Full-time study details

To earn an International Business concentration in the Full-Time MBA, Full-Time MS in Finance/MBA (Finance track), JD/MBA, and LLM/MBA, you will earn twelve credits from the curriculum listed below.

Required International Business MBA course

Focuses on the international business environment, and examines the influence on global decision making of such areas as the international economy and trade issues, legal and political context differences, governmental actions, cultural and ethical system differences, exchange rates and international currency markets, international institutions like the World Trade Organization and the International Monetary Fund, and regional agreements like the European Union, NAFTA, and Mercosur. Also analyzes why firms internationalize their operations, how they can internationalize, and key areas such as international manufacturing, marketing, human resource management, and strategy.

INTB 6200 | 3 Hours

Complete 9 elective credits from the following

Develops specific concepts, policies, and techniques for the financial management of the multinational firm. Topics include operation of the foreign exchange markets, foreign exchange risk management, sources and instruments of international financing, foreign direct investment and the management of political risk, multinational capital budgeting, and financing control systems for the multinational firm.

FINA 6204 | 3 Hours

Focuses on issues that arise when a firm operates in multiple countries with cultures that are different from its home country. Principally addresses the perspectives of U.S. firms operating overseas, but also explores other national firms operating in the United States and in third-country environments. A central issue is how corporate cultures evolve in the context of national cultures.

INTB 6212 | 3 Hours

Offers students an opportunity to develop an understanding of emerging markets. Analyzes how U.S. firms enter emerging markets and compete with emerging market firms and how emerging market companies compete with developed market companies and with each other. Explores the future of emerging markets and the steps they need to take to ensure their future viability and success, as well as the threats they face.

INTB 6224 | 3 Hours

Seeks to help students build the cross-cultural skills necessary to comfortably and effectively work in different cultures and with people from different cultures. Discusses the alignment between the firm's business strategy and the leader's responses in a multicultural environment along with the methods for leadership effectiveness in multicultural teams and virtual environments. Using online, experiential, and discussion-based methods, offers students an opportunity to gain the self-awareness needed to generate a plan for their own global leadership development.

INTB 6226 | 3 Hours

Designed to give students intense exposure to the global business environment by immersing them in the business practices and culture of a designated country or region. The course is taught primarily in the country or region of interest and involves a mix of classes, company site visits, and cultural activities. Fulfills the globalization requirement in the full-time MBA program. May be repeated without limit.

INTB 6230 | 3 Hours

Offers students an opportunity to work on faculty-led teams to address a current issue facing a global corporate partner organization. Students interact directly with organizational leaders and employees to scope the project and work as a consulting team, harnessing campus and corporate resources to solve a problem and/or make recommendations. Faculty travel with the students to an international site to continue research, interviews, etc., and report findings to local corporate representatives. Feedback on the project reports are incorporated, and the final project report takes place post-travel with the corporate/sponsoring organizations' representatives.

INTB 6238 | 3 Hours

Develops understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing the international marketing executive, the decision-making process in marketing goods abroad, and the environmental forces—economic, cultural, and political—affecting the marketing process in the international marketplace.

MKTG 6212 | 3 Hours


The following is a sample curriculum and is subject to change. Enrolled students should reference the academic catalog for current program requirements.