Master in Business Administration (MBA)

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The Internal Regulation of Master in Business Administration (MBA)

The Syrian Virtual University offers an MBA degree recognizing that many managers currently have a deep knowledge of one professional area, but many need further expansion and deeper knowledge and skills that bring them to higher levels of responsibility. This Master enables the holders to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to lead the multi-functional teams and to deal well with the organizational environment and high competitiveness.

This program is designed to familiarize professionals who have different educational backgrounds with the basics of management such as economics, accounting, financial management, marketing, human resources management, operations management, project management, management of information systems, and others. It aims at contributing in the qualification of executives to be capable of managing organizations efficiently and effectively in the public and private sectors, using modern methods in the field of business management. It is open to the holders of bachelor degrees in any specialization, and does not have to be in business administration.

Registration

The student is allowed to register to the program's specialized admission test if the following conditions are met:

The student must have a university degree at an acceptable rate and the duration of study must not be less than four years issued by a university recognized by the Ministry of Higher Education in Syria and in various disciplines, (including graduates of open learning).
The student must pass the English (SVU PT) test conducted by the University at a rate of 60% and above. Global standard tests, e.g., TOEFL or IELTS, are accepted under the condition that no more than two years have passed and under conditions determined by the university Council.

Registration on the approved units of the program:

The minimum number of units to which the student is entitled to enroll in the one semester is 21 units.
The maximum number of units to which the student has the right to register in the one semester is 38 units.
The number of mandatory units is 98 and the number of project units is 22.

Conditions for Graduation Project Registration:

a- Successfully passing all courses.

b - The student is allowed to register on the project if he/she fails one or two courses as a maximum.

Studying duration

The duration of studying master's degree in "Master in Buisness Administration" is two years (four semesters) minimum and four years maximum.

Costs and Fees

SVU studying fees and costs by term

Success and graduation conditions

The student is considered passed in the course or in the graduation project if he obtains a final result equal to or greater than (60%) of the grade and the final exam grade is not less than (40%) of the grade.

The outcome of one course is distributed to the aforementioned tests as follows:

70% of the grade for the final exam.

30% of the grade for the semester project’s works.

The student of master in Business Administration is considered to have MBA degree if the following conditions were met:

Success in all courses specified in the program and within the approved maximum time period.

Success in the graduation project.

The overall average of graduation is calculated as follows:

The overall average of graduation = (total Course mark x Number of approved units for the course) + Project mark × Number of units approved for the project) divided by the total number of units approved for the program .

Courses description

Courses list:

Year	Semester	sequence	Course name in Arabic	Number of sessions per semester	Code	Prerequisite	Number of credits	Courses Title
1	1	1	طرائق البحث في إدارة الأعمال	16	BRM.12		7	Business Research Methods
		2	أساسيات الإدارة	16	PCM.11		7	Principle of Management
		3	اقتصاديات الأعمال	16	MEC.13		7	Managerial Economics
		4	إدارة الموارد البشرية	16	HRM.14		7	Human Resources Management
		5	التسويق	16	MKG.15		7	Marketing
	2	1	إدارة العمليات	16	OPM.22	PCM.11	7	Operation Management
		2	تحليل البيانات باستخدام الحاسوب	16	DAC.23	BRM.12	7	Data analysis by computer
		3	المحاسبة للمديرين	16	ACM.21		7	Accounting for Managers
		4	السلوك التنظيمي	16	ORB.24	HRM.14	7	Organizational Behavior
		5	قانون الأعمال	16	BUL.25	PCM.11	7	Business Law
2	3	1	نظم المعلومات الإدارية	16	MIS.32	DAC.23	7	Management Information Systems
		2	التسويق والتجارة الدولية	16	IMT.33	MKG.15	7	International Marketing and Trading
		3	إدارة المشروعات	16	PRM.34	OPM.22	7	Project Management
		4	الإدارة الإستراتيجية (بالإنكليزية)	16	STM.35	PCM.11	7	Strategy (in English)
		5	الإدارة المالية	16	FIN.31	MEC.13 ACM.21	7	Financial Management
	4	1	مشروع التخرج	4	PRJ.40	DAC.23	22	The Project

Graduation project

Steps to start a graduation project:

At the beginning of the semester the student works by choosing the field of research to be written on according to the following fields:

Project management, accounting, financial management, marketing, human resources management, managerial information systems, management, organizational behaviour, economics, strategic management, operations and law management.

The student can nominate a supervisor for his/ her graduation project, and this is taken into consideration by the program manager, who in turn works to select the student’s supervisors in accordance with the student's field of research.
Four synchronized sessions are conducted with the student by the supervising doctor to give his/ her notes on the project being worked on.

Three reports are sent by the supervising doctor to the director and assistant director of the program, confirming the proper follow-up of the student in completing a project.

The first report: defines the title of the project, the place of study (the practical situation), the name of the student, the name of the supervising professor and the theoretical background of the research topic: Previous studies, the problem of the research or project, the objectives of the research or the project, work or research methodology of the project, action Plan.

The second report: It is sent by the supervising professor on the progress of work on the project based on a proposal by the student that includes a summary of the work that is being done.

The third report: Also sent by the supervising professor, indicating his/ her approval of the final work accomplished.

Finally, the final project is uploaded to Moodle (LMS) by the student after nominating his supervisor for discussion.

The files to be uploaded to the LMS system

A Word file that contains the master's project prepared by the student according to the guide sent by the program administration.
A Word file that contains a summary of the master's project in the Arabic language (nearly a page) and in English (nearly a page) according to the decision issued by the University Council No. 331 issued on: 16/6/2013.
A Power Point file that contains a slide show of the project, about 15-20 slides including the most important ideas in the project: introduction, research problem, research hypotheses, theoretical background, practical aspect, results and recommendations.
A video recording file (slideshow) using the Linktivity program used in Web Demo. This file contains a record for 10-15 minutes during which the student will present his/ her project as if they were presenting it in front of the committee,

While avoiding reading the slides, but providing the necessary explanations, the slides will have a helping role in the presentation attention should be paid not to exceed the size of the video file for more than 40 megabytes) because the maximum upload limit for all files is 50 megabytes.

Steps and mechanism for discussing the graduation project:

A judging committee is formed for each student consisting of two members of a judicial panel and each member of the discussion committee shall download the student files from the LMS system.
The graduation project is viewed through the files uploaded by the student and the questions directed to the student will be determined through the synchronized session.
Each member of the committee determines the timing of a synchronized session with the student and informs the student of this appointment (by e-mail after the appointment has been coordinated by phone and a copy to the program director and to the assistant program director has been sent).
Each panel member creates a session on the SVUIS system and sends its details by e-mail to the student and a copy is sent to the other committee member and to the program director, and the assistant program director.
On the date and time of the session, the student and the committee member who created the session will log in and the discussion will take place. In all cases, the discussion session must be synchronized in the presence of both the student and the committee member. It is not permissible to give a recorded session or to record notes to the student in the event that he is unable to log into the session, to give the student the right to answer questions and defend his project.
The previous point is repeated with the other committee member.
Each member of the committee uploads his/ her defense session file with the
After completing the student’s discussion, and in the event that there are required amendments given by one of the committee members, the student is required to take the observations requested by the committee member and amend the project accordingly, then send them via email to the committee member who requested the amendments and a copy to the other committee member for approval by the other committee member who requested the amendments, within a period not exceeding a week from the date of the discussion.
Coordination takes place between the two members of the judiciary Committee to agree to grant a joint mark in the event that there is a consensus between them or two different marks in the event of disagreement.
The marks are sent by the members of the judging committee and the supervisor by e-mail to the program director and the assistant director of the program, and the mark shall be out of 100
The marks are calculated as follows: The supervisor's score is combined with the mark of the first committee member and the score of the second committee member, and the result of the total is divided by three