Program overview
The MBA Finance concentration will provide you with the strategic leadership and quantitative skills to analyze both financial and non-financial data, and to act upon it in support of the long-term sustainability of business in a global context. The program adopts a practice-based approach, where students examine concepts and learn techniques that they can apply to real business situations in various contexts, such as derivatives, financial statement analysis and valuation, corporate finance, investment and portfolio management, and mergers and acquisitions.
CIMA Accreditation
The MBA in Finance at CUD is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), the world’s largest and leading professional body of management accountants. This means that as a graduate of the program, you can obtain exemptions from 12 of the exams that lead to the CIMA Professional Qualification and the global professional designation of Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA).
Furthermore, you can start your professional accreditation while still studying for your MBA through the special early entry opportunity, which will allow you to sit the Management Case Study Exam at the beginning of your final semester. As a CUD student, you can register with CIMA at any point during your studies and get access to a wide range of preparatory resources.
For further information, see the CUD exemptions information on the CIMA website.
Program Structure
Requirements | Compulsory
Credit Hours |
Elective
Credit Hours |
Total
Credit Hours |
---|---|---|---|
Core Courses Credit Hours | 27 | - | 27 |
Concentration Courses Credit Hours | 6 | 3 | 9 |
Total | 33 | 3 | 36 |
Core Courses
Course Code | Course Title | Prerequisite | Credit Hours | |
---|---|---|---|---|
MBA | 641 | Managerial Accounting | None | 3 |
MBA | 642 | Managerial Finance | None | 3 |
MBA | 643 | Business Research Methods | None | 3 |
MBA | 644 | Managerial Economics | None | 3 |
MBA | 645 | Marketing Management | None | 3 |
MBA | 646 | Operations and Supply Chain Management | None | 3 |
MBA | 647 | Management of Information Systems | None | 3 |
MBA | 651 | Organizational Behavior | None | 3 |
MBA | 648 | Business Strategy (capstone) | All other program Core Courses | 3 |
Courses
Course Code | Course Title | Prerequisite | Credit Hours | |
---|---|---|---|---|
MBA | 681 | Corporate Finance | MBA 642 | 3 |
MBA | 683 | Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management | MBA 642 | 3 |
Concentration Electives (Select One Course)
Course Code | Course Title | Prerequisite | Credit Hours | |
---|---|---|---|---|
MBA | 671 | Al-Shari’ah, Economy & Society | MBA 644 | 3 |
MBA | 682 | Derivatives Securities | MBA 642 | 3 |
MBA | 684 | Mergers & Acquisitions | MBA 641, MBA 642 | 3 |
MBA | 685 | Financial Statement Analysis | MBA 642 | 3 |
MBA | 657 | Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility | None | 3 |