Kellstadt Graduate School of Business

International Business Concentration

The concentration in International Business has a course requirement, a functional emphasis requirement and a language requirement.

The purpose of the functional emphasis requirement is to ensure that graduates of the program have functional as well as international expertise. The emphasis can consist of coursework in accounting, economics, finance, management or marketing. Alternatively, candidates can have a functional emphasis in International Trade and Policy. Those pursuing this functional emphasis would take International Trade (IB 520), International Macroeconomics (IB 521) and either Economics of Developing Countries (IB 525) or International Policy Analysis (IB 798).

Students concentrating in International Business must demonstrate competency in at least one modern language other than English. That competence can be demonstrated by proper coursework or the successful completion of a language exam. One year of college-level language study is considered appropriate coursework for purposes of satisfying this requirement.

International Business Seminars are open to all MBA candidates within the college regardless of concentration. In particular, an MBA candidate with a concentration in International Business should have some international exposure outside of the classroom. The work commitments of many of our students, however, preclude extended overseas activities. As a result, the college has developed a series of international business seminars which provide students with international exposure in a time frame suitable for working adults. These programs provide an excellent opportunity to expand the graduate business curriculum and increase exposure to other cultures. The seminars are typically one to three weeks in length and scheduled to coincide with breaks between quarters.

Requirements

Four concentration courses are required as follows:

  • One course that relates to the functional discipline (accounting, economics, finance, management, marketing, or international trade and policy) which the candidate has chosen to emphasize – this course would normally be chosen from Accounting, Auditing and Taxation Issues in International Business (IB 515), International Trade (IB 520), International Finance (IB 530), International Management (IB 540), and International Marketing (IB 550).
  • One course in International Business outside the particular functional discipline chosen by the candidate.
  • Two courses in the discipline which the candidate has chosen to emphasize which need not come from the International Business course offerings.

International Business course offerings are listed below.

  • ACCOUNTING, AUDITING AND TAXATION ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS (IB 515)
  • INTERNATIONAL TRADE (IB 520)
  • INTERNATIONAL MACROECONOMICS (IB 521)
  • ECONOMICS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (IB 525)
  • INTERNATIONAL FINANCE (IB 530)
  • INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT (IB 540)
  • AREA STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT (IB 545)
  • INTERNATIONAL MARKETING (IB 550)
  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SEMINAR (IB 750)
  • SPECIAL TOPICS (IB 798)

Visit Campus Connection at http://campusconnect.depaul.edu for current course information. If you do not have a password for Campus Connection, you may log on as a guest. Once you are on Campus Connection, please select Course Descriptions followed by the department.