Online MBA in International Business
Why Earn Your Online MBA in International Business?
Choose WSU’s Online MBA in International Business and explore the international business landscape, as well as the principles governing the global marketplace. You’ll immerse yourself in all things global business practice and learn how to manage people and processes effectively across borders.
Choose the MBA in Hospitality and Tourism program, and you can graduate prepared to:
- Gather and interpret data to make informed business decisions and propose strategic solutions in domestic and global organizations.
- Apply industry-specific skills in finance, marketing, human resources, leadership, and risk management to effectively implement best practices in hospitality businesses.
- Evaluate the cultural, psychographic, and demographic attributes of today’s global consumers.
- Lead essential business functions—from hiring and motivating staff to navigating and growing the bottom line.
- Assess the social, multicultural, and environmental issues that impact the global hospitality industry.
What Does the Online MBA in International Business Curriculum Cover?
The courses in WSU’s Online MBA in International Business are built to match the current realities of today’s global economy. All so you can develop the competencies needed to successfully lead across borders, cultures, and economic markets.
As you move through the curriculum, you’ll explore the principles and practices of international business and dive deeper into topics such as cross-cultural management, corporate finance, international marketing, and research methods in international business.
International Business Concentration Courses (choose 3)
This course intends to give you the skills and knowledge to thrive in the rapidly changing international business environment. Using reading, research, active participation, and discussion, you will be exposed to the challenges and opportunities presented to you, the manager, by differences in the economic, cultural, and political realities in the business world today. We will take a practical approach emphasizing decision-making.
This course provides an introduction to international financial management, built upon the domestic corporate finance covered in earlier prerequisite courses. The central theme is how to make corporate financing and investment decisions in an international environment. This course helps students understand additional risks and challenges of international financial management compared to domestic financial management. Students will learn the basic techniques of measuring and managing international financial risks and will be able to apply the techniques to corporate financing and investment decisions in an international environment. Quantitative techniques are heavily emphasized in this class.
The course is designed to provide graduate students the knowledge and skills for identifying global opportunities and developing international marketing strategies in a fast-changing global business environment, and to develop analytical and decision-making, professional communication, and market research skills in the global marketing context.
This course concentrates on techniques and concepts of international tourism, destination management and marketing, and its role in developing customer- and service-oriented managerial approach in a tourism organization. This course is designed to provide you a working knowledge of international tourism, destination management and marketing process, and the interrelationships between destination marketing decisions, marketing research, buyer behavior, product strategy, channels of distribution, promotional activities, and pricing decisions.
Personalize Your Online MBA with a Graduate Business Certificate
WSU’s Online MBA in International Business concentration is also offered as a nine-credit graduate certificate that can be completed in as few as three courses.
By pursuing this option, you can:
Pursue a Career with Global Impact
Operate in organizations around the world.
International trade is integral to the U.S. economy, with more than 40 million American jobs depending on trade across a variety of industries, from manufacturing to agriculture, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
And international trade doesn’t just apply to big companies: small and midsize businesses make up 98% of U.S. companies that export.
Developing an international perspective in business can give you a competitive edge in the modern workforce.
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MBA in International Business FAQs
With an Online MBA in International Business from WSU, you’re well-positioned to pursue a variety of job opportunities in the global business landscape, including leadership roles in business administration, global communications, and international sales. Those with expertise in international business can work for corporations, nonprofits, and government agencies.
The average salary for graduates with an MBA in International Business was $102,000 in May 2024, according to Payscale.
WSU is regionally accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU), while the Carson College of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). As a top AACSB online MBA program, we’re committed to living up to the high standards of the nation’s foremost accrediting body of business schools.
The program can be completed in as few as 22 months.
