Business Administration, International Business Management Concentration, M.B.A.

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The International Business Management concentration is carefully designed to provide graduate students with the necessary knowledge, insight and background to excel in a business that is becoming increasingly and inevitably global. The program will approach the study of international business from the standpoint of managers who must function in a global competitive environment. Recognizing that effective leadership in international business requires a range of skills, students enrolled in the program will develop knowledge and skills related to global issues in business, international capital budgeting and international marketing.

Program Goals:

Upon successful completion of the Master of Business Administration degree, students will:

demonstrate an understanding of the concepts, terminology, and approaches in the major areas of management and related decision-making technologies.
develop knowledge of the terminology and concepts used in marketing and to apply these concepts effectively in understanding the complexities of decision-making in today’s competitive marketing environment.
demonstrate mastery of advanced knowledge in corporate financial management topics including capital budgeting, cost of capital & capital structures, financial analysis, time value of money & valuation methodologies.
demonstrate knowledge and skills required to obtain employment in their field.
develop the skills necessary to continued success in their fields including leadership abilities and a heightened sense of social responsibility and ethics.

Curriculum

The MBA Program with a Concentration in International Business Management consists of:

MBA Core Competency Courses (6 Credits)

Students with proven knowledge will take elective courses in place of the core competency courses.

FIN 599 - Financial Management Foundations (3 Credits)
BUS 598 - Quantitative Foundations and Business Applications (3 Credits)

MBA Core Courses (21 Credits)

* Students with an undergraduate degree in accounting should take ACC 645 .

FIN 623 - Corporate Finance (3 Credits)
ACC 644 - Financial Reporting and Analysis (3 Credits)
OR
ACC 645 - Managerial Accounting (3 Credits) *
ECO 642 - Managerial Economics (3 Credits)
MKT 615 - Marketing Strategies (3 Credits)
MGT 610 - Contemporary Management Theory (3 Credits)
MGT 695 - Seminar in Strategic Management (3 Credits)
MGT 650 - Strategic Human Resource Management (3 Credits)

International Business Management Concentration Courses (9 Credits)

Choose three courses from the following electives offered: