Master’s Degree in
Business Administration with Emphasis in Business Finance

• Administrative or financial management of a company. Finance management in a company.
• Human resources management in a company.
• Advice or consultancy in companies or industries.
• Consulting in the public or private sector.

The program is aimed at professionals related to the multidisciplinary management of business administration and management, with special emphasis on the management of business finances, both in public and private organizations. By virtue of this, the entry requirements for the Specialization in Business Administration and the Master's Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Business Finance listed below, must be scanned from the original and sent to the promoter to be filed on the respective platform:

• Bachelor's degree or its equivalent (if you are a foreigner, the document must be apostilled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of your respective country).
• Certificate of credits or degree notes or its equivalent (if you are a foreigner, the documents must be apostilled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of your respective country).
• Identity document, identity card or passport (in the case of foreigners and residing in Panama during their studies).
• Two passport size photos.
  Application letter
• Entry application form completed in electronic format.

Note: Students enrolled in virtual modality, whose nationality is different from Panamanian, must present a copy of their physical identity document from the country of origin (identity card).

• Study individually and in a team. Develop research skills and learn from discovery. Deepen the disciplinary knowledge that interests you.
• Respect and comply with the regulations established by the statutes that regulate the relationship between the Metropolitan University of Education Science and Technology and the students.
• Comply with payments in a timely manner.
• Attend the 80% of the scheduled meetings in each subject (in case of a prolonged absence present the respective justification). For studies under the virtual modality, attendance is regulated by constant interaction in all activities planned on the platform, including synchronous and asynchronous meetings, as well as the student's autonomous work.

• Study and pass the academic content of the two semesters, containing 24 credits. Maintain an accumulated academic index of not less than 2.00, on a scale of 0 to 3.00.
• Maintain an average equal to or greater than 2.00, on a scale from 0 to 3.00, and not have subjects less than 81, on a scale from 0 to 100.
• Present a foreign language exam or certificate recognized by UNESCO, current (less than five years), no less than 40 hours.
• Submit an exam or certificate in the use of computer tools, not less than 40 hours. Elaborate, support and approve the degree work (monograph).
• Be in peace and safe with treasury for all concepts (registration, degree rights, among others) and with a library.

• Study and pass the academic contents of the five quarters, containing 62 credits.
• Maintain a cumulative and individual academic index for each subject of at least 2.00.
• Present a foreign language exam or certificate recognized by UNESCO, current (less than five years), no less than 40 hours
• Submit an exam or certificate in the use of computer tools, not less than 40 hours.
• Prepare, support and approve the thesis (the degree work).
• Prepare a scientific article as a product of the research work.
• Be in good standing with the treasury for all concepts (tuition, grade fees, among others) and with the library.

Master with the ability to manage businesses, with a broad vision of the different organizational areas of a company and its articulation with the development of financial resources; with skills to manage capital and make significant decisions about the finances of a company. Additionally, with the power to execute the main capital management processes of the organization, and with the ability to analyze, interpret and evaluate the financial situation and projects of an organization to carry out negotiations and address work situations related to the economy of the company in a timely, effective and efficient manner.

Articulation of the objectives of the program with the graduation profile and the study plan:

Table 2. List of objectives, subjects and profile of the graduate of the master's degree.

Specialist in Business Administration

Knowing:

• Apply strategies to analyze the behavior of companies.
• Analyze accounting statements for decision making.
• Analyzes the importance of managerial marketing for optimal business management.
• Applies techniques for the preparation of reports based on quantitative methods.
• Interpret banking and economic regulations to assess the business market.
• Manage strategies for financial decision making.

Doing

• Prepare financial reports.
• Make projections based on quantitative methods useful for decision making.
• Build marketing programs for the industry or service.
• Develop instruments for business research.
• Carry out programs related to management information management.

Being:

• Develop the attitude of creative and innovative response to changes typical of business.
• Demonstrates leadership during processes and in decision-making.
• Generates skills for decision making, planning, teamwork and problem solving.

Living:

• Feel the financial dynamics of the company.
• Understands the importance of institutional resources within the economy.
• Contributes to the construction of the social fabric from the financial management of the company.

Undertaking

• Presents proposals for the optimization of financial resources.
• Generates analysis and financial optimization models in a company.
• Generate new companies with feasibility evaluation.

Master in Business Administration with Emphasis in Business Finance

Knowing:

• Develop scientific research programs.
• Analyzes the problems of the private and public sectors.
• Proposes solutions consistent with the needs and available resources, by identifying them.
• Solves problems of commercialization of goods and services.
• Identifies and analyzes the problems in order to design, manage and evaluate the appropriate strategies for the different markets.

Doing

• Carries out studies of the banking, insurance and financial sector, as well as the possibilities of expansion and evolution.
• Analyzes the legal-institutional framework in which national and international institutions carry out their commercial activity.
• Executes direction and management techniques applied to the particularities of companies in the banking, insurance and financial sector.
• Promotes financial products and markets.

Being:

• Analyzes situations critically and proposes viable solutions with objectivity and realism.
• Elaborates a global vision of the complex socio-labor relations that arise in the different modes of production historically developed and in force.
• Perfects the theoretical bases of the specialty and guides them in the best possible direction.

Living:

• Feel the financial dynamics of the company.
• Understands the importance of institutional resources within the economy.
• Contributes to the construction of the social fabric from the financial management of the company.

Undertaking

• Presents proposals for the optimization of financial resources.
• Create financial analysis and optimization models in a company.
• Create new companies with feasibility evaluation.