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Bachelor of Business Administration in Management

Program Details

Program Code
MGMT
Degree Type
BBA
Duration
4 years
Credits
240 ECTS
Language Taught
English
Faculty
Faculty of Business

About the Program

Mission

The Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Management program is for university entrants focused on translating their thinking and interests into career opportunities in business. The program combines business and arts and sciences in a rigorous learning environment to help students gain a holistic understanding of the social, cultural, and economic environment in which they operate.

The curriculum’s liberal arts-based operational focus is deeply grounded in analytics while emphasizing soft skill areas such as leadership, decision-making, and ethical reasoning. Students will be able to build their business mind by having a holistic understanding of the economic, social, cultural, and global environments through combining the business learning with that of humanities, arts, and sciences. In addition, they will be able to build their analytical skills, practical techniques and theories, along with acquiring soft skills such as leadership, decision making, and ethical reasoning in order to achieve greater goals.

Program Learning Goals (LGs)

On successful completion of this program the graduate will:

    1. acquire the core of essential business professional knowledge and competence and apply it to a familiar business situation.
    2. recognize, describe and apply the appropriate analytical-quantitative and organizational-behavioral approaches to managerial decision making situations.
    3. understand, explain and apply principles of ethical behavior in managerial decision making situations.
    4. be able to identify and define organizational leadership approaches and apply a leadership approach to an organizational situation.
    5. understand, explain and apply the principles of effective and efficient business communication.
    6. identify and define key globalization factors and show their impact on business competitiveness.


    What Can I Do With A BBA in Management Degree?

    A BBA in Management prepares graduates for careers across industries where leadership, strategic thinking, and organizational effectiveness are key. Career pathways include roles in consulting, human resources, entrepreneurship, operations and project management, and business development.

    Graduates are valued for their ability to apply core business principles, analyze challenges, lead teams, and communicate effectively. They bring strong problem-solving skills and adaptability to dynamic, global business environments.

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    Bethel

    2025

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    Academic Profile

    Program Requirements

    The Program Requirements outline what needs to be fulfilled for a student to graduate from this program.

    Code Course Title ECTS
    Required Core Courses
    BBAC 100 Financial Accounting  6
    BBAC 101 Introduction to Business  3
    BBAC 102 Operations Management  6
    BBAC 180 Financial Accounting Lab  3
    BBAC 190 Business Communication Skills Workshop  0
    BBAC 200 Foundations of Information Systems  6
    BBAC 201 Fundamentals of Management and Organizational Behavior  6
    BBAC 202 Business Data Analysis  6
    BBAC 203 Business Finance  6
    BBAC 204 Principles of Marketing  6
    BBAC 280 Business Data Analysis Lab  3
    BBAC 281 Business Finance Lab  3
    BBAC 290 Strategic Career Planning Workshop  0
    BBAC 300 Management Accounting  6
    BBAC 301 Business Ethics  0
    BBAC 302 Entrepreneurship and Business Planning  6
    BBAC 303 Business Analytics Using Data Mining  6
    BBAC 304 Internship/Practicum  3
    BBAC 380 Entrepreneurship and Business Planning Lab  3
    BBAC 400 Strategic Management  6
    BBAC 401 Business Law  6
    CMPS 108 Computing for Business  6
    Subtotal 96
    Electives
    — Business Electives 6
    — Business Electives 6
    Free Elective  6
    Free Elective  6
    Subtotal 24
    Required Management Concentration Courses
    BBAB 300 Leadership Development: Enhancing Interpersonal Skills in Organizations  6
    BBAB 400 Innovation Management  6
    BBAB 401 Management Consulting  6
    BBAB 402 Seminar in Strategic Management  6
    BBAM 300 Digital Marketing Strategy and Consumer Behavior  6
    Subtotal 30
    Understanding Our Communication
    ENGL 100 Academic English  6
    ENGL 101 Advanced Academic English  6
    — Understanding Our Communication - Foreign Language Communication in Arabic or Greek 6
    Writing in the Discipline  0
    Subtotal 18
    Understanding the World
    — Understanding the World - The Earth and Planetary Systems or the Living World 6
    — Understanding the World - The Earth and Planetary Systems or the Living World orUnderstanding the World - Quantitative Reasoning 6
    MATH 102 Mathematics for Social Sciences I  6
    MATH 103 Mathematics for Social Sciences II  6
    Subtotal 24
    Understanding Ourselves (at least two from each category)
    — Understanding Ourselves - Cultures and Histories 6
    — Understanding Ourselves - Cultures and Histories 6
    — Understanding Ourselves - Cultures and Histories orUnderstanding Ourselves - Societies and Individuals 6
    ECON 101 Principles of Microeconomics  6
    ECON 102 Principles of Macroeconomics  6
    Subtotal 30
    Understanding Our Role in the World
    BBAC 301 Business Ethics  6
    — Understanding Our Role in the World - Our Engagement (1) 6
    Subtotal 12
    General Education Free Elective
    — General Education Elective 6
    Subtotal 6
    Thematic Requirements
    First-Year Student Experience
    Beirut Residency
    — History of Ideas (28) —
    — Social Inequalities (22) —
    Total ECTS 240
    Sample Study Plan

    The Sample Study Plan is an indicative plan showing how a student may fulfil the requirements for this program across their years of study.

    Term 1 (Fall)

    Type Code Course Title ECTS
    Compulsory BBAC 100 Financial Accounting  6
    Compulsory BBAC 180 Financial Accounting Lab  3
    Compulsory BBAC 101 Introduction to Business  3
    Compulsory CMPS 108 Computing for Business  6
    Compulsory (Gen Ed) ENGL 100 Academic English  6
    Compulsory (Gen Ed) MATH 102 Mathematics for Social Sciences I  6
    Term Total 30

    Term 2 (Spring)

    Type Code Course Title ECTS
    Compulsory BBAC 102 Operations Management  6
    Compulsory BBAC 190 Business Communication Skills Workshop  0
    Compulsory (Gen Ed) ECON 102 Principles of Macroeconomics  6
    Compulsory (Gen Ed) ENGL 101 Advanced Academic English  6
    Compulsory (Gen Ed) MATH 103 Mathematics for Social Sciences II  6
    Elective — General Education Elective 6
    Term Total 30
    Courses

    The full catalogue of courses offered in this program, grouped by category.

    Code Course Title ECTS
    Business Electives
    BBAA 300 Introduction to External Auditing  6
    BBAA 301 Fraud Examination and Internal Auditing  6
    BBAA 305 Financial Statement Analysis  6
    BBAB 301 Human Resources Management  6
    BBAB 302 Training and Development  6
    BBAB 303 Gender, Work, and Inclusive Human Resource Systems  6
    BBAB 309 Family Business: Issues and Solutions  6
    BBAB 310 Social Entrepreneurship  6
    BBAF 300 Financial Markets and Institutions  6
    BBAF 301 Valuation Methods  6
    BBAM 301 Strategic Brand Management  6
    BBAM 302 Customer Experience Design  6
    BBAO 300 Total Quality Management for Business Excellence  6
    BBAO 301 Introduction to Project Management  6
    BBAO 302 Enterprise Systems Design and Implementation  6
    Compulsory Business Concentration Courses Management
    BBAB 300 Leadership Development: Enhancing Interpersonal Skills in Organizations  6
    BBAB 400 Innovation Management  6
    BBAB 401 Management Consulting  6
    BBAB 402 Seminar in Strategic Management  6
    BBAM 300 Digital Marketing Strategy and Consumer Behavior  6
    Compulsory Core Business Courses
    BBAC 100 Financial Accounting  6
    BBAC 101 Introduction to Business  3
    BBAC 102 Operations Management  6
    BBAC 180 Financial Accounting Lab  3
    BBAC 190 Business Communication Skills Workshop  0
    BBAC 200 Foundations of Information Systems  6
    BBAC 201 Fundamentals of Management and Organizational Behavior  6
    BBAC 202 Business Data Analysis  6
    BBAC 203 Business Finance  6
    BBAC 204 Principles of Marketing  6
    BBAC 280 Business Data Analysis Lab  3
    BBAC 281 Business Finance Lab  3
    BBAC 290 Strategic Career Planning Workshop  0
    BBAC 300 Management Accounting  6
    BBAC 301 Business Ethics  6
    BBAC 302 Entrepreneurship and Business Planning  6
    BBAC 303 Business Analytics Using Data Mining  6
    BBAC 304 Internship/Practicum  3
    BBAC 380 Entrepreneurship and Business Planning Lab  3
    BBAC 400 Strategic Management  6
    BBAC 401 Business Law  6
    General Education
    General Education / Understanding Our Communication - Academic Communication in English I and II
    ENGL 100 Academic English  6
    ENGL 101 Advanced Academic English  6
    ENGL 102 Technical English  6
    General Education / Understanding Our Communication - Foreign Language Communication in Arabic or Greek
    ARAB 100 Beginners’ Arabic as a Foreign Language I  6
    ARAB 101 Beginners’ Arabic as a Foreign Language II  6
    ARAB 102 Traces and Ruins  6
    GRLG 100 Greek as a Foreign Language I  6
    GRLG 101 Greek as a Foreign Language II  6
    General Education / Understanding Our Role in the World - Our Engagement
    BBAB 310 Social Entrepreneurship  6
    CECS 200 Community-based Learning  6
    PSPA 300 Introduction to Global Citizenship  6
    General Education / Understanding Our Role in the World - Our Values
    PHIL 130 Ethics  6
    PHPE 430 Ethics and Public Affairs  History of IdeasSocial Inequalities 6
    General Education / Understanding Ourselves - Cultures and Histories
    CHLA 101 Ancient Near East and Classical Civilizations  History of Ideas 6
    CHLA 102 Medieval, Islamic, and Renaissance Civilizations  History of Ideas 6
    CHLA 103 Enlightenment and Modernity  History of Ideas 6
    CHLA 104 Contemporary Studies  History of Ideas 6
    CHLA 105 Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance Civilizations  History of Ideas 6
    CHLA 107 Modern and Contemporary Studies  History of Ideas 6
    CLAS 100 Gods and Heroes: Homer’s Odyssey  History of Ideas 6
    CLAS 101 (ENGL 104) Gods and Heroes: Homer’s Iliad  History of Ideas 6
    ENGL 103 Shakespeare  6
    ENGL 217 Literary Genres  History of Ideas 6
    ENGL 217A Literary Genres: The Novel  History of Ideas 6
    ENGL 217B Literary Genres: Poetry  History of Ideas 6
    ENGL 243 Postcolonial Literature and Film  History of IdeasSocial Inequalities 6
    HIST 100 History of the Arab East and Egypt Since 1920  History of IdeasSocial Inequalities 6
    MCOM 222 Introduction to Visual Culture  6
    PHIL 100 Political Philosophy  Social Inequalities 6
    PHIL 101 History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy  History of Ideas 6
    PHIL 102 Introduction to Philosophy  6
    PSPA 200 Introduction to Political Thought  Social Inequalities 6
    General Education / Understanding Ourselves - Societies and Individuals
    ECON 100 Survey of Economics  6
    ECON 101 Principles of Microeconomics  6
    ECON 102 Principles of Macroeconomics  6
    INTD 100 AI Literacy: Understanding Ourselves, Technology, and Society  6
    PHPE 201 Conflict, Peace, and Justice  Social Inequalities 6
    PSPA 100 Introduction to Politics  6
    PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychological Science  6
    QUAL 110 Qualitative Research Methods for Social-Political Sciences and Humanities  6
    SOAN 101 Introduction to Sociology  6
    General Education / Understanding the World - Quantitative Reasoning
    CMPS 108 Computing for Business  6
    CSEN 101 Introduction to Programming  6
    CSEN 111 Discrete Math  6
    MATH 100 Calculus and Analytic Geometry III  6
    MATH 101 Differential Equations  6
    MATH 102 Mathematics for Social Sciences I  6
    MATH 103 Mathematics for Social Sciences II  6
    MATH 201 Elementary Linear Algebra with Applications  6
    MATH 202 Linear Algebra I  6
    MATH 203 Numerical Computing  6
    PHIL 200 Introduction to Logic  6
    STAT 100 Elementary Statistics for the Social Sciences  6
    STAT 101 Introduction to Probability and Random Variables  6
    General Education / Understanding the World - The Earth and Planetary Systems or the Living World
    BIOL 100 General Biology I  6
    BIOL 101 Human Biology  6
    CHEM 100 Chemical Principles  6
    CHEM 101 Introduction to Environmental Chemistry  6
    CHEM 101L Introduction to Environmental Chemistry Lab  4
    CHEM 102 Introductory Chemical Techniques  4
    CHEM 301 Organic Chemistry I  6
    CHEM 302 Organic Chemistry II  6
    GEOL 227 Climate and Earth Sciences for Engineers  6
    HPCH 100 Introduction to Public Health  Social Inequalities 6
    PHYS 100L Introductory Physics II Lab  2
    PHYS 101 Introduction to Classical Physics  6
    PHYS 102 Introduction to Modern Physics  6
    PHYS 104 Electricity and Magnetism  6
    Program Instructors
    Name
    Full-time Professors
    Dr Alain Daou Dean, Faculty of Business & Associate Professor of Management
    Dr Elena Antonacopoulou Full Professor
    Dr Elena Polydorou Special Scientist - Lecturer
    Dr Christodoulos Pavlou Special Scientist – Lecturer
    Dr Yaozhi Zhang Assistant Professor
    Dr Claudia Franze Assistant Professor
    Racha Saad Senior Special Scientist – Instructor
    Dr Lorenzo Palladini Assistant Professor
    Seconded Professors
    F
    Fida Afiouni Tenured Professor, Associate Provost, American University of Beirut
    K
    Krzysztof Fleszar Tenured Professor, American University of Beirut
    A
    Ahmad Ismail Associate Professor, American University of Beirut
    A
    Amr El Kebbi Assistant Professor, American University of Beirut
    M
    Mohamad Merhabi Assistant Professor, American University of Beirut
    A
    Assem Safieddine Tenured Professor, American University of Beirut
    F
    Fouad Zablith Tenured Associate Professor, Associate Dean at the Olayan School of Business, American University of Beirut

    Accreditation

    • The Cyprus Agency of Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education (CYQAA - ΔΙΠΑΕ) The Cyprus Agency of Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education (CYQAA - ΔΙΠΑΕ)
    • New York State Education Department (NYSED) New York State Education Department (NYSED)
    • EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS)
    • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

    Accreditation and Quality Assurance

    This program is officially accredited and approved by the Cyprus Agency of Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education (CYQAA). For detailed information, you can view the official approval report on the CYQAA website.​​

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