| Program Description : | The Master's program in Business Economics was established in 1978. The program accepts candidates with Bachelor's degrees in Economics as well as from various academic backgrounds such as: Financial Economics, Agricultural Economics, Islamic Economics, Economics of Insurance, Political Economics, Business Administration, Finance, Marketing, Industrial Engineering, Statistics, and Mathematics.
This is a two-track program: thesis track and non-thesis track. Students are required to successfully pass (33) credit hours in order to earn their Master's degree in Business Economics. In the thesis track case, credit hours are (18) credit hours as obligatory courses, (6) credit-hours as elective courses, and a successful completion of a (9) credit hour thesis. In the non-thesis track case, credit hours are (21) credit hours as obligatory courses, (12) credit hours as elective courses, and the successful completion of the comprehensive exam. |