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Faculty of Education

English Language Teaching Program

Introduction to the Study of Language

This course provides the teacher candidates with a foundation in the understanding of the nature of language and language use to equip them for further study of language and its applications. It covers an investigation of the notion of the language knowledge, with the various levels of language being considered: phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and discourse analysis.

English Structure

This course aims to increase teacher candidates’ skills, knowledge, understanding, and accuracy of English structure. Teacher candidates will learn the language through meaningful topics and practicing it in contextualized settings.

Theoretical and Pedagogical Grammar

This course provides teacher candidates to the study of theoretical approaches to grammar, and demonstrates how such theories impact on pedagogical grammar.

Language Acquisition and Development

This course introduces teacher candidates to the study of how language is acquired by first and second language learners, and describes the key processes and outcomes of language development.

Semantics and Lexicology

Semantics and Lexicology has two different aims: to teach the primary principles of lexical theory, which is essential in order to develop a critical approach towards the lexicon of a foreign language and to stimulate students to reflect on important general issues concerning the question of the relationship between language and thought.

Sociolinguistic

Sociolinguistics is a discipline within the field of linguistics concerned with the systematic investigation of human language in relation to the social world, or in other word, the study of the relationship between language and society. Sociolinguists are broadly concerned with examining how our understanding of language can be informed through a consideration of the social contexts in which language is produced and interpreted.

Discourse Analysis

This course introduces teacher candidates to the nature of spoken and written texts and its use in social context. This course not only focuses on the linguistics symbol used, but also on all the features that accompany language. It is designed to help teacher candidates understand the intricate relationship between linguistic and paralinguistic content of human behavior.

Contemporary Issues in ELT

In this course teacher candidates are introduced to the present and up to date ELT issues both in Indonesian and international contexts. Having information on those issues, teacher candidates will be prepared to become not only a critical teachers but also inquisitive researchers. By the end of the class period, they are expected to come up with a topic to do a research and to write about.

English for Specific Purposes

This course provides the teacher candidates with a foundation in the understanding of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) by discussing the basic principles and techniques in ESP course design covering the syllabus, materials, methodology and assessment.

Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) 1

This course introduces teacher candidates to the teaching of listening and speaking to English language learners. It provides background and theoretical information about listening and speaking, and shows teacher candidates how to plan listening and speaking tasks as well as develop lessons that focus on listening and speaking in an integrated and a holistic manner.

Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) 2

This course introduces teacher candidates to the teaching of reading and writing to English language learners. It provides background and theoretical foundations about reading and writing and guides teacher candidates how to plan writing tasks as well as develop lessons that focus on reading and writing in a purposeful and a holistic manner.

Advanced English Skills

This course examines and reinforces students’ speaking and writing skills they have learnt previously and develops those skills for extended academic projects. The main purpose of this course is to equip students to plan advanced research projects.

Language Assessment

This course provides the teacher candidates with the opportunities to develop knowledge and experiences in understanding basic concepts of testing, assessment, language testing and assessment, their implications on the construction and the interpretation of the testing results. This subject will also cover some current issues in the testing and assessment of language achievement such as authentic assessment, classroom-based assessment and in-process assessment.

Pop Culture

In this course teacher candidates will study the various ideologies operating behind some popular phenomenon taking place in the contemporary society allover the world through some

discussions, study and research.

American Studies

This course examines the significance of social, cultural, political, economic, and environmental factors in the society in USA that help build the nation into one of the strongest in the world. the course covers various topics that explore ideas of striving for reaching the American dream, such as individualism, pioneering, survival and national character. It also analyzes representative figures from different historical periods to understand dominant values, beliefs and myths since its independence up until the current time.

Mathematics Education

Teaching and Learning of Mathematics

This course aims to enable teacher candidates to have a more critical point of view of the teaching and learning of mathematics. In this course pre-service teachers will discuss and reflect on principles of teaching & learning mathematics, various theories of learning, what mathematics is, and learn the basic principles of problem solving, reasoning, proof, communication, connections, and representation in the mathematics classrooms.

Use of English in Teaching Mathematics

This course is designed to improve mathematics teacher candidates proficiency in English to prepare them to teach mathematics using English as a medium of instruction. In this course,

students practice explaining mathematical concepts in English, and also practice questioning and responding to students. Students will also learn to develop instructional resources for teaching

mathematics such as worksheets, guidelines, and mini-textbooks.

Problem Solving and Project Based Learning in Mathematics

In this course teacher candidates will explore various theories and applications related to problem solving and project based learning in the mathematics classroom. Teacher candidates will also

learn to design mathematical lessons using problem solving and project based learning.

History of MathematicsThis course provides a survey on the development of numeracy systems and mathematics in ancient Egyptian, Babylonian, ancient Greece, Chinese, Indian, Islamic civilizations, and also modern world. The knowledge and appreciation of the students on history of mathematics will be developed further to improve the quality of mathematics teaching they will provide in the future.

GeometryStudents, as future teachers, will be provided by basic geometrical concepts and principles, and also skills in applying the concepts and principles in problem solving. This content knowledge and skills will be integrated with pedagogical concepts and best practices of teaching and learning geometry in K-12 .

Number Theory

Students are facilitated to explore many topics of elementary number theory, such as rational and irrational numbers, mathematical induction, divisibility and primes, the Euclidean algorithm, the fundamental theorem of arithmetic, and modular number systems. Through learning the core concepts, students are directed to develop their proof-writing skills step by step.

Calculus IThis course will cover topics on limits and continuity, the fundamental theorem of calculus,

definition of derivative of a function and techniques of differentiation, applications of the derivative to maximizing or minimizing a function, the chain rule, mean value theorem, rate of

change problems, curve sketching, definite and indefinite integration of algebraic, trigonometric, and transcendental functions, with an application to the calculation of areas.

Differential EquationsDifferential Equations course is an introductory course on ordinary differential equations, beginning with definition and terminology, initial-value problems, and differential equations as

mathematical models. Students will learn mainly about how the derivatives calculus appears in equations and is used to represent or to be a model of the real world phenomena. Students will be

able to develop further knowledge and skill of mathematical modeling for real life problems.

MicroteachingIn this course teacher candidates will have opportunity to develop lesson plan and to conduct

teaching practice in real classroom situation. Teacher candidates will be supervised by lecturer and observed by their peers. Teacher candidates are required to invite students from any

secondary schools to act as students in their micro teaching performance. The main goal of the micro teaching course is to provide the student teachers opportunities for practice based teaching

to encourage evaluation on teaching skills.

Faculty of Engineering and Technology

Engineering Program

CHM1046 General Chemistry II

This is the final course of the two-semester general chemistry sequence: CHM1045 and CHM1046; and the final course of the three-semester general chemistry sequence: CHM1040, CHM1041, and CHM1046. These sequences include two laboratories: (1) CHM1045L to be taken concurrently with CHM1041 or CHM1045, and (2) CHM1046L to be taken with CHM1046. Topics covered include thermodynamics, kinetics, equilibrium, electrochemistry, coordination chemistry, descriptive chemistry of metals, nuclear chemistry and an introduction to organic chemistry.

CHM1046L General Chemistry II Laboratory

Laboratory experiments to accompany CHM1046E or CHM1046. Special fee charged. Upon successful completion of this course, the students should be able to use appropriate laboratory equipment to safely perform laboratory experiments that relate to the topics covered in CHM1046 or CHM1046E, to collect data accurately and to use those data to calculate a reasonable answer or come to a logical conclusion.

PHY2048 General Physics with Calculus I

PHY2048 is part one of a comprehensive course in physics outlining mechanics, heat, and wave motion using analysis in calculus.

PHY2048L General Physics with Calculus I Laboratory

PHY2048L is a laboratory which allows students to able to collect and analyze data in a variety of experiments covering topics covered in its companion course PHY2048. Students will create experiment reports using analysis in calculus.

PHY2049 General Physics with Calculus II

PHY2049 is part two of a comprehensive physics course outlining electricity, magnetism and optics using analysis in calculus.

PHY2049L General Physics with Calculus II Laboratory

A series of physics laboratory experiments chosen to coincide with the lecture course PHY2049. The course will include topics in electricity, magnetism, and optics. One 2-hour class meeting per week. A laboratory fee is charged.

MAC2312 Calculus & Analytical Geometry II

This is the second of a three-course sequence in calculus. Topics include techniques of integration, conics, polar coordinates, indeterminate forms, L'Hopital's Rule, proper integrals, infinite series, parametric equations, improper integrals, volume, arc length, surface area, work, and other applications of integration. A graphing calculator may be required in certain sections of this course. Recommendation from the Mathematics Department or at least a grade of a “C” in the prerequisite coursework required.

MAC2313 Calculus & Analytical Geometry III

This is the third of a three-course sequence in calculus. Topics include vectors in 3 space, 3 dimensional surfaces, multivariate functions, cylindrical and spherical coordinates, multiple integrals, partial derivatives, vector fields, a graphing calculator may be required in certain sections of this course. Recommendation from the Mathematics Department or at least a grade of a “C” in the prerequisite coursework required.

MAP2302 Differential Equations

Topics include the classification, solution and application of differential equations, including numerical methods, Laplace transforms, linear systems, and series solutions.

MAS2103 Linear Algebra

A first course in linear algebra, emphasizing the algebra of matrices and vector spaces. Recommended for students majoring in mathematics or related areas.

ECO2023 Principles of Microeconomics

An introductory course stressing microeconomic theories. Topics studied include the theory and application of supply and demand elasticity; theory of consumer demand, utility; production and cost theory including law of diminishing returns; the firm's profit-maximizing behaviors under market models ranging from pure competition to pure monopoly; the theory of income distribution; comparative advantage, trade policies exchange rates, balance of payments, and other international issues.

COP1000C Introduction to Computer Programming

This course provides the beginning programming student with the techniques necessary to write well-documented, structured computer programs. The course is intended to emphasize the planning process using examples involving sequence, selection, and iteration. The course is designed to promote good programming practices for further study of other programming languages.

EGS1001 Introduction to Engineering

This course is a basic introduction to engineering. It will explore the various engineering fields, engineering problem solving, and basic math and physics used by engineers. Other topics such as safety, ethics, and engineering communications will also be addressed.

ETD1320 Basic CAD

First course in computer aided design (CAD), Laboratory work using AutoCAD software. Topics include fundamentals of DOS, AutoCAD command structure, setting units and limits, drafting primitives, layering, use of editing tools; grid, snap, and axis commands. Assignments requiring extensive use of the CAD lab.

Computer Science Program

Discrete Mathematics

The purpose of this course is to study discrete structures and to understand many of the basic concepts,

definitions and theorems of discrete mathematics. The course will also provide students with experience

on how to make informed conjecture. Students will understand the basic principles of counting,

permutations and combinations, generalized permutations and combinations, the binomial theorem,

combinatorial identities, the pigeonhole principle and basic concepts and principles of graphs.

Computer Programming

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of procedural programming languages via practical

exposure to the C programming language. Topics for this course will include, but are not limited to,

procedural programming languages, elementary data structures, file handling and pointers. Emphasis

will be placed on both the practical and theoretical aspects of computer programming.

Object Oriented Programming

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of object-oriented programming languages via

practical exposure to the Java programming language. Topics for this course will include an introduction

to Java, fundamental programming structures, graphical user interfaces, Unified Modelling Language.

Emphasis will be placed on both the practical and theoretical aspects of object-oriented programming.

Digital Systems

This course is designed to teach students about applied logic, which introduces them to the basics of

electronics and digital systems. Students will use engineering design and troubleshooting techniques

that are used in the digital electronics field. Topics in this unit include combinational logic analysis and

design, assembly language, foundations of digital electronics, sequential logic analysis and design,

programming and digital logic design, and an introduction to microcontrollers.

Computer Organization and Architecture

This course introduces the students to computer architecture starting from top-level view of computer

system and then taking closer view of the basic hardware components to construct more sophisticated

circuits, which are then converted into memory units, processor units as well as a whole computer

systems. Topics will include: overview of number systems and representation, computer arithmetic, the

CPU, registers, bus architectures, instruction types, micro operations, memory hierarchy, virtual

memory, auxiliary memory, I/O peripheral devices and communication interfaces.

Operating Systems

This course introduces the students to a wider range of Operating Systems and their implementation

details. Students will learn the internals and how Operating Systems work and exposure to several

operating systems. Topics in this course include: OS Architecture, OS Basics, OS Internals, Underneath

the Framework, Resource Management, OS Security, and Mobile OS.

Data Structure

This course introduces a variety of data structures and their algorithmics. The course teaches the

student how to choose appropriate data structures and which type of algorithm is most likely to achieve

a correct solution in the most efficient way. Topics will include arrays, lists, trees, hashing, sorting and

heaps. There will also be a cursory introduction to the fields of complexity theory, analysis and the

notion of NP-completeness.

Creative Digital Design Program

The Origin of Design

In this course the student will work independently and in groups to establish an understanding of Design

Fundamentals including design’s method and process. Comparing design practice in the past and

present, interpreting as to reflect design is a way of thinking. This will be in the form of information

design. At this stage students will begin the process of keeping an online journal and methods of

presentation. The nature of this course is to provide an introduction to Design contexts, histories and

sociologies. Weekly objectives will often be introduced to the student at the weekly session in keeping

with design industry practices. The aim is to provide a learning environment that is current and can

respond to changes and topics of weekly current issues. The course will be a blended hybrid learning

model that is relevant to current practice. The course will outline generic practice and content will

follow allowing for various tutors to bring their expertise and interests into the facilitation of sessions in

the Studio. The course ‘class’ will always be referred to as a “studio session” and begin the journey

toward professional studio practice relevant to design methodologies currently in play.

Narratives, Concepts, & Storytelling

The student is introduced to the concepts and outcomes of different narrative forms, including the

historical and theoretical. They will understand wider cultural contexts and develop a personal

storytelling structure that can be interacted with by others. New approaches to storytelling are intrinsic

to digital storytelling and the viral aspect of narrative dissemination. The student establishes a Digital

Learning Journal to identify research and outcomes clearly. The student will begin to understand the

need to regularly present to others and will receive feedback in classroom situations. These

presentations will be centered on the body of work produced. Students will also be introduced to the

concept of blogging and the use of blogs as an ongoing receptacle for outcomes, research and the

evaluation of their studies.

Visual Cultures

This course will survey visual cultures from the Renaissance period to the present. While the factors that

influence the visual with regard to their cultural impact count, this course will focus on exploring how

visual cultures influence society, and will explore art/design/media as a means of (visual)

communication between the artist/designer and society. Students will study, aesthetically evaluate, and

critically analyze many works of visual culture across format, time period, social and cultural dynamics,

and geography. The main focus of the course is to understand the way “the visual” communicates ideas

and imparts those ideas in a social context, and how intention in visual communications informs and

shapes societal structures. For example, renaissance art and its relationship to the religious informed

the broader community of the religious ideology of the time. This course will also look at the

relationships between Western and Eastern cultural influences and their influence on each other.

Introduction to Online Publishing

Students will be introduced to the concepts and outcomes of different forms of online publishing

through a historical and theoretical scope. Following a wider cultural context and developing a personal

storytelling structure, students will join creative practice with aesthetics in order to affect a more

comprehensive understanding of new digital possibilities and thought in the field of online publishing.

The student establishes a Digital Learning Journal to identify research and outcomes clearly. The student

will begin to understand the need to regularly present to others and will receive feedback in classroom

situations. These presentations will be centered on the body of work produced. Students will also be

introduced to the concept of blogging and the use of blogs as an ongoing receptacle for outcomes,

research and the evaluation of their studies. We will explore themes and genres within online publishing

practices.

Perception Analysis and Creation: Pending

This course will introduce students to advanced knowledge of human perceptual functioning as part of

the techniques central to the design of effective visualization. The course will introduce students to

psychology with a focus on design-relevant areas and orientations including cognitive psychology, action

psychology, communication, and digital media design. Students will conduct design projects that focus

on structuring and visualizing complex information to produce efficient visual design.

Introduction to Interactive Media

In this course students will explore the different types of interactive media, including the different

design styles, transformation, distortion, and masking. Other topics covered in the course include

motion techniques and character animation, interactivity and games, and animation effects. Students

will be introduced to the concepts and outcomes of different forms of interactive digital media through

a historical, theoretical and practical scope of contents and activities. Following a wider cultural context

and developing a personal storytelling structure, students will join creative practice with aesthetics in

order to affect a more comprehensive understanding of new digital possibilities and thought in the field

of Interactive Digital Media.

Creative Narratives: Online Storytelling

This course will introduce the student to narrative-making across multiple forms of media, including

comic books or novels, film, television, audio, video-games, websites and other forms of user-driven

content. Story-telling through social media and digital technology in video/moving images and media

industry is studied in order to take advantage of each platform and enhance the audience’s experience.

The student will gain an understanding of these media-specific concerns to lead into developing a

project. The students will learn how to develop a brief, work on a live project, write an element of a

story world, produce media content, and then launch the project in social media. The development

process includes documentation of research, practical and conceptual exploration, production and

critical reflection.

Moving Image Syntax: Moving Images I

This course introduces digital technologies for moving image identifying contemporary approaches of

remixing appropriated footage and the mashing together of footage from disparate sources. The

student will be introduced to online cross media dissemination. The student will be introduced by

demonstration to editing platforms and in particular pre-production, production, and post-production

processes for the development of their own videos. They will be introduced as well to storyboarding and

concepts of moving image. The student will undertake practical workshops in camera and lighting

techniques. Students will undertake self-initiated experimental work to produce a moving image

outcome. The course will expect students to present development regularly in each session and

disseminate the final outcome online on various platforms such as YouTube and links from their blogs

that they will establish at the outset of the course. The course will explore themes and genres within

moving images.

Faculty of Business

1. Foundations of Everyday Leadership

(2 credits) In this course you will learn about the “head and heart” of everyday leadership,

individual decision making, group decision making, and managing motivation. The objectives are to understand why and how leadership skills are so critical to organizational success, and learn the foundations of effective leadership skills.

2. Application of Everyday Leadership

(2 credits) This course covers the following topics: negotiation, feedback and coaching, conflict management, and leading change. The objectives are to learn how to use leadership skills to work more effectively with others, how to use leadership skills to organize others to work more effectively together, and to apply the foundations of effective leadership skills to everyday situations faced by leaders.

3. Financial Accounting: Foundation

(2 credits) In this course, you will learn foundations of financial accounting information. You will start your journey with a general overview of what financial accounting information is and the main financial statements. You will then learn how to code financial transactions in financial accounting language. In the meantime, you will learn about the most important concept in contemporary financial accounting: accrual accounting. You will then critically analyze how firms recognize revenues. Finally, you will finish the course with an analysis of accounting for short-term assets where you will go into detail on how firms account for accounts receivables and inventories.

4. Financial Accounting: Advanced Topics

(2 credits) In this course, you will explore advanced topics in financial accounting. You will start your journey with accounting for assets with more than one-year life. You will learn in detail how firms account for fixed assets. You will then move to financing of assets and discuss accounting for liabilities. The course will continue with an in-depth exploration of shareholders’ equity. Finally, you will critically evaluate preparation, components, and analysis of cash flows statement.

5. Econometrics

(3 credits) This course will discuss advanced method of econometrics such as Time Series, Instrumental Variable, Data Panel, Binary Dependent Variable Method, and Event Studies.

The first half of the course is lecture, while the other half of this course will be student presentation. The overall aim of this course is to enable students to conduct their own empirical research project with focus in finance and how to select empirical research topic, select appropriate methodology, and then present the result in the form of research paper.

6. Money & Banking

(3 credits) This course examines the role of money in the local and global economic context, as well as in the development of businesses and countries. Using theory, applications, and real-life examples, it investigates how financial markets (such as those for bonds, stocks, and foreign exchange) and financial institutions (banks, insurance companies, mutual funds, and other institutions) work. Topics covered include the financial system, money measurement, the behavior of interest rates, the theory of rational expectations and the efficient market hypothesis, banking and the management of financial institutions, the structure and the competition in the banking industry, including monetary policy and the role of central banks.

7. Intro to Marketing à Foundation of Marketing

(3 credits) This course provides an introduction to marketing through the lens of creating value for customers and building profitable customer relationships. It illustrates the process by which firms understand consumer needs, decide on target markets, develop an attractive value proposition, and retain and grow consumers. Throughout the subject, students will be exposed to real-world examples and stories that show concepts in action. Students will also be exposed to important issues in global marketing, marketing ethics and social responsibility.

8. Operations Management

(3 credits) Operations are the processes by which an organization transforms inputs (e.g., labor, material, and knowledge) into outputs (products and/or services). Operations managers are responsible for designing, running, and improving the related systems to efficiently accomplish the production or service goals. This course focuses on the concepts and tools employed by operations managers to provide their organizations with competitive advantages in terms of operations strategy, process design, quality, supply chain management, and resource planning and utilization.

9. Designing the Organization: From Strategy to Organizational Structure

(2 credits) In this course you will understand how firms are organized, what factors must be taken into account in making critical design decisions, and what role managers play in making these choices. In order to answer these questions, we will first develop a conceptual process model that links business models, external and internal contingencies, and organizational design. Second, we will focus on the fundamental principles of organization design and what alternative design choices are available for managers. Finally, we will apply these concepts and ideas to organizational situations to develop the critical insights and decision making skills to build effective organizations.

10. Managing the Organization: From Organizational Design to Execution

(2 credits) In this course you will build a practical framework to understand the critical linkages between organization design and the creation of economic value through execution and how managers make sure that the organizations they design can execute the strategies they have envisioned under changing environmental conditions.

11. Investment I: Fundamental of Performance Evaluation

(2 credits) In this course, we will discuss fundamental principles of trading off risk and return, portfolio optimization, and security pricing. We will study and use risk-return models such as the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and multi-factor models to evaluate the performance of various securities and portfolios. Specifically, we will learn how to interpret and estimate regressions that provide us with both a benchmark to use for a security given its risk (determined by its beta), as well as a risk-adjusted measure of the security’s performance (measured by its alpha). Building upon this framework, market efficiency and its implications for patterns in stock returns and the asset-management industry will be discussed. Finally, the course will conclude by connecting investment finance with corporate finance by examining firm valuation techniques such as the use of market multiples and discounted cash flow analysis.

12. Investment II: Lessons and Applications for Investors

(2 credits) In this course, you will start by reviewing the fundamentals of investments, including the trading off of return and risk when forming a portfolio, asset pricing models such as the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and the 3-Factor Model, and the efficient

market hypothesis. You will be introduced to the two components of stock returns – dividends and capital gains – and will learn how each are taxed and the incentives provided to investors from a realization-based capital gains tax. You will examine the investment decisions (and behavioral biases) of participants in defined-contribution (DC) pension plans like 401(k) plans in the U.S. and will learn about the evidence regarding the performance of individual investors in their stock portfolios. The course concludes by discussing the evidence regarding the performance of actively-managed mutual funds. You will learn about the fees charged to investors by mutual funds and the evidence regarding the relation between fees charged and fund performance.

13. Research method in Banking / Finance

(3 credits)

14. Advanced Econometrics à Topics in Econometrics

(3 credits) This course extends the materials covered in Econometrics. It deals with the quantitative measurement and analysis of economic and business phenomena using tools of economic theory, mathematics, and statistical inferences. The course uses numerous examples to illustrate advanced topics on the theory and practice of econometrics. Topics covered include econometric modeling, nonlinear regression models, use of matrix algebra, qualitative response regression models, panel data regression models, dynamic econometric models, and simultaneous equations models.

15. Portfolio Theory & Analysis

(3 credits)

16. Elective course : Treasury Management

(2 credits)

17. Business Strategy

(2 credits) In this course you will learn how organizations create, capture, and maintain value,

and how it is fundamental for sustainable competitive advantage. You will be able to better understand value creation and capture, and learn the tools to analyze both competition and cooperation from a variety of perspectives, including the industry level (e.g., five forces analysis), and the firm level (e.g., business models and strategic positioning).

18. Corporate Strategy

(2 credits) In this course you will learn how organizations create, capture, and maintain value, and how it is fundamental for sustainable competitive advantage. You will be able to better understand economic value creation and value appropriation, and learn the tools to analyze both competition and cooperation from a corporate level perspective, (e.g., through vertical integration, diversification, and geographic scope decisions).

19. Corporate Finance I: Measuring and Promoting Value Creation

(2 credits) In this course you will learn how to use key finance principles to understand and measure business success and to identify and promote true value creation. You will learn how to use accounting information to form key financial ratios to measure a company’s financial health and to manage a company's short-term and long-term liquidity needs. You will also learn how to use valuation techniques to make sound business investment and acquisition decisions. Finally, you will learn how to incorporate risk and uncertainty into investment decisions and how to evaluate the performance of existing investments.

20. Corporate Finance II: Financing Investment & Managing Risk

(2 credits) In this course you will learn how companies decide on how much debt to take, and whether to raise capital from markets or from banks. You will also learn how to measure and manage credit risk and how to deal with financial distress. You will discuss the mechanics of dividends and share repurchases, and how to choose the best way to return cash to investors. You will also learn how to use derivatives and liquidity management to offset specific sources of financial risk, including currency risks. Finally, You will learn how companies finance merger and acquisition decisions, including leveraged buyouts, and how to incorporate large changes in leverage in standard valuation models.

21. Financial Case & Business Simulation à Case studies in Finance

(4 credits) This course consists of selected case studies covering variety of real-life situations faced by firms in different parts of the world requiring analysis and decision-making. The cases cover variety of topics including Consumer Analysis, Distribution, International Marketing, Market Analysis, Market Segmentation, Market Strategy, Marketing Channels, Marketing Planning, Marketing Research, New Products, Pricing, and Product Strategy.

22. Internship

(3 credits) In semester 7, you are required to take internship in various companies for three month. During this internship period, students will be able to have real job experience. This will be the topic for your thesis assignment in Semester 8.

23. Strategic Leadership & Management Capstone

(3 credits) Enhance leadership and business skills for immediate impact. Practice everyday leadership, manage people, learn and apply concepts and techniques to effectively manage organizations through organizational design, and formulate and implement strategy.

24. Financial Management Capstone

(2 credits) This Specialization covers the fundamentals of strategic financial management, including financial accounting, investments, and corporate finance. You will learn to evaluate major strategic corporate and investment decisions and to understand capital markets and institutions from a financial perspective, and you will develop an integrated framework for value-based financial management and individual financial decision-making.

25. Venture Finance

(2 credits)

26. Thesis

(6 credits)

27. Elective course: Credit & Lending Management

(2 credits)

MARKETING


(2 credits) In this course you will learn about the “head and heart” of everyday leadership, individual decision making, group decision making, and managing motivation. The objectives are to understand why and how leadership skills are so critical to organizational success, and learn the foundations of effective leadership skills.



3. Marketing in a Digital World

(2 credits) This course examines how digital tools, such as the Internet, smartphones, and 3D printing, are revolutionizing the world of marketing by shifting the balance of power from firms to consumers.


(3 credits) Operations are the processes by which an organization transforms inputs (e.g., labor, material, and knowledge) into outputs (products and/or services). Operations managers are responsible for designing, running, and improving the related systems to

efficiently accomplish the production or service goals. This course focuses on the concepts and tools employed by operations managers to provide their organizations with competitive advantages in terms of operations strategy, process design, quality, supply chain management, and resource planning and utilization.

5. Global Marketing

(3 credits) This course provides an overview of the issues faced by the global organization in its quest to maintain strategic focus while pursuing competitive advantage. This course addresses key areas of importance to global marketing, such as the impact of emerging nations, the digital revolution and economic uncertainty. A strong emphasis is placed on the global marketing mix including brand, product and pricing decisions. Finally students are introduced to the strategic elements of competitive advantage. This includes the importance of exceptional leadership and responding to societal demands for corporate social responsibility.

6. Consumer Behavior

(3 credits) This course goes beyond the discussion of why people buy things and explores how products, services, and consumption activities contribute to shape people’s social experiences both face-to-face and digitally. It adopts a multicultural perspective and uses global examples and cases to show how consumers behave.

7. Integrated Marketing Communications

(3 credits) The objective of the course is to help students understand the principles and practices of marketing communications, involving tools used by marketers to inform consumers and to provide a managerial framework for integrated marketing communications planning. Topics: the role of integrated marketing communications, organizing for advertising and promotion, consumer behavior perspective, the communication process, promotional objectives and budgets, creative strategy, media planning and strategy, broadcast/print & support media, direct marketing, sales promotions, PR and publicity, personal selling, international promotion, business-to-business promotions, and regulations and ethics.

8. E-commerce & Marketing

(3 credits) This course describes the manner in which transactions take place over networks, mostly the Internet. It is the process of electronically buying and selling goods, services, and information. Certain E-Commerce applications, such as buying and selling stocks and airline tickets on the Internet, are growing rapidly, exceeding non-Internet trades.





11. Digital Analysis for Marketing Professionals: Marketing Analytics in Theory

(2 credits) Learn the introductory theory and strategy behind marketing analytics that provides marketers with the foundation needed to apply data analytics to real-world challenges they confront daily in their professional lives.

12. Digital Analysis for Marketing Professionals: Marketing Analytics in Practice

(2 credits) his course builds on the theory and foundations of marketing analytics and focuses on practical application by demystifying the use of data in marketing and helping you realize the power of visualizing data with artful use of numbers found in the digital space.

13. Fundamental of Marketing Research

(3 credits) Introduction to the fundamentals of market research. Provides a basic understanding of marketing research and relevant decisions in the process.

14. Service Marketing

(3 credits) This course provides comprehensive coverage of service marketing strategies; it seamlessly builds on topics covered in earlier marketing subjects. The course begins by covering topics such as the nature of services and how to understand them, how consumer behavior relates to services, and how to position services. Other topics covered include managing the interface between customers and the service organization, additional 3 P’s (Process, Physical environment, and People) that are specific to services marketing, and key issues in implementing and managing effective services marketing; building customer loyalty, complaint handling and service recovery, improving service quality and productivity and striving for service leadership.


(2 credits) In this course you will learn how organizations create, capture, and maintain value, and how it is fundamental for sustainable competitive advantage. You will be able to better understand value creation and capture, and learn the tools to analyze both competition and cooperation from a variety of perspectives, including the industry level (e.g., five forces analysis), and the firm level (e.g., business models and strategic positioning).



17. Digital Marketing Channels: The Landscape

(2 credits) Learn the role of digital channels in an integrated marketing campaign and why

you need a digital strategy. Interact with the content and hear from industry experts invited to join the course.

18. Digital Marketing Channels: Planning

(2 credits) Learn the role of digital channels in an integrated marketing campaign and why you need a digital strategy. Interact with the content and hear from industry experts invited to join the course.

19. Marketing Case & Business Simulation à Marketing Case Studies

(4 credits) This course consists of selected case studies covering variety of real-life situations faced by firms in different parts of the world requiring analysis and decision-making. The cases cover variety of topics including Consumer Analysis, Distribution, International Marketing, Market Analysis, Market Segmentation, Market Strategy, Marketing Channels, Marketing Planning, Marketing Research, New Products, Pricing, and Product Strategy.

20. Internship




22. Digital Marketing Capstone

(3 credits) This Specialization explores several aspects of the new digital marketing environment, including topics such as digital marketing analytics, search engine optimization, social media marketing, and 3D Printing. When you complete the Digital Marketing Specialization you will have a richer understanding of the foundations of the new digital

marketing landscape and acquire a new set of stories, concepts, and tools to help you digitally create, distribute, promote and price products and services.

23. Thesis

(6 credits)

24. Marketing Plan & Strategy à Strategic Marketing

(3 credits) This course develops decision-making skills in marketing by introducing students to concepts and tools useful in framing and solving marketing problems. The subject uses case studies to describe actual marketing problems where the decision maker learns to develop a strategy consistent with the underlying situational factors and to consider the implications of that strategy for the organization and its environment. Topics covered include financial aspects of marketing management, opportunity analysis, market segmentation, market targeting, product and service strategy and brand management, marketing communication strategy and management, marketing channel strategy and management, pricing strategy, and global marketing strategy.

HUMAN RESOURCE & ORGANIZATION





3. Managerial Accounting: Cost Behaviors, Systems and Analysis

(2 credits) In this course, you will learn how to use accounting to facilitate and align decisions made by owners, managers, and employees. You will learn how accountants create, organize, interpret, and communicate information that improves internal processes, and allows organizations to identify and leverage opportunities to create value within the supply chain and with customers.

4. Managerial Accounting: Tools for Facilitating & Guiding Business Decisions

(2 credits) In this course, you will explore how to use accounting to allocate resources and incentivize manager and employee behaviors in using these resources. You will also learn how financial and non-financial accounting information facilitates strategic performance measurement and how to integrate this information to continuously improve strategy.


(3 credits) Operations are the processes by which an organization transforms inputs (e.g., labor, material, and knowledge) into outputs (products and/or services). Operations managers are responsible for designing, running, and improving the related systems to efficiently accomplish the production or service goals. This course focuses on the concepts and tools employed by operations managers to provide their organizations with competitive advantages in terms of operations strategy, process design, quality, supply chain management, and resource planning and utilization.Organizational Behavior

6. Human Resource Management

(3 credits) Human Resources Management could be describes as Human Resources as a strategic partner role in managing today’s organization by doing HR strategy and analysis, HR Scorecard, staffing, workforce planning and employment, Training and Human Resources

Development, Talent and Retention, Compensation and total rewards system, Employee Safety and Labor relation , Global HRM.





9. Process Improvement

(2 credits) In this course you will focus on process improvement. You will learn how to set organizational priorities for continuous process improvement, how to execute process improvement projects, and how to sustain the initiative for continuous improvements.

10. Research Method in Management

(3 credits) This subject provides a comprehensive coverage of Business Research Methods. It emphasizes an applied approach based on practical applications backed by solid theory where managerial decision-making is the underlying theme. Topics covered include the business research process, problem definition, survey research, observation methods, experimental research, measurement and scaling, attitude measurement, questionnaire

design, sampling design and procedures, fieldwork, editing and coding, and communicating the research results (report generation, oral presentation, and follow-up).

11. Organizational Development & Change

(3 credits)

12. Business Communications

(3 credits) Mastery of the principles of Business Communication is essential for business executives and entrepreneurs who take the role of business leaders to perform better than the competitors. Empirical studies have shown a positive direct correlation between being a successful business leader and being an effective communicator. This course is designed to explore various kinds of thinking frameworks and techniques of application in the practices and processes of effective communication in business. By mastering the skills and knowledges, the students will have the ability to communicate effectively by using logical and persuasive techniques.

13. Training and Development

(3 credits)




(2 credits) In this course you will learn how organizations create, capture, and maintain value, and how it is fundamental for sustainable competitive advantage. You will be able to better understand economic value creation and value appropriation, and learn the tools to analyze

both competition and cooperation from a corporate level perspective, (e.g., through vertical integration, diversification, and geographic scope decisions).

16. Marketing Management I

(2 credits) In this course, you will learn how businesses create value for customers. We will examine the process by which Marketing builds on a thorough understanding of buyer behavior to create value. You will learn the major elements of the marketing mix - product policy, channels of distribution, communication, and pricing - and see how they fit within different analytical frameworks that are useful to managers. This will enhance your understanding of how marketing works in the business world.

17. Marketing Management II

(2 credits) In this course, you will further examine how businesses create value for customers. In Marketing Management I, you learned the major elements of the marketing mix - product policy, channels of distribution, communication, and pricing - and saw how they fit within different analytical frameworks that are useful to managers. In this course, you will complete a more detailed analysis of these elements in order to conduct a thorough strategic analysis of marketing opportunities and communicate marketing decisions. This will enable you to see “marketing in action” in the business world.

18. Business Case & Business Simulation

(4 credits) Case Studies: This is a capstone subject consisting of selected case studies covering variety of real-life situations faced by firms in different parts of the world requiring analysis and decision-making. The cases cover variety of topics including Acquisitions, Competitiveness, Corporate Strategy, Diversification, Globalization, Growth Strategy, Industry Analysis, Joint Ventures, Organizational Structure, Strategic Change, and Strategic Planning.

Business Simulation: This capstone business simulation provides the students with a basic understanding of how to run a business. It is dealing with the strategic decision of a private business that manufactures and sells computers to various industries. All participants play the game individually or in teams of 3 members, engaging in the roles of sole owner or functional departments and the simulation will be carried out based on monthly decision up to 36 months maximum. It will also give students the opportunity to work as teams in making important tradeoffs and decisions regarding marketing, operations, product decision, human resources, logistics, and finance issues in a simulated dynamic business environment.

19. Internship




21. Value Chain Management Capstone

(3 credits) The capstone for the Value Chain Management specialization will provide a learning experience that examines how the various segments of a business integrate to create a value chain. The capstone involves an in-depth analysis of an actual business situation. The final deliverable consists of a plan based on a comprehensive analysis of how accounting, marketing, and operations work together to create a value chain. The plan will propose how value creation in organizations and supply chains can be enhanced using the concepts and frameworks learned in the three courses.

22. Venture Finance

(2 credits)

23. Thesis

(6 credits)

ACCOUNTING





3. Financial Statement / Understanding Financial Statement: Company Position

(2 credits) This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of financial statements with an emphasis on the balance sheet. However, to understand accounting driven financial statements, it is important to recognize that accounting is less about counting and more about measuring. “What is it that is being measured?” Well, as the course unfolds, you will learn about the three measurement questions and how the balance sheet helps to answer the first two of these questions. By touring a real company and interviewing real business people, the course describes the basic content of financial statements in a simple yet relevant context. The goal of the course is to leave a lasting impression about what balance sheet consists of and what it reveals. The next course in the Fundamentals of Accounting Specialization completes the conversation by addressing the remaining measurement question.

4. Financial Statement / Understanding Financial Statement: Company Performance

(2 credits) This course is designed to provide a basic understanding of financial statements with an emphasis on the income statement. Building on the foundation formed in the first course, you will learn about the third of our three measurement questions and how the income statement helps to answer this final measurement question. Returning to the real business people introduced in the first course, this second course describes the basic content of income statement in a simple yet relevant context. The course ends by summarizing many

of the lessons learned in both courses to leave you with a lasting impression about what financial statements are and how accounting can work for you. We all know that accounting is “the language of business”; let’s make learning this language engaging, and perhaps even fun!

5. EDP Audit

(2 credits)

6. Auditing I

(2 credits) This course provides a comprehensive introduction to auditing and related assurance services. This includes the role of auditing in organizational governance and risk management. The subject commences with an introduction to the auditing profession, covering the nature of auditing and the economic role of auditors in society. The standards that govern audit performance as well as audit reports, professional ethics, independence and legal liability are emphasized. The subject also provides an overview of the audit process, including documentation, responsibilities, assessing fraud risk and detecting fraud. The impact of information technology is also explained with students having opportunity to use audit software to assist in problem solving.

7. Income Tax Individual & Corporate à Federal income Tax Individual

(4 credits) The course renders terms of reference in understanding and follow-up of development of changes related to various aspects basic laws and the logic of statute rules and regulation about taxation, types, nature, classification, and various alternative on tax collection systems; roles and functions of tax for government, as well as the implications on the supply of goods and services locally, nationally, regionally, and internationally exercised by individuals and especially by business organizations.

8. Advanced Financial Accounting à Advanced Accounting

(3 credits) This course focuses on advanced accounting issues. It provides theoretical discussion as well as practical financial reporting problems associated with accounting for derivatives and foreign currency transactions, foreign currency financial statements, and segment and interim financial reporting. In addition, the subject covers specialized accounting issues covering partnerships, and corporate liquidations and reorganizations. Additional topics include accounting for state and local governmental units, accounting for not-for-profit organizations, and accounting for estates and trusts.





11. Cost Accounting / Accounting for Business Decision Making: Measurement & Operational Decision

(2 credits) This course provides an introduction to accounting’s measurement role inside of an organization and how accountants communicate information that helps managers and employees make operational decisions. In particular, you will learn how cost information is created and organized to help managers and employees conduct profitability analyses,

develop and choose products, make pricing decisions, and make common business decisions.

12. Cost Accounting / Accounting for Business Decision Making: Strategy Assets & Control

(2 credits) This course provides an introduction to accounting’s role in helping managers develop and implement, and improve the organization’s strategy. In particular, you will learn how non-financial and financial information is created, organized, and communicated to help managers make strategic decisions, as well as measure strategic success. This course also provides an introduction to accounting as a control function inside the organization, which helps influence the alignment of managers’ and employees’ decisions with organizational goals. You will learn about different types of controls, including process controls, budgets, and performance measurement and evaluation tools and techniques.

13. Research Method in Accounting à Research Method

(3 credits) This course provides a comprehensive coverage of Business Research Methods. It emphasizes an applied approach based on practical applications backed by solid theory where managerial decision-making is the underlying theme. Topics covered include the business research process, problem definition, survey research, observation methods, experimental research, measurement and scaling, attitude measurement, questionnaire design, sampling design and procedures, fieldwork, editing and coding, and communicating the research results (report generation, oral presentation, and follow-up).

14. Auditing II

(2 credits) This course follows on from Auditing I and provides students with the skills to understand audit decision-making and evidence accumulation. This subject applies the audit process covered in Auditing I to the sales, payment and other cycles. All aspects of completing the audit, including performing additional tests to address presentation, disclosure objectives and obtaining management representations are covered. Finally, other assurance and non-assurance services are discussed to provide studenst with a complete overview of the audit profession.

15. Elective 1: Accounting Theory

(2 credits) This subject provides a comprehensive coverage of financial accounting theory. It

investigates how accounting reforms and regulations influence the way companies do business, improves market efficiency, and lowers risk premium. The subject has a theoretical orientation coupled with considerable coverage of the International Financial Reporting Standards. In addition, the subject includes discussion of practitioner and societal implication of accounting theory and standard setting. Topics covered include measurement issues, agency theory, positive accounting theory, analysis of conflict and the economic and political consequences of standard setting.

16. Elective 2: IFRS

(2 credits) The course provides practical implementation guide of International Financial Reporting Standard that is being adopted around countries.





19. Accounting Seminar & Business Simulation

(4 credits)

20. Internship




22. Fundamental of Accounting Capstone

(2 credits) In this Specialization, you will learn the fundamentals of both of these purposes of accounting. More specifically, you will understand the financial statements that managers create, and be able to interpret and analyze these statements to assess the financial position of the organization. You will also identify and understand the nature, purpose, and importance of different types of decision-useful accounting information, and use analytical tools and techniques to use this information to make business decisions. Via the capstone, you will apply these fundamentals via the lens of a new business, creating a business plan, forecasts and budgets, and anticipated information needs for decisions made by you as owner and manager, your employees, and external parties such as future shareholders, creditors, and other constituents.

23. Thesis

(6 credits)

24. Fraud Accounting & Investigative Audit

(2 credits)

25. State Financial Auditing

(3 credits)

26. International Accounting à International Accounting I

(2 credits) This course will specifically develop the ability to understand, interpret, and analyze international financial information. This course focus on the accounting issues related to international business activities and foreign operations such as international currency system, prices worldwide, business combination etc.

1. Management

2. Accounting

· Principles of Accounting (3 credits)

Fall and Spring.

A study of the use and preparation of financial information and the accounting system as an interpretative tool to communicate information about a variety of economic events to both internal and external users. Topics covered include the preparation and interpretation of financial statements for external users as well as managerial uses of accounting data, cost analysis, budgeting and performance evaluation.

· 301. Financial Reporting & Analysis (3 credits)

Fall and Spring. Prerequisite: BUAD 203 or the equivalent.

This course focuses on the financial reporting environment: evaluating the quality of the reported information, analyzing reporting choices, and assessing the role of financial information in resource allocation decisions. Topics traditionally included in intermediate accounting are covered by analyzing key business transactions on the financial statements and measures of performance evaluations such as profitability, competitiveness, and leverage. This course is designed to be taken as either a one-semester course or as part of a two-semester sequence with BUAD 302.

· 302. Advanced Financial Reporting & Analysis (3 credits)

Spring. Prerequisite: BUAD 301 or consent of the instructor

This course focuses on an advanced study of topics in financial reporting that are traditionally considered in intermediate accounting. Reporting issues related to topics such as pensions, stock options, and deferred taxes are considered with reference to original source materials and accounting research.

· 303. Strategic Cost Management (3 credits)

Spring. Prerequisite: BUAD 203 or the equivalent.

Applications of cost analysis to inventory valuation and income determination and planning and control of routine operations and non-routine decisions. This course emphasizes the relevance of cost concepts to modern decision tools. Substantial use of problems and cases.

· 401. Advanced Accounting (3 credits)

Spring. Prerequisite: BUAD 301 or consent of the instructor.

A study of consolidated statements, partnership accounting for special arrangements, fiduciary accounting and fund accounting.

· 404. Auditing & Internal Controls (3 credits)

Fall. Prerequisite: BUAD 301 or consent of the instructor.

Application of technology, modeling, statistics and other auditing procedures within the framework of generally accepted auditing standards. Reporting, ethics, international practices and case applications are emphasized.

· 405. Federal Taxation (3 credits)

Fall. Prerequisite: BUAD 203 or the equivalent.

An analysis of the federal income tax laws. Development of conceptual awareness of federal income tax structure and tax planning, and gaining ability to determine solutions to problems confronting the individual taxpayer.

· 406. Advanced Federal Taxation (3 credits)

Spring. Prerequisite: BUAD 405.

An analysis of the federal income tax laws for partnerships, corporations and tax-exempt entities. Introduction to estate and gift taxation and to tax research. Tax planning is emphasized.

· 408. Tax Compliance, Tax Research & Tax Planning (3 credits)

Fall. Prerequisites: Senior Accounting major or minor; BUAD 405 or to be enrolled concurrently.

This course provides for the development of the ability of the students to perform sophisticated tax research and analysis as the foundation for tax compliance and for minimizing the tax liability through tax planning for the following tax entities: individual, sole proprietorship, general partnership, limited partnership, LLC, S corporation, C corporation, and exempt entities.

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