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University of Aruba new two year MBA program starting this September
ORANJESTAD ― The Univer- sity of Aruba announced that it will be offering a two year MBA program de- signed primarily for those individuals who are cur- rently working full time and wish to enhance their man- agement skills.
The program, which will commence on Monday September 3rd is in two parts.
The first year will offer ten courses with a sec- ond year requiring the completion of a thesis.
The first year will offer eight mandatory courses includ- ing Human Resources, the Philosophy of Research, Corporate Finance, Lead- ership and Ethics, Innova- tion and Entrepreneurship, Marketing and Social Me- dia, Strategy and Organiza- tion and Research Design and Methodology as well as three elective courses International Business Law,
Transformation and the Psy- chology of Effective Com- munication.
Students will choose two of the three electives. The year will be divided into five (5) separate semes- ters of two months each, these being September/ October, November/De- cember, January/Febru- ary, March/April and May/ June.
Two courses will be taught during each semester dur- ing the evenings so stu- dents can expect to attend the university twice a week during each semester.
The coordinator of the MBA program, Dr. James Hep- ple, is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Hospitality Management and Tourism Studies at the University of Aruba.
He will teach one of the courses with other lecturers including Dr. Simon Hudson, Dr. Scott Smith and Dr. Robin Dipietro, all from the Univer-
sity of South Carolina, with lecturers from the University of Aruba itself these being Don Taylor, Lecturer in In- ternational Business Law, Economics, Finance and Accounting Law, Kimberly Greaux, Lecturer in Busi- ness and Research Meth- odology, and Rosabelle Illes, Lecturer in Psychology.
The university will hold an “open house” at 6.30 pm Monday July 9th to provide more information about the program.
The deadline for the regis- tration is July 22nd 2018.
All applicants will be then be interviewed one on one to allow detailed discussion of the implications of em- barking upon a two year program.
All applicants will be noti- fied as to whether or not they have been accepted by the University no later than August 15th.
The program will be taught in English. q
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