Admission to the Program

Open to students with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent from an accredited institution with a satisfactory grade point average. Applicants must have at least one year of work experience. Applicants whose first language is not English are required to take and earn minimum acceptable scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and demonstrate English language proficiency. 

Certificate Requirements

• 15 credit hours of approved course work with grades of B or better. 
• Grades of C or D in certificate program courses are not accepted toward the fulfillment of certificate requirements, although these grades will be included in the calculation of the GPA. Students must have at least a 3.0 GPA in certificate courses in order to be awarded a certificate. Students must be enrolled in at least 6 credit hours during each 12 month period. Students must complete the certificate within four years. 

Prerequisites

Passing grade in introduction to economics course. 

Course Requirements

• FIN-630 Financial Analysis: Concepts and Applications (3) 
• IBUS-618 Manager in the International Economy (3) 
• IBUS-745 Global Supply Chain Management (3) 
• ITEC-618 Applied Production and Operations  Management (1.5) 
• 4.5 credit hours from the following: 

IBUS-701 International Banking (1.5) 

IBUS-705 Export–Import Management (1.5) 

IBUS-740 Project Finance in Developing and Transitional Economies (1.5) 

IBUS-741 International Technology Transfer (1.5) 

IBUS-747 Doing Business in Different National and Cultural Environments (1.5) 

• IBUS-748 Management in Emerging Markets (1.5)