Distance education post graduate degree courses provided at Anna University are quiet interesting to study. The programs here are designed considering the need of working executive and the projects given are also quiet challenging.
They carry out research work keeping in mind the current scenario and this can upgrade you in terms of knowledge.
Master of business administration (MBA)
Entrance test is conducted by Anna University and depending on the results you can get admission in the desired three years duration program. In each program there are 4 semesters.
Different streams involved in MBA at Anna University are:
MBA in general management
Elective list:
1. Marketing
2. Finance
3. Human resource
4. Systems
5. Operations management
MBA in technology management
Elective list:
1. Strategic technology panning
2. Managing technology change
3. Technology commercialization
4. Technology transfer
5. Knowledge management
6. Emerging trends in technology management
MBA in financial services management
Elective list:
1. Indian financial system
2. Security analysis and portfolio management
3. Hire purchase, leasing and venture capital
4. Risk management
5. International financial market and services
6. Financial derivatives
MBA in retail management
Elective list:
1. Retail management – Concepts and environment
2. Retail sales promotion
3. Retail accounting and finance
4. Retail shopper behavior
5. Retail information management
6. Retail outlet and brand management
MBA in health services management
Elective list:
1. Health economics
2. Management of hospital services
3. Hospital information system
4. Legal aspects of health care
5. Financial management in hospitals
6. Human resource management in hospitals
MBA in human resources management
Elective list:
1. Managerial behavior and effectiveness
2. Strategic human management and development
3. HRM in knowledge based organizations
4. Human resources accounting and audit
5. Training – Needs analysis & measuring the effectiveness
6. Industrial relations and labor welfare
Overall there are four semesters in each stream of MBA which covers subjects like:
1st semester
· Management concepts
· Statistics for management
· Economic foundation of business environment
· Organizational behavior
· Communication skills
· Accounting for management
· Legal aspects of business
2nd semester
· Production management
· Marketing management
· Human resource management
· Financial management
· Management information system
· Quality management
· Research methods in business
3rd semester
· Applied operational research for management
· International business management
· Strategic management
· Professional ethics
· Elective I
· Elective II
· Elective III
4th semester
· Elective IV
· Elective V
· Elective VI
· Project work
*Master of computer applications MCA
In order to enroll for this course you need to have three years of graduation degree with Mathematics as a subject in HSC and degree level. It is also important to get clear with the entrance test conducted by the Anna University. Overall there are 6 semesters present in this MCA program.
Some of the people who can think of opting for this program are:
· Graduates who are unemployed
· Government officers
· Businessperson
· Private or public company employees
Subjects present in MCA are:
1st semester
· Computer organization
· Problem solving and programming
· Business processes
· Data structures
· Accounting and financial management
· Programming and data structures laboratory
2nd semester
· Mathematical foundations of computer science
· Object oriented programming
· Design and analysis of Algorithms
· Database management systems
· Operating systems
· Communication skills
· Object oriented programming lab
· DBMS lab
3rd semester
· Computer networks
· Microprocessors and its applications
· Software engineering
· Computer graphics and multimedia systems
· Internet programming
· Elective I
· Network programming lab
· Operating systems lab
4th semester
· UNIX and network programming
· Resource management techniques
· Object oriented analysis and design
· Middle ware technologies
· Visual programming
· Elective II
· Internet programming lab
· Graphics and multimedia lab
5th semester
· XML and web services
· Software project management
· Elective III
· Elective IV
· Elective V
· Elective VI
· Java programming lab
· Software development lab
6th semester
· Project work