Singapore
Business
School

Program Structure

Program structure of the accredited SBS Online MBA — 6 mandatory courses, capstone business plan, optional electives

What is included in program?

The SBS Online MBA consists of 6 mandatory core courses (120 credits) plus a final capstone business plan (60 credits) — total 180 credits required for the degree. You can start with just the mandatory courses, which alone are sufficient for the degree. Add any of 8 optional electives$220 each as part of the MBA program. Completed in 4-6 months fully online.

Mandatory courses

Our basic MBA program consists of 6 courses. You can learn more about each course by clicking on its name.

In this course you will build a foundation of core business skills in marketing, product and project management, finance, accounting, operations and recruiting.

Introduction to Finance, Accounting, Modeling and Valuation

20 credits

In this course you will understand how to create, analyze and forecast an income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement. You will also know how to value companies using several different valuation methodologies so you can come up with target prices for the companies that you are analyzing. You will also know how to analyze financial statements using many different financial ratios/formulas.

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In this course you will understand how to create, analyze and forecast an income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement. You will also know how to value companies using several different valuation methodologies so you can come up with target prices for the companies that you are analyzing. You will also know how to analyze financial statements using many different financial ratios/formulas.

Financial Analysis

20 credits

This course covers several topics, which are fundamental for every aspiring Financial Analyst:

  • Microsoft Excel for Beginner and Intermediate Users: Become Proficient with the world’s #1 productivity software
  • Accounting, Financial Statements, and Financial Ratios: Making Sense of Debits and Credits, Profit and Loss statements, Balance Sheets, Liquidity, Solvency, Profitability, and Growth Financial Ratios
  • Finance Basics: Interest Rates, Financial Math Calculations, Loan Calculations, Time Value of Money, Present and Future Value of Cash Flows
  • Business Analysis: Understanding what drives a Business, Key Items to be Analyzed and their Meaning, the Importance of Industry Cycles, Important Drivers for the Business of Startup, Growth, Mature and Declining Companies, Important Drivers for an Industry
  • Capital Budgeting: Decide whether a company's project is feasible from a financial perspective and be able to compare between different investment opportunities
  • Microsoft PowerPoint for Beginner and Intermediate Users: The #1 tool for visual representation of your work, a necessary skill for every Financial Analyst
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This course covers several topics, which are fundamental for every aspiring Financial Analyst:

  • Microsoft Excel for Beginner and Intermediate Users: Become Proficient with the world’s #1 productivity software
  • Accounting, Financial Statements, and Financial Ratios: Making Sense of Debits and Credits, Profit and Loss statements, Balance Sheets, Liquidity, Solvency, Profitability, and Growth Financial Ratios
  • Finance Basics: Interest Rates, Financial Math Calculations, Loan Calculations, Time Value of Money, Present and Future Value of Cash Flows
  • Business Analysis: Understanding what drives a Business, Key Items to be Analyzed and their Meaning, the Importance of Industry Cycles, Important Drivers for the Business of Startup, Growth, Mature and Declining Companies, Important Drivers for an Industry
  • Capital Budgeting: Decide whether a company's project is feasible from a financial perspective and be able to compare between different investment opportunities
  • Microsoft PowerPoint for Beginner and Intermediate Users: The #1 tool for visual representation of your work, a necessary skill for every Financial Analyst

Digital and Social Media Marketing

20 credits

Along the course you will learn both how you can do a successful marketing on different channels and how you can build a successful business with clear instructions. You will learn how to:

  • Increase sales using any marketing channels & Strategies
  • Get valuable clients, keep them and increase your revenue
  • Learn the psychology of selling and golden strategies
  • Create successful ads that deliver result by increasing sales
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Along the course you will learn both how you can do a successful marketing on different channels and how you can build a successful business with clear instructions. You will learn how to:

  • Increase sales using any marketing channels & Strategies
  • Get valuable clients, keep them and increase your revenue
  • Learn the psychology of selling and golden strategies
  • Create successful ads that deliver result by increasing sales

Product Management

20 credits

The demand for Product Management is increasing at an insane rate. More and more companies are finally figuring out how important this discipline and this role is to their success.

In this course we'll teach you the fundamentals, how to apply them, how to develop into an advanced product manager, and finally how to maximize your chances to get a job as a Product Manager.

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The demand for Product Management is increasing at an insane rate. More and more companies are finally figuring out how important this discipline and this role is to their success.

In this course we'll teach you the fundamentals, how to apply them, how to develop into an advanced product manager, and finally how to maximize your chances to get a job as a Product Manager.

Project Management

20 credits

In this course you will learn:

  • How to Become a Project Manager and key Project Management skills.
  • Core knowledge and applied skills in Project Management.  
  • To lead a project to success, and how to capitalize on the leadership and behavioral facets to do so.
  • The tools and techniques to manage the comprehensive project management life cycle for a project - from initiation through closing.  
  • To balance the critical tradeoffs of time, cost and scope to meet customer expectations.  
  • The ability to apply best practices across a variety of industries and businesses.  
  • To navigate the social and cultural aspects, legal and regulatory practices, technology and infrastructure that influence projects’ success in the global market.  
  • Practical ways to use project management skills, whether your project is large or small.  
  • Project Management acronyms.
  • The DOs and DON'Ts of Project Management.
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In this course you will learn:

  • How to Become a Project Manager and key Project Management skills.
  • Core knowledge and applied skills in Project Management.  
  • To lead a project to success, and how to capitalize on the leadership and behavioral facets to do so.
  • The tools and techniques to manage the comprehensive project management life cycle for a project - from initiation through closing.  
  • To balance the critical tradeoffs of time, cost and scope to meet customer expectations.  
  • The ability to apply best practices across a variety of industries and businesses.  
  • To navigate the social and cultural aspects, legal and regulatory practices, technology and infrastructure that influence projects’ success in the global market.  
  • Practical ways to use project management skills, whether your project is large or small.  
  • Project Management acronyms.
  • The DOs and DON'Ts of Project Management.

Building a Team

20 credits

In this course we’ll cover:

  • The goals of recruiting and how the process works from start to finish
  • Finding the perfect candidates through existing employees, social networks, and various other places
  • Where to look for talent and which tools can be used to help the process
  • How to conduct effective interviews and select the best candidate for the job
  • Why onboarding is such an important function within your business
  • How to properly evaluate your onboarding process for adjustments and improvements
  • How to evaluate and lead an effective team
  • Bringing teams together through trust and communication
  • How to develop a culture of teamwork within your business
  • And much, much more

By the end of this course, you'll have everything you need to recruit, hire, onboard, and build the best possible team for your organization.

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In this course we’ll cover:

  • The goals of recruiting and how the process works from start to finish
  • Finding the perfect candidates through existing employees, social networks, and various other places
  • Where to look for talent and which tools can be used to help the process
  • How to conduct effective interviews and select the best candidate for the job
  • Why onboarding is such an important function within your business
  • How to properly evaluate your onboarding process for adjustments and improvements
  • How to evaluate and lead an effective team
  • Bringing teams together through trust and communication
  • How to develop a culture of teamwork within your business
  • And much, much more

By the end of this course, you'll have everything you need to recruit, hire, onboard, and build the best possible team for your organization.

Optional courses

All the courses below are optional and you can choose any number of them to increase the value of your MBA degree.

Extra courses added during your studies cost 220 USD per course. You can add them during the whole process of your education.

Blockchain and Bitcoin Fundamentals

5 credits

This effective guide will help you understand blockchain and Bitcoin, including more advanced topics such as smart contracts and digital tokens, and will set you well on your way to blockchain and Bitcoin mastery.

You'll learn the key aspects around Blockchain and Bitcoin, including:

  • What is a blockchain?
  • What is Bitcoin?
  • What are smart contracts?
  • What is a cryptocurrency?
  • What are digital tokens?
  • How blockchain and Bitcoin are related and why it's so important to know the relation.
  • Some common misconceptions about blockchain and Bitcoin.
  • What is the future of blockchain?
  • How to get started with Bitcoin

...and much much more!

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This effective guide will help you understand blockchain and Bitcoin, including more advanced topics such as smart contracts and digital tokens, and will set you well on your way to blockchain and Bitcoin mastery.

You'll learn the key aspects around Blockchain and Bitcoin, including:

  • What is a blockchain?
  • What is Bitcoin?
  • What are smart contracts?
  • What is a cryptocurrency?
  • What are digital tokens?
  • How blockchain and Bitcoin are related and why it's so important to know the relation.
  • Some common misconceptions about blockchain and Bitcoin.
  • What is the future of blockchain?
  • How to get started with Bitcoin

...and much much more!

Build a Virtual Web Design & SEO Team

10 credits

Have you ever wanted to grow your home web design business by building a virtual team?

Wouldn't it be great to have several workers completing your projects for you allowing you to make more money and have more free time?

The good new is, you can take your one person operation and turn it into a full team of workers who will manage projects, work with customers and make your business more profitable.

This course was created for you to actually start setting up your virtual team, not just learn how to do it. As you take this course you'll be asked to complete action steps that will walk you through setting up your team so by the end of this course you will be building your team to dramatically increase your profits.

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Have you ever wanted to grow your home web design business by building a virtual team?

Wouldn't it be great to have several workers completing your projects for you allowing you to make more money and have more free time?

The good new is, you can take your one person operation and turn it into a full team of workers who will manage projects, work with customers and make your business more profitable.

This course was created for you to actually start setting up your virtual team, not just learn how to do it. As you take this course you'll be asked to complete action steps that will walk you through setting up your team so by the end of this course you will be building your team to dramatically increase your profits.

Communication Skills

20 credits

Communication Skills are the most important personal skills you can ever develop for your success in life. Life is a series of communications. Those who develop strong communication skills do well in school, secure jobs and promotions and often ascend to the highest levels of leadership in corporations, governments and civic life. People who fail to develop communication skills often have their careers stagnate or plateau in the mid-range.

This course is designed to be a one-stop shop for all your communication skills training needs. This course covers a vast array of communication needs and scenarios, from how to communicate during a job interview, pitching investors, asking for a raise, speaking one on one or to large groups. You will also become a master of persuasion, assertiveness and all aspects of business communication. Your leadership abilities will expand dramatically as your social skills grow to allow you to communicate effectively in every situation.

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Communication Skills are the most important personal skills you can ever develop for your success in life. Life is a series of communications. Those who develop strong communication skills do well in school, secure jobs and promotions and often ascend to the highest levels of leadership in corporations, governments and civic life. People who fail to develop communication skills often have their careers stagnate or plateau in the mid-range.

This course is designed to be a one-stop shop for all your communication skills training needs. This course covers a vast array of communication needs and scenarios, from how to communicate during a job interview, pitching investors, asking for a raise, speaking one on one or to large groups. You will also become a master of persuasion, assertiveness and all aspects of business communication. Your leadership abilities will expand dramatically as your social skills grow to allow you to communicate effectively in every situation.

Data Analysis Essentials Using Excel

10 credits

Every business generates data.  But whether you're able to turn that into useful insights depends on your ability to process, manipulate, and ultimately translate that data.

Whether you're working for a company or running your own, being able to make better decisions requires you to be able to analyze and interpret data.  

What data do you need? How do you prep that data? How do you analyze it to answer specific questions?

In this course, we're going to show you step-by-step, exactly how to do that, by starting with the very basics.  

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Every business generates data.  But whether you're able to turn that into useful insights depends on your ability to process, manipulate, and ultimately translate that data.

Whether you're working for a company or running your own, being able to make better decisions requires you to be able to analyze and interpret data.  

What data do you need? How do you prep that data? How do you analyze it to answer specific questions?

In this course, we're going to show you step-by-step, exactly how to do that, by starting with the very basics.  

Copywriting

5 credits

This course gives you a great amount of proven & tested copywriting tricks to boost the conversion rate of your sales copy. You will learn the art & science of headlines that convert, why headlines can boost your ROI by up to 1800%, how to capture the reader’s attention with a ‘grabber’, and much more.

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This course gives you a great amount of proven & tested copywriting tricks to boost the conversion rate of your sales copy. You will learn the art & science of headlines that convert, why headlines can boost your ROI by up to 1800%, how to capture the reader’s attention with a ‘grabber’, and much more.

Logistics and Supply Chains

20 credits

This course will teach you everything you need to know to successfully manage the end-to-end, forward and backward flow of materials and information across your supply chain. Together, we’ll examine the concepts, tactics, and applications of various logistics tools and technologies in order to promote a big-picture understanding that extends well beyond internal operations.  

By the end of this course, you’ll have a valuable and practical skill set that will allow you to create, implement, and oversee the activities of a global supply chain involving suppliers, distributors, and customers world-wide. You’ll know how to consistently adhere to best practices, and you’ll understand the common terminology that’s used in corporate communications. By showing you how to modernise your approach to supply chain management, this course will make it possible to improve your position in the marketplace through the efficient flow of goods and materials from the supplier, to your business, to the customer – and back again.

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This course will teach you everything you need to know to successfully manage the end-to-end, forward and backward flow of materials and information across your supply chain. Together, we’ll examine the concepts, tactics, and applications of various logistics tools and technologies in order to promote a big-picture understanding that extends well beyond internal operations.  

By the end of this course, you’ll have a valuable and practical skill set that will allow you to create, implement, and oversee the activities of a global supply chain involving suppliers, distributors, and customers world-wide. You’ll know how to consistently adhere to best practices, and you’ll understand the common terminology that’s used in corporate communications. By showing you how to modernise your approach to supply chain management, this course will make it possible to improve your position in the marketplace through the efficient flow of goods and materials from the supplier, to your business, to the customer – and back again.

Probability and Statistics for Business and Data Science

10 credits

This course covers what you need to know about probability and statistics to succeed in business and the data science field! This practical course will go over theory and implementation of statistics to real world problems.

After completing this course you will:

  • Understand the basics of probability
  • Be able to implement basic statistics
  • Understand how to use various statistical distributions
  • Apply statistical methods and hypothesis testing to business problems
  • Understand how regression models work
  • Implement one way and two way ANOVA
  • Understand Chi Squared Tests
  • Be able to understand different types of data
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This course covers what you need to know about probability and statistics to succeed in business and the data science field! This practical course will go over theory and implementation of statistics to real world problems.

After completing this course you will:

  • Understand the basics of probability
  • Be able to implement basic statistics
  • Understand how to use various statistical distributions
  • Apply statistical methods and hypothesis testing to business problems
  • Understand how regression models work
  • Implement one way and two way ANOVA
  • Understand Chi Squared Tests
  • Be able to understand different types of data

Minimum Viable Product

10 credits

Learn how to take ideas, validate them, and prototype them in one day, without learning how to code. Become a better entrepreneur, product manager, marketer, manager, or small business owner. Learn how experienced entrepreneurs come up with killer ideas and launch them with minimum time invested and with $0 upfront.

Are you ready to take the plunge and finally pursue the business idea of your dreams? Are you sure you have the skills and the time to be successful? Have you heard of the Lean Startup, the product framework that is revolutionizing startups all over the world? This course will teach you the skills that are essential to being a successful entrepreneur.

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Learn how to take ideas, validate them, and prototype them in one day, without learning how to code. Become a better entrepreneur, product manager, marketer, manager, or small business owner. Learn how experienced entrepreneurs come up with killer ideas and launch them with minimum time invested and with $0 upfront.

Are you ready to take the plunge and finally pursue the business idea of your dreams? Are you sure you have the skills and the time to be successful? Have you heard of the Lean Startup, the product framework that is revolutionizing startups all over the world? This course will teach you the skills that are essential to being a successful entrepreneur.