{"id":4156,"date":"2019-05-08T04:20:16","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T04:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/?page_id=4156"},"modified":"2025-11-20T15:35:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T10:05:06","slug":"mbe-programme-structure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/postgraduate-degree\/mbe-programme-structure\/","title":{"rendered":"Programme Structure (MBEc)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Master of Business Economics (MBEc)<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Programme Structure<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The students who enrolled for this programme will have to complete 5 core courses in the first semester. In the second semester, students should complete a minimum of 4 course units from the elective courses. Each course unit amounts to 03 credits or 150 notional hours. Notional hours of each course unit consist of 45 hours of lecturing, 5 hours of assessments and 100 hours of learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, candidates will complete a research paper in the second semester; MBE 5216 Research Paper in Business Economics, which is a continuation of MBE 5104 Research Methods. In total, six credits have been allocated for the research works of the candidates.  This independent research paper will be supervised by a senior lecturer who has the expertise in the selected research area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Course Code<\/td>Course Title<\/td>Course Status<\/td>Contact Hours<\/td>Credit Hours<\/td><\/tr>
Year I \u2013Semester I<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
MBE50320<\/td>Advanced Microeconomics<\/td>Core<\/td>45<\/td>03<\/td><\/tr>
MBE50321<\/td>Research Methods<\/td>Core<\/td>45<\/td>03<\/td><\/tr>
MBE50322<\/td>Applied Econometrics<\/td>Core<\/td>45<\/td>03<\/td><\/tr>
MBE 5104<\/td>Elective Course Unit<\/td>Core<\/td>45<\/td>03<\/td><\/tr>
MBE 5105<\/td>Elective Course Unit<\/td>Core<\/td>45<\/td>03<\/td><\/tr>
Total No. of Credits \u2013 Semester I<\/td>15<\/td><\/tr>
Year I \u2013Semester II<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
MBE50323<\/td>Strategic Management<\/td>Core<\/td>45<\/td>03<\/td><\/tr>
MBE50324<\/td>Advanced Macroeconomics<\/td>Core<\/td>45<\/td>03<\/td><\/tr>
MBE50325<\/td> Research Paper in Business Economics<\/td>Core<\/td>45<\/td>03<\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td> Elective Course Unit<\/td>Elective<\/td>45<\/td>03<\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td> Elective Course Unit<\/td>Elective<\/td>45<\/td>03<\/td><\/tr>
List of Electives course units for Master of Business Economics<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
MBE50326<\/td>Development Economics 1<\/sup><\/td>Elective<\/td>45<\/td>03<\/td><\/tr>
MBE50330<\/td>International Business 2<\/sup><\/td>Elective<\/td>45<\/td>03<\/td><\/tr>
MBE50331<\/td>Legal & Regulatory Environment 2<\/sup><\/td>Elective<\/td>45<\/td>03<\/td><\/tr>
MBE50334<\/td>Advanced Econometrics I 3<\/sup><\/td>Elective<\/td>45<\/td>03<\/td><\/tr>
MBE50333<\/td>Advanced Financial Management 2<\/sup><\/td>Elective<\/td>45<\/td>03<\/td><\/tr>
MBE50329<\/td>Information Technology and Innovations1<\/sup><\/td>Elective<\/td>45<\/td>03<\/td><\/tr>
MBE50332<\/td>Development Project Management 2<\/sup><\/td>Elective<\/td>45<\/td>03<\/td><\/tr>
MBE50335<\/td>Time Series Econometrics 3<\/sup><\/td>Elective<\/td>45<\/td>03<\/td><\/tr>
MBE50327<\/td>International Trade and Financing1<\/sup><\/td>Elective<\/td>45<\/td>03<\/td><\/tr>
MBE50328<\/td>Gender and Development 1<\/sup><\/td>Elective<\/td>45<\/td>03<\/td><\/tr>
Total No. of Credits \u2013 Semester II<\/td>15<\/td><\/tr>
Notes: 1 <\/sup>These course units are offered in the first semester for the April intake and in the second semester for the October intake.  2 <\/sup>These course units are offered in the first semester for the October intake and in the second semester for the April intake.  3<\/sup> These course units have a prerequisite of completion of MBE 5105 Applied Econometrics and hence are offered only in the second semester.<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Master of Business Economics (MBEc) Programme Structure The students who enrolled for this programme will have to complete 5 core courses in the first semester. In the second semester, students should complete a minimum of 4 course units from the elective courses. Each course unit amounts to 03 credits or 150 notional hours. Notional hours […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":4325,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4156","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7odTZ-152","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4156"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4156"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10982,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4156\/revisions\/10982"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}