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MBA Program(full time,flex-time)

Aoyama Business School (ABS) offers both Full-time and Flex-time MBA programs. Full-time courses are held during the daytime on weekdays. Flex-time courses meet in the evening and on Saturdays, enabling students to continue working as they study. Admission to the Flex-time program requires at least three years of work experience.

The curriculum structure for the Full-time and the Flex-time programs is the same. Neither program requires students to write a master's thesis.

ABS MBA courses can be organized into five levels:

100 Level - Required Courses
Students gain fundamental knowledge in subjects which are essential to corporate management; Management Strategy, Organizational Behavior, Marketing, Accounting, Finance, Operations, Business Ethics, Economics, and Statistics. These courses provide the fundamental concepts and framework of each management field.




200 Level - Basic Courses
Students gain methodological competence, international perspective, ethical standards, and communication skills that are common across management fields. These courses are taken in the second semester of the first year, or in the second year of the MBA.



300 Level - Professional Courses
Students gain expertise in management fields of their choice. Beginning in the second semester of the first year of the MBA program, students can take courses in four specialized fields; Strategy and Organization, Marketing, Finance and Accounting, and Operations and Information Systems. These courses deepen knowledge and offer expertise that is essential to professional managers.


400 Level - Optional Subjects from other departments in Aoyama Gakuin University
Students may take up to 4 credits from other departments such as the Graduate School of Law, Graduate School of Professional Accountancy, or Postgraduate School.



500 Level - Experiential Learning Project
Capstone, experiential learning courses integrate knowledge and help students develop group coordination skills.

MBA Curriculum(


Required Courses (100)
  Class list   Class list
101 Fundamental Management of Organization 106 Business Ethics and Compliance
102 Fundamental Finance 107 Managerial Economics
103 Fundamental Marketing 108 Statistical Analysis I
104 Fundamental Accounting 109 Organization Behavior
105 Fundamental Operations Management    

Basic Courses (200)
  Class list   Class list
201 Macro Economics 211 Statistical Analysis II
202 Institutional Environment and Corporate Management 212 Business Mathematics
203 Corporate System 213 Operations Research
204 Business History 214 Presentation Skills
205 Intercultural Management 215 Business Philosophy
206 Risk Management 216 Corporate Governance
207 Business Ethics and the History of Ethics 217 Introduction to Financial Statement
208 Business and Global Environment 218 Fundamental Business Game
209 Macroeconomic Analysis 219 Culture, Religion, and Business Ethics
210 Business Communication 220 English Communication

S&O300 (Strategy and Organization 300)
  Class list   Class list
301 Global Management 311 Social Entrepreneur
302 Applied Game Theory 312 Human Resource Management
303 Competition Strategy 313 Applied Human Resource Management
304 Corporate Strategy 314 Organization Management
305 Innovation Managemnt 315 Analysis and Evaluation of Corporate Strategy
306 Innovation and Organizational Strategy 316 Human Resources Strategy(Advanced)
307 New Business and Venture  317 Management Strategy(Advanced)
308 Entrepreneurship 318 Management Seminar (1)
309 Leadership 319 Management Seminar (2)
310 Social Networks and Organizational Dynamics

MKT300 (Marketing300)
  Class list   Class list
301 Global Marketing 310 Marketing Decision-making model
302 Marketing Environment Analysis 311 Marketing Strategy Game
303 Consumer Behavior 312 Marketing for Regional Vitalization
304 Marketing Research 313 Advanced Marketing
305 Brand Strategy 314 Sales Marketing
306 Strategic Pricing 315 Marketing(Advanced)
307 Marketing Channels 316 Marketing Seminar (1)
308 Marketing Communication 317 Marketing Seminar (2)
309 CRM Strategy 318 Special Topics in Marketing

F&A (Finance and Accounting300)
  Class list   Class list
301 Corporate Finance 314 Managerial Accounting
302 International Finance 315 Tax Accounting
303 Investment 316 International Accounting
304 Analyzing Security Markets 317 Accounting Information and stock Market
305 Market and Finance 318 Theory on Auditing
306 Derivatives 319 Financial Analysis
307 Realoption 320 Applied Financial Analysis
308 Financial Reporting 321 FAST
309 Corporate Communication 322 Finance(Advanced)
310 Mergers and Acquisitions 323 Finance and Accounting Seminar (1)
311 Corporate Financial Strategy 324 Finance and Accounting Seminar (2)
312 Corporate Finance Practice 325 Special Topics in Finance and Accounting(Fundamentals of Investment)
313 Financial Accounting

OIS300 (Operations and Information Systems300))
  Class list   Class list
301 IT Management 309 Business Data Analysis
302 Net Business 310 Information Security
303 IT Solution 311 Global IT
304 IT and Management Strategy 312 System Design
305 Supply Chain Management 313 Operations and Information Systems(Advanced)
306 Operations Management 314 Operations and Information System Seminar (1)
307 Internet 315 Operations and Information System Seminar (2)
308 Internet Marketing 316 Special Topics in Operation and Information Systems

Intergrative Courses (350)
  Class list   Class list
351 Statistical Analysis I 356 Overseas Visiting Professor Course(Management)
352 Statistical Analysis II 357 Overseas Visiting Professor Course(Marketing)
353 Research Method 358 Overseas Visiting Professor Course (Finance Accounting)
354 Overseas Study Seminar 359 Overseas Visting Professor Course (Operations and Information Systems)
355 Internship

Optional Subjects from other departments in Aoyama Gakuin University (400)
  Class list   Class list
401 Civil Law Special Lecture B (Bankruptcy I) 405 Intellectual Property Law (1)
402 Consumer Law 406 Corporate Law I
403 Environmental Law(1) 407 Corporate Law II
404 Labor Law (1)

Experiential Learing Project (500)
  Class list   Class list
501 Management Game 505 BACCS
502 Fund Management Simulation 506 Marketing Planning Project
503 Internet Business Project 507 Research Paper Project
504 Business Planning



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