MBA Bio-Management
In these days, the industry is in the process of transforming recent academic findings about our human genealogical structures into developing cures and medicines for various illnesses and diseases. Responding to this trend in industry, ITU has created a new focus of our Masters in Business Management. This MBA – Bio-Management will give the students the same knowledge and skills as a traditional MBA – program with an additional core focused in managing various aspects of the biotech industry.
ITU provides the highest quality of professional talent to teach the students the necessary skills of the field and to collaborate on real world problems in the bio-tech industry. Students who graduate with ITU’s MBA in Bio-Management will be specifically suited for managing and auditing clinical trial studies, and the degree is also an excellent preparation for entering the bio-tech industry as an entrepreneur, a manager at a large scale multi-national enterprise, or any position in between.
Curriculum:
To complete the Master degree each student must complete a total of 36 units.
Students pursuing a degree in ITU MBA Bio Management program will take 18 units of core courses in the Bio Management concentration category listed below. In addition, they must take an additional 18 units of ITU management Elective courses listed below.
Courses Requirements :
Choose 6 of the Concentration courses of the following courses………………………………….18
Concentration Courses (MBA 18 units)
BIOM 900 Concepts of Clinical Research Management (3)
BIOM 901 Concepts of Modern Biology (3)
BIOM 902 Clinical Biostatistics and Epidemiology (3)
BIOM 903 Business and Scientific Writing (3)
BIOM 904 Global Bio-Technology Entrepreneurship (3)
BIOM 905 Human Ecology (3)
BIOM 906 Biological Management (3)
BIOM 907 Global Biotechnology (3)
BIOM 908 Bioethics and policy (3)
BIOM 909 Biotech industry fundamentals (3)
BIOM 910 Bio Market Study (3)
BIOM 911 Bio Economics (3)
BIOM 912 Bio IT Fundamentals (3)
BIOM 913 Bio IP and Patents (3)
BIOM 914 Innovation and R&D Bio Management (3)
BIOM 915 Regulatory Management in Biopharma (3)
BIOM 920 Bio Management Practicum: Field Project (3)
Bio and Management Elective Courses (18 units)
Choose 6 courses of the following courses……………………………………………………………..18
Bio Electives Courses
BPS 821 A Regulatory Overview for New Drug Development (3)
FPMP 920 Field Project: Management Practicum (3)
HCM 904 Translating Biomedical Innovation from the Laboratory to the Marketplace (3)
HCM 907 Healthcare sector Marketing (3)
HCM 916 Healthcare Environment: Cultural and Behavioral Theories (3)
HCM 927 Principles of Health Promotion and Education (3)
HCM 933 Complementary and Alternative Medicine (3)
Management Elective Courses
ACTN 900 Financial Accounting (3)
ACTN 910 Managerial Accounting (3)
CONS 900 Consilience Theory 1 (3)
ECON 920 Macroeconomic Theory(3)
FINN 933 Managerial Finance (3)
GRN 511 Verbal Communications and Conversations (1-3)
GRN 513 Newspaper Reading and Essay Writing (1-3)
GRN 514 Active Listening (1-3)
GRN 515 Technical Writing and Public Speaking (1-3)
GRN 923 Independent Study (1-3)
GRN 597 Joint Seminar (1-3)
GRN 599 Writing and Composition (1-3)
MBAN 997 Research Methods (3)
MBAN 998 MBA Project (3)
MBAN 999 MBA Thesis (3)
MGTN 901 Principles of Management (3)
MGTN 915 Organizational Teamwork (3)
MGTN 923 Principles and Practices of Six Sigma (3)
MGTN 930 Strategic Operations Management (3)
MGTN 942 Critical Thinking Strategies in Decision Making (3)
MGTN 945 Pitching a Business Plan to Venture Capitalists (VCs) / Workshops (3)
MGTN 949 Organizational Theory (3)
MGTN 950 Project Risk Management (3)
MISY 915 Management Information Systems (3)
MKTN 958 Marketing Management (3)
Total units………………………………………………………………………………….……..36
Core Curricular Practical Training (CPT) courses:
The students who are on CPT should take the courses listed below
for a total of 9 units………………………………………………………………………………..9
GRN 920 Internship I (1-3)
GRN 921 Internship II (1-3)
GRN 922 Internship III (1-3)
The core CPT courses will replace elective courses.
Joint Seminar course (1-3) units will be counted with the 9 CPT units.
