
Faculty Of Business Administration and International Trade
New Curriculum
Bylaws for Students enrolled 2013 till current
The Faculty of Business Administration and International Trade offers a four- year program (8 semesters) leading to a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration.
Total Credit Hours = 131 credit hours equivalent to 40 courses.
- University Requirements = 6 courses (4 courses required & 2 courses elective).
- Faculty Requirement courses = 19 courses (15 courses required & 4 courses elective).
- Major Requirements courses = 10 courses (6 courses required & 4 courses elective).
- Electives courses = 5 courses OR a minor.
- Minor students may select 5 courses offered by the department.
The Faculty Consists of Six Majors
- Accounting.
- Economics and International Trade.
- Finance.
- Management.
- Management Information System (MIS). “Not offered”
- Marketing.
University Requirements
The core curriculum lays a foundation of general education in the social sciences and humanities and requires that all undergraduate students study the following courses:
- 12 credit hours equivalent to 4 required courses.
Serial No. Course Code Course Name Pre-requisite Credit Hrs. 1 ENG 100 English for Academic Purposes – 3 2 ENG 101 Freshman English I ENG 100 3 3 ENG 102 Freshman English II ENG 101 3 4 SOC 204 Computer Applications for Social Sciences – 3 - Students also select 2 of the following University Requirements Courses.
Serial No. Course Code Course Name Pre-requisite Credit Hrs. 1 ARB 105 Arabic Composition & Style I – 3 2 ARS 101 Modern Arabic literature – 3 3 COM 200 Desktop Publishing – 3 4 ENG 300 Writing in The Disciplines – 3 5 ETH 101 Professional Ethics – 3 6 GEO 101 General Principles of Geography – 3 7 GER 101 German I – 3 8 HIS 101 History of Ancient Egypt – 3 9 HIS 102 History of Islamic Egypt – 3 10 HIS 106 History of Modern Egypt – 3 11 MAT 100 Introduction to Mathematics – 3 12 MUS 103 Introduction to Music – 3 13 POL 200 Introduction to Political Science.& International Relations – 3 14 PSY 104 Social Psychology – 3 15 SCT 101 Scientific Thinking – 3 16 SOC 102 Environmental Awareness – 3 17 SOC 103 Principles of Sociology – 3 18 SOC 106 Contemporary Issues – 3 19 THT 101 Introduction to Theatre – 3 20 NUT 101 Principles of Nutrition – 3
N.B. If a student is directly placed into Freshman I (ENG 101) then the
English for Academic Purposes (ENG 100) course will be
replaced by one of the University Requirements courses.
Faculty Requirements
- Required Courses 15 Courses, 54 Credit hours
Serial No. Course Code Course Name Pre-requisite Credit Hrs. 1 ACT 101 Principles of Accounting – 4 2 ACT 102 Accounting for Partnership and Corporation ACT 101 4 3 ECN 101 Economics I – 3 4 MAT 101 Principles of Mathematics for Business and Economics – 4 5 MGT 101 Principles of Management – 3 6 MRK 101 Principles of Marketing – 3 7 MIS 201 Principles of Management Information System MGT 101 4 8 STA 202 Principles of Statistics for Business MAT 101 4 9 CSC 201 Computer Applications in Management Information Systems – 4 10 ECN 201 Economics II ECN 101 4 11 FIN 201 Financial Management I ACT 102 4 12 MGT 201 Business Law MGT 101 3 13 MGT 301 Research Methodology MGT 101 – MRK 101 – FIN 201 3 14 MGT 302 Business Ethics MGT 101 3 15 MGT 401 Strategic Management FIN 201 – ECN 201 – MRK 101 – MGT 101 4 - Elective Courses
Students should also select 4 of the following department electives
4 Courses, 12 Credit hours
Serial No. Course Code Course Name Pre-requisite Credit Hrs. 1 ACT 201 Cost Accounting I ACT 102 3 2 MRK 201 Consumer Behavior MRK 101 3 3 FIN 202 Financial Management II FIN 201 3 4 MGT 202 Organizational Behavior MGT 101 3 5 MGT 203 Business Communication MGT 101 3 6 MGT 204 Human Resources Management MGT 202 3 7 MGT 205 Insurance MGT 101 – MAT 101 3 8 STA 303 Statistical Analysis for Business STA 202 3 9 ECN 311 Economic Reporting – 3 10 ECN 312 Economics of the Middle East ECN 201 3
Department Requirements
Business students need to specialize in one of the following disciplines:
- Accounting (ACT)
Required Courses
6 Courses, 20 Credit hours
Serial No. Course Code Course Name Pre-requisite Credit Hrs. 1 ACT 301 Cost Accounting II ACT 201 3 2 ACT 302 Intermediate Accounting I ACT 102 3 3 ACT 303 Tax Accounting I ACT 102 3 4 ACT 304 Auditing I ACT 102 3 5 ACT 401 Management Accounting ACT 201 3 6 ACT 499 Graduation Project in Accounting ACT 302 – MGT 301 5
Elective Courses
Students should also select 4 of the following department electives
4 Courses, 12 Credit hoursSerial No. Course Code Course Name Pre-requisite Credit Hrs. 1 ACT 305 Accounting for Financial Institutions ACT 102 3 2 ACT 306 Special Topics in Accounting ACT 102 3 3 ACT 307 Accounting Information System ACT 102 3 4 ACT 308 Financial Statements Analysis ACT 102 3 5 ACT 402 Intermediate Accounting II ACT 302 3 6 ACT 403 Tax Accounting II ACT 303 3 7 ACT 404 Auditing II ACT 304 3 8 ACT 405 Tax Planning ACT 303 3 9 ACT 406 International Transfer Pricing ACT 303 3 10 ACT 407 Computerized Accounting ACT 307 3 11 ACT 408 Governmental Accounting ACT 102 3 12 ACT 409 International Accounting ACT 303 – ACT 304 3 13 ACT 410 Advanced Accounting ACT 302 3 14 ACT 411 Forensic Accounting ACT 304 3
Minor in Accounting
15 credit hours equivalent to 5 courses. Students must select 5 courses offered by the department (9 credit hours equivalent to 3 from required courses and 6 credit hours equivalent to 2 from elective courses)
Minor in Tax Accounting (For Major Accounting Students ONLY)
15 credit hours equivalent to 5 courses (from elective major courses) Required Minor Courses in Tax ACT (from major elective): 9 credit hours equivalent to 3 coursesSerial No. Course Code Course Name Pre-requisite Credit Hrs. 1 ACT 406 International Transfer Pricing ACT 303 3 2 ACT 403 Tax Accounting II ACT 303 3 3 ACT 405 Tax Planning ACT 303 3
In addition to two major elective courses (6 credit hours equivalent to 2 courses) that were not taken before in the Major Accounting elective courses. - Economics (ECN)
Required Courses
6 Courses, 20 Credit hours
Serial No. Course Code Course Name Pre-requisite Credit Hrs. 1 ECN 301 Intermediate Microeconomics MAT 101 – ECN 201 3 2 ECN 302 Intermediate Macroeconomics MAT 101 – ECN 201 3 3 ECN 303 Mathematical Economics & Econometrics ECN 201 – STA 202 – CSC 201 3 4 ECN 401 International Trade Theories and Policies ECN 301 3 5 ECN 402 International Economics ECN 301 3 6 ECN 499 Graduation Project in Economics and International Trade ECN 301 – ECN 302 – ECN 303 – MGT 301 5
Elective Courses
Students should also select 4 of the following department electives
4 Courses, 12 Cr. Hrs.Serial No. Course Code Course Name Pre-requisite Credit Hrs. 1 ECN 304 Managerial Economics MAT 101 – ECN 201 3 2 ECN 305 Public Finance ECN 201 3 3 ECN 306 Economics of Money and Banking ECN 201 3 4 ECN 307 Environmental Economics ECN 201 3 5 ECN 308 Industrial Economics ECN 201 3 6 ECN 309 Economics of Energy ECN 201 3 7 ECN 310 Economic Resources ECN 201 3 8 ECN 403 Health Economics ECN 201 3 9 ECN 404 Labor Economics ECN 301 3 10 ECN 405 History of Economic Thoughts ECN 302 3 11 ECN 406 Economic Policies ECN 301 – ECN 302 3 12 ECN 407 Feasibility Studies ECN 201 – FIN 201 – MRK 101 – STA 202 3 13 ECN 408 Special Topics in International Trade ECN 302 – ECN 402 3 14 ECN 409 Economic Development ECN 302 3 15 ECN 410 International Monetary Relations ECN 302 3 16 FIN 303 International Finance FIN 201 3 17 FIN 307 Financial Economics FIN 202 – STA 202 3 18 FIN 404 Econometrics of Financial Markets STA 202 – FIN 202 3
Minor in Economics
15 credit hours equivalent to 5 courses.
Students must select 5 courses offered by the department (9 credit hours equivalent to 3 from required courses and 6 credit hours equivalent to 2 from elective courses) - Finance Major (FIN)
Required Courses
6 Courses, 20 Credit hours
Serial No. Course Code Course Name Pre-requisite Credit Hrs. 1 FIN 301 Corporate Finance FIN 201 3 2 FIN 302 Banking Management FIN 201 3 3 FIN 303 International Finance FIN 201 3 4 FIN 401 Investment Management FIN 201 3 5 FIN 402 Portfolio Management FIN 201 3 6 FIN 499 Graduation project in Finance FIN 301 – FIN 302 – FIN 303 – MGT 301 5
Elective Courses
Students should also select 4 of the following department electives.
4 Courses, 12 Credit hoursSerial No. Course Code Course Name Pre-requisite Credit Hrs. 1 FIN 304 Financial Markets and Institutions FIN 201 3 2 FIN 305 Entrepreneurial Finance FIN 201 3 3 FIN 306 Financial Risk Management FIN 202 3 4 FIN 307 Financial Economics FIN 202 – STA 202 3 5 FIN 308 Corporate Governance Theories ECN 201 – MGT 101 3 6 FIN 309 Alternative Investments FIN 202 3 7 FIN 310 Credit Analysis FIN 201 3 8 FIN 403 Advanced Financial Theory FIN 301 3 9 FIN 404 Econometrics of Financial Markets STA 202 – FIN 202 3 10 FIN 405 Special Topics in Finance FIN 301 3 11 FIN 406 Fixed Income Securities FIN 202 3 12 FIN 407 Derivatives Pricing FIN 202 3 13 FIN 408 Corporate Governance & Corporate Finance FIN 301 3 14 FIN 409 Behavioral Finance FIN 201 3 15 FIN 410 Wealth Management FIN 202 3 16 FIN 411 Hedge Funds Compliance & Risk Management FIN 301 3 17 ACT 308 Financial Statements Analysis ACT 102 3 18 ECN 302 Intermediate Macroeconomics MAT 101 – ECN 201 3 19 ECN 304 Managerial Economics MAT 101 – ECN 201 3 20 ECN 306 Economics of Money and Banking ECN 201 3 21 ECN 402 International Economics ECN 301 3
Minor in Finance
15 credit hours equivalent to 5 courses.
Students must select 5 courses offered by the department (9 credit hours equivalent to 3 from required courses and 6 credit hours equivalent to 2 from elective courses).
Minor in Financial Economics (For Major Finance Students ONLY)
15 credit hours equivalent to 5 courses (from elective major courses) Required Minor Courses in Financial Economics: 9 credit hours equivalent to 3 coursesSerial No. Course Code Course Name Pre-requisite Credit Hrs. 1 FIN 304 Financial Markets and Institutions FIN 201 3 2 FIN 307 Financial Economics FIN 202 – STA 202 3 3 FIN 406 Fixed Income Securities FIN 202 3
In addition to two major elective courses (6 credit hours equivalent to 2 courses) that were not taken before in the Major requirements.
Minor in Corporate Government: (For Major Finance Students ONLY)
15 credit hours equivalent to 5 courses (from elective major courses) Required Minor Courses in Corporate Government (from major elective): 9 credit hours equivalent to 3 coursesSerial No. Course Code Course Name Pre-requisite Credit Hrs. 1 FIN 308 Corporate Governance Theories ECN 201 – MGT 101 3 2 FIN 408 Corporate Governance & Corporate Finance FIN 301 3 3 ECN 402 International Economics ECN 301 3
In addition to two major elective courses (6 credit hours equivalent to 2 courses) that were not taken before in the Major requirements. - Management Major (MGT)
Required Courses
6 Courses, 20 Credit hours
Serial No. Course Code Course Name Pre-requisite Credit Hrs. 1 MGT 303 Quality Management MGT 101 3 2 MGT 304 Production & Operation Management MGT 101 – STA 202 3 3 MGT 305 International Business MGT 101 – MRK 101 3 4 MGT 402 Entrepreneurship & Innovation MGT 101 3 5 MGT 403 Organization Development MGT 204 3 6 MGT 499 Graduation Project in Management MGT 301 – MGT 402 5
Elective Courses
Students should also select 4 of the following department electives.
4 Courses, 12 Credit hoursSerial No. Course Code Course Name Pre-requisite Credit Hrs. 1 MGT 306 Materials Management MGT 101 3 2 MGT 307 Public Administration MGT 101 3 3 MGT 308 E-Business CSC 201 – MGT 101 3 4 MGT 309 HR Compensation & Benefits Management MGT 204 3 5 MGT 310 HR Recruitment & Selection Management MGT 204 3 6 MGT 311 HR Training & Development Management MGT 204 3 7 MGT 312 Small Business Management MGT 101 3 8 MGT 404 Environmental Management MGT 101 3 9 MGT 405 Employment Relations Management MGT 204 3 10 MGT 406 Special Topics in Human Resources Management MGT 204 3 11 MGT 407 Human Resources Information Systems CSC 201 – MGT 309 – MGT 310 – MGT 311 3 12 MGT 408 Strategic Human Resource Management MGT 309 – MGT 310 – MGT 311 3 13 MGT 409 Special Topics in Management MGT 101 3 14 HPM 301 Principles of Hospitality Management MGT 101 3 15 HPM 302 Principles of Hospitality Marketing MGT 101 – MRK 201 3 16 HPM 303 Financial Accounting for Hospitality Services ACT 201 – MGT 101 3 17 HPM 401 Management of International Hotels HPM 301 3 18 HPM 402 Management of Small and Medium Size Hospitality Enterprises HPM 301 3 19 HPM 403 Financial Management for Hospitality Services FIN 201 – HPM 303 3
Minor in Management
15 credit hours equivalent to 5 courses.
Students must select 5 courses offered by the department (9 credit hours equivalent to 3 from required courses and 6 credit hours equivalent to 2 from elective courses)
Minor in Human Recourses (For Major Management Students ONLY)
15 credit hours equivalent to 5 courses (from elective major courses) Required Minor Courses in Human Recourses: 9 credit hours equivalent to 3 coursesSerial No. Course Code Course Name Pre-requisite Credit Hrs. 1 MGT 309 HR Compensation & Benefits Management MGT 204 3 2 MGT 310 HR Recruitment & Selection Management MGT 204 3 3 MGT 311 HR Training & Development Management MGT 204 3
In addition to two major elective courses (6 credit hours equivalent to 2 courses) that were not taken before in the Major requirements.
Minor in Hospitality (For Major Management Students ONLY)
15 credit hours equivalent to 5 courses (from elective major courses) Required Minor Courses in Hospitality (from major elective): 9 credit hours equivalent to 3 coursesSerial No. Course Code Course Name Pre-requisite Credit Hrs. 1 HPM 301 Principles of Hospitality Management MGT 101 3 2 HPM 302 Principles of Hospitality Marketing MGT 101 – MRK 201 3 3 HPM 303 Financial Accounting for Hospitality Services MGT 101 – ACT 201 3
In addition to two major elective courses (6 credit hours equivalent to 2 courses) that were not taken before in the Major requirements.
Minor in Entrepreneurial Ship
15 credit hours equivalent to 5 courses (from elective major courses).Serial No. Course Code Course Name Pre-requisite Credit Hrs. 1 MGT312 Small Business Management MGT 101 3 2 FIN 305 Entrepreneurial Finance FIN 201 3 3 ACT 308 Financial Statements Analysis ACT 102 3 4 MRK405 Entrepreneurial Marketing MRK 201 3 5 ECN 407 Feasibility Studies ECN 201 – FIN 201 – MRK 101 – STA 202 3 - Management Information System (MIS) “Not offered”
Required Courses
6 Courses, 20 Credit hours
Serial No. Course Code Course Name Pre-requisite Credit Hrs. 1 MIS 3 01 Computer Programming I MIS 201 3 2 MIS 302 Computer Programming II MIS 301 3 3 MIS 303 Introduction to Network and Communication MIS 201 3 4 MIS 401 Website Development MIS 302 3 5 MIS 402 Software Engineering MIS 201 3 6 MIS 499 Graduation Project in Management Information System MIS 402 5
Elective Courses
Students should also select 4 of the following department electives.
4 Courses, 12 Credit hoursSerial No. Course Code Course Name Pre-requisite Credit Hrs. 1 MIS 304 Database Design and Development MIS 201 3 2 MIS 305 Decision Support System MIS 201 – STA 202 3 3 MIS 403 Human Computer Interaction MIS 302 3 4 MIS 404 Software Project Management MIS 201 3 5 MIS 405 Selected Topics in Management Information System MIS 302 3 6 MGT 308 E-Business CSC 201 – MGT 101 3 7 MGT 407 Human Resources Information Systems CSC 201 – MGT 309 – MGT 310 – MGT 311 3 8 MRK 403 Digital Marketing MRK 303 3 9 MRK 404 Strategic Database Marketing MRK 201 – CSC 201 3 10 ACT 307 Accounting Information System ACT 102 3 11 ACT 407 Computerized Accounting ACT 307 3
Minor in Management Information System major (MIS)
15 credit hours equivalent to 5 courses
Students must select 5 courses offered by the department (9 credit hours equivalent to 3 from required courses and 6 credit hours equivalent to 2 from elective courses)
- Marketing (MRK)
Required Courses
6 Courses, 20 Credit hours
Serial No. Course Code Course Name Pre-requisite Credit Hrs. 1 MRK 301 Marketing Research MRK 201 3 2 MRK 302 Services Marketing MRK 201 3 3 MRK 303 Marketing Strategy MRK 201 3 4 MRK 401 International Marketing MRK 201 3 5 MRK 402 Strategic Brand Management MRK 201 3 6 MRK 499 Graduation Project in Marketing MRK 301 – MRK 303 – MGT 301 5
Elective Courses
Students should also select 4 of the following department electives.
4 Courses, 12 Credit hoursSerial No. Course Code Course Name Pre-requisite Credit Hrs. 1 MRK 304 Management of Professional Selling and Sales Force MRK 201 3 2 MRK 305 Marketing Distribution Channels MRK 201 3 3 MRK 306 Advertising and Promotion MRK 201 3 4 MRK 307 Industrial Marketing MRK 201 3 5 MRK 308 Customer Relationship Management MRK 201 3 6 MRK 309 Marketing & Corporate Social Responsibility MRK 201 3 7 MRK 403 Digital Marketing MRK 303 3 8 MRK 404 Strategic Database Marketing MRK 201 – CSC 201 3 9 MRK 405 Entrepreneurial Marketing MRK 201 3 10 MRK 406 Innovation Management MRK 303 3 11 MRK 407 Special Topics in Marketing MRK 303 3
Minor in Marketing
15 credit hours equivalent to 5 courses
Students must select 5 courses offered by the department (9 credit hours equivalent to 3 from required courses and 6 credit hours equivalent to 2 from elective courses).Minor in Business Administration for non business students
Serial No. Course Code Course Name Pre-requisite Credit Hrs. 1 ACT 101 Principles of Accounting – 4 2 ECN 101 Economics I – 3 3 MGT 101 Principles of Management – 3 4 MGT 202 Organizational Behavior MGT 101 3 5 MRK 101 Principles of Marketing – 3