Pre-MBA preparation courses are foundation degrees or preparation courses designed to meet the needs of an MBA aspirant at a premier B-School.
For most students joining premier B-schools, the first year is a high-pressure time. And more so this year, with the course starting late. The 1st years grades are key for placements and Term 1 subjects and GPA is a key advantage for Summer Internships.
Despite Diversity points, 70-80% of students joining IIMs and premier B-schools are engineering students. The courses that cause greatest difficulty are Accounting and Financial Markets and the Micro and Macro Economics course. Graduating from a premier B-School is a challenge you should not underestimate, and a pre-MBA offers you the right tools to meet this challenge.
Pre-MBA preparation courses are created for MBA candidates who have a non-commercial background. The pre-MBA courses will help the aspirants to get essential exposure to Financial management and Micro-Macro economics principles. This way the Pre MBA courses help the MBA aspirants to jump to the core of their MBA studies, without getting overwhelmed.
A pre-MBA course acts like a bridge between your previous studies and your master in business administration, making sure that you start your degree from equal or even with an advantage over your colleagues with a commercial background.
| Session | Concepts Covered |
|---|---|
| Session 1 | Intro to 3 statement-format of reporting Balance Sheet and concepts |
| Session 2 | Income Statement and related concepts |
| Session 3 | Income Statement continued |
| Session 4 | Cash Flow Statement and related concepts |
| Session 5 | Cash flow statement continued |
| Session 6 | Understanding flow of information in 3 statement-format |
| Session 7 | Accounting for Manufacturing Activities |
| Session 8 | Understanding Annual Report of a Company |
| Session 9 | Revenue Recognition/ Reporting Techniques |
| Session | Concepts Covered |
|---|---|
| Session 10 | Time Value of Money |
| Session 11 | Dividend Discount Model/Gordon Growth Model |
| Session 12 | P/E multiple, PV of going operations, Free cash flow |
| Session 13 | Portfolio Analysis |
| Session 14 | Asset Pricing Models- CAPM and other models |
| Session 15 | Bond markets: Different rates, duration and structure |
| Session 16 | Term structure of various interest rates, Convexity |
| Session 17 | Foreign Exchange Markets/ Exchange Rate Parity |
| Session 18 | Introduction to derivatives |
| Session 19 | Understanding forwards and future markets |
| Session 20 | Options and pricing models |
| Topic | Sessions | Concepts Covered |
|---|---|---|
| Theory of demand | 6 | Theory of Utility, Indifference Curve, Type of Products, Elasticity, Price Indices |
| Theory of production and cost | 4 | Short Run vs Long Run, Cost Curves, Economies of Scale/Scope |
| Market Structures | 4 | Price determination under different market structures such as competition, monopoly, oligopoly |
| Introduction to game theory | 3 | Nash Equilibrium, Prisoner’s Dilemma, Simultaneous Games, Sequential Games, Trust, Auctions |
| Uncertainty and asymmetric information | 2 | Risk, Uncertainty, Two-Part Tariff, Price Discrimination |
| Externalities. | 1 | Externalities and Public Goods |
