Curriculum Overview
The MBA curriculum at Monark University Ahmedabad is meticulously designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of business management principles while fostering critical thinking, innovation, and ethical leadership. The program spans two years divided into four semesters, offering both core courses and specialized electives tailored to individual career aspirations.
Semester-wise Course Breakdown
| Semester | Course Code | Course Title | Credit Structure (L-T-P-C) | Pre-requisites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Semester | MBA101 | Foundations of Management | 3-0-0-3 | - |
| 1st Semester | MBA102 | Business Economics | 3-0-0-3 | - |
| 1st Semester | MBA103 | Quantitative Methods for Business | 3-0-0-3 | - |
| 1st Semester | MBA104 | Organizational Behavior | 3-0-0-3 | - |
| 1st Semester | MBA105 | Financial Accounting | 3-0-0-3 | - |
| 1st Semester | MBA106 | Marketing Principles | 3-0-0-3 | - |
| 2nd Semester | MBA201 | Corporate Finance | 3-0-0-3 | MBA105 |
| 2nd Semester | MBA202 | Operations Management | 3-0-0-3 | - |
| 2nd Semester | MBA203 | Human Resource Management | 3-0-0-3 | - |
| 2nd Semester | MBA204 | Business Strategy | 3-0-0-3 | - |
| 2nd Semester | MBA205 | Managerial Economics | 3-0-0-3 | MBA102 |
| 2nd Semester | MBA206 | Research Methodology | 3-0-0-3 | - |
| 3rd Semester | MBA301 | Digital Transformation | 3-0-0-3 | MBA204 |
| 3rd Semester | MBA302 | Data Analytics for Decision Making | 3-0-0-3 | MBA103 |
| 3rd Semester | MBA303 | Strategic Marketing | 3-0-0-3 | MBA106 |
| 3rd Semester | MBA304 | Supply Chain Management | 3-0-0-3 | MBA202 |
| 3rd Semester | MBA305 | Corporate Governance | 3-0-0-3 | - |
| 3rd Semester | MBA306 | Sustainability and Ethics in Business | 3-0-0-3 | - |
| 4th Semester | MBA401 | Capstone Project | 0-0-6-3 | All previous semesters |
| 4th Semester | MBA402 | Leadership and Team Development | 3-0-0-3 | - |
| 4th Semester | MBA403 | Innovation Management | 3-0-0-3 | - |
| 4th Semester | MBA404 | Global Business Environment | 3-0-0-3 | - |
| 4th Semester | MBA405 | Entrepreneurship and Venture Creation | 3-0-0-3 | - |
| 4th Semester | MBA406 | Advanced Topics in Management | 3-0-0-3 | - |
Advanced Departmental Electives
Students can choose from a range of advanced departmental electives that align with current industry trends and business needs:
- Digital Transformation: This course explores how organizations leverage digital technologies to transform their operations, culture, and customer experiences. Topics include AI implementation, cloud computing, blockchain applications, and IoT integration.
- Data Analytics for Decision Making: Students learn to extract meaningful insights from complex datasets using statistical modeling, predictive analytics, and visualization tools like Tableau and Power BI.
- Strategic Marketing: Focuses on developing marketing strategies that drive sustainable competitive advantage. Covers branding, market segmentation, customer loyalty programs, and integrated marketing communications.
- Supply Chain Management: Examines the flow of goods, services, and information from raw materials to end consumers, emphasizing optimization techniques, logistics management, and risk mitigation strategies.
- Corporate Governance: Studies the framework of rules, relationships, systems, and processes that direct and control business organizations. Includes topics like board effectiveness, transparency, accountability, and ethical leadership.
- Sustainability and Ethics in Business: Explores corporate responsibility initiatives, environmental impact assessments, social justice issues, and ethical decision-making frameworks within global business contexts.
- Innovation Management: Teaches students how to foster innovation within organizations through creativity techniques, idea generation, prototyping, and commercialization processes.
- Global Business Environment: Analyzes international trade policies, cultural differences in business practices, cross-border negotiations, and geopolitical risks affecting global enterprises.
- Entrepreneurship and Venture Creation: Provides insights into starting new ventures, securing funding, building scalable business models, and navigating regulatory landscapes.
- Advanced Topics in Management: Offers specialized modules such as behavioral finance, corporate restructuring, crisis management, and leadership in multicultural environments.
Project-Based Learning Philosophy
The department strongly believes in project-based learning as a means to bridge the gap between theory and practice. Mini-projects are assigned throughout the program, allowing students to apply classroom knowledge to real-world scenarios. These projects are evaluated based on creativity, feasibility, impact analysis, and presentation quality.
For the final-year capstone project, students work in teams under the supervision of faculty mentors and industry experts. The scope of these projects is broad, ranging from developing business plans for startups to conducting strategic analyses for established corporations. Students are encouraged to select topics aligned with their career interests or current market trends.
The evaluation criteria include:
- Problem identification and analysis
- Research methodology and data collection
- Solution design and implementation
- Presentation and communication skills
- Impact assessment and sustainability planning
Faculty members guide students through the project lifecycle, providing feedback at each stage to ensure quality outcomes. This mentorship approach ensures that students not only complete their projects successfully but also develop critical professional competencies.