Distance Learning e-MBA

The fastest road to reach your career goals, ‘‘e-MBA’’

What is an e-MBA?

A master’s degree or PhD programme suitable for the career path is essential to advance in today’s business world. In a busy schedule of working life, the most practical way to receive an aforementioned education programme is ‘‘Distance Learning System’’, which is becoming widespread in many countries around the world. Unlike traditional models of education, the distance learning system is practised in a completely virtual environment, and courses are taught live, audio-visually, and interactively. In the system, students do not have to come to the campus. Distant but face to face education is offered to students.

What are the benefits of e-MBA?

The system is a golden opportunity for professionals who could not complete their master’s degree programmes. In a busy schedule of working life, employees who did not have the opportunity to have a master’s degree can attend courses out of working hours in this system, and they can attend courses from the archives later if they miss them. An internet-enabled computer is enough for students to follow courses.

Education Anywhere with Virtual University

At the Centre for Distance Learning (BUZEM), which ensures equal opportunity without any restriction of time and space, we offer master’s degree programmes in Business Administration, Health Institutions Management, Banking and Finance, Human Resources and Organisational Change, and Management Information Systems. Students who successfully complete their education become eligible to receive their diplomas which are approved by YÖK (Council of Higher Education), and nationally and internationally recognised.

Equal Opportunity for Technology Enabled Education

One of the primary aims of developing BUZEM is to come up with a solution to the matter of ‘‘equal opportunity’’, which has been discussed for a long time in our country. Beykent University offers a decent higher education in favourable conditions both to the professionals who have career goals and the students who cannot study due to the financial difficulties at universities in remote cities that they are admitted.

An opportunity to immediately start a non-thesis programme admitting students without requirement of their copy of the ALES (Academic Staff and Postgraduate Education Admission Exam) score

Distance Learning Master’s Degree Programmes do not require students to take the ALES (Academic Staff and Postgraduate Education Admission Exam), since the programmes are non-thesis. Thus, students can start their master’s degree without losing any time. One should not lose this opportunity since the number of quotas for students is 50. The duration of education of the programmes is 3 academic terms.

A Golden Opportunity for the Students with Disabilities

The advantages of the system are quite appealing to the students with disabilities, too. Students with disabilities who cannot receive their associate or master’s degree due to the transportation barriers will have the opportunity to attend courses in the same conditions as other students have.

Bachelor’s Degree Programmes Will Be Included in The System

You can enrol in a Master’s Degree Programme in the Institute of Social Sciences located on Beykent University’s Taksim Campus.

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DISTANCE LEARNING NON-THESIS PROGRAMMES

1. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Programme Description: Department of Business Administration of the Institute of Social Sciences offers Distance Learning Master’ Degree Programme with its qualified academic staff. The Business Administration Programme is for individuals to actively take part in manufacturing and service business in the public or private sector, and it enables students to increase their skills of thinking analytically, fast, and in a multi-dimensional way, strategic decision making, and approaching matters with a global perspective. Students must pass 10 courses, which makes 90 ECTS credits in total. Courses take place on Taksim Campus, which has a well-stocked library, wireless internet, study and recreation areas, and is near to the underground and bus stations, and the funicular. The Programme offers a Turkish-medium education.

Programme Outcomes

Students:

• Have knowledge of the theories about the field of Business Administration.
• View the Business Administration from a strategic perspective, and have knowledge of the planning-oriented business philosophy.
• Have the theoretical knowledge to make quick and optimal decisions according to changeable conditions. 
•  Consider business activities on a global scale, and be able to add them a global dimension.
• Have the knowledge to carry out analyses in terms of organisation, make design, understand, explain, and practise the functions of planning, organising, conducting, and supervising of Business Administration.
•  Gain a perspective to practise the teachings relevant to the fields of Human Resources Management –which is a branch of Business Administration, Organisational Behaviour, Change and Information Management.
• Acquire the general and functional competences in identifying and solving the problems occurred in business organisations.
• Acquire proficiency in theories and practices of Management to identify problems, put forward arguments, and improve visions on academic and sectoral platforms.
• Have knowledge of market research, information systems, consumer behaviours, strategic marketing, global markets, product and service strategies, product lifecycle, pricing, and supply chain to ensure maintenance of business organisations during their globalisation process.
• Gain a perspective to outline a vision, mission, and organisational design of a business organisation in accordance with its aims, purposes, and resources.
• Design optimal business processes in accordance with the resources of a business organisation.
• Make the necessary changes suitable for the organisational structure.
• Create communication links inside and outside the business organisation, and design an active and coordinate organisational structure.
• Understand Business Administration’s position as a discipline, and gain a perspective to carry out academic and interdisciplinary studies.

Career Opportunities

Graduates of the Programme can be assigned as managers in various management departments of public or private business organisations in manufacturing and service business. Stakeholders which interacts with the Department of Business Administration can be summarized as private institutions and organisations, various public institutions, organisations, and universities affiliated to ministries, research institutions, and institutes.

2. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Programme Description: It is a fact that there is a need for the personnel who build information systems which will meet the information needs of managers at any level who work in any sector when they make their decisions, who manage, ensure their maintenance and repair, and update. It is undisputable that a good system which will meet the needs of managers can only be built by an IT staff who knows how to operate, manage, and decide on a system. Within this framework, Management Information Systems Master’s Degree Programme is for individuals who work or want to specialise in this field, and it offers an opportunity for education through which they can follow theoretical and practical developments in the field, and steer their career paths. Courses take place on Taksim Campus, which has a well-stocked library, wireless internet, study and recreation areas, and is near to underground and bus station, and the funicular. The Programme offers distance learning and a Turkish-medium education.

Programme Outcomes

The Programme enables the students to acquire knowledge in the field of Information Technologies, Management, Organisation and Operations Research, have knowledge of solving problems by using MIS tools. It also enables them to determine the data requirements to solve MIS based problems of various disciplines, acquire and compile the data, and make it ready for processing.

Students:

• Have the ability to realise that they have not enough knowledge to solve MIS problems they encounter, determine the necessity to learn, reach the sources in their native or foreign language to acquire knowledge, evaluate the knowledge they acquired critically to solve problems.
• Have the ability to build designs in scientific projects as MIS specialists, and contribute to project management.
• Have the ability to present information on MIS at any level verbally or in writing, identify problems both for the individuals who are MIS specialists and those who are not, offer solutions to problems, prepare reports that discuss solutions based on findings.
• Discuss the problems that need solving within the concept of social responsibility in project cycles to learn the ability to make design.
• Have the ability to abide by the scientific and ethical values at the stages of planning, data collecting, extracting information from collected data, making suggestions, and announcing the solutions in solving MIS problems.

Career Opportunities

Students who graduate from the Master’s Degree Programme can work as Department Managers in departments such as Planning and Reporting in the public sector. They can also work as IT Managers and Programmers in the private sector. They can work as Project Specialists/Managers, Systems Analysts/Managers, IT Specialists, Sales and Marketing Specialists/Managers, and Human Resources Specialists/Managers in companies providing information technology solutions, as well. In addition, they can work as academicians in the relevant departments of universities.

3. HEALTH INSTITUTIONS MANAGEMENT

Programme Description: The Programme aims to cultivate students into future’s qualified managers of healthcare institutions who have the required knowledge and skills to describe and improve the health infrastructure of Turkey, apply the concepts, theories, principles, models, and techniques consciously as regards achieving the health system’s goals. The Programme offers an opportunity for a modern and global distance education in Health Institutions Management to the prospective managers of health institutions. Students who are enrolled in the non-thesis programme must pass 10 courses successfully, which makes 90 ECTS credits in total, and students who are enrolled in the thesis programme must pass 8 courses, which makes 120 ECTS credits in total. Courses take place on Taksim Campus, which has a well-stocked library, wireless internet, study and recreation areas, and is near to underground and bus stations, and the funicular. The Programme offers a Turkish-medium education.

Programme Outcomes

Students:

• Have the ability to conduct research and make analyses regarding the matters that health institutions need to put their results into practice.
• Have the skills of designing, carrying out, and supervising the business processes.
• Have the knowledge and skills to achieve and raise the required standards to improve corporate quality.
• Have the ability to make the required job descriptions and analyses within the health institutions to determine the required need for the human and material resources, and decide on the resource allocations.
• Build the required fiscal, accounting, and budgeting systems, and ensure that they function.
• Determine the required marketing strategies, and ensure that they work.
• Understand the scientific status of the relevant discipline, and gain a perspective to carry out interdisciplinary academic studies.
• Acquire proficiency in the theory and practice to identify problems, put forward arguments, and improve visions on academic and sectoral platforms.

Career Opportunities

Graduates of the Programme can work as managers, assistant managers, production planning and control supervisors, and system supervisors in hospitals, and health institutions. They can also work as research assistants, lecturers, and faculty members in the relevant departments of universities.

4. HUMAN RESOURCES AND ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE

Programme Description: The Programme aims to make the contributions of human resources to the business institutions more efficient, educate individuals in order to achieve an organisational change which the environmental conditions require. Within the scope of the Programme, students acquire knowledge of the core principles, concepts, relevant theories, and practices regarding the disciplines of human resources management and organisational change. Students who are enrolled in the non-thesis programme must pass 10 courses successfully, which makes 90 ECTS credits in total, and students who are enrolled in the thesis programme must pass 8 courses, which makes 120 ECTS credits in total. Courses take place on Taksim Campus, which has a well-stocked library, wireless internet, study and recreation areas, and is near to underground and bus stations, and the funicular. The Programme offers a Turkish-medium education.

Programme Outcomes

Students:

• Acquire the skills to make job descriptions and analyses within the framework of the organisation’s aims and objectives to determine the need for Human Resources and Information Systems.
• Describe the processes such as searching, selecting, and orientation regarding staff recruitment.
• Build the career system to be implemented within the institution.
• Follow the staff continuity in institutions through the analyses such as labour turnover rate, etc. to develop projects which improve the organisational satisfaction level organisational commitment.
• Determine the required trainings and draw up seminar and training programmes to increase employee productivity level in accordance with the requirements of the job and aims of the institutions.
• Observe the environmental conditions to determine the need of the organisation for changes.
• Specify the processes and structures which require a change within the institution to draw up a plan for the changes.
• Draw up the required training programmes to enable the staff to orient themselves to the changes.

Career Opportunities

Graduates of the Programme can work in the Human Resources Departments of manufacturing and service businesses in the public or private sector.

5. BANKING AND FINANCE

Programme Description: The Programme is for individuals who work in banks and financial institutions, and who would like to pursue a career in this field. It aims to enable the discipline of banking and finance to be understood from a scientific perspective. Within the scope of the Programme, students are expected to acquire knowledge of the core principles, concepts, relevant theories, practices regarding the disciplines of banking and finance. Students who are enrolled in the non-thesis programme must pass 10 courses successfully, which makes 90 ECTS credits in total, and students who are enrolled in the thesis programme must pass 8 courses, which makes 120 ECTS credits in total. Courses take place on Taksim Campus, which has a well-stocked library, wireless internet, study and recreation areas, and is near to underground and bus stations, and the funicular. The Programme offers a Turkish-medium education.

Programme Outcomes

Students:

• Extend their knowledge regarding the same field and or a different field, as well as improving their theoretical knowledge.
• Acquire the ability to write, present a thesis, report, etc., and publish them as papers, and organise relevant seminars.
• Have the ability to combine the theoretical knowledge they acquired with practice.
• Have the ability to combine the theoretical knowledge they acquired with the knowledge relating other disciplines to produce information.
• Have the ability to evaluate the information relating their fields with a critical approach.
• Have the ability to conduct studies independently which they combined the knowledge they acquired in their fields with the knowledge in other fields.

Career Opportunities