Education programmes .. Economy .. Business Administration

The field

Economics

Type of certificate

Bachelor degree

Name of certificate

Bachelor degree in Economics/ Business Administration specialization.

The specialization

Business Administration

Place and address of the program

Damascus- Baramkeh
Telephone: 2113069-2113091- 2127623-2125298-2113010-2113073
Fax: 2119810
 

Aims of the department

The Business Administration Department in the faculty of Economics aims to:
  • Qualify students in theoretical knowledge and applied skills in the field of administration by concentrating on some topics like analyzing policies, developing human resources, and making decisions.
  • Qualify staffs who are able to provide with training and consultancy services to the institutions in public and private sectors.
  • Prepare and qualify students in graduate and postgraduate phases in the field of business administration.
  • Qualify staffs who are able to contribute in solving administrative problems on the light of changeable conditions.
  • Develop new programs to suit the local and international standards and meet the needs of labor market during the phases of university studies and higher studies.
  • Develop and progress scientific researches through taking care of business organization’s issues and trying to find effective solutions.
  • Contribute in building the society through scientific researches and applied studies.
  • Develop administrative knowledge by upgrading the quality of curriculums in the department.
  • Build and develop students’ scientific personalities.
  • Provide with training courses responding to the community need to necessary knowledge and skills.
  • Strengthen the cultural and scientific relations with universities and scientific councils especially the Arabic ones.
  • Build a high level of interaction between the college and society’s economic and social institutions to connect the university with society. 

Conditions of acceptance

Having a scientific baccalaureate by 2035 out of 2400 degree at least.
Applying to the system of the university’s acceptance.
 

Preferable skills

  • To have a leadership personality.
  • The ability to work within a group.
  • To have sportsmanship and high social intelligence.
  • To be neuter and professional.
  • The ability to manage his/her time, organize the work, and manage human resources.
  • The ability to work under pressure.The ability to persuade others.

Length of study

Four years

Language of study

Arabic

Notices

All the subjects are obligatory to be studied; there are no optional subjects.

Sectors of careers that are worked in

Working in economic, social, cultural, educational, and private and public military sectors

Pursuing academic study

  • Master and doctorate in Business Administration.
  • Master and doctorate in Marketing

Course description

Principles of Management Provides the student with a conceptual framework for understanding the basic theories of management which is important to face the market needs. Emphasis is placed on the basic functions of management science: planning, organizing, directing & leading, and controlling the company activities. And it includes the following activities: production, funding, marketing, storage, human resources, search & development and other activities that are happening in the company.
Basics of Marketing Provides the student with an understanding of the roles of marketing in the economy and the firm, and develops a rationale for a marketing perspective as a guide to organizational and individual actions.
And it includesthe following: he role of marketing in providing the customer value, social responsibility of marketing, market segmentation, the importance of marketing information, market research, marketing mix (product development, pricing, distribution, promotion), and marketing methods.
Production and Operations Management Provides the student with the following: production planning, producing force planning, production systems types, planning for the need of materials, planning and managing the inventory, operating and controlling production of goods and services.
International Business Management Provides the student with the core theories, frameworks and issues in international business at the level of both the country and the firm and how these influence public policy and managerial decision-making in organizations.
It includes the following: methods of managing the operations in the international companies, basics of organizing the work and tasks in the international companies, controlling the companies' performance, managing the human resources in the international companies.
Marketing of services Provides the student with the importance and growing role service marketing plays in consumer and organizational target markets. This course focuses on the following: services concept and properties, concept of service marketing, the difference between service marketing and goods marketing, consumer behavior in service field, marketing mix of services, the role of employees, customers and individuals in providing the service, and building a relationship with the customer.
E-marketing Provides the student with the following: The concept of E-marketing, planning the E-marketing, Segmentation, Targeting, Differentiation, and Positioning Strategies, customer relationship management, and the challenges faced by firms in the application of e-marketing strategies in global markets.
Consumer Behavior Provides the student with the conceptual understanding of consumer behavior. This course includes the stages of purchase decision, the variables that determine consumer buying behavior and decisions, and covers major influences on the consumption process, including psychological, situational, social and cultural factors.
Theory of Administrative Decisions Provides the student with types of administrative decisions and methods of administrative decision-making.
This course includes: Decision tree, theory of the strategic games, and the method of planning and follow up the implementation of projects, and other concepts and methods.
Financial Management Provides the student with the basic concepts of Financial Managements, which include: assets valuation, capital budgeting, financial planning, risk and return in capital markets, time value of the money, working capital management and financing policies in business organizations.
Quantitative Methods for Business Decision Making Provides the student with the introduction of decisions, decision making techniques and queues. And it covers some topics that support the decision making process such as: linear programming, sensitivity analysis, transportation model, optimal path and critical pat.
Management Development Provides the student with the foundations of management principles in the context of today's challenging environment in terms of globalization and openness. This course offers an in-depth look on some main business tools, such as:  improving efficiency, administrative reform, change management, human resources development, and transparency according to the different aspects such as environmental elements, policies, procedures and structures. In addition, introduces some experiences and success stories of many countries around the world.
Marketing Management Provides the student with all activities related to the flowing of products and services from the producer to the consumer. This course includes outlines about Marketing methods but an in-depth look on marketing management as an administrative organization, including: structure designing and models. Another aspect, is fairly expanded, is strategic marketing planning, which is a comprising situation analysis SWOT and executive marketing plan.
Managerial Control Provides the student with an understanding of the importance of applying the managerial control to increase operational effectiveness and efficiency, and provides a comprehensive overview on diversity tools and methodologies that allows implementing management control. Thiscourse includes: performance measurement, Budgeting models, standard costs, financial analyses, breakeven point, decentralized and responsibility accounting.
 
Management Information Systems Provides the student with the basic knowledge of information technology management, with concentration on understanding the managerial issues related to using computers in management, decision making and business automation. It provides students with the ability to isolate management information systems problems, and suggest suitable solutions and alternatives.This course includes: types of management information systems, its resources, and keeping, exchange and processing data.
International
Marketing and E-Commerce
Provides the student with terms, definitions, and concepts used in marketing in an international perspective, such as market entry strategies and e-commerce business models. Within this context, it provides the usages of the internet and World Wide Web to transact business in terms of E-commerce that enable commercial transaction between organization and individuals.
Strategic Management Provides the student with the concept of Strategic Management as the continuous process of creating, implementing and evaluating decisions that enable an organization to achieve its long term objectives. The course covers topics of mission, goal, strategy formulation, internal and external environment analysis, strategic implementation and strategic control.
Management of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Provides the student with the concept of small and medium sized enterprises and clarifies its important role for the national economic. This course provides phases of lunch small and medium sized enterprises, from Ideas generating and planning to transformation to big business. Feasibility studies are included within the course, managing human resources, decision making and also environmental analysis.
Environment Management Provides the student with the concepts of environment management which is mainly concern in the interactive between business and environment in purpose of monitoring and evaluation the environmental impacts, especially pollution and wastes minimization. This course provides the managerial functions in terms of environment aspect, application systems of environment management, and environmental culture, environmental risk management according to global legislations (ISO, Management of total environmental quality).
Human Resources Management Provides the student with the importance of human resources as the most important assets and productive elements in the modern institutions. This course contains managerial functions of HRM: planning HR and job market studies, recruitment and choosing, training, evaluation, wage and compensation systems, motivation, career path development and health occupational.
Computer Applications in Business Administration Provides the student with the following vocabularies: computer applications in the management of business organizations, using Excel program in the aspects of administrative.