The document outlines various areas of emphasis that MBA students can focus on, including finance, management, marketing, international business, accounting, project management, human resource management, and oil and gas. For each emphasis area, the document lists the required additional credits (9 credits) that must be taken from related course options. It also provides brief descriptions of some of the emphasis areas, such as finance providing skills for careers in corporate finance and financial services industries. The document additionally outlines that a DBA thesis involves identifying and analyzing business problems and proposing solutions through specialized research and application of knowledge to improve professional practice or contribute new knowledge to a field.

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3. Students in the MBA program may focus their electives on one or more areas of emphasis by meeting the requirements below. 1- Finance Completion of courses towards the Finance Emphasis will provide students with the requisite knowledge and skill set to pursue career opportunities in corporate finance, the financial services industry and in venture capital finance. Additional career opportunities include multinational financial management and investment analysis. The Finance Emphasis requires 9 additional credits in Finance (select from the list below): Elective Emphasis

4. 2- Management The Management Emphasis allows students to concentrate their electives in the management area to gain additional expertise in the field beyond the core business courses. The Management Emphasis requires 9 additional credits in Management (select from the list below):

5. 3- Marketing The Marketing Emphasis allows students to concentrate their electives in the marketing area to gain additional expertise in the field beyond the core business courses in the area. The Management Emphasis requires 9 additional credits in marketing (select from the list below):

6. 4- International Business The International Business emphasis offers the MBA student the opportunity to gain international expertise by selecting electives that emphasize international topics. The need for managers with a global perspective continues to grow as international trade and overseas markets become increasingly important. The International Business Emphasis requires 9 additional credits in marketing (select from the list below):

7. 5- Accounting The Accounting Emphasis requires 9 additional credits in marketing (select from the list below):

8. 6- Project Management Implementing organizational change can be visualized as a project with time, cost and quality trade-offs. Project management tools and techniques are essential in keeping change processes on track. If you don't realize that organizational processes are actually projects, you may get nasty surprises when things turn out unexpectedly. Rigorous project management techniques will not solve all problems but they do clarify the process of achieving the project's goals. The Project Management Emphasis requires 9 additional credits in marketing (select from the list below):

9. 7- Human Resource Management The HRM Emphasis requires 9 additional credits in marketing (select from the list below):

10. 8- Oil and Gas The HRM Emphasis requires 9 additional credits in marketing (select from the list below):

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15. DBA thesis The student, under the direction of the appointed supervisors, will identify, analyze and propose solutions to current problems confronting professional practice in business through the application of knowledge, thereby improving professional practice or understanding the contribution to knowledge in a DBA thesis may encompass: demonstrating specialized research skills that enhance problem identification and problem solving in management or public policy; extending knowledge or change processes in business or professional practice; developing innovative approaches to the application of knowledge to the candidate's business or profession; identifying relationships between the research and the wider field of knowledge within the business field. The thesis must contribute to knowledge in one or more of these ways.