ACADEMICS

The Master of Business Administration Program

The mission of AUCA MBA program is to grow the next generation of business leaders of Central Asia who will build and develop competitive, transparent and sustainable local business environment, successfully integrated into the global economy

Success in complex and dynamic business environment requires business leaders to be able to analyze large amounts of information in short periods of time, and make right decisions fast. AUCA MBA gives you the opportunity to get good balance of analytical skills and strategic understanding of business issues, strong knowledge of fundamental economic forces, business communication and presentation skills.

Basic program features

MBA program at AUCA is aimed at people who wish to get high-quality western-style graduate education in 1.5 year (3 semesters of full-time study). The program consists of six 8-week modules, with at least 6 courses per module. Students can fulfill one of two specializations by taking at least 6 electives from each: Marketing and Management, and Finance and Accounting.

The AUCA curriculum is intensive, innovative and is constantly updated to include the latest techniques in business education. There is a strong balance between theoretical and practical interactive courses: lectures, seminar-discussions, group projects, guest lectures, strategic business games and case studies.

MBA program courses are taught in English language and classes are conducted Mon-Fri 5.30pm-8.10pm, Sat 9.25am-15.25pm.

Faculty of the program

Faculty of AUCA business program is its greatest asset that makes high quality education possible. In the faculty selection process AUCA gives priority to professors with strong Western teaching and professional experience, who will help students to learn fundamentals of the developed business environment, best practices of world-class corporations and crucial professional skills. We also invite local business leaders and practitioners to teach specialization courses. They help students to better understand local business environment, its peculiarities and details. This way AUCA MBA program combines the experience and extensive theoretical knowledge of the Western experts with the practical experience of Central-Asian business leaders.

Curriculum

	Basic subjects	credits
1	Basics of IT	3,0
2	Basics of Mathematics	3,0
3	Business English	3,0
4	Intro to Economics	3,0
5	Intro to Management	3,0
6	Economics for managers: Micro	1,5
7	Management and organization	1,5
8	Business and professional communication	1,5
9	Quantitative methods of decision making	1,5
10	Financial accounting	3,0
11	Economics for managers: Macro	1,5
12	Operational management	1,5
13	Marketing management	1,5
14	Business legislation	1,5
15	MIS	1,5
16	Managerial accounting 1	1,5
17	Strategic management	1,5
18	Human resources management	1,5
19	Financial management	1,5
20	Investment analysis	1,5
21	Business planning	1,5
22	Organizational behavior	1,5
23	Project management	1,5
24	Supply chain management	1,5
	total basic	45
	Electives -specialization Marketing and Management
1	Marketing research	1,5
2	Brand management	1,5
3	Strategic marketing	1,5
4	Career planning	1,5
5	Business negotiations	1,5
6	International business	1,5
7	Risk management	1,5
8	Advanced managerial decision making	1,5
	total electives	12
	Electives - specialization Finance and Accounting
1	Advanced quantitative methods	1,5
2	Taxation	1,5
3	Banking	1,5
4	Game theory	1,5
5	Managerial accounting 2	1,5
6	Global finance: regimes, currencies and crises	1,5
7	Advanced issues in accounting	1,5
8	Capital markets	1,5
	total electives	12
	Master thesis	6

Graduation requirements:

• GPA of 2.5
• State examination pass (TOEFL)
• Defense of Master’s Thesis
• Points earned for the whole period of study 60 credits