Postgraduate level

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Below are some sample postgraduate courses that are tailored to the GPA credit-bearing system. These courses can also be adapted for short summer courses, or advanced undergraduate courses as required. The courses cartridges contain: syllabi, slides (including audio-visual media), handouts, learning objectives, assessment material (including test banks) and grading rubrics.

Masters of Business Administration (MBA)
The Gulf Cooperation Council states in the Global Business Environment
This course provides an in depth understanding of how international business issues affect the GCC states and how the various GCC states are positioning themselves in the global economy. Topics covered include GCC economic diversification policies, competitive advantage, GCC financial markets, exchange rate regimes and GCC economic integration amongst others.

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Masters of Business Administration (MBA)
The UAE in the Global Business Environment
This course provides an in depth understanding of how international business issues affect the UAE and how the UAE is positioning itself in the global economy. Topics include the UAE’s competitive edge in petrochemical markets, regional tourism, financial market growth and international competitiveness.

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Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA)
Literature Review & Critique
This course provides a comprehensive overview of literature reviews, including hands-on practice with EndNote. It focuses on discussing, critiquing, and developing this key section of a doctoral dissertation as well as guidance on how to maintain a bibliographic index.

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Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA)
Qualitative Research Methods
This course provides students with a background in the theoretical foundations of qualitative research, as well as with the tools needed to undertake qualitative research. It focuses on the various methods involved in qualitative research  as well as providing practical guidance on utilising software applications to analyse primary qualitative information.

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This website is maintained by Dr Emilie J. Rutledge, an Associate Professor of Economics and author of Monetary Union in the Gulf: Prospects for a Single Currency in the Arabian Peninsula. Emilie has developed a number of undergraduate and postgraduate courses that specifically cover the economic and sociopolitical trajectories of the six Gulf economies. Her present research interests are the Arabian Gulf’s labour market dynamics and economic diversification endeavours.
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