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BBA Overview
The BBA with a concentration in international business provides undergraduates with the analytical tools and conceptual framework to understand the international financial, political, and economic environment, how that environment influences a firm's strategy and performance, how culture plays a role in guiding a firm's strategic activities, and how a firm can leverage home and host country resources to overcome challenges inherent in managing a multinational enterprise. The academic program allows students to understand international business from three inter-related perspectives: international economics and finance, international marketing, and international corporate strategy.
Career Choices in International Business
This field provides the basic academic foundations for entry-level positions in international business, particularly in multinational corporations, international banks, non-governmental organizations (NGO's) and government agencies. Such organizations include the Departments of Commerce, State, Treasury, Export-Import Bank, and Overseas Private Investment Corporation, plus international institutions such as the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation.
Program of Study
All students are expected to complete a range of prerequisite classes that have a direct impact on later studies in International Business. During their first year, students must take Econ 11 (Microeconomics) and Econ 12 (Macroeconomics), which provide basic economics skills and principles that are critical to later coursework. These economics courses prepare students for BADM 145 (International Financial Environment), which is a prerequisite to all IBUS courses. Students will also take courses in marketing (BADM 110), finance (BADM 115), and statistics (STAT 112 or 118). These courses provide students with the basic knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in upper division international business courses. Students whose native language is English should strongly consider coursework in any modern foreign language to fulfill their field-related elective requirement. Other students may wish to do so, as well.
All International Business students are required to complete
IBUS 160 (Introduction to International Business), which provides
an overview of the basic topics studied in international business.
Students may then choose any three courses in the International
Business department to complete their field concentration.
Students interested in gaining a broad knowledge of international
business may choose courses across the various topical fields.
Students interested in a deeper knowledge of a single topic
may choose to take most of their coursework in either international
finance or international marketing and strategy. The George
Washington University Bulletin contains course descriptions.
More information on the BBA degree can be found on the Business School's page. The requirements of the program can be found on the University Bulletin page.
Admissions(BBA)
Click here to go to the University's undergraduate admissions page.MBA Overview
This field is designed to prepare students for careers in international banking, international and multinational corporations, non-governmental organizations (NGO's) and export trading companies; for careers in the federal government and in the international agencies concerned with business, industry, and finance abroad; and for the commerce option of the Foreign Commercial Service. The program is also designed to prepare international students for careers in foreign and domestic firms within their own countries and for commercial officer positions within their governments.
The requirements of the school's MBA program can be found on the University Bulletin page. The MBA degree is offered in several formats. Information about each of them may be found by clicking on the following links:
Adissions (MBA)
MBA Global (full-time, cohort structure) Professional (allows for part-time study) Executive World ExecutiveDoctoral Overview
The doctoral program in international business is designed to enable individuals to develop a global perspective on industry and government, as well as academe. Within the field, there is opportunity to specialize in international finance, international banking, international marketing, strategy, and international trade policy. Formal course work, combined with individualized research and other learning experiences, is designed to develop both theoretical and pragmatic expertise in specific areas in the ever changing global economy.
The program follows a mentorship model in which the student works primarily under the guidance of one particular faculty member (the mentor) toward successful fulfillment of the academic requirements for the degree. While the applicants have to meet all admission requirements set by the Doctoral Office of the School of Business, individual faculty members in the Department of International Business make recommendations for admission of particular applicants based on evaluation of the applicants' research potential and mutual academic interest. Therefore, prospective applicants are encouraged to contact individual faculty members to share research interest. An interview may be required of applicants by individual faculty members. The faculty member who recommends a particular applicant will become the student's mentor upon enrollment in the program. The mentor will advise and supervise the student's academic progress through the various stages of the program. The mentorship relationship may be changed through mutual agreement between the mentor and the student. The student may then enter into a new mentorship arrangement with a different faculty member upon mutual agreement.
A student who elects international business as his/her supporting field should approach an individual faculty member in the International Business Department to develop a mentorship relationship during the first academic year in the program. This mentorship works similarly as that in the primary field. Students with international business as their primary field of study may not elect a supporting field in the international business area.
Visit the SBPM Doctoral Program page.
Admission (PH.D)
For application materials and procedures please contact the Doctoral Office of the School of Business.
For further information regarding the IB PhD Program, contact: Liesl Riddle - Assistant Professor of International Business2201 G St. NW (Funger Hall) 401