International Business Degrees Online

As the world shrinks, the demand for decision-makers versed in the culture and language of other countries grows. To fill this need, the Penn State Board of Trustees in 2001 approved creation of an International Business degree program at Penn State Erie.

International Business is a dual-degree program. The International Business curriculum emphasizes the knowledge and the skills required to accomplish organizational objectives while coordinating human, material, information, and financial resources across national boundaries. A second School of Business major adds depth of business knowledge (you can choose Accounting, Business Economics, Economics, Finance, Management, Management Information Systems, or Marketing). With careful planning, the program can be completed in four years.

A required study abroad component is distinct to the International Business major. Penn State offers 130 study programs in forty-two countries-from Aberystwyth, Wales to Wellington, New Zealand-through a variety of organizations. Programs vary in length from spring break to a full year abroad. An international programs adviser is available to help students make the selection that best meets their educational needs.

This past summer, a study abroad opportunity to China was available. Dr. Kenneth Louie was the Instructor. The Study Abroad flyer tells you about what students learned and estimated costs. The Study Abroad brochure gives you a course overview, deadlines, and how this course will increase your understanding of China and its impact on the world and its economy.

Each Business Administration major completes all degree requirements including core curriculum requirements, requirements for the Business Administration major and requirements for a specialization in business and/or a minor in another academic discipline and/or course work customized to personal preference. Business Administration major requirements aim to provide breadth of knowledge in the discipline of business and its context, as well as learning activities that promote the integration of business knowledge. The specializations provide in-depth study in an area of business. A minor in another academic discipline and the coursework customized to personal preference provide students with the opportunity to explore areas of learning outside of the business discipline for the purpose of complementing the knowledge acquired in the Business Administration major requirements. All candidates for the B.S. should work closely with their academic advisors to assure that their programs of study have met the established guidelines for the degrees.

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A Greater Degree of Professionalism
The objective of the Master of Business in Administration program is to help students pursue leadership positions in competitive business environments.† The curriculum is designed to address this through a portfolio of practical, resume-building projects that satisfy students’ intellectual curiosity as well as help them to build the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to make sound business and management decisions. Beyond these practical skills, the program is also designed to foster thought leadership, innovation, and corporate social responsibility in a global context. Through the inclusion of current news events, instructors ensure that the curriculum stays topical, vibrant, and relevant.

You will be taught to:
Create value in production and distribution of goods, services, and information throughout the supply chain
Integrate business knowledge to take well-reasoned action in diverse situations
Innovate to address business issues and opportunities in dynamic environments
Generate a new business or establish new procedures within an existing business
Demonstrate the leadership necessary to accomplish business goals and maximize organizational performance
Evaluate the ethical and social implications of business decisions in a global context

Choose Your Specialization

Students can take a more focused approach to their studies by choosing to complete an optional specialization. We offer several areas of specialization to help you build your niche and strengthen your area of focus.

Finance: Explore financial operations, services, and techniques. Topics covered include investment strategy, analysis, international markets, stocks, and bonds. Graduates can pursue career opportunities in investment banking, corporate finance, and financial services firms.†

Marketing: Review advertising strategy, consumer behavior, data analysis, performance evaluation, and product promotion to help prepare you to pursue high-level positions in corporate marketing.†

Human Resources: Pursue the education that could help you direct corporate human resources departments. Topics include hiring practices, training, corporate policies, communications, and executive leadership.

Health Care Management: Learn to navigate the rapidly growing and changing health care field. Health care is experiencing breakthrough advances in treatment, rigorous patient-privacy regulations, staffing challenges, and issues of cost control. Our program is designed to help you develop the proficiencies you need to make a difference and to find solutions to real-life business situations.

Entrepreneurship: Deploy theories and practices related to the start-up, development, and management of a new venture. Topics include the discovery and evaluation of business opportunities, and development of strategies for creating new ventures.

International Business: Discover key competencies for remaining competitive in a global economy. Apply concepts of finance, management, and marketing on an international level, including demographic and cultural considerations. You will be taught how to manage diverse people and projects around the world, with the insight and understanding to make effective business decisions related to fundamental business processes in a multinational framework.

Project Management: Examine how to analyze and streamline complex, large-scale endeavors into efficient project plans. You will be taught to strategize, plan, schedule, implement, and determine project deliverables, milestones, and responsibilities, making sure that business needs are being addressed and costs are managed.

Supply Chain Management and Logistics: Study how to improve productivity for industries by solving logistic and transportation problems, and how to better compete in the global economy. Graduates may pursue a wide range of corporate career opportunities in public and private sectors around the world.†

Who Should Take This Program?
This degree is for students who have already earned a bachelor’s degree from a regionally or nationally accredited college and want to earn an advanced degree to further their business career.

International Business
Type:
Major, Minor

Location:
City West

International business studies is available for students seeking business knowledge in a broad range of disciplines necessary to conduct business in an international environment. Studies in international business prepare students for a wide range of positions in Australia and overseas where knowledge and skills are required in the fields of economics, finance, property and management. This will thus complement the professional majors of the Bachelor of Arts, particularly international and regional studies by providing augmenting business studies with the international setting.
Courses that are in majors, sub-majors and/or minorsCourse name Area +
Catalogue No. Units Level
MAJOR
Microeconomics ECON 1006 4.5 1
Governance and Regulation in the Global Market ECON 3005 4.5 3
Finance and Investment BANK 2005 4.5 2
Forecasting and Business Analysis ECON 2007 4.5 2
International Economics ECON 2009 4.5 2
International Currency and Banking Markets BANK 2006 4.5 2
Applied Business Econometrics ECON 3004 4.5 3
Competitive Strategy BUSS 3046 4.5 3
MINOR
Microeconomics ECON 1006 4.5 1
Macroeconomics ECON 1007 4.5 1
Plus any two courses from the above Major

COURSE INFORMATION
Working in a large, modern, international organisation, a medium sized company or even a small start-up firm requires a range of business capabilities. The most valuable employees are those who have not only a sound knowledge and understanding of the various parts of a business but those who are quick learners and team players with leadership potential. The MSc Business with Management programme will give students both the general business knowledge and understanding as well as the personal skills needed for a wide variety of roles.

The programme has been developed for recent graduates in non b business disciplines who wanted to add a business dimension to their undergraduate specialism. This programme has been very popular and has recently been extended by the addition of several pathways. Students can now choose between a general pathway with a wide variety of optional modules and a specialist pathway in which around half of the programme is concentrated on one functional area. This is very attractive to students who are interested in a particular area of business (e.g. marketing) but still want a more general introduction to business than is available in a specialist Masters programme. Students choosing one of the pathways have the opportunity to carry out independent research in their preferred specialist area. To be successful on this programme, you will need enthusiasm, commitment and a willingness to not only work hard but learn new ways of thinking. We also expect you to show initiative and be able to work independently.

The programme is designed around a set of modules that are common to all pathways. These modules cover general business functions, strategic management and organisational analysis. These modules also guide you towards the achievement of the generic postgraduate goals of strategic awareness, developing leadership potential and understanding the theory and practice of international business. In the second semester you will be given the opportunity to specialise in specific areas of business by choosing one of the pathways.

If you prefer to maintain as wide a choice of subject areas as possible, you can choose the Business with Management pathway. In the remainder of the programme you will complete your research and writing up of your dissertation. Every student has a personal research supervisor and will be required to submit an assessed research proposal prior to embarking on the dissertation itself.

MODULE INFORMATION
To view the Module Information for this course click here

CAREERS
Graduates on the programme have joined a wide range of businesses, including graduate training schemes. A significant number of graduates have gone back to work for a family business or even started up their own businesses.

OTHER INFO
The most distinctive characteristics of the programme are the wide range of backgrounds that we can accept and the great flexibility of choice offered to students on the programme to suit individual preference.

This degree can be the first step on the path towards an MBA. Once you have achieved at least 3 years full-time work/ management experience you can join the MBA conversion programme.

APPLICATION DETAIL
Applicants can either ring the enquiries number listed on the right for a copy of the appropriate application form or apply online by clicking the relevant button above.

(3 years full time or 4 years full time)

This degree programme is designed to create well-rounded graduates who combine knowledge with cognitive, practical and applied vocational skills needed for success and career progression in the modern world of international business. Our degree covers a balanced curriculum between the different business disciplines, supported by the development of applied business skills and an understanding of the international business world. It can be taken either as a three or four-year degree, depending on whether you wish to take advantage of a sandwich placement year at the end of Level 2.
The four year programme option (including one year, professional, paid work placement)

The academic content of Levels 1 and 2 of the programme is identical to that of the BA (Hons) International Business (three-year programme). The major difference is the professional, paid placement with a business organisation in your third year. Many of you will find that a year’s placement, by developing your business knowledge and skills, will enhance your academic performance in the final year of your degree, and increase your employability. Indeed, you may gain your first career employment from the placement.

Students research, choose and negotiate their one-year placement and enjoy a range of support services from us in this process.

Whilst on your year’s (12 month) placement, you will be supported by a Placement Tutor from the Department of Business and Management, who will visit you and your employer to help and advise you both.

On returning to us for the final year of your programme, you will follow the same programme as students on the final year of the three-year BA (Hons) in International Business.

(3 years full time or 4 years full time)

This degree programme is designed to create well-rounded graduates who combine knowledge with cognitive, practical and applied vocational skills needed for success and career progression in the modern world of international business. Our degree covers a balanced curriculum between the different business disciplines, supported by the development of applied business skills and an understanding of the international business world. It can be taken either as a three or four-year degree, depending on whether you wish to take advantage of a sandwich placement year at the end of Level 2.
The four year programme option (including one year, professional, paid work placement)

The academic content of Levels 1 and 2 of the programme is identical to that of the BA (Hons) International Business (three-year programme). The major difference is the professional, paid placement with a business organisation in your third year. Many of you will find that a year’s placement, by developing your business knowledge and skills, will enhance your academic performance in the final year of your degree, and increase your employability. Indeed, you may gain your first career employment from the placement.

Students research, choose and negotiate their one-year placement and enjoy a range of support services from us in this process.

Whilst on your year’s (12 month) placement, you will be supported by a Placement Tutor from the Department of Business and Management, who will visit you and your employer to help and advise you both.

On returning to us for the final year of your programme, you will follow the same programme as students on the final year of the three-year BA (Hons) in International Business.

The MSc in International Business, Economic Competitiveness and Policy will bring together the study of international business, economics, public policy, globalisation and competitiveness into one package.

The programme covers cutting edge themes that help understand current trends in the global markets and their impact on firms, industries and economies. It will provide a solid grounding in competitiveness issues at firm, industry, regional and national levels, together with an analysis of the roles of governments and policies in the functioning of the global markets, with the possibility to focus on economic development and emerging economies.

The programme includes a wealth of personal and transferable skills development opportunities, exposure to the experiences of world class business people and academics, as well as a pool of public policy, economics and business knowledge within the faculty of the Birmingham Business School.

The programme is particularly tailored for graduate students in the social sciences and business studies who wish to deepen their knowledge on themes related to globalisation, international business and economics, and the role of policies.