Subject List

Advanced Entry (3 Years)

Mandatory Subject(s):

1. ACCY121: Accounting for Decision Making
2. BUS 101: Responsible Business
3. BUS 121: Statistics for Business

Direct Entry (4 Years)

Available Subject(s):

1. LANG030: English for Academic Studies
2. BUS 030: Business Studies
3. STAT040: Statistics and Data Science

Advanced Entry (3 Years)

Mandatory Subject(s):

1. ACCY121: Accounting for Decision Making
2. BUS 101: Responsible Business
3. BUS 121: Statistics for Business

Direct Entry (4 Years)

Available Subject(s):

1. LANG030: English for Academic Studies
2. BUS 030: Business Studies
3. STAT040: Statistics and Data Science

Advanced Entry (3 Years)

Mandatory Subject(s):

1. BUS 101: Responsible Business
2. MARK101: Marketing Principles
3. BUS 121: Statistics for Business

Direct Entry (4 Years)

Available Subject(s):

1. LANG030: English for Academic Studies
2. BUS 030: Business Studies
3. STAT040: Statistics and Data Science

Advanced Entry (3 Years)

Mandatory Subject(s):

1. MGNT110: Introduction to Management
2. MARK101: Marketing Principles
3. ECON100: Economic Essentials for Business

Direct Entry (4 Years)

Available Subject(s):

1. LANG030: English for Academic Studies
2. BUS 030: Business Studies
3. STAT040: Statistics and Data Science

Advanced Entry (3 Years)

Mandatory Subject(s):

1. MGNT110: Introduction to Management
2. BUS 101: Responsible Business
3. MARK101: Marketing Principles

Direct Entry (4 Years)

Available Subject(s):

1. LANG030: English for Academic Studies
2. BUS 030: Business Studies
3. STAT040: Statistics and Data Science

Advanced Entry (3 Years)

Mandatory Subject(s):

1. MGNT110: Introduction to Management
2. BUS 101: Responsible Business
3. MARK101: Marketing Principles

Direct Entry (4 Years)

Available Subject(s):

1. LANG030: English for Academic Studies
2. BUS 030: Business Studies
3. STAT040: Statistics and Data Science

Advanced Entry (3 Years)

Mandatory Subject(s):

1. MGNT110: Introduction to Management
2. MARK101: Marketing Principles
3. ECON100: Economic Essentials for Business

Direct Entry (4 Years)

Available Subject(s):

1. LANG030: English for Academic Studies
2. BUS 030: Business Studies
3. STAT040: Statistics and Data Science

Advanced Entry (3 Years)

Mandatory Subject(s):

1. MGNT110: Introduction to Management
2. BUS 101: Responsible Business
3. ECON100: Economic Essentials for Business

Direct Entry (4 Years)

Available Subject(s):

1. LANG030: English for Academic Studies
2. BUS 030: Business Studies
3. STAT040: Statistics and Data Science

Available Subject(s):

1. MBA 901: Accounting for Managerial Decision-Making
2. MBA 914: People and Culture

Available Subject(s):

1. ENTR901: Financial Skills for Entrepreneurs
2. ENTR902: Insights into Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Check the number of Foundation Subjects waived as per the offer letter: ACCY801/OPS802/MGNT803/MARK804

Students MUST enrol in any remaining 800 level subject(s).

• Students may then choose from the list as per their Majors. Ensure no date/time conflict between the selected subjects.
• Students who are granted advanced standing in OPS 802 but choose to have their degree accredited with the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) must complete OPS 802 to meet the CIPS accreditation requirement.

Available Subject(s):

1. MBAS900: Fundamentals of Business Analytics
2. Any 900-level elective subject offered by School of Business

• MBAS900 must be completed in 1st trimester: pre-requisite for all MBAS core subjects.

   

• Check the number of Foundation Subjects waived as per the offer letter: ACCY801/OPS802/MARK804
• Students MUST enrol in any remaining 800 level subject(s)

Available Subject(s):

1. MARK940: Marketing Communications
2. MARK901: Digital Marketing or Any 900-level elective subject offered by School of Business

New students cannot enrol in MARK935 in their first trimester.

Check the number of Foundation Subjects waived as per the offer letter: ACCY801/OPS802/MGNT803/MARK804

Students MUST enrol in any remaining 800 level subject(s).

• Students may then choose from the list as per their Majors. Ensure no date/time conflict between the selected subjects.
• Students who are granted advanced standing in OPS 802 but choose to have their degree accredited with the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) must complete OPS 802 to meet the CIPS accreditation requirement.

Available Subject(s):

1. MGNT908: Human Resource Development
2. MGNT963: Management of Workplace Health and Safety or MGNT915: Management of Change

Check the number of Foundation Subjects waived as per the offer letter: ACCY801/OPS802/MGNT803/MARK804

Students MUST enrol in any remaining 800 level subject(s).

• Students may then choose from the list as per their Majors. Ensure no date/time conflict between the selected subjects.
• Students who are granted advanced standing in OPS 802 but choose to have their degree accredited with the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) must complete OPS 802 to meet the CIPS accreditation requirement.

Available Subject(s):

1. MARK935: Marketing Strategy
2. ECON960: International Trade, Economics and Geopolitics

Check the number of Foundation Subjects waived as per the offer letter: ACCY801/OPS802/MGNT803/MARK804

Students MUST enrol in any remaining 800 level subject(s).

• Students may then choose from the list as per their Majors. Ensure no date/time conflict between the selected subjects.
• Students who are granted advanced standing in OPS 802 but choose to have their degree accredited with the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) must complete OPS 802 to meet the CIPS accreditation requirement.

Available Subject(s):

1. OPS 920: Contemporary Issues in Supply Chain Management
2. OPS 910: Supply Chain Analytics or OPS 911: Strategic Procurement Management

Check the number of Foundation Subjects waived as per the offer letter: ACCY801/OPS802/MGNT803/MARK804

Students MUST enrol in any remaining 800 level subject(s).

• Students may then choose from the list as per their Majors. Ensure no date/time conflict between the selected subjects.
• Students who are granted advanced standing in OPS 802 but choose to have their degree accredited with the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) must complete OPS 802 to meet the CIPS accreditation requirement.

For all below Specialisation

• Investing
• Financial Services
• Corporate Treasury
• Financial Techonology

Available Subject(s):

1. FIN 950: Socially Responsible Finance
2. FIN 958: Financial Institutions

General and all specialisations below

• Artificial Intelligence and Big Data
• Cyber Security
• Game and Mobile Development

Advanced Entry (3 Years)

Mandatory Subject(s):

1. CSIT110: Programming Fundamentals with Python
2. CSIT123: Computing and Cyber Security Fundamentals
3. CSIT114: System Analysis

Direct Entry (4 Years)

Available Subject(s):

1. LANG030: English for Academic Studies
2. CSIT040: Modern Computing Skills
3. STAT040: Statistics and Data Science

All direct‑entry students must enrol in the required subjects listed. If any subject is full, please contact Mohamad Klot for assistance.

Advanced Entry (3 Years)

Mandatory Subject(s):

1. CSIT110: Programming Fundamentals with Python
2. CSIT123: Computing and Cyber Security Fundamentals
3. CSIT114: System Analysis

Direct Entry (4 Years)

Available Subject(s):

1. LANG030: English for Academic Studies
2. CSIT040: Modern Computing Skills
3. STAT040: Statistics and Data Science

All direct‑entry students must enrol in the required subjects listed. If any subject is full, please contact Mohamad Klot for assistance.

Available Subject(s):

1. MDT 901: Digital transformation strategy and Industry 4.0
2. MDT 904: Research & Design Thinking for Digital Transformation

Master of Digital Transformation (MDT) new students can enrol only in 2 subjects

Direct Entry

Available Subject(s):

1. MACS901: Advanced Network Security & Threat Detection
2. MACS902: Modern Cryptography

Students who wish to take a third subject (MACS905 or MACS906) please contact Mohamad Klot to obtain the required Dean’s approval.

Conversion path

Available Subject(s):

1. MACS804: Digital Forensics & Incident Response
2. MACS901: Advanced Network Security & Threat Detection
3. For conversion path only
   MACS801: Foundations of Cybersecurity & IT Systems (MDT917 as an equivalent)

Students who wish to take a third subject (MACS902) please contact Mohamad Klot to obtain dean approval

Students who must enrol in MACS 801 should take MDT917 as an equivalent

Students who are required to enrol in Foundation subjects must take MACS 804 and MDT917 which is an equivalent to MACS801

Students who should take one of the following foundation subjects MACS804 or MACS801 (MDT917) should enrol in MACS901 as a second subject.

Available Subject(s):

1. MAAI901: Deep Learning for Visual Data
2. MAAI902: Natural Language Processing & LLMs
3. For conversion path only
   MAAI804: Data Engineering for AI
   MDT 905: Data Science Practitioner (or its equivalent)

Students on the MAAI conversion pathway who are required to enrol in MAAI804 may alternatively enrol in MDT905 – Data Science Practitioner as an approved equivalent for Spring 2026.

Students can enrol in a maximum of 3 subjects for Spring

For the Below Majors

• Civil Engineering *
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mechatronic Engineering
• Computer and Autonomous Systems Engineering
• Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Advanced Entry

Mandatory Subject(s):

1. MATH141: Foundations of Engineering Mathematics
2. ENGG102: Materials in design
3. ENGG105: Electrical Systems

Direct Entry

Available Subject(s):

1. LANG030: English for Academic Studies
2. PHY 040: Physics
3. MATH042: Elements of Engineering Mathematics

* Note: If the student has be waived from any of the subjects, student can be enrolled into CHEM103.

Students may opt to take a UAE General Elective as their third subject — ARTS317, URBS103, IRAE135, GEOG222, or PUBH115 — in accordance with the academic catalog.

Available Subject(s):

1. ENGG951: Engineering Project Management
2. ENGG941: Sustainability for Engineers, Scientists and Professionals

For the below Major

• Digital and Social Media
• Marketing Communication and Advertising

Advanced Entry (3 Years)

Mandatory Subject(s):

1. BCM 110: Intro to Communication and Media Studies
2. BCM 114: Making Media
3. Choose 1:
   BCM 115: Introduction toScreen Media OR VCD 101: Introduction to Visual Communication Design

For the below Major

• Screen Media Production

Advanced Entry (3 Years)

Mandatory Subject(s):

1. BCM 110: Intro to Communication and Media Studies
2. BCM 114: Making Media
3. BCM 115: Introduction to Screen Media

For the below Major

• Visual Communication Design

Advanced Entry (3 Years)

Mandatory Subject(s):

1. BCM 110: Intro to Communication and Media Studies
2. BCM 114: Making Media
3. VCD 101: Introduction to Visual Communication Design

For all Major

Direct Entry (4 Years)

Available Subject(s):

1. LANG030: English for Academic Studies
2. BUS 030: Business Studies
3. MATH041: Maths for Business

General and all the below Majors

• Marketing
• Management
• Human Resource Management

Advanced Entry (3 Years)

Mandatory Subject(s):

1. PSYC120: Critical Thinking and Communication Skills in Psychology
2. PSYC121: Foundations of Psychology A
3. PUBH115: Public Health OR IRAE135: UAE and Internal Relations OR a subject from their business majors

Students who completed a General Education subject during their freshman year are exempt from taking another one upon entering the program. In this case, the total number of credit points required for completion is 150

Direct Entry (4 Years)

Available Subject(s):

1. LANG030: English for Academic Studies
2. BUS 030: Business Studies
3. MATH043: Mathematics for the Liberal Arts

Available Subject(s):

1. MMD 904: Media Design and Creative Industries
2. MMD 905: Creative and Critical practice

Available Subject(s):

1. EDGX901: Psychology for Educators
2. EDGC920: Curriculum & Learning Design

Available Subject(s):

1. SMAH915: Clinical Governance
2. SNPG916: Statistics for HCP