Master of Commerce (M. Com)

  • Master of Commerce with specialization in Business and Technology Management.
  • Master of Commerce with specialization in Finance.

Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce started its Master of Commerce program from the academic year 1989-90.

As the college is committed to become a Centre of Excellence offering courses in conventional and in emerging fields incorporating technology, finance and research approach, we are offering Master’s Program in Business and Technology Management from 2020-21 and Finance from the academic year 2023-24. The program is designed keeping in mind the UGC directives, NEP 2020, industry needs and student’s requirements. Businesses have undergone tremendous change globally. A locally developed solution today, has the potential of impacting global businesses. The businesses no more exist in silos but their impact is felt by people, planet and physical environment. Therefore, it is not enough to be innovative but it is equally essential to be sustainable. Sustainable innovative business solutions have become the need of the hour. We therefore, intend to make the students not only industry ready but planet ready and are dedicated to offer these courses enabling students to leverage their knowledge for resolving issues and challenges across the world. The entire program focuses to cater skill based outcomes, incorporating knowledge of business, technology and finance and developing core competencies through discipline specific core and electives. The second year of the master’s program is majorly dedicated to research.


Highlights


  • Contemporary courses such as Introduction to Cloud and Big Data, Managing Business Crises, Stock Markets Fundamental and Technical Analysis, Micro Finance & Entrepreneurship and Luxury, Fashion and Lifestyle.

  • 13 students of M.com batch 21-23 got placed with BNY Mellon with package of Rs.8.5 lacs

  • 6 students of batch 21-23 got placed with Deloitte, USA

  • 8 Students were offered internship and who successfully completed internship with Fintech firm ‘Sarvatra Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Pune, with whom Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce has signed a MoU.

Program Outcome

PO 1 Domain Knowledge: Students will gain expertise to apply discipline specific knowledge to regional, national and global scenarios.

PO 2 Problem Solving: Students will be able to deduce a problem, derive inferences, test feasibility and devise solutions.

PO 3 Critical Thinking: Students will acquire the ability to critically analyse emerging trends and technology disrupting business and society, and be able to speculate its implications on various stakeholders.

PO 4 Receptive to New ideas: Students will become adept at lateral thinking, become receptive to new and alternative ideas, think strategically when encountering challenges and be able to perceive an issue/challenge holistically.

PO 5 Digital literacy: Students will be able to leverage business data and technology to business and social challenges.

PO 6 Environment & Sustainability: Students will appraise the idea of sustainability, develop positive attitude towards developmental challenges and facilitate solutions

PO 7 Research Related Skills: Students will be able to undertake independent research

PO 8 Team work and Leadership Readiness: Students will internalize the concept of diversity, collaborate and learn to lead with diverse groups and at diverse workplaces.

PO 9 Self-Directed and Lifelong learning: Students will become adept at self-learning tools and incorporate lifelong learning

PO 10 Moral and Ethical Awareness: Students will be able to manage self in the larger professional, personal and social life through development of strong moral and ethical behavior.

PO 11 Interdisciplinary Perspective: Students will be able to develop interdisciplinary perspective.


Program Specific Outcomes

Business and Technology Management

  • Ability to identify business needs, acquire and utilize resources and implement business processes.
  • Effectively use data and technology to facilitate and support group activities and processes.
  • Demonstrate understanding of the risks and mitigation strategies to business operations inherent in the implementation of information and communications technologies.
  • Evaluate ethical behavior and social responsibility at the personal, organizational, and societal levels.
  • Apply data information decision making and problem solving methods associated with management trends and issues.
  • Design, describe and maintain effective business models that enhance business strategic goals and decision-making processes.
  • Demonstrate the ability to successfully establish, lead, manage and work in multidisciplinary teams.

Program specific Outcomes for Specialization Finance

  • To develop an understanding of financial markets, financial instruments and regulatory framework.
  • To effectively use various techniques and tool for financial and investment decision making.
  • To become informed investors.
  • To develop skills for practical application in the field of corporate finance and investment.
  • To inculcate a future-oriented perspective that focuses on the significance of their decisions, choices and actions on present and future generations.

Eligibility:

Students who have completed their graduation from recognized university shall be admitted to M.Com. Programme.


Intake Capacity:

  • The number of available seats are 120 (Excluding NRI & Foreign quota).
  • Admission will be given on the basis of merit. Merit lists will be prepared in accordance with the provisions of Admission Policy of the college.

Programme Details:

M.Com Structure June 2023

 

Finance

Semester 1

Semester 2

Semester 3

Semester 4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Core /Compulsory

Business Networking & Negotiations

Fintech

Investment and Portfolio Management

Business Leadership and Change Management

 

Research Methodology

 

Internship

 

Research Project

 

Research Project (6 credits)

 

 

 

Subject Specific Core

 

 

Strategic Financial Management

 

Stock Markets:  Fundamental & Technical Analysis

 

 Fixed Income securities

 

Corporate Finance

 

Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate
Restructuring

 

Derivatives, Commodities ,Futures & Options

 

International Finance

 

 

Electives

 Governance and Legal Framework for Finance

 

Behavioural Finance

 

Investments and Beyond

 

Financial Frauds (2 credits)

Micro Finance & Entrepreneurship

Risk Management

Structured Finance

Financial Modelling

(2 credits)

Total credits

20

20

20

20

 

Business and Technology Management

 

SEM 1

SEM 2

SEM 3

SEM 4

 

 

Subject Specific Core

 

 

Digital Transformation and Business Strategy

Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Management 

Strategic Decision Making

Rethinking Business Today & Tomorrow

 

Introduction to Cloud  & Big Data

 

Building Global Brands in Digital Age

 

Design Thinking

 

Luxury, Fashion and Lifestyle

 

 

 

Electives 

Innovation & Disruption Management

 

Digital Governance

 

E-retailing

Managing Business Crisis (2credits)

 

 

Enterprise Building

 

Workforce planning and talent management

 

Entrepreneurship in emerging markets

 

Ethical Paradigms in Business

(2 credits)

 

Total credits

20

20

20

20

Credits, Examination and Evaluation Scheme:

  • The total credits of the Programme is 80.
  • Each course will carry 4 credits. Except for the Research report (Master thesis) semester 4 will be of 6 credits & electives in semester four carry 2 credits each.
  • Each course will be of 100 marks.
  • There will be 50-50 pattern of evaluation.

Time of PG classes: 12 noon to 4 pm