MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBAM)

Introduction
This MBA program is recommended to the
middle and high level managers with a good
undergraduate degree in any field or a higher
professional diploma in accounting, finance
and administration. The course is designed to
provide specialized training in Accounting,
Finance, Marketing, Human Resource
Management, General Management and
Public Sector Management, Insurance, Health
Care Management.

MBA 8104 Research Methods

One elective from the following

MBA 8105 Corporate Finance
International Accounting
MBA 8119
Standards
International Finance
MBA 8120
Management

3
3
3

MBA 8121 Financial Decision Analysis

MBA 8122 Financial Planning and Strategy

Year II: Semester II (Core Courses)

Admission Requirements
The general admission requirements of
Makerere University will apply where
appropriate. The following specific criteria
will apply:
(i) First degree in any field of at least lower
second class honors, or its equivalent
from a recognized University.
(ii) Qualifications in professional programs
listed below; ACCA CPA (U), CPA (K),
CIMA,

Analysis and Design of

Accounting System
Public Sector and Non-Profit
MBA 8202
Financial Reporting
MBA 8201

3
3

MBA 8203 Taxation

MBA 8204 Research Project

One elective from the following

The structure of the program

The program is two (2) years with four (4)
semesters.
Year I: Semester I

MBA 8103 Advanced Financial Reporting

MBA 8205 Global Finance

MBA 8222 Banking Law

MBA 8223 Assurance Services

Financial Statement Analysis and

MBA 8224
Valuation

MBA 8225 Corporate Finance Reporting

FINANCE

CU

Year II: Semester I (Core Courses)

MBA 7101 Financial Accounting

MBA 8101 Business Law

MBA 7102 Financial Management

MBA 8105 Corporate Finance

MBA 7103 Quantitative Methods

MBA 7104 Managerial Economics

Modern Banking Theory and

MBA 8106
Practice

MBA 7105 General Management

MBA 8104 Research Methods

One elective from the following

Year I: Semester II
MBA 7201

Managing People in
Organizations

MBA 7202 Marketing Management

Cost and Management
Accounting
Strategic Planning and
MBA 7204
Management
MBA 7203

MBA 7205 Operations Management

3
3
3
3

Year II: Semester I (Core Courses)

MBA 8102

Advanced Management
Accounting

MBA 8121 Financial Decision Analysis

MBA 8122 Financial Planning and Strategy

Year II: Semester II (Core Courses)

ACCOUNTING
MBA 8101 Business Law

Investment Portfolio and Risk

Management
International Accounting
MBA 8119
Standards
International Finance
MBA 8120
Management
MBA 8110

3
3

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MBA 8205 Global Finance

MBA 8206 Banking Law

MBA 8203 Taxation

MBA 8129 Personal Life Insurance

MBA 8204 Research Project

MBA 8130 Health Insurance

MBA 8131 Marine Cargo

MBA 8132 Reinsurance

One elective from the following

Analysis and Design of
MBA 8201
Accounting System
Public Sector and Non-Profit
MBA 8202
Financial Reporting
MBA 8223 Assurance Services
MBA 8224

Financial Statement Analysis and

Valuation

MBA 8225 Corporate Finance Reporting

Year II: Semester II

MBA 8210

3
3
3

MARKETING

(Core Courses)

Insurance Underwriting
Management

MBA 8211 Insurance Claims Management

MBA 8212 Insurance Law and Regulation

MBA 8204 Research Project

One elective from the following

Year II: Semester I (Core Courses)

MBA 8231 Pensions Insurance

MBA 8101 Business Law

MBA 8232 Fire Insurance

MBA 8107 Strategic Marketing Management

MBA 8233 Engineering Insurance

MBA 8108 New Product Marketing

MBA 8234 Property Insurance

MBA 8104 Research Methods

MBA 8235 Marketing Insurance

HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT

One elective from the following

MBA 8123 Marketing Measurement
MBA 8124

Brand Marketing and

Communication Management

MBA 8125 Global Marketing

MBA 8126 Industrial Psychology

MBA 8127 Marketing Strategy

Year II: Semester II

Year II: Semester I

(Core Courses)

MBA 8207 Service Marketing Environment

MBA 8208 Global Marketing

MBA 8209 Marketing Research

MBA 8204 Research Project

(Core Courses)

Strategic Human Resource

MBA 8111
Management
Human Resource Management
MBA 8112
and Employment Law
Human Resource Information
MBA 8113
Systems
MBA 8104 Research Methods

3
3
3
3

One elective from the following

MBA 8226 Industrial Marketing

Labor Relations and Collective

Bargaining
Public Sector Human Resource
MBA 8134
Management
Leadership and Team
MBA 8135
Development

MBA 8227 Sales Promotion Marketing

MBA 8136 Human Resource Development

MBA 8228 Services Marketing

MBA 8229 Relationship Marketing

Public Administration and

MBA 8137
Management

MBA 8230 Industrial Relations

MBA 8133

One elective from the following

Project and Programme

Management
Human Resource Development
MBA 8214
and Planning
Human Resource Issues and
MBA 8215
Strategies
MBA 8213

Year II: Semester I (Core Courses)

3

MBA 8109 Principles of Insurance

MBA 8110

Investment Portfolio and Risk

Management

MBA 8104 Research Methods

MBA 8204 Research Project

3
3
3
3

One elective from the following

Strategic Thinking in
Organizations
Policy Design Formulation and
MBA 8236
Analysis
MBA 8217

One elective from the following

MBA 8128 Motor Insurance

Year II: Semester II (Core Courses)

INSURANCE
MBA 8101 Business Law

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3
3

MBA 8237 Human Resource Planning

Human Behavior in
MBA 8238
Organizations

MBA 8239 Benefits and Compensation

Public Administration and

Management
Health Care Planning, Policy
MBA 8141
and Reforms
MBA 8137

MANAGEMENT
Year II: Semester I (Core Courses)
Strategic Human Resource
Management
Behavioral and Organizational
MBA 8114
Concepts for Management
Human Resource Information
MBA 8113
Systems
MBA 8111

MBA 8104 Research Methods

Public Administration and

MBA 8137
Management
Information Systems for
MBA 8138
Management
International Organizations and
MBA 8139
Global Governance
MBA 8140 Financial Decision Making

MBA 8142 Public Sector Budgeting

Regional Cooperation and

MBA 8143
Integration

Year II: Semester II (Core Courses)

MBA 8213

Project and Programme

Management

MBA 8218 Local Government Management

MBA 8219

Policy Design Formulation and

Analysis

MBA 8204 Research Project

One elective from the following

MBA 8116 Public Sector Economics

3
3
3
3

One elective from the following

MBA 8217

3
3
3
3

MBA 8240 Corporate Governance

MBA 8242 Performance Management

Public Enterprises and

MBA 8243
Privatization

MBA 8244

Year II: Semester II (Core Courses)

Strategic Thinking in
Organizations

Debt Negotiation and

Management

Project and Programme

MBA 8213
Management

MBA 8216 Change Management

Year II: Semester I (Core Courses)

Strategic Thinking in
Organization

MBA 8111

Strategic Human Resource

Management

MBA 8117

Alternative Systems of Health

Care Delivery

MBA 8118

Health Care Financial

Management

MBA 8217

MBA 8204 Research Project

HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT

One elective from the following

MBA 8236

Policy Design Formulation and

Analysis

MBA 8240 Corporate Governance

MBA 8238

Human Behavior in
Organizations

MBA 8104 Research Methods

3
3

MBA 8241 Management of Development

MBA 8242 Performance Management

PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT

Year II: Semester I (Core Courses)
MBA 8111

Strategic Human Resource

Management

MBA 8115 Public Sector Economics

MBA 8116

Strategic Management in the

Public Sector

MBA 8104 Research Methods

Health Care Financial
Management

MBA 8116 Public Sector Economics

Public Administration and

MBA 8139
Management

MBA 8144 Health Law and Ethics

MBA 8145 Health Care Insurance

Health Care Planning, Policy

and Reforms

MBA 8141

Year II: Semester II (Core Courses)

MBA 8213

MBA 8220 Health Economics

MBA 8221 Managing Health Services

MBA 8204 Research Project

One elective from the following

MBA 8119

One elective from the following

Project and Programme

Management

One elective from the following

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MBA 8236

Policy Design Formulation and

Analysis

3
3

MBA 8240 Corporate Governance

MBA 8245

International Health Care

Systems

GAE7201

Gender-aware Microeconomics

GAE7202

Gender-aware Macroeconomics

GAE7203

Policy Analysis And

Management

GAE7204

Research Methodology

GAE8101

Research Paper

GAE8102

Health Economics

GAE8103

Research And Environmental

Economics

GAE8104

Gender Analysis Of
International Trade And

GAE8105

Gender-aware Macroeconomic
Modelling

GAE8106

Public Sector Economics

GAE8107

Gender Analysis Of
Development Finance

MBA 8246 Environmental Health Science

MBA 8247 Health Care Administration

MGAE

Master Of Arts Gender Analysis

In Econ

CODE

Description

CU

GAE7101

Microeconomics For Policy

Management

GAE7102

Macroeconomics For Policy

Management

GAE7103

Applied Econometrics

GAE7104

Foundations Of Gender Aware

Economics Analysi

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS (PHEC)

to build a community of African scholars who
are able to identify upcoming economic issues,
direct the development of relevant data and
provide leadership to Masters students. This
situation perpetuates the excessive influence
of non-African professionals in analyzing
and formulating economic policies for the
Continent.

Objectives
The PhD Programme is intended to: provide
the highest level of training in economics by
coursework and thesis; strengthen teaching and
research capacity in Uganda as well as in SubSaharan African countries; increase the pool
of potential researchers and policy analysts;
and reduce the need for Ugandans to train
abroad when services of comparable quality
can be provided at home at reasonable cost.
Highly trained and specialized Economists
are of paramount importance in the generation
of knowledge for a better understanding of
the economy and the design of appropriate
policies to improve economic performance.

It is therefore important that Makerere

University Faculty of Economics and
Management, the primary Economics
Institution in Uganda undertakes the training
of such Economists.
Programme Structure

In contemporary societies, the most highly

trained and specialized Economists are those
who have studied and acquired the PhD degrees
with Coursework and Dissertation from
recognized Universities. The growing demand
for Senior Economists outside academia and
the under funding and decay of the universities
have led many of those who remain in Africa
to become consultants for international
organizations. They are frequently overcommitted. As a result, it is almost impossible

Duration
The Programme integrates theory, tools
and African applications into academic
teaching, ensuring that the theory is firmly
grounded on the empirical side. The 4 year
programme of study leading to the Doctor
of Philosophy in Economics requires that a
student takes four semesters of Coursework,
does comprehensive examinations and also
completes a PhD Thesis. During the first

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