MBA with Emphasis in International Business
Viterbo’s MBA program offers an optional emphasis
in international business that includes an optional immersion experience in China. To meet the requirements of this emphasis, students
choose electives in international business and focus their capstone project on
a topic related to international business.
Students choosing the MBA with International
Business Emphasis begin and end the program with a cohort of professionals from
a variety of industries. During the summer and in their last semester, students choosing this emphasis focus their study on international business topics.
Sample Schedule for MBA with International Business
Emphasis
International Business Emphasis Elective Options
Global
Economic Cycles (3 credits)
How do economic recessions
and expansions start? What causes recessions to deepen and expansions to
accelerate? What are appropriate and effective government policies to fix
economic problems? This course examines answers to these questions in the
context of a global economy. Learners consider benefits and costs of creating
a more globally integrated economy, discover how business cycles in different
countries are related to another, and examine how U.S. economic fluctuations
and policy responses depend on changes in the global economy, resulting in a
toolkit to make predictions about changes in economic outcomes such as
consumer spending, production, unemployment, and inflation.
Global
Strategy and Business Development (3 credits)
This course focuses on strategic planning and
management at a global level. Topics examined include international trade,
economics, financial systems and laws/regulations that impact negotiations,
decisions and opportunities in market selection, entry and development. Various
strategic approaches to entering and exiting international markets will be
addressed. Students will analyze markets and stakeholders to provide
recommendations regarding opportunities or threats in those markets.
International
Business (3 credits)
This course focuses on conducting business on a
global level. Students will evaluate the history and dynamics of global
industries, global competition, and global strategies and examine topics such
as international cooperation among nations, national trade policies,
international marketing, technology, as well as the ethical and social
responsibility challenges of global businesses. The roles of various
stakeholders including the international institutions such as World Trade Organization
will be analyzed. Case studies will be used to analyze the impact of complex
global factors on the management of multinational operations.
In some semesters, students will have the unique
opportunity to experience field research in the country of focus. This seven-to
14-day trip will expose students to culture, geography, business practices of
an emerging market and to a different academic environment. Students will gain
an appreciation for both formal business aspects and informal social aspects of
conducting business in another country.
Globally
Responsible Leadership (3 credits)
This
course will focus on addressing the complexity and challenges of a globalized
society to create a more sustainable future. Included will be discussion of
holistic, systems-perspective decision making models that leverage a global
mindset to lead collaboration of stakeholders toward a vision.
Sample Schedule
A sample schedule for
a student choosing the MBA with a Project Management Emphasis is shown
here. Students may begin this program in May, August or January and
graduate in two years while attending class one night per week from 6 to 10pm
or in one year while taking classes two evenings per week.
Year 1 Semester 1:
MGMT 512 Leadership Skills in Organizations
MGMT 550 Business Strategies for Sustainable Change
Year 1 Semester 2:
MGMT 525 Complex Systems Change Strategies
MGMT 565 Methods of Inquiry and Analysis
Year 1 Summer:
6 credits chosen from Global Strategy
and Business Development, International Business, Global Economic Cycles, or
Globally Responsible Leadership
Year 2 Semester 1:
FINA 510 Socially Responsible Financial
Management
MGMT 584 Advanced Business Communications
Year 2 Semester 2:
Capstone project - 3 options:
MGMT 683 Integrated Case Study (International Business topic)
MGMT 685 Research Project (International Business topic)
MGMT 681 Field Study (International Business topic)
Year 2 Summer:
3 credit elective course