Courses

The programme offers Core and Elective courses.

• Core courses are compulsory courses offered in the first year and second year.
• Elective courses are offered in the second year, where students get the opportunity to choose from a basket of multidisciplinary courses and courses with functional depth in Analytics. 
• IIMB courses are delivered through a combination of the following formats: lectures, classroom discussions, industry interactions, case analyses, individual and group projects, term papers, role plays, dissertations, simulations, business games, films, and various experiential learning methods.

Courses and Credits – First Year

During the first year, a PGP-BA student is required to undertake eighteen core courses (totalling 49.5 credits).
The first year consists of three terms, and the term-wise course details are given in the following table:

Summer Internship

Summer internship programme is scheduled between the end of first year and the beginning of second year with a firm in the Analytics domain. Internship is optional for students who have at least 34 months of work experience prior to enrolling for the programme.

Courses and Credits – Second Year

 PGP-BA student should take the four core courses in Term IV and at least four electives (12 credits) in the analytics domain (labelled as field electives) across Terms IV, V and VI. The remaining credits can be taken from either the analytics domain (field elective) or any other general management electives (free electives). A PGP-BA student should earn a minimum of 45 credits and a maximum of 51 credits in the second year. The structure of the second-year courses is as follows.

The electives cover a wide array of topics. Here is a sample list of electives:

• Social Entrepreneurship 
• Infrastructure Development 
• PPPs and Regulation
• Business Analytics and Intelligence 
• Spreadsheet Model-Business Decision 
• Current Economic Scenario; Indian Economy and Policy Matters for Business
• Global Securities Markets
• Corporate Governance: Indian and International Perspectives
• Corporate Valuation
• Digital Marketing
• Research for Marketing Decisions
• Brand Management
• Entrepreneurship in Action
• Personal Values, Goals and Career Options
• Creating High Performance Organizations
• Supply Chain Management
• Technology and Operations Strategy
• Green Business Management
• Strategic Thinking and Decision Making

Apart from electives on functional areas, IIMB also offers different types of courses such as language courses (German, French, Spanish and Japanese), courses with international immersion (like Business Planning in International Markets, Developing Technology Partnerships between Firms in India and Israel), and experiential courses (like the Himalayan Mountain Challenge and Motorcycle Immersion in Local Entrepreneurial Settings), based on the interest of students.

Elective Courses

Elective Courses
(offered in the recent academic years)

IIMB has the distinction of offering the largest number of elective courses among B-schools in India. The electives cover a wide array of topics as indicated below. Students follow a bidding system to select the elective courses of their interest. This is a tentative list that may change year on year based on students’ interest.