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Business Administration Description of the Program
The program prepares students with a wide range of courses in Business Administration including Management, Marketing, MIS, Accounting, and Finance and Economics.
The main objective is to prepare students for employment upon graduation with a degree in Business Administration.
After the Preparatory Year, the students take general education and business foundation courses. In the second year, the students take a variety of courses in business areas such as Management, Marketing, MIS, Accounting, Finance and Economy.
Graduates of the program will be equipped with the necessary skills to enter the labor market in the fields of commerce, banking, and manufacturing.
Graduates can receive jobs in any of the following positions: Assistant Clerk, Assistant Manager, Assistant Market Manager, Sales Specialist, and Bankers.
Total credits for Diploma Program in Business Administration: 64 |
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| Description of the Courses: |
Accounting
ACCT 001 Principles of Accounting
I (2-3-3)
Financial accounting and its environment, components of the accounting system
and its records, the accounting cycle and financial statements preparation,
accounting for cash transactions, assets and liabilities including accounts and
notes receivable, merchandise inventory, property, plant and equipment, current
liabilities and payroll accounting, accounting for partnership.
Prerequisite: Math 011
ACCT 021 Principles of Accounting
II (2-3-3)
Introduction to management accounting and definitions, budgetary process and
master budget, contribution margin and applications in cost-volume profit
analysis, product costing, flexible budget and cost controls, responsibility
accounting and reports, preparation and uses of cash flow statement in decision
making, special decisions and relevant financial information.
Prerequisite: ACCT 011
Economics
ECON 011 Introduction to
Economics (3-0-3)
An introduction to economics analysis; relationship among household, business
and government sectors; saving and investment decisions, unemployment;
inflation; national income accounts using demand, cost, and production
functions.
Prerequisite:
None
Banking
FIN 021 Principles of
Banking (2-0-2)
This course touches on nearly every aspect of banking from the fundamentals of
negotiable instruments to contemporary issues and developments within the
industry.
Management
MGT 011 Introduction to Business
Management (3-0-3)
Basic functions of business enterprise, business environment, ownership,
management and organization, human resources management, marketing, financing,
information management and decision making, international business, career
development in business.
Prerequisite:
None
MGT 022
Organization Behavior (3-0-3)
This is an experiential examination of interpersonal relationships as they
affect one’s ability to function in the world of work. Topics include
self-understanding, as well as the understanding of others, motivation, morale,
conflict, stress, ethics, diversity, and self-managed work teams.
Prerequisite:
MGT 011
MGT 024 Human Resource
Management (3-0-3)
This course is a study of the techniques of supervising and coordinating the
work of others including employment interview methods, training procedures,
supervision of employees, improvement of interpersonal relationships, policies
for labor-management relations, and labor legislation.
Prerequisite:
MGT 011
MGT 021 Business
Communication (2-3-3)
Written and verbal communication techniques in business, report and business
letter writing, presentations, business meetings, briefing and interviewing,
skill development and analysis of communication.
Prerequisite:
ENGL 012
MGT 023 International
Business (3-0-3)
This is an introductory course in international business environments. The
course explores reasons companies choose to enter the international market,
various marketing approaches, government regulations, and career opportunities.
Prerequisites: MKT 011 and MGT 011
Management Information Systems (MIS)
MIS 012
Principles of Management Information system
( (2-2-3
An overview of the role of computer information systems in business management,
MIS requirement sin organizations, hardware functions, computer programming,
system development and computer operations.
Prerequisite: MIS 011
Marketing
MKT 011 Principles of
Marketing (2-3-3)
Marketing processes and strategies; product development; pricing, promotion, and
distribution, and their applications to businesses, land the individual
consumer.
Prerequisite: ECON 011
MKT 021 Professional
Sales (2-3-3)
This is an analysis of the principles and practices upon which the preparation
for selling and the actual steps in the selling process are predicated. Included
in the course is an actual experience performing a sales presentation.
Prerequisite: MKT 011
MKT 022 Promotional
Strategies (2-3-3)
An academic investigation is provided in this class followed by practical
applications of the step-by-step procedures involved in formulating advertising
and public relations messages and transmitting them through various media and/or
other promotional public relations programs.
Prerequisite: MKT 011
Statistics
OM 021
Business Statistics
(3-0-3)
Frequency tables, histogram, measures of central tendency and dispersion,
correlations, probability descriptions and theory,
sampling, estimation and confidence intervals, applications for managerial
decision.
Prerequisite: Math 012
For further information, please contact us on:
University Diploma Programs
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
P. O. Box 5077, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
Tel: (+966-3) 860-1222
Fax: (+966-3) 860-1255
E-Mail:
diploma@kfupm.edu.sa