Business Economics & Management - Degrees

Post graduate specialisation programme

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The programme is organized in 7 sections

Section I – Introductory (english, computers)

Knowledge updating in the English language, introductory computing.

Section II – Advanced Statistics

This section is comprised of courses related to basic concepts of statistics and computer applications using SPSS or SAS statistical software packages in order to strengthen the background of the students in statistics.

Section III – Economics of Resource Allocation

It covers the basic principles of economics, mathematics, production theory and functions, supply and demand elasticities, resource and welfare economics.

Section IV – Investment Decisions

It focuses on cost benefit analysis, financial, economic and environmental appraisal of investment projects, and impact assessment.

Section V – Operational Management Methods

It is dedicated to the principles of management, operations research/management science methodologies and advanced optimization techniques.

Section VI – Business Economics

The Business Economics provides an overview of the market models such as perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly and the behaviour of food product prices. This module also covers macroeconomic concepts, econometrics and time series analysis, as well as market performance and public policy in the food industries, and financial management. Finally, a course on Common Agricultural Policy provides knowledge on historical, institutional and comparative aspects of the European Community and European agriculture.

Section VII – Management – Marketing

It includes courses on strategic management and the management of business firms. The second part is dedicated to marketing strategies, advertising, promotion, product differentiation and marketing regulations. Finally, one week will be devoted to market research which will provide students with tools and applications of marketing research techniques such as questionnaire design, data collection and data analysis.

Training sequence

Section I – Introductory (english, computers)

[4 ECTS] – October

BEM.501 – Scientific English (3 ECTS)

BEM.502 – Introduction to Computers (1 ECTS)

Section II – Advanced Statistics

[6 ECTS] – from October to November

BEM.510 – Database and Data Mining (3 ECTS)

BEM.511 – Parametric and Non-Parametric Statistics (3 ECTS)

Section III – Economics of Resource Allocation

[9 ECTS] – from November to December

BEM.520 – Mathematics for Decision Making (3 ECTS)

BEM.521 – Supply and Demand Theory – Market Models (3 ECTS)

BEM.522 – Resource and Welfare Economics (3 ECTS)

Section IV – Investment Decisions

[6 ECTS] – January

BEM.530 – Theory and Applications of Cost-Benefit Analysis (3 ECTS)

BEM.531 – Project Appraisal (3 ECTS)

Section V – Operational Management Methods

[6 ECTS] – February

BEM.540 – Principles of Management (3 ECTS)

BEM.541 – Operations Research (3 ECTS)

Section VI – Business Economics

[21 ECTS] – from March to April

BEM.550 – Market Structure – Price Analysis (6 ECTS)

BEM.551 – Macroeconomics (3 ECTS)

BEM.552 – Econometrics and Time Series Analysis (3 ECTS)

BEM.553 – Food Economics (3 ECTS)

BEM.554 – Agricultural Marketing and Policy (3 ECTS)

BEM.555 – Financial Management (3 ECTS)

Section VII – Management – Marketing

[12 ECTS] – from May to June

BEM.560 – Management of Business Cooperatives (3 ECTS)

BEM.561 – Strategic Management (3 ECTS)

BEM.562 – Marketing (3 ECTS)

BEM.563 – Market Research (3 ECTS)

Master of Science Programme

Research Project (9 month duration, 60 ECTS)

Research Subject Areas (topics generally available for Master of Science thesis)

  • Economic Analysis,
  • Quantitative Analysis,
  • Cost Benefit Analysis,
  • Management Studies,
  • Financial Management,
  • Market Research,
  • E-Commerce,
  • Web Based Surveys.

Last update: 03 of February, 2012