CIU’s new School of Business & Applied Technology is offering an accredited MBA program with the aim of developing a team of graduates with the right skills and character to lead transformation for Uganda and beyond through business.
This program will build on the progress SoBAT has already made in developing a differentiated learning environment through its various business and ICT degree programs, short courses and executive education programs.
Due to the heritage of the university in developing technology skills and health science capability, the emphasis of the MBA will be on technology, with the opportunity to major in health management.
Why
Choose our MBA
Experiential Skills & Character
Our approach is experiential learning with a focus on developing soft skills and character.
International Business Lecturers
A distinguishing feature of the program is faculty and guest lecturers who are business leaders with international and technology management experience, and who will work with students on real business issues.
E-Learning Blend
We work with a blend of classroom and online learning.
Modular 2 Day Week-ends
The course is modular, which means flexibility for students in when to take the various courses that make up the program. Course modules will run over a full Friday and Saturday, once every two weeks. In between classroom sessions, students will engage online with webinars, discussion sessions and assignments.
Sector Focused
In their second year projects, students will be expected to specialise and gain practical experience in one or more of our core industry sectors: Health, ICT, Agri-business & food processing, Tourism, and Energy & Oil
Full Course Curriculum
The detailed curriculum of courses required to achieve the accredited MBA qualification are set out in the table below:
|
CODE |
NO |
TYPE |
COURSE NAME |
Credit Units |
|
|
Year 1 Semester 1 Foundation and Core Courses |
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|
MBA |
1101 |
FOUNDATION |
Critical Thinking |
2 |
|
|
MBA |
1102 |
FOUNDATION |
Ethics, Integrity, Character & Values |
2 |
|
|
MBA |
1103 |
FOUNDATION |
Quantitative Skills |
2 |
|
|
MBA |
1112 |
CORE - MASTERS |
Organisation, Global Strategy & Policy |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
SEMESTER TOTAL THAT CAN BE TAKEN |
9 |
|
|
Year 1 Semester 2 Foundation and Core Courses |
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|
MBA |
1204 |
FOUNDATION |
Risk, Uncertainty & Ambiguity |
2 |
|
|
MBA |
1205 |
FOUNDATION |
Written & Oral Communications |
2 |
|
|
MBA |
1206 |
FOUNDATION |
Leadership |
2 |
|
|
MBA |
1213 |
CORE - MASTERS |
Financial Management & Accounting |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
SEMESTER TOTAL THAT CAN BE TAKEN |
9 |
|
|
Year 1 Semester 3 Foundation and Core Courses |
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|
MBA |
1307 |
FOUNDATION |
History of Business in Africa |
2 |
|
|
MBA |
1308 |
FOUNDATION |
Execution: Getting Things Done |
2 |
|
|
MBA |
1309 |
FOUNDATION |
Creative Problem Solving |
2 |
|
|
MBA |
1314 |
CORE - MASTERS |
Marketing Perspectives |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
SEMESTER TOTAL THAT CAN BE TAKEN |
9 |
|
|
Year 2 Semester 1 Foundation and Core Courses |
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|
MBA |
2110 |
FOUNDATION |
Cross-Cultural Awareness |
2 |
|
|
MBA |
2223 |
CORE - MASTERS |
ICT Management |
3 |
|
|
MBA |
2115 |
CORE - MASTERS |
Innovation & Change |
3 |
|
|
MBA |
2116 |
CORE - MASTERS |
Operations, Productivity and Quality Management |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
SEMESTER TOTAL THAT CAN BE TAKEN |
11 |
|
|
Year 2 Semester 2 Core and Elective Courses (Choose 2 or 3 electives) |
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|
MBA |
2217 |
CORE - MASTERS |
Leadership & Management |
3 |
|
|
MBA |
2218 |
CORE - MASTERS |
Managerial Economics |
3 |
|
|
MBA |
2219 |
ELECTIVE |
Project Management - elective 1 |
2 |
|
|
MBA |
2220 |
ELECTIVE |
Entrepreneurship - elective 1 |
2 |
|
|
MBA |
2221 |
ELECTIVE |
Strategic HR Management - elective 1 |
2 |
|
|
MBA |
2222 |
ELECTIVE |
Management Accounting - elective 1 |
2 |
|
|
MBA |
2111 |
ELECTIVE |
Global Citizenship - elective 1 |
2 |
|
|
MBA |
2224 |
ELECTIVE |
Business in Emerging Markets - elective 2 |
2 |
|
|
MBA |
2225 |
ELECTIVE |
Disruptive Innovation - elective 2 |
2 |
|
|
MBA |
2226 |
ELECTIVE |
Consulting Methods - elective 2 |
2 |
|
|
MBA |
2227 |
ELECTIVE |
Computer Applications in Research - elective 2 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
SEMESTER TOTAL THAT CAN BE TAKEN |
10-12 |
|
|
Year 2 Semester 3 Elective Courses (Choose 1 or 2 electives) and Practicum Core |
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|
MBA |
2328 |
ELECTIVE |
Quantitative Analysis - elective 3 |
2 |
|
|
MBA |
2329 |
ELECTIVE |
Corporate Responsibility - elective 3 |
2 |
|
|
MBA |
2330 |
ELECTIVE |
Consumer Behaviour - elective 3 |
2 |
|
|
MBA |
2331 |
ELECTIVE |
Mergers & Acquisitions - elective 3 |
2 |
|
|
MBA |
2332 |
ELECTIVE |
Scholarly Writing & Publication Skills - elective 3 |
2 |
|
|
MBA |
2300 |
SECTOR PRATICUM (CORE) |
Final Project |
10 |
|
|
|
|
SEMESTER TOTAL THAT CAN BE TAKEN |
12-14 |
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|
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TOTAL THAT CAN BE TAKEN * |
60-64 |
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NOTE * 60 CUS required to graduate. |
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In addition to this, MBA students will have the option of taking an additional 4 courses from our other accredited ICT and Innovation degree curricula, included within the cost of the MBA, but not required for MBA qualification. The options are set out in the table below:
| HTM 1102 |
Health systems |
|
HTM 1103 |
Introduction to health technology & ethics |
|
HTM 1104 |
Frameworks in health innovation |
|
HTM 1201 |
Healthcare informatics |
|
BAT1101 |
Mathematics for computing |
|
BAT1102 |
Computer/Digital Literacy(ICDL) |
|
BAT1103 |
Enterprise hardware and maintenance |
|
BAT1105 |
Programming concepts and languages |
|
BAT1201 |
Computation and reasoning |
|
BAT1202 |
Database systems |
|
BAT1205 |
Platform technologies |
|
BAT2101 |
Data structures and algorithms/programming concepts |
|
BAT2102 |
E-Business management & strategy |
|
BAT2103 |
Enterprise networking and telecommunication |
|
BAT2104 |
Enterprise software programming |
|
BAT2105 |
Software engineering |
|
BAT2106 |
Systems and project engineering |
|
BAT2201 |
Business process modelling |
|
BAT2202 |
Human computer interaction/HCD |
|
BAT2203 |
Database and information management |
|
BAT2205 |
Intelligent systems |
|
BAT2206 |
Mobile computing |
|
BAT3101 |
Data science and Big Data analytics |
|
BAT3102 |
Information and cyber security |
|
BAT3015 |
Cloud computing |
|
BAT3016 |
Computer graphics and visualization |
|
BAT3201 |
Enterprise system resource management |
|
BAT3202 |
Strategies for emerging technologies |
|
BAT3203 |
Digital forensics |
|
BAT3205 |
Business modelling and innovation |