Master of Business Administration programme brief - Makerere University College of Business and Management Sciences

A Master of Business Administration is a 2-year study programme with six active options that consist of Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Human resource management, Public Sector Management, and Health Services Management. Each year has 2 study semesters. In the first year each semester has 5 course-units and these are all core subjects. In second year students are mandated to choose one option among the six options being offered on the programme. Each option for semester one and two has 4 core and 2 elective course-units, where the core course-units are mandatory, and from the 2 electives a student chooses one course-unit. Note that, apart from students doing Plan A research (Dissertation) where in their second semester of year two no course-units are done, with plan B research (research project) students have to do 4 taught course-units alongside the Project Research.

Provided below is the programme structure per year.

Year I Semester I

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Units
MBS 7101	Financial Accounting	4
MBS 7102	Financial Management	4
MBS 7I03	Quantitative Methods	4
MBS 7104	Entrepreneurship	4
MBS 7105	General Management	4

Year I Semester II

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Units
MBS 7201	Leadership and Organizational Behaviour	4
MBS 7202	Marketing Management	4
MBS 7203	Managerial Economics	4
MBS 7204	Strategic Management	4
MBS 7205	Operations Management	4

Year II Semester I

Finance Option

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Units
MBS 8101	Cost and Management Accounting	4
MBS 8102	Research Methods	4
MBS 8106	Corporate Finance	4
MBS 8107	Investment Analysis and Port Folio Management	4

Electives (Select One)

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Units
MBS 8108	Financial Derivatives	4
MBS 8102	Research Methods	4

Accounting Option

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Units
MBS 8101	Cost and Management Accounting	4
MBS 8102	Research Methods	4
MBS 8106	Corporate Finance	4
MBS 8107	Investment Analysis and Port Folio Management	4

Electives (Select One)

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Units
MBS 8108	Financial Derivatives	4
MBS 8102	Research Methods	4

Public Sector Management Option

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Units
MBS 8102	Research Methods	4
MBS 8114	Human Resources Practices and Strategy	4
MBS 8118	Public Administration and Management	4
MBS 8119	Public Sector Finance	4

Electives (Select One)

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Units
MBS 8117	Change and Organizational Development	4
MBS 8120	Public Administration and Management	4

Marketing Option

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Units
MBS 8101	Cost and Management Accounting	4
MBS 8102	Research Methods	4
MBS 8110	Consumer Behaviour	4
MBS 8111	Branding and Communication	4

Electives (Select One)

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Units
MBS 8112	New product Development	4
MBS 8113	Electronic Marketing	4

Human Resource Management Option

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Units
MBS 8102	Research Methods	4
MBS 8114	Human Resources Practices and Strategy	4
MBS 8115	Contemporary Work Issues and Employment Relations	4
MBS 8116	Human Resources Information Systems	4

Electives (Select One)

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Units
MBS 8117	Change and Organizational Development	4
MBS 8118	Public Administration and Management	4

Health Services Management Option

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Units
MBS 8102	Research Methods	4
MBS 8121	Health Care Planning Policy and Reform	4
MBS 8122	Alternative Systems of Health Care Management	4
MBS 8123	Health Economics	4

Electives (Select One)

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Units
MBS 8117	Change and Organizational Development	4
MBS 8118	Public Administration and Management	4

Year II Semester II

Finance Option

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Units
MBS 8201	Corporate Governance	4
MBS 8208	International Financial Management	4
MBS 8209	Mergers and Corporate Restructuring	4
MBS 8205	Research Project (Paper)	4

Electives (Select One)

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Units
MBS 8210	Business Analysis and Valuation	4
MBS 8211	Commercial and Investment Banking	4

Accounting Option

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Units
MBS 8201	Corporate Governance	4
MBS 8203	Audit and Assurance	4
MBS 8204	Business Analysis and Valuation	4
MBS 8205	Research Project (Paper)	4

Electives (Select One)

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Units
MBS 8206	Public Sector Accounting	4
MBS 8207	Strategic Management Accounting	4

Public Sector Management Option

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Units
MBS 8221	Project Planning and Management	4
MBS 8222	Local Government Management	4
MBS 8223	Policy Analysis and Management	4
MBS 8205	Research Project (Paper)	4

Electives (Select One)

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Units
MBS 8201	Corporate Governance	4
MBS 8224	Administrative Law	4

Marketing Option

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Units
MBS 8213	Global Marketing	4
MBS 8214	Service Marketing	4
MBS 8215	Marketing Research	4
MBS 8205	Research Project (Paper)	4

Electives (Select One)

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Units
MBS 8216	Advertising and Sales Promotion	4
MBS 8201	Corporate Governance	4

Human Resource Management Option

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Units
MBS 8217	Human Resources Planning and Development	4
MBS 8218	Compensation and Reward Systems	4
MBS 8219	Human Resources Policies and Labour Laws	4
MBS 8205	Research Project (Paper)	4

Electives (Select One)

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Units
MBS 8201	Corporate Governance	4
MBS 8220	Competency Based Management	4

Health Services Management Option

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Units
MBS 8221	Project Planning and Management	4
MBS 8225	International Health Care Systems	4
MBS 8226	Managing Health Services	4
MBS 8205	Research Project (Paper)	4

Electives (Select One)

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Units
MBS 8201	Corporate Governance	4
MBS 8223	Policy Analysis and Management	4