The Institute of Business and Economics

Master programs In:
Accounting, Business Administration, Economics and Business Economics

2002 - 2003

Head of Program : Mahmoud K . El- Jafari
Program : The Institute of Business and Economics
Telephone : 972 (0)-2- 2799497
Fax: 972(0) –2- 2799497
Mailing Address : P.O. Box: 20002-Abu Deis - Jerusalem - Palestine .
E – mail : mjafari@admin.alquds.edu

DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM:

The Institute for Graduate Studies in Business and Economics combines theoretical and practical education to prepare students for administrative careers. Special emphasis is placed on providing relevant education and professional training for working adult students. Major and Minor programs of study are especially designed to meet the real needs of the private and public sectors in Palestine . Course requirements are flexible enough to allow students, with the help of their advisors, to design programs which best meet their personal objectives. Teaching emphasis is placed on case studies, computer analysis of collected data and independent work projects. Guest lecturers from businesses and public organizations interact regularly with students. Since most students are employed and have bachelors' degrees, their experience and contribution in group studies and discussions constitute a major source of the program's special content. In keeping with the Al Quds University mission to provide a whole education, the Institute rounds up academic programs by providing seminars, workshops and a variety of activities which benefit the community as well as students.

OBJECTIVES:

The Institute of Business and Economics was established with the following objectives in mind:

· To offer specializations that prepare students for careers in the private sector.

· To prepare students in the business sector for dealing with problems, identifying entrepreneurial opportunities and developing their decision-making skills.

· To encourage teamwork and group dynamics through close Faculty-student and student-student interaction.

· To develop individualized programs as well as independent study projects in business and economics.

· To provide functional education for the “working student “ in the banking and other service industries.

· To develop business leadership skills and to help create a dynamic environment for business development.

· To provide a high-quality education experience and train students to be successful professionals.

· To introduce an integrated program of business curricula ( in Accounting, Economics and Management)which will enhance the student's multifaceted capacity in decision – making.

· To identify case-studies as hands-on research opportunities for students.

Add: bUSINESS ETHICS, AS WELL AS GLOBAL ISSUES

Academic Programs

The Institute of Business and Economics presently offers four Master Degree programs –Accounting, Business Administration, Economics and Business Economics. They are designed under either of two plans. Under plan I, 30 credit hours of graduate courses and a thesis are required, with at least 18 of the 30 credit hours in graduate courses in the major field. An oral exam for an M.A is also required. Under plan II, 36 credit hours of graduate course work and a comprehensive written examination are required. At least 24 of the 36 credit hours of course work must be in the major field.

Under either plan, students are required to complete a common set of core requirement courses (9 credit hours) and another set of courses in a field of concentration (15 credit hours). Remaining courses required to complete the 30 or 36 credit hours may be elected from courses that meet the general program objectives of the student.

MINIMUM REQUIRMENTS:

Applicants must either have a Bachelor's degree in a discipline related to business economics and have achieved a ”B” average (75%) in their undergraduate work or pass a comprehensive examination before being accepted in the Master programs.

Applicants who have experience after receiving a Bachelor's degree will be given special consideration in the admission process.

An Institute Faculty committee will interview all those who are qualified before admission is granted.

A variety of teaching and training methods are in use by the Institute Of Business & Economics with the objectives of achieving the enhancement of leadership abilities and the improvement of problem-solving and analytical skills. In addition to formulae lectures, students have to analyze case-studies and prepare assignments using the computer. They also participate in simulation and attend specialized topical workshops. Teaching and training at the Institute are supported by field-training assignments in line with the student's career plan.

ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION TECHNIQUES:

To qualify for the MA degree, a student must maintain an overall grade point average of at least (75%). Grade (70%) is considered a minimum-passing grade in each course. Any grade below (70%) is considered a failing grade, and the units will not be counted towards graduation requirements; such grades, however, will be included in the calculation of the student's grade point average.

Students who have completed fewer than (18) units and whose cumulative grade point average falls below (75%) will be placed on academic warning. On completion of (18) units, students must maintain a (75%) cumulative average or be placed on academic probation. Once placed in probation the student must raise his/her cumulative grade point average to the (75%) level within the next two semesters of attendance. Otherwise, the student will be disqualified from the Master programs.

Faculty Members:

The teaching staff of the Institute of Business and Economics is dominantly made up of senior academicians with titles of associate and full professors. All of them have extensive academic as well as professional experience. Some Faculty members have distinguished research publication records, and they all have participated in major International Trade and Finance conferences. In addition, the Institute regularly invites visiting professors from other universities.

Philosophy of the Curriculum, Its Aims and Objectives

The curriculum is designed to develop leaders with a broad business and social perspective enabling them to manage change in dynamic environments. Students are provided with a breadth of functional understanding through course work in information sciences, and with depth by concentrating electives in a particular functional or technical discipline. Depending on prior academic work, a student must complete (36) credit hours to receive the Master degree.

Courses Sequence:

Academic Staff:

Name: Mahmoud El Jafari .
Title: Professor of Economics
Qualifications: (Degree, Discipline, Academic Institution, and Location).
Ph. D. 1986 U.S.
International Trade, Pricing Theory.
Research Interests: Focus on International Trade.

Name: Afif Hamad .
Title: Assistant Professor.
Qualifications: (Degree, Discipline, Academic Institution, and Location).
Ph. D., 1990, U.S.
Labor Economics, Public Finance.
Research Interests: Public Finance, and Economics of Education.

Name: Ibrahim Ateeq .
Title: Assistant Professor.
Qualifications: (Degree, Discipline, Academic Institution, and Location).
Ph. D. 1994, India .
Accounting
Research Interests: Managerial Accounting and Auditing.

Name: Salah Al Odeh
Title: Lecturer
Qualifications: (Degree, Discipline, Academic Institution, and Location).
MBA, 1986, U.S.
Research Interests: financial Management, Marketing.

Name: Sameer Hazboun
Title: Associate Professor of Economics
Qualifications: (Degree, Discipline, Academic Institution, and Location).
Ph. D. 1982, Slovakia
Teaching: industrial Economics, Resource, Economics, Resource Economic.
Research Interests: Tourism and industrial Economic

Name: Ali Subeih Daragmeh .
Title: Assistant Professor.
Qualifications: (Degree, Discipline, Academic Institution, and Location).
Ph. D. in Statistical, 1986, U. S.
Research Interests: Statistical Analysis, Operations Research.

Courses Description

Course # 8111611
Title: Microeconomic Theory
Credits: 3

Course # 8111612
Title: Macroeconomic Theory
Credits: 3

Course # 8111615
Title: Public Finance
Credits: 3

Description : Economic analysis of government tax and expenditure policies; topic include public good and externality theory, public choice theory, income distribution, cost-benefit analysis, principles of taxation, tax incidence, economic effects and optimal structures of major taxes and taxation in developing economics.

Course # 8111613
Title: Econometrics
Credits: 3

Description : Application of economic theory and statistical inference in the estimation and analysis of economic relations and predicting the outcomes of economic variables. Studies econometric models and methods used in estimation and hypothesis testing in economics.

Course # 8111617
Title: Mathematical Economics
Credits: 3

Description: Mathematical formulation and interpretation traditional economic theory. Introduction to linear and nonlinear economic models; emphasizes the formulation and interpretation of modern economic theory and welfare economics.

Course # 8111619
Title: Environmental Economics
Credits: 3

Description : Examines both theory and policy applications in the environmental area; selectively reviews the literature to provide a framework for understanding the relevant economic relationships and he criteria appropriate for policy assessment; emphasizes the characteristics of major environmental problems and policy choices; and considers the valuation of environmental amenities and the conflict between environmental quality and growth.

Course # 8111625
Title: The Economics of Labor Market
Credits: 3

Description : Studies the microeconomic determinates of labor demand and supply, economic effects of unions, and macroeconomic labor problems such as, unemployment and full-employment.

Course # 8111630
Title: The Economics of Education
Credits: 3

Description: Basic economic analysis of human capita; and the value if human time, with applications to the economics of education and health; theory and analysis of consumer investment in human and physical capital over the life cycle; the returns to education and health, and their effects on growth; the theory of nonmarket time; public finance of education and health; and implications for the analysis of the distribution of income.

Course # 8111623
Title: International Trade
Credits: 3

Description: Development and use in the neoclassical theory of international trade for the analysis of tariffs, xusto ,s , unions, and the effects on trade on the distribution of income and welfare; analysis and use of the relations between the balance of payments and national income to study the role of income changes combined with price changes in the balance of payments adjustment prices.

Course # 8111616
Title: Agricultural Trade
Credits: 3

Description : Examines trends and patterns of exports and imports of major agricultural commodities, and evaluates the economic and institutional factors having a bearing on this trade unit.

Course # 8111631
Title: Managerial Economics
Credits: 3

Description : The micro-economic tools of analysis relevant to management problems in the private sector. Topics include t he nature of the firm, empirical demand and cost analysis the economics of information, the economics of regulation and regulatory practices.

Course # 8111604
Title: Research Methods in Business and Economics
Credits: 3

Description : To introduce the basic knowledge about the scientific research and the research process and to explore various concepts and problems for special consideration in terms of future research projects.

Course # 8111611
Title: Advanced Managerial Accounting
Credits: 3

Description: Overview of the use of accounting data to serve the management in strategic planning and control system to be tailored to the individual organization. Specific topics include cost allocation procedures and their usefulness in decision making, measuring performance including responsibility accounting and transfer pricing, capital and information for long decision making. Case discussions are uses where appropriate.

Course # 8111612
Title :Advanced Tax Accounting
Credits: 3

Description : Introduction to historical and conceptual as well as applied material in the accounting area of governmental taxation; emphasizes the previsions of the tax law relevant to accounting measurement methods.

Course # 8111620
Title: Accounting Theory
Credits: 3

Description: Emphasizes on the current issues related to definitions of the elements of an accounting theory, the objective of financial statements of an accounting theory, the objective of financial statements, the fundamentals of accounting, and the future scope of accounting.

Course # 8111616
Title: Statistical Methods
Credits: 3

Description: Introduction to probability and statistical analysis emphasizing applications to managerial decision problems. Topics covered include probability theory, sampling techniques, statistical estimation, hypothesis testing, and regression. Additional coverage may include regression, analysis of variance, contingency tables, and goodness-of-fit.

Course # 8113630
Title: Advanced Production management.
Credits: 3

Description: In-depth exploration of two or three areas of production management, such as inventory control, aggregate planning and master scheduling, materials requirement planning, job shop scheduling and assembly line balancing, facility location layout, quality control, reliability, maintenance and forecasting methods.

Course # 8113613
Title: Management Information Systems.
Credits: 3

Description: Conceptual background and structure of computer-based information systems. Detailed coverage of the theory and practice of information systems. Modern data processing technology and its applications, information structures, systems concepts, system analysis and evaluation, and managerial and technological considerations of information systems.

Course # 8113631
Title: Economic Analysis for Business Decisions
Credits: 3

Description: Managerial economics. Demand cost, production, and pricing at the level of the individual firm or industry. Market structure and the regulatory environment. Emphasis on applications a well as theory.

Course # 8113612
Title: Financial Management
Credits: 3

Description: Introduction to the basic concepts of valuation and the general problem of financial management, which deals with the evaluation of financial performance. The techniques of financial analysis, funds flow planning and forecasting, and the impact of operating and financial decisions on risk. Investment in and financing of short-term fixed assets and the determination of required rate of return for capital investment.

Course # 8113614
Title: Investments Analysis.
Credits: 3

Description: Introduction to the nature and functions of securities markets and the types of financial instrument traded. The organization, operation, and regulation of these markets; analysis of common stocks and bonds, as well as the uses of options and futures contracts for hedging and speculation; rudiments of portfolio management and diversification.

Course # 8113615
Title: Marketing Management.
Credits: 3

Description: Exposure to a variety of decisions required for the effective marketing of goods and services for the consumer, industrial, and nonprofit sectors. Case analysis and a high degree of student participation.

Course # 811161
Title: Agribusiness Finance
Credits: 3

Description : Financial analysis and financial management problems of agribusiness firms. Emphasis on risk management financial modeling, and integration with marketing and production management. Structure of capital markets and sources of funds for agricultural operation.

Course # 811161
Title: Agribusiness Marketing
Credits: 3