Master of Business Administration (MBA)

The MBA Program begins with pre-MBA courses such as:

• Mathematics Refresher

Graduates of BSc program at KIMEP are exempt from Pre-MBA Math

• Intensive English

All new MBA-students are required to attend two Summer Intensive English courses. These courses are waived if:

• The score on the English entrance test was 80 or higher.  (Two English courses are waived)
• The score on the English entrance test was 70 or higher. (One English course is waived)
• Graduates of an undergraduate KIMEP program with GPA 3.0 and above are exempt from all Summer Intensive English courses.

Before classes begin, students will also be tested on their computer skills. Students who lack sufficient basic skills will be asked to attend a foundation course to prepare them for skills needed for the MBA program.

After this preliminary stage, and starting from the first semester, a student will receive guidance from her/his Academic advisor. Each student should contact his appointed advisor from the BCB in the beginning of the first semester to establish an appropriate academic plan for the duration of the MBA program.

Course codes:

AC = Accounting

FN = Finance

MG = Management

MK = Marketing

OP = Operations Management

IS = Information Systems

The course code has four digits.

First digit indicates the course level in the curriculum: 5 = MBA level course

The second digit is always 32 for the Bang College of Business.

The last two digits indicate the number in the sequence of courses offered within the pathway.

Graduation Requirements

*These are zero credits towards degree, but student must pass the examination

Note: A change to the previous MBA Program Curriculum has been made to reflect the transition away from the "mini-course/1/2 Semester" course formats piloted last year. The MBA Program Curriculum for the 2004 – 2005 Fall Semester is provided for all students, especially first-time MBA Program students. Last year’s curriculum is provided as background information to assist with the transition of students enrolled during the 2003 – 2004 MBA Program academic year.

The Masters of Business Administration offers five functional concentration areas in which students can focus their MBA:

• Accounting
• Finance
• Marketing
• Management
• Operations Management
• Information Systems

Within the concentration there are some specialization fields:

*under development

2004 – 2005 MBA Program Elective Courses

Notes:

• The requirements for all Concentrations and Specializations are at the discretion of the department, and are therefore subject to change during the student’s matriculation period. Moreover, the department reserves the right to establish a set of criteria for admission to a particular specialization.
• *Upon pre-approval by the student’s advisor and Department Chair, a Double Concentration is allowed.
• Students are allowed to graduate with two "C" grades: "C-; C; C+", but with a minimum average GPA of 2.67.

Students may take courses in any order they wish as long as courses meet all prerequisites. The following schedule is suggested to ensure that prerequisites are taken before the courses that require prerequisites. Students may select an alternative schedule if there is justification and the departmental chairs approve the course selection. Students selecting this schedule will be automatically "locked-in" for registration. Any variation will require Advisor Approval.

• KIMEP B.Sc., B.S.S. or B.A.E. Graduates with an overall undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or via successful passing of entrance examinations
• Average of B+ or greater for each grouping of courses being used to waive MBA Core Required Course
• Any 5000-level undergraduate course automatically transfers with B+ or above.
• No more than 30 credits can be transferred onto MBA Program

• 63 Academic Credits and 12 English Credits are Required for MBA
• Fast Track Enrollments are eligible for a maximum of 27 transferable Credits (9 Courses)
• Fast Track Enrollments must take minimally 3 additional credits in one Core Courses (Strategic Management – MG5202) and 33 additional credits in Elective Courses (11 Elective Courses) as other MBA’s.
• The English Course requirements (up to all four courses) can be waived subject to use of undergraduate English courses of B+ or greater. If English requirement is not waived the student will take the English examination to determine English course placement.

• Course Credit Waivers will be considered using the eligibility criteria stated herein (B+ or greater in course being used to justify waiver)
• English Course Credit Waivers will be considered using the eligibility criteria stated herein (B+ or greater in course being used to justify waiver)
• Transferred Course Grades will be used on transcript to compute overall MBA GPA
• Students should discuss waivers, eligibility and transfer credits with their academic advisors.

  Bang College of Business, KIMEP, 2 Abai Avenue, Almaty, 050010
Tel.: +7 327 270-44-96        Fax: +7 327 270-44-63
E-mail: bcb@kimep.kz