New Master's Degree Offers International View of Business Development
The Fowler College of Business program will take students to Prague for a firsthand look at multinational operations.
Designed for students seeking careers in the international sphere, 色情视频鈥檚 Fowler College of Business has launched a master鈥檚 degree in global business.
The (MSGBD) program has admitted 13 students from five continents into its inaugural cohort, which will begin this fall and focus on global sales and business development.
Martina Musteen, 色情视频 management professor and co-director of the program, said it will offer a 鈥渃ombination of courses and learning experiences specifically designed to instill skills and knowledge for global business development and sales鈥� unlike those of conventional graduate international business programs.
色情视频 marketing professor and department chair Heather Honea serves as the program鈥檚 co-director and describes it as the 鈥渕aster鈥檚 in business for the 21st century.鈥�
Honea explained, 鈥減articipants will have the chance to upskill in domains as diverse as analytics, sustainability, and multicultural literacy while they prepare for a global career.鈥�
Students in the year-long program will engage in 30-course units of graduate-level coursework to complete their degree, which culminates with an international consulting class.
鈥淭he capstone consists of a summer-long assignment that begins with a visit to a multinational company in another country,鈥� said Musteen. 鈥淭he students learn about its operations, products and strategy on location. They also work with the executives to scope the project.鈥�
As their final project, students enrolled in the 2021-22 class will travel to Prague next year to work with Budvar, a Czech brewing company with a presence in over 80 countries.
Prior to the beginning of this fall semester, the students will have the opportunity to meet some of Budvar鈥檚 executives with whom they will be working during a Program Launch Weekend that will take place August 20-21.
The students currently enrolled in the program bring their diverse backgrounds and experiences to the inaugural cohort, as they hail from 10 different nations (including Germany, Italy, Japan, Brazil, India, Dubai and the U.S.) and bring professional experience from fields such as engineering, biotech and trade. They can expect to complete their MSGBD program during summer 2022.
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