Description

We live in a rapidly changing, volatile, and globalized world. Businesses today face multiple challenges as they try to balance economic success with the growing need for sustainable practices. The Certificate Program in International Business and Sustainable Development equips students and professionals with the necessary skills to achieve this balance.

All students take two required introductory courses and then select two additional courses in one of three concentrations:
1. International Marketing Management
2. International Financial Management
3. Sustainable Management in the International Environment

Students also gain hands-on business experience through a specialized internship program with leading corporations in the international markets.

Program Courses:

a. Obligatory Courses: Two courses (6 CH)
DBE-BUS/1500 - Introduction to Business and Economics
DBE-BUS/3630 - International Business and Global Economics

b. Elective Courses: Two courses (6 CH). Students must choose two courses from the below three alternative Areas of Concentration/Specialization. The student has to select the two elective courses from the same concentration area.

* International Marketing Management Specialization
DBE-BUS/2700 - Principles of Marketing
DBE-BUS/3000 - Promotion and Advertising
DBE-BUS/3020 - Consumer Behavior
DBE-BUS/3300 - Marketing Research Methods

* International Financial Management Specialization
DBE-BUS/2600 - Principles of Finance
DBE-BUS/3650 - Introduction to Accounting
DBE-BUS/3700 - Financial Accounting
DBE-BUS/3750 - Managerial Accounting

* Sustainable Management in the International Environment Specialization
DBE-BUS/2400 - Principles of Sustainable Management
DBE-BUS/2500 - Green Business Strategy
DBE-ECO/2250 - Environmental Economics
DBE-ECO/3100 - Environmental Economics & Sustainable Development

c. Internship (3 CH)
DBE-BUS/4900 - DBE-ECO/4900 - Internship with a leading organization in the Area of Specialization which operates in the international markets.

Minimum Education

High School

Subject Areas

Cost in US$:

consult University Catalog

Program Fees Include:

Cost includes full tuition. There maybe extra expenses for textbooks, Housing and supplies.

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Apartment/Flat

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

Independently or in Groups of 5

Application Process Involves

• Resume
• Transcript
• Written Application

Post Services Include

• Alumni Network
• Job and Internship Network

Year Founded

2007