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Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad – MBA Programme

Gujarat Technological University Ahmedabad
Proposed Syllabus for MBA Programme effective from the Academic Year 2009-10.

MBA Programme Structure
The course curriculum and syllabus for MBA of Gujarat Technological University is devised considering the norms of AICTE/ UGC. While preparing the syllabus, the syllabi of different national level universities/institutions have been taken into account. Thus syllabus has endeavoured to strike a balance between theory and practice and classic and contemporary concepts. The MBA programme of Gujarat Technological University (GTU) will be conducted on a semester basis with four semesters spread over two academic years. The duration of each semester will be around 15 weeks. In each semester there are seven courses/subjects. In the first year all 14 courses are compulsory. In the second year there will be three types of courses, namely, compulsory, electives and sectorial specialisation. The MBA programme will have four electives, namely, Marketing, Finance, Human Resource and Information Systems. A student can choose any one of the four electives. There will be five sectorial specialization areas, namely, Retail, Pharmaceutical and Healthcare, Rural and Cooperatives, Public Systems and Policy, and Banking and Insurance. A candidate has to opt for one of the sectorial areas. In each semester of the second year there will be three compulsory courses, three electives and one sectorial course, thus making a total of six compulsory courses, six elective courses and two sectorial courses in the second year. Once a student opts for a particular elective and sectorial course in semester III, he/she will continue the same in semester IV. The concerned institution conducting the programme can either offer all the electives and sectorial options or the minimum requirement of two. The annual calendar will be declared by the University in the beginning of the academic year,...