Description of MBA evening program

MBA (Masters of Business Management) evening program is a hosted by the Department of Business Management from School of Agricultural Economics and Business Studies which is school in the Sokoine University of Agriculture.

Benefits of MBA (evening) postgraduate course

Our Master of Business Administration (Evening programme) degree is designed to develop professionals possessing varied backgrounds, to acquire knowledge and skills of business. The MBA (Evening programme) is the right opportunity for professionals who have no time during working hours who want to acquire business management knowledge and skills.

Objective of MBA (Evening Programme)

Main objective of the programme is to help you to acquire managerial and administrative knowledge related to businesses management. These will include receiving training in the fields of marketing, management, finance, purchasing, market research, trading and exporting, strategic planning and general business administration.

Duration of programme and delivery systems

The duration of the degree program is 2 years (24 months) for full-time registered students . Teaching times are: 5.00 pm to 9.00 pm for week days and 8.30 am to 12.30 pm for Saturdays.

4 years for part time students who registers one module a year.

NB: No candidate will be allowed to extend beyond 6 years.

Who we are looking for

· A holder of a Bachelor’s degree with Second Class and above. Candidates with a Pass grade who have professional work experience of not less than 3 years

· Professionals with Bachelor’s degree and having acquired relevant work experience and have taken a postgraduate diploma in Economics and/or business related courses.

· Advanced diploma in Business from recognized institution having acquired professional work experience of not less than 3 years.

The general regulations and guidelines for higher degrees of Sokoine University of Agriculture shall apply except where indicated.

Our Course Sructure

Module 1	Economics and Management Theory	Credit hours
MBE 611	Strategic Management	1.5
MBE 612	Organizational Theory and Management	1.5
MBE 613	Managerial Economics	1.5
MBE 614	Management Information System and e-commerce	1.5
MBE 615	Business Communication	1.5

Module 2	Quantitative module
MBE 621	Quantitative Techniques for Business Decision Making	2
MBE 622	Business Mathematics and Statistics	2
MBE 623	Business Research Methods, Planning and Management	2
MBE 624	Marketing Research	2

Module 3	Marketing and Entrepreneurship module
MBE 631	Advanced Marketing Management	2
MBE 632	Entrepreneurship	1.5
MBE 633	Retail, Sales, and Supply Chain Management	1
MBE 634	International Marketing Management	1.5
MBE 635	Industrial and consumer Behavior	2
Module 4	Finance and Accounting module
MBE 641	Managerial Accounting	2
MBE 642	Managerial Finance	2
MBE 643	International Business Finance	1.5
MBE 644	Advanced Public Finance	1
MBE 645	Advanced Corporate Finance	1.5

Module 5	Applied Management module
MBE 651	Business Law and Ethics	2
MBE 652	Advanced Human Resource Management	2
MBE 653	Seminars in Business Management	2
MBE 654	Business Finance and Credit Management	2

Module 6	Agribusiness module
MBE 661	Farm Business Management	1
MBE 662	Agribusiness Environment	1
MBE 663	Agribusiness Management	1
MBE 664	Agribusiness Project Appraisal & Evaluation	2

Module 7	Research module
MBE 670	Research Proposal and Report/Dissertation	2

When and how to apply

The opening of the application window for our MBA is normally announced through the School website which may be accesed through this link.If the window is open, you may make an online application through http://suasis.sua.ac.tz:9092/index.php/welcome . Make sure that all relevant academic and financial documents are attached before final submission is made

Hard copies of the application forms can be obtained from:

The Directorate of Postgraduate Studies, Research, Technology Transfer and Consultancy (DPRTC)

Sokoine University of Agriculture

P. O. Box 3151,

Morogoro,

TANZANIA

Tel. +255 23 2604388

Fax. +255 23 2600968

E-mail: drpgs@suat.ac.tz

For specific information, you may directly contact the department with the following address

Head,

Department of Business Management,