l CH

Core Courses


Finance & Accounng Concentraon Courses

Course l Code Course Title CHlCode l

MBA 600

MBA 605

MBA 610

MBA 615

MBA 625

MBA 630

MBA 640

MBA 645

Managerial Economics

Strategic Markeng Management

Accounng Informaon & Financing Decisions

Leadership & Team Eecveness

Business Research Methods

Service Operaon Management

Managing Ethical & Legal Issues Of Business

Strategic Management (Capstone)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

30CH

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

MAF 700

MAF 705

MAF 715

Advanced Cost & Managerial Accounng

Internaonal Corporate Finance

Investment Analysis & Porolio Management

3

3

3

MAF 720

MAF 725

Cases in AF Economic Value Creaon

Research Project/Work-Based Project (Opon-A)

3

3

24

18CH

18CH

18CH

18CH

4 Concentraon

Courses (36CH)

15

39

MBA in Finance & Accounng (FA)

2011 Curriculum (Opon A Acon Research Project) | Total 39CH

Opon B-Taking Two Addional Elecves | Total 42CH

MBA Finance & Accounng students can choose any two of the following eight courses as elecves:

MIBM

MIBM

MLHRM

MLOM

MLOM

MLOM

LLM

LLM

700

705

705

715

700

720

620

640

Managing Internaonal Business

Current Issues In Markeng

Strategic HRM

Managing Change

Operaons and supply chain strategy

Global logiscs and transportaon Management

Management of legal Resources

Business Transacons

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Core Courses (8)

Concentraon Courses (5)

MBA in Finance & Accounng (13 Courses)

Starng September 28, 2014 (Term 1, 2014-15) students who are majoring in Finance& Accounng (FA) can

complete the academic requirements of their MBA program by either taking the Acon Research Project

(opon A) or alternavely take two addional courses from the following list of designated courses:

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Core Courses


IBM Concentraon Courses


MBA 600

MBA 605

MBA 610

MBA 615

MBA 625

MBA 630

MBA 640

MBA 645









-

-

-

-

-

-

-

30CH

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

MAF 700

MAF 705

MAF 715



Internaonal Markeng Strategies

3

3

3

MAF 720

MAF 725

Global Logiscs & Transportaon Management

Research Project/ Work-Based Project (Opon-A)

3

3

Core Courses (8) 24

18CH

18CH

18CH

18CH

4 Concentraon

Courses (36CH)


MBA in Internaonal Business & Markeng (IBM) (13 Courses)

15

39

MBA in Internaonal Business & Markeng



Starng September 28, 2014 (Term 1, 2014 15) students who are majoring in Internaonal Business &

Markeng (IBM) can complete the academic requirements of their MBA program by either taking the Acon

Research Project (opon A) or alternavely take two addional courses from the following list of designated

courses:

MBA Internaonal Business & Markeng students can choose any two of the following eight courses as

elecves:

MLHRM MLHRM

MLOM MLOM

MAF

MAF

LLM

LLM

705

715

720

700

715

720

620

640

Strategic HRM

Managing Change

Operaons and supply chain strategy





Business Transacons

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

11



Core Courses


OLM Concentraon Courses


MBA 600

MBA 605

MBA 610

MBA 615

MBA 625

MBA 630

MBA 640

MBA 645









-

-

-

-

-

-

-

30CH

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

MAF 700

MAF 705

MAF 715

Operaons & Supply chain Strategy

Managing Supply chain operaons

Purchasing and Sourcing Strategy

3

3

3

MAF 720

MAF 725

Global Logiscs & Transportaon Management


3

3

Core Courses (8) 24

18CH

18CH

18CH

18CH

4 Concentraon

Courses (36CH)


MBA Operaons & Logiscs Management (13 Courses)

15

39

MBA in Operaons & Logiscs Management



Starng September 28, 2014 (Term 1, 2014 15) students who are majoring in Operaons & Logiscs

Management (OLM) can complete the academic requirements of their MBA program by either taking the

Acon Research Project (opon A) or alternavely take two addional courses from the following list of

designated courses:

MBA Operaons & Logiscs Management (OLM) can choose any two of the following eight courses as

elecves:

MIBM

MIBM

MLHRM

MLHRM

MAF

MAF

LLM

LLM

700

705

705

715

700

720

620

640



Strategic HRM

Managing Change




Business Transacons

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

12



Core Courses


LHRM Concentraon Courses


MBA 600

MBA 605

MBA 610

MBA 615

MBA 625

MBA 630

MBA 640

MBA 645









-

-

-

-

-

-

-

30CH

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

MAF 700

MAF 705

MAF 715

Management of HR Talent and Teams

Strategic HRM

Managing Change

3

3

3

MAF 720

MAF 725

Managing Organizaonal Eecveness


3

3

24

18CH

18CH

18CH

18CH

4 Concentraon

Courses (36CH)

MBA Leadership & Human Resources Management (13 Courses)

15

39

MBA in Leadership & Human Resources Management (LHRM) 2011 Curriculum

(Opon A Acon Research Project) | Total 39CH


Starng September 28, 2014 (Term 1, 2014 15) students who are majoring in eadership & Human

Resources Management (LHRM) can complete the academic requirements of their MBA program by either

taking the Acon Research Project (opon A) or alternavely take two addional courses from the following

list of designated courses:

MBA Leadership & Human Resources Management can choose any two of the following eight courses

as elecves:

MIBM

MIBM

MAF

MAF

MLOM

MLOM

LLM

LLM

700

705

700

715

700

720

620

640





Operaon & Supply Chain Strategy



Business Transacons

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Core Courses (8)


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MBACourseDescription

MBA Core Courses

In this course students learn how to use the microeconomic principles as tools for analyzing the economic

forces that shape the internal and external environment of the business rm and as rules for managerial

decision-making that enhances the economic performance of the rm. The course consists of ve modules.

The rst module focuses on demand, supply and elascies. The second module covers the compeve

markets and economic eciency. The third module deals with cost analysis. The fourth module studies

market structure and business strategy. The h module focuses on pricing.

MBA 600 Managerial Economics

MBA 605 Strategic Markeng Management

The role of strategic markeng management is to help organizaons beer understand customer

preferences, link that knowledge to designing appropriate products and services for selected customer

groups and determine appropriate methods to communicate to capture and to deliver value. The course is

focused on helping you become a strategic marketer so that you can create, gain, support and execute

markeng plans that build strong and enduring business. The course pedagogies will be highly interacve

with a blend of cases, exercises, simulaons, Student presentaons, discussions and nal exam.

MBA 610 Accounng Informaon And Financing Decisions

The course blends the use of accounng informaon (Financial and non-nancial) for operang and

nancing decisions. It links informaon to managing organizaons and nancing their acvies. Topics

covered include nancial reporng and analysis, managing working capital, sources of nancing business

acvies, equity analysis and valuaon, risk analysis and decision making under uncertainty, performance

evaluaon and capital budgeng decisions.

MBA 615 Leadership & Team Eecveness

The course focuses on praccal issues to explore & idenfy strategies and acons that enable parcipants to

be more eecve leaders in organizaon as well as being a more eecve member of a result focused team

MBA 625 Business Research Methods (Previous tle: Advanced analycal tool for decision making)

The course advances students ability to think, adapt, build, apply evaluate and conduct business research in

support of business decision making. Topics include research design process, designing a research proposal

selecng the research instrument, ascertain the reliability and validity of instruments scale measurements,

sampling and data collecon methods using and interpreng the results of univariate and mulvariate

stascal techniques and wring the nal report.

MBA 630 Services Operaons Management

This is a comprehensive course that covers that covers the crical service science concepts for managers

with emphasis on global market place. Topics include concepts of service science, design and engineering of

services, managing domesc and global services operaons, human dimensions in service management,

and ethical consideraons. The course includes examinaon of service operaons & management case

studies and relevant arcles about emerging global service trends.

MBA 640 Managing Ethical & Legal Issues Of Business

The course focuses on understanding the ethical and legal dimensions of domesc and internaonal

business. Parcipants will gain a broad appreciaon of the complexies of business ethics and the legal

framework rms must operate within.

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MBA 645 Strategic Management

MLHRM 700 Management of HR Talent and Teams

Leadership and Human Resources Management

The course focuses on recruitment, selecon, training & development of human resources. Students will be

exposed to crical conceptual and theorecal issues in each of these areas.

MLHRM 705 Strategic HRM

The Course oers a framework for thinking about managing human resource strategically in UAE and GCC

government. Topics covered include managing HR architecture, HR challenges in UAE/GCC, people

processing systems and future of HRM.

Prerequisite: 18CH

Prerequisite: 18CH

The course focuses: on areas necessary for eecve organizaonal management, interpersonal skills

required in the communicaon process, team development and organizaonal culture. The purpose is to

provide capstone overview of both concepts and skills within a meaningful context to be developed by

overall LM-HRM concentraon courses.

MLOM 700 Operaons and Supply chain Strategy

The course focuses on current trends in global supply chain design. There is an emphasis on strategies for

ecient procurement distribuon and operaons of global supply chains.

MLOM 705 Managing Supply chain Operaons

This course empowers students with the tools and strategies needed to achieve aligned global supply chains

to achieve business objecves. There is an emphasis on the operaonal challenges of dierent stages of

supply chains and how they can be aligned the state of the art strategies.

Prerequisite: 18CH

MLOM 715 Purchasing And Sourcing Strategy

The course focuses on purchasing and sourcing strategies to enable global supply chains to achieve their

business objecves. There is an emphasis on the opmizaon of the procurement network with the goal to

minimize the procurement cost and the risk of inventory shortage.

Prerequisite: 18CH

The course is designed to integrate core Courses' work to the management of the rm at the corporate and

strategic planning level. Hands on simulaon of the business game at the MBA level and case analysis assure

the student has mastered the tools, techniques & methods of the strategic management process.

Prerequisite: 30CH

Prerequisite: 18CH

MLHRM 720 Managing Organizaonal Eecveness

Operaons and Logiscs Management

Prerequisite: 18CH

MLOM 720 Global Logiscs and Transportaon Management

The course focuses on the importance of internaonal supply chain Management (SCM). The coverage

includes an overview of internaonal logiscs, global strategy for Logiscs & SCM, structuring the global

supply chain, internaonal sourcing & Distribuon, role of ports & airports in internaonal product

movement, economics of internaonal air & ocean carriers, freight forwarding industry , security & risk

management for internaonal supply chain

Prerequisite: 18CH

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This advanced markeng course will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the evolving

body of markeng concepts, techniques, models & instuons that are redening one's approach to and

pracce of making strategy formulaon and implementaon as they pertain to segmentaon, product/

service design, pricing, promoon and distribuon. The course will also entail an in-depth discussion of key

markeng issues that could potenally impact the UAE/MEA region.

The course addresses advanced topics and the role of accounng techniques in helping management

formulate and execute its strategy. Topics covered include theorecal foundaons of management

accounng, accounng and shareholders' value, issues in acvity-based cosng, balanced scorecards,

pricing decisions, theory of constraints, and strategic management accounng

Financing and Accounng

MFA 700Advanced Cost & Managerial Accounng

Prerequisite: 18CH

MFA 705 Internaonal Corporate Finance

The course examines 2 fundamental decisions of mulnaonal rms the investment & Financing

decisions. Topics discussed include risk management, valuaon of foreign managements, cross-border M &

A, nancial distress and restructurings, corporate governance pracces and project nance. The course

greatly facilitates CFA exam takers.

Prerequisite: 18CH

MFA 715 Investment Analysis and Porolio Management

The course focuses on security valuaon theory and investment pracces through hands-on wall street

simulaon experience. The course covers market operaons, performance evaluaon, Fundamental

Security analysis methods (in relaon to stocks & Bonds), real estate nancing, mutual funds, opon &

futures. Comparave analysis of UAE/GCC markets with developed markets in the ulmate purpose. The

course greatly facilitates CFA exam takers.

Prerequisite: 18CH

MFA 720 Cases in A & F Economic Value Creaon

The course focuses on integraon of key Accounng & Finance concepts using current readings and the case

approach. Selected cases integrate concepts such as relevant informaon, Cost of Capital, Cost behavior,

Financial reporng, risk and return, capital budgeng, enterprise valuaon, opmal capital structure, and

maximizaon of share holders' value for economic value creaon. This course greatly facilitates CFA exam

takers.

Prerequisite: 18CH


MIBM 700 Managing Internaonal Business

The course introduces graduate level business students to the numerous challenges associated with

managing mulnaonal corporaons (MNCs). Components of the course include: MNCs movaons and

mentalies; environmental changes associated with the increasingly global nature of the world economy;

strategic and compeve challenges; strategic collaboraons and alliances between MNCs operaonal and

organizaonal challenges for facing MNCs'

Prerequisite: 18CH

MIBM 705 Markeng Analysis and Communicaon

Prerequisite: 18CH

MIBM 715 Internaonal Markeng Strategies

The course will present an overview of the unique aspects of markeng in the global business environment.

Emphasis will be placed on the role of internaonal markeng manager in the development of markeng

strategies for a variety of markets in diverse cultural, Polical, legal and economic situaons. Focus will be on

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developing and implemenng appropriate markeng strategies regarding foreign market selecon, target

idencaon, adaptaon of product, promoon, pricing, and channels of distribuon for eecve

compeon in the dynamically changing global market.

Prerequisite: 18CH

MOLM 720 Global Logiscs and Transportaon Management

The course focuses on the importance of internaonal Supply Chain Management (SCM). The coverage

includes an overview of internaonal logiscs, global strategy for logiscs and SCM, structuring the global

supply chain, internaonal sourcing & distribuon, role of ports & airports in internaonal product

movement, economics of internaonal air & ocean carriers, freight forwarding industry, security & risk

management for internaonal supply chain.

Prerequisite: 18CH

Project

MLHRM 725/MFA 725/MOLM 725/MIBM 725

Research Project (for non-working students) & Work-based project (for working students)

The purpose is to provide applied learning experience through acon-research/ work-based project

(ARP/WBP) in the organizaon. The course allows parcipants to draw on knowledge and comprehension of

management issues gained in the previous courses.

The course also provides an important link between the organizaon and the UD. As such, the ARP/WBP

should reect a need of the organizaon while meeng the perceived needs and interests of individual

students. Thus, the student is required to develop an acon-oriented management report The ARP/WBP

report must be of a rigorous academic/professional standard.

Prerequisite: 33CH

Foundaon Courses for Pre-MBA

PMBA 500 Principles of Economics

The course develops a coherent economic framework for eecve managerial decisions. Introduces

fundamental economic concepts, discusses the market forces of supply & demand and examines the role of

elascity of consumer behavior which is demand based. Presents producon concepts and analyzes input

demand and output supply markets. Discusses alternave market structure and market power.

Prerequisite: B grade in college Math

PMBA 505 Survey of Management

The course provides an introducon to the nature of organizaons in relaon to management and managing

pracces, develops and understanding of the behavior of people within the organizaon and the

signicance of organizaonal design and characteriscs. The coverage includes principles of Management,

Group Dynamic, Organizaonal Behavior, Principles of Markeng viz,. Product, Price, Promoon, and

Distribuon and their applicaon in dierent industries

PMBA 510 Analycal Tools for Decision Making (Stascal Analysis)

The course develops students' stascal quantave and analycal skills that are required for PMBA. Topics

include descripve stascs, probability distribuons, linear regression analysis (simple and mulple),

interval esmaon, hypothesis tesng, stascal inference, decision analysis, project management,

queuing theory, linear programming, transportaon and assignment models, make or buy decisions.

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PMBA 520 Survey of Accounng

This course is designed for students who have no prior accounng experience. It provides a non-procedural

integrated approach to nancial and managerial accounng that emphasizes the relevance of accounng

informaon and how managers, investors and other business stakeholders use accounng reports. It covers

nancial statements and management decisions that aect the presentaon and the use of these

statements, cost-volume prot analysis, Dierenal analysis and product cosng and budgetary planning

and control.

OMBA 530 Principles of Finance

The course focuses on theory & pracce of business nance with emphasis on me value of money (TVM),

relaonship between risk & return, capital budgeng and asset valuaon.

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CONTENTS

- Program Concentration Offered


- MS-IS Delivery Modes

- MS-IS Curriculum Structure

- MS Program Objectives

- MS-IS Curriculum Plan

MS PROGRAMCollege of Information Technology

MS-ISPROGRAM-COLLEGEOFINFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY


The college of informaon technology (CIT) prides itself on providing a range of diverse and smulang

courses, covering undergraduate, graduate and professional levels which blend academic study with hands-

on experience and competence

CIT oers Master of Science Degree in Informaon Systems (MS-IS) with a concentraon in informaon

Systems Management. The program is accredited in the UAE by the Commission for Academic Accreditaon

(CAA) of the Ministry of Higher educaon and Scienc Research (MOHESR). Its primary objecve is to oer

high quality graduate informaon Systems educaon to the residents of Dubai, UAE and other MEA

countries.

Value Added Features of The MS-IS Program

1. Curriculum designed based on market needs and emerging trends-covering the crical aspects of

informaon systems management and leadership.

2. Muldisciplinary curriculum for the Hybrid manager who can integrate informaon systems

technical experse with managerial and negoaon skills to enhance decision making and

business performance.

3. Focus on managerial and technical skills required for informaon systems professionals.

4. Diverse and experienced faculty members.

5. Professional seminars and workshops that provide students with the opportunies to interact

with and learn best pracces from chief informaon ocers.

6. Flexible schedule with evening classes that caters to both part-me and full-me students.

7. Smulang learning environment at the Dubai Chamber Campus, with exclusive classrooms,

study spaces and ICT facilies.

8. Rewarding career paths in IT project management, IT operaons management, Business IT and

procurement consultancy, Business systems analysis & design, Strategic planning, Business

change management, Informaon technology governance audit and control, among many others.

9. Benet from our associaon with the SAP University alliance Program, IBM, Oracle, and the Dubai

Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

ProgramConcentrationOered

Master of Science in informaon Systems (MS-IS) in Informaon Systems Management


The program takes around 15 months for compleon

There are Four terms in an academic year: September, January, April, July

Students must complete a total of 27 credit hours (9 Courses)th

MS-IS thesis /Capstone project as 10 course

Students can register in 3 courses per term

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MS-ISDeliveryModes


The classes are oered from 6:30 to 9:30PM. All classes are held in Dubai Chamber building with excellent

facility and ambience (in term of classroom, IT facilies etc.) for delivering the program. The classes meet

two days in a week for 11 weeks in a term plus a week for the nal review and examinaon. Each class meets

for 3 hours with 20 minutes break in between. There is a break of one week between two terms. Students

can avail of the oce hours from 5:30 PM to 6:30PM.

MS-ISCurriculumStructure

The program consists of 30 credit hours and is structured around a three ered approach towards course

selecon, namely:

1. Five Core courses (15 Credit hours) which cover technical as well as managerial topics that reect

emerging trends in informaon systems

2. Four concentraon courses (12 Credit hours)

3. MS-IS Thesis or Capstone Project (3 credit hours)

Students have the opon to enroll either in thesis (IS-research oriented), or Capstone project

(Praccal nature)

The following ve (5) common

core courses build a solid and

broad foundaon of general

informaon systems

management concepts and skills

for managing the IS of the

organizaon through blended

learning modes of classroom

discussions, case analysis and

hands-on simulaons, and

soware applicaons.

1.IT Infrastructure and Emerging

Technologies

2.Advanced Systems Analysis and

Design

3.Business Process Modeling and

Management

4.Advanced IS Project

Management and Leadership

5.IS Strategic Management

In each term, students take up to

3 courses

The following four (4)

concentraon courses ensures

two IS objecves: rst it aligns

with relevant cercaons that

enables managers to comply

with the IS regulaons (course

1 and 2); second, the courses 3

and 4 equips IS managers to

keep up to date with the

dynamic trends in the IS world.

1.IT Procurement and Contract

Management

2.IS Governance, Auding and

Control

3.Organizaonal Aspects of

Technology Management

4.Emerging Issues in

Informaon Systems

Management

1.Opon A - MS Thesis

This course provides applied

learning experience through an

opportunity to integrate and

extend the acquired knowledge

and skills by building experse

in a more focused area of

interest. Student is expected to

clearly and crically dene a

problem, perform a thorough

literature review, and adopt a

suitable IS research method to

propose potenal soluons

and reect on research

ndings. Students make a

dierence by drawing on

knowledge and comprehension

of IS issues gained in courses in

Challenge I & Challenge II.

2. Opon B - MS Capstone

Project The purpose of this

course is to provide students

an opportunity to apply the

acquired knowledge and skills

to assist corporate clients,

idenfy a business opportunity

enabled by informaon

systems or idenfy and solve

an exisng problem, using

appropriate informaon

systems

Challenge I

Managing the Organizaon

(3 terms 9 months)

Challenge II

Managing the IS dynamics and

regulatory mechanisms

Challenge III

Making a Dierence

(1 to 2 term)through:

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The MS-IS program is designed for both non working individuals seeking entry level managerial posions

in IT and working professionals who are seeking to move their careers to next level and beyond. It is a fast-

track program that will take just 16 months to complete for non-working professionals and 20 months for

busy execuves.

MS-ISProgramObjectives

MS-IS Program Objecves

The MS-IS program is designed to prepare graduates who are able to;

1. Recognize the need for and engage with condence in connuing professional development,

and life-long learning.

2. Funcon professionally in muldisciplinary teams.

3. Lead organizaons in the eecve implementaon and use of innovave IS soluons.

4. Adhere to highest standards of ethical and professional pracces.

5. Conduct in-depth research and / or engage in further graduate studies.

MS-IS Program General Outcomes

1. Communicate eecvely and professionally with a variety of audiences.

2. Idenfy and crically analyze the opportunies or problems for Which Informaon Systems can

provide soluons.

3. Carry out in-depth study and research, both individually as well as in teams, defend and

disseminate the results to a range of audiences.

4. Crically analyze the ethical, legal, security and socio-technical issues related to informaon

systems and outline praccal strategies to deal with these issues.

MS-IS Program Outcomes Specic to Informaon Systems Management Concentraon

1. Perform IS strategic planning to best serve business strategy and quickly adapt to changing

environments.

2. Manage and lead the planning, implementaon and monitoring of complex IS projects.

3. Integrate technical and managerial knowledge and skills to manage vendor/outsource contracts.

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MS-ISCurriculumPlan


Core (5 Courses) 15 CH

IS Management Concentraon (4 Courses) 12 CH

MS-IS Management Concentraon (1 Course) 3 CH

Graduation Ceremony Class of 2014

MSIS 600

MSIS 605

MSIS 610

MSIS 615

MSIS 620

IT Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies

Advanced Systems Analysis & Design

Business Process Modeling and Management

Advanced IS Project Management

IS Strategic Management

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-

-

-

-

18 CH

18 CH

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

ISMG 700

ISMG 705

ISMG 710

ISMG 715

IT Procurement and Contract Management

IS Governance, Auding and Control

Organizaonal Aspects of Technology Management

Emerging Issues in Informaon Systems Management

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-

-

-

3

3

3

3

MSIS 800

MSIS 805

3 MS-IS Thesis (OR)

MS-IS Capstone Project

MS in informaon Systems Management (IS) | Total 30CH

2012 Curriculum

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MS-ISCourseDescription

MS-IS Core Courses

MSIS 600 IT Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies

The purpose of this course is to enable students to assimilate, idenfy and analyze modern IT infrastructures

and emerging technologies for the enterprise. Students will learn how to leverage the IT infrastructure and

emerging technologies to best serve the organizaonal needs and enhance the enterprise's compeve

posion. The course also exposes the students to the technical, security, ethical and managerial issues

associated with the deployment of modern technologies and architectures.

Prerequisites: None

MSIS 605 Advanced System Analyses and Design

The purpose of this course is to enable students to apply advanced systems analysis and design concepts, as

well as object-oriented tools and techniques in order to gather and model the requirements, then construct

an acceptable design to implement a successful system soluon. Students will learn best pracces in

gathering system requirements and will experiment with CASE tools to model system requirements and

specicaons. The course will also introduce students to some of the most signicant trends issues and

research results in system analysis, architecture and design.

Prerequisites: None

MSIS 610 Business Process Modeling and Management

The purpose of this course is to enable students to develop, analyze and assess models and architectures

that best describe business processes, workows and organizaon data. Students will understand the

increasing role of BPM in business-IT alignment and will learn how to use advanced tools and techniques to

model, analyze, simulate, enhance and illustrate the organizaon's business processes. Case studies will be

used to illustrate the concepts and process modeling and simulaon tools will be used to emphasize the

praccal aspect of the course.

Prerequisites: None

MSIS 615 Advanced IS Project Management and Leadership

The purpose of this course is to provide students with advanced knowledge, tools, and techniques that

project managers need to successfully plan, execute, manage and lead IS projects the course also covers

issues related to management, managing packaged soware soluons, and outsourced projects. The

course provides students with hands-on experience using case studies and project management soware.

Prerequisites: None

MSIS 620 IS Strategic Management

The purpose of this course is to provide students with a solid understanding and mastery of the key issues

and challenges in the strategic approaches to informaon Systems. The course examines the evolving role

informaon systems play in supporng business strategies and processes. Students will also learn how to

perform an IS strategic analysis, conduct IS strategic plan and how to manage emerging technologies and

associate changes. Several case studies, in a variety of business sengs, will be used to illustrate the course

material.

Prerequisites: None

IS Management Concentraon Courses

ISMG 700 IT Procurement & Contract Management

The purpose of this course is to expose the students to methods, strategies and best pracces for the

selecon, specicaon, acquision and contracng of hardware and soware products and services.

Students will learn proven pracces in preparing, and evaluang requests for proposals (RFP's) from

technology providers and system integrators. Case studies are used to illustrate the applicaon of sound

procurement and contract management strategies and pracces.

Prerequisites: None

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ISMG 705 IS Governance, Audit and Control

The purpose of this course is to expose students to concepts, strategies and best pracces in informaon

systems governance, audit and control. Students will acquire the knowledge and skills to evaluate IS

governance, and plan and execute audit strategies and controls based on proven IS audit standards

framework and guidelines. The course also exposes students to the underlying legal, ethical and security

issues.

Prerequisites: None

ISMG 710 Organizaonal Aspects of Technology Management

The purpose of this course is to expose students to some contemporary organizaonal aspects of

technology management Students will acquire the knowledge and skills to assess the organizaonal impact

of informaon technology, manage organizaonal change and risks and apprise the role of organizaonal

design, culture, controls and leadership in the successful implementaon and management of technology.

The course also exposes students to some behavioral, ethical and social issues arising from the usage of IT in

the workplace.

Prerequisites: MSIS 615 Advanced IS Project Management and Leadership

ISMG 715 Emerging Issues in Informaon Systems

The purpose of this course is to provide students with an understanding and exposure to the emerging issues

and challenges facing the informaon systems management discipline. The course examines these issues

from a management perspecve with equal aenon to professional and research aspects. The course

emphasizes the role of IR execuves in the strategic planning of their informaon Systems. Students will

also learn how to crically analyze and manage emerging issues and technologies. The list of emerging

issues is revised every year to keep the course up-to-date.

Prerequisites: 15 CH

MS-IS Thesis/Capstone ProjectMSIS 800 MS-IS Thesis

The purpose of this course is to provide students an opportunity to integrate and extend the acquired

knowledge and skills by building experse in a more focused area of interest. Student is expected to clearly

and crically dene a problem, perform a thorough literature review and adopt a suitable IS research

method to propose potenal soluons and reect on research ndings. Topics related to informaon

systems research methods are also covered in this course.

Prerequisites: Successful compleon of 18 credit-hours in the MS-IS program

MSIS 805 MS-IS Capstone Project

The purpose of this course is to provide students an opportunity to apply the acquired knowledge and skills

to assist corporate clients idenfy a business opportunity enabled by informaon systems or idenfy and

solve an exisng problem, using appropriate informaon systems.

Prerequisites: Successful compleon of 18 credit-hours in the MS-IS program

Pre-MS-IS Course DescriptionPME 500 Financial Accounng

The course introduces students to accounng concepts, principles, and processes underlying the producon

of nancial statements. It focuses on the analyses, measurements and reporng of business transacons to

users of nancial statements. It also examines uses and limitaons of accounng informaon as well as

ethical issues aecng nancial statements.

PMS 505 Principles of Finance

The course focuses on the theory and pracce of business nance with emphasis on me value of money

(TVM), the relaonship between risk & return, capital budgeng and asset valuaon.

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PMS 510 Operaons Management

The main purpose of this course is to give future managers an understanding of the variety and importance

of the management decisions faced in the producon and operaons area in dierent manufacturing and

service organizaons. The course equips them with the tools and techniques necessary to approach and

solve producon and operaons management problems eecvely.

PMS 515 Introducon to Informaon Systems

The main purpose of this course is to expose the students to fundamental informaon systems concepts,

providing a solid background to those who do not later return to the discipline & needed background to

students who will chose IS as a eld of concentraon, Coverage includes principles of system theory & the

latest technologies of informaon Systems.

PMS 520 Business Programming

The purpose of this course is to provide essenal knowledge of advanced programming concepts. Coverage

includes Object Oriented Programming, classes and objects, inheritance, polymorphism, advanced

graphical user interface (GUI) and the development of comprehensive projects.

PMS 525 Principles of Networking

The purpose of this course is to provide essenal knowledge on networking infrastructures of networks and

network hardware and soware. Coverage includes data transmission, Hubs, Switches, routers, topology,

wiring and physical topology, protocols, layering, LAN, WAN and internetworking.

PMS 530 Database Systems

The purpose of this course is to provide essenal knowledge for physical database design and

implementaon of a relaon database. Coverage includes physical database design process, SQL, and

Client/ Server database applicaons development

Prerequisites: PMS 515

PMS 540 Stascs

The purpose of this course is to acquaint students with the basic concepts of stascs and probabilies that

will help them make decisions using UAE data, Coverage includes basic oribability, sampling, hypothesis

tesng, simple and mulple regression models.

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LLM PROGRAM

CONTENTS

- Program Concentrations Offered


- LLM Program Objectives

- LLM Curriculum Structure

- LLM Curriculum Plan

- LLM Course Description

College of Law

LLMPROGRAMCOLLEGEOFLAW


The college of law was established by the University of Dubai to respond to the need for legal professionals

in the UAE. The evoluon of the legal system within the UAE is at the heart of the country's development as

an economic hub of the region. The coming years will undoubtedly witness a focus on a range of important

legal issues. From the expansion of smart government to the creaon and growth of the free economic

zones, the growth of commerce in the UAE is inextricably linked to the development of the legal systems

which support it.

With the strong support from the country's business community, UD's pracce oriented law curriculum has

been designed by a close-knit yet diverse community of scholars and praconers to foster development of

stronger legal professionals who will eventually serve the society.

The Master of Laws (LLM) program is designed to fulll the aspiraons of the students who wish to pursue a

successful career in law and related elds. The LLM program oers two tracks focusing on key business and

commercial areas: Arbitraon and Dispute Resoluon (ADR), and Financial Crimes and Money

Laundering (FCML). This unique program not only prepares students to meet complex business challenges

in the legal fraternity but also equips them to occupy highest legal oces in the UAE and abroad. In addion,

the LLM program oers students unique opportunies to network with praccing aorneys, senior

praconers and business lawyers in all areas of law. Moreover, this breadth of scope addresses not only to

those who wish to pursue a legal career but also provides a strong legal background for professionals

involved at the highest levels of business and government.

Unique Characteriscs of the LLM program Oered by UD:

1. Designed to prepare graduates for successful careers in both legal and non-legal organizaons.

The program will enhance crical thinking increase oral and wrien communicaon skills and

English language skills, improve decision making in a rapidly changing global environment, and

reinforce the applicaon of knowledge and skills in the area of problem - solving.

2. Oers two unique concentraons to meet the need for professionals in these areas, moreover,

the program has been designed to permit the admission of students with any undergraduate

degree from an accredited university who meet the necessary criteria.

3. Program can be completed in 12 months.

4. Instruconal process includes a combinaon of classroom and moot court and contextualized

real - world case - based learning to provide value added hands-on experience and help students

use their me eecvely. The online learning poron of the curriculum will be enhanced using

the MOODLE plaorm.

5. High quality curriculum and integrated with an emphasis on applied learning.

6. Program is delivered by qualied, praccing faculty members.

7. Accredited by the UAE Ministry of Higher Educaon and Scienc Research.

College Of Law Objecves

1. Challenge students to integrate concepts from broader academic disciplines to make legal

decisions in an environment of uncertainty and incomplete informaon.

2. Prepare students for Higher graduate/professional studies.

3. Apply Islamic values and cultural elements of the UAE in business and legal contexts.

4. Inculcate work ethics and develop a strong sense of social responsibility.

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ProgramConcentrationsOered

Master of Law (LLM) in:

Arbitraon & Dispute Resoluon (ADR).

Financial Crimes & Money Laundering (FCML).

A total of 11 courses (36 credit hours) are to be completed for graduaon.

Program can be completed in 12 months.th

Module based; each term is of 15 weeks duraon with 16 week for exams.

Language of Instrucon is English.

Classes are held in the evenings and on Saturdays.

LLM classes are held at Dubai Chamber Building, Baniyas Road, Deira, Dubai.


LLMCurriculumStructure

The philosophy of UD-LLM curriculum is based on addressing integraon of three legal challenges:

Managing the legal issues in the organizaon Making legal choices, and Making a dierence that will build

student' legal career through a set of core and tract LLM curricular courses as below:


Challenge 1

Managing the Legal issues

in the organizaon

Challenge 2

Making Legal choices (LLM students can make one of

following two choices to excel in their career)

Challenge 3

Making a dierence

through:

The following six common

core courses build a solid

and broad foundaon of

general legal aspects and

skills for managing the legal

issues in the organizaon

through blended modes of

classroom discussion, case

analysis and intense

debates including moot

court rooms (those

marked*):

1. LLM 600 Legal Research

2. LLM 610 Legal Systems

3. LLM 620 Management of

Legal Resources*

4. LLM 630 Business Law

5. LLM 640 Business

Transacons* 6.LLM 650

Arbitraon & Ligaon

Principles & Pracces*

In each term of 15 weeks

you can take maximum 4

courses with nal

examinaon in week 16.

Choice 1: LLM in Arbitraon & Dispute Resoluon. Here you

can achieve the following outcomes:

1. Pracce arbitraon both locally & globally

2. Asses Arbitral Instuons

3. Prepare eecve arbitraon clauses and

awards.

4. Pracce negoaons eecvely.

These choice 1 outcomes are achieved through the following 4

track courses:

LLM-ADR 700: Arbitraon Law* LLM-ADR710: Advanced

Arbitraon Law*

LLM-ADR 720: Negoaon

LLM-ADR 730: Alternave Dispute Resoluon*

Choice 2: LLM in Financial Crimes & Money Laundering. Here

you can achieve the following outcomes:

1. Evaluate and assess the impact of bribery and corrupon.

2. Assess the UAE (Federal and DIFC), US and UK legislaon on

money laundering.

3. Evaluate the behavior that would constute money

laundering and various laws and rules to counter them.

4. Assess the UAE Federal legislaon on compeon law.

5. Evaluate the design, implementaon and monitoring of

various models, frameworks, and standards of governance,

compliance and assurance.

These choice 2 outcomes are achieved through the following 4

track courses:

1. LLM-FCML 700: Bribery & Corrupon

2. LLM-FCML 710: Money Laundering

3. LLM-FCML 720: Compeon Law

4. LLM-FCML 730: Financial Crimes and Governance,

Compliance and Assurance

Thesis:

This course provides

applied learning

experience through

researching a specic

legal issue in the

organizaon.

You make a dierence

by drawing on

knowledge and

comprehension of

legal issues gained in

courses in Challenge 1

and Challenge 2.

Also, through thesis

work, you also

become an important

link between the

organizaon and the

UD. As such your

This is an important

dierence that you

make to an organiza

on compared to

other LLM graduates

in the region.

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LLMProgramObjectives

The LLM program is oered in module format to build stronger relaonships among students so as to

increase communicaon and the sharing of experiences. The LLM curriculum is rigorous with emphasis

on applied learning and designed to achieve the following LLM program objecves:

Po1: Student will be able to think crically, analycally and communicate

eecvely in English as a legally trained professional by preparing, presenng,

arguing and pursuing the point of view/case logically.

Student will be able to work in and lead dynamic internaonal and UAE

organizaons in solving social and economic legal issues/situaons in specic legal

elds.

Student will be able to analyze ethical situaons, demonstrate advanced

knowledge of applicable research principles and methods and jusfy alternaves

across areas of concentraons.

Po4: Student will be able to develop local/global perspecve and adapt to

dynamic internaonal and UAE cultural environments concerning social and

economic development of UAE.

Student will be able to adapt, apply and analyze specialized knowledge to

improve the business environment and assist the UAE in social and economic

development.

2:

3:

4:

5:

1: Skills

Autonomy &

Responsibility

Knowledge

Role in Context

Self-Development

QF EMIRATE* GRID 9

*UAE Qualicaon Framework (UAEQF)

LLM Program Goals/Objecves

At the end of LLM program, the student is expected to accomplish the following objecves whicha are

common to LLM core courses:

1. Think crically, analycally and communicate eecvely in English as legally trained

professional by preparing, presenng, arguing and pursuing the point of view/case logically.

2. Work in and lead dynamic internaonal and UAE organizaons in solving social and economic

legal issues/ situaons in specic legal elds.

3. Apply wrien and oral communicaon skills in pursuit of legal professional goals.

Goals/Objecves common to each of the LLM tracks

4. Develop local/global perspecve and adapt to dynamic internaonal and UAE cultural

environments concerning social and economic development of UAE.

5. Adapt, apply and analyze specialized law knowledge to improve the business environment and

assist the UAE in social and economic development.

LLMCurriculumPlan

Students have to complete the six core courses (18 credit hours) which are common to both tracks followed

by ve courses from the chosen track.


Course

Code

Course

NumberCore LLM courses Term CH Prerequisite

LLM

LLM

LLM

LLM

LLM

LLM

600

610

620

630

640

650

Legal Research & Wring Skills

Legal Systems

Management of Legal Resources *

Business Law

Business Transacons *

Arbitraon & Ligaon Principles & Pracce*

1

2

3

4

5

6

3

3

3

3

3

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

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Course

Code

Course

NumberTrack LLM courses Term CH Prerequisite

Course

Code

Course

NumberTrack LLM courses Term CH Prerequisite

These are also elecve courses for ADR track, if when completed with second Thesis will qualify the student for

awarding the second major in LLM

*These courses are pracce-oriented courses requiring intense debate in moot-court situaons.

LLMCourseDescription

Core Courses

LLM 600 Legal Research and Wring Skills

The legal research and wring skills is a core element of LLM program. The emphasis of this module is rstly

on the development of research techniques and the development of key analycal and rhetorical

techniques necessary for independent work at post graduate level. Secondly, this module also focuses on

students' wring skills from a legal pracce perspecve. It is suciently general that students from a variety

of backgrounds with a diverse range of postgraduate aims will benet. At the same me it is suciently

specic so that a number of key issues involved in advanced research skills and methods are addressed. This

course uses key terms and facts in legal research such as legislaon, treaes, the UAE Civil Code, and

idenes issues for legal research using analycal tools such as case law and briengs. This course will also

address principles of citaon, referencing, literature review, and research, met hodologies (empirical,

economic, comparave, analycal, descripve and other approaches relevant to high quality legal

research). The coverage includes updang and validang the research, wring the research report and

presentaon of research ndings.

LLM 610 Legal Systems

This course provides a comparave introducon to common law (used in DIFC), Civil law and internaonal

law, mainly from a contractual perspecve.

Track 1: LLM in Arbitraon and Dispute Resoluon (ADR)

These are also elecve courses for FCML track, if when completed with second Thesis will qualify the

student for awarding the second major in LLM.

LLM- ADR

LLM- ADR

LLM- ADR

LLM- ADR

LLM- ADR

700

710

720

730

740

Arbitraon Law *

Advanced Arbitraon Law*

Negoaon

Alternave Dispute Resoluon*

Thesis

7

8

9

10

11

3

3

3

3

6

Three Core Courses (9 CH)




To be taken in the last term

LLM- FCML

LLM- FCML

LLM- FCML

LLM- FCML

LLM- FCML

700

710

720

730

740

Bribery & Corrupon

Money Laundering

Compeon Law

Financial Crimes and Governance,

compliance & Assurance

Thesis

7

8

9

10

11

3

3

3

3

6





To be taken in the last term

Track 2: LLM in Financial Crimes & Money Laundering (FCML)

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