The Global Experience Concentration facilitates MBA student participation in a study abroad program. Students must complete two full credit units in an approved International Exchange Program at the partner university’s location. In addition, students must take one full credit unit of internationally focused MBA electives to satisfy the concentration requirement.
Curriculum
Students must complete two full credit units in an approved International Exchange Program at the partner university’s location. Approved International Exchange Programs include:
- Australia – AGSM, Sydney
- Brazil – COPPEAD, Rio de Janeiro
- Chile – Universidad Adolfo Ibanez, Santiago
- China – CEIBS, Shanghai
- China – Peking University, Beijing
- France – HEC/ISA, Paris
- France – INSEAD, Fontainebleau
- Hong Kong – HKUST, Kowloon
- India – ISB, Hyderabad
- Israel – IDC, Herzliya
- Israel – Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv
- Italy – SDA Bocconi, Milan
- Japan – Keio University, Tokyo
- Netherlands – RSM, Rotterdam
- Philippines – AIM, Makati City
- Singapore – INSEAD, Singapore
- Spain – IESE, Barcelona
- Sweden – Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm
- Thailand – Sasin, Bangkok
- United Kingdom – LBS, London
Concentration Requirements
In addition to two full credit units taken in an approved study-abroad program, students must take one full credit unit of internationally focused MBA electives* to satisfy the concentration requirement. The electives should be selected from the list below and cannot be taken on a pass/fail basis.
| Accounting | |
| ACCT/FNCE 7970 | Taxes and Business Strategy |
| Business Economics and Public Policy | |
| BEPP/OIDD 7630 | Energy Markets & Policy |
| BEPP/ACCT 7640 | Climate and Financial Markets |
| BEPP 7890 | Economic Globalization: Policy, History and Contemporary Issues |
| Finance | |
| FNCE 7190 | International Financial Markets and Cryptocurrencies |
| FNCE 7310 | Global Valuation and Risk Analysis |
| FNCE 7320 | International Banking |
| FNCE 7400 | Central Banks, Macroeconomic Policy and Financial Markets |
| FNCE 7540 | ESG and Impact Investing |
| FNCE 7560 | Energy Finance |
| Health Care Management | |
| HCMG 8590 | Comparative Health Care Systems |
| HCMG 8680 | Private Sector Role in Global Health |
| Legal Studies and Business Ethics | |
| LGST 8020 | Law of Corporate Management and Finance |
| Management | |
| MGMT 7150 | Political Environment of the Multinational Firm |
| MGMT 7200 | Corporate Diplomacy |
| MGMT 7230 | Strategy and Environmental Sustainability |
| MGMT 7870 | Global Management of Digital Businesses |
| MGMT 7880 | Managing and Competing in China |
| MGMT 8090 | Private Equity in Emerging Markets |
| MGMT 8170 | Global Growth of Emerging Firms |
| MGMT 8710 | Advanced Global Strategy |
| MGMT 8750 | Comparative Capitalism |
| Marketing | |
| Operations, Information, and Decisions | |
| OIDD 6730 | Global Supply Chain Mgmt. |
| OIDD 7610 | Risk Analysis and Environmental Management |
| OIDD 7620 | Environmental Sustainability and Value Creation |
| Real Estate | |
| REAL 7050 | Global Real Estate: Risk, Politics and Culture |
| REAL 8360 | International Housing Comparisons |
* Global Modular Courses (0.5 CU) offered in a foreign location also count.
Other courses with substantive international content may be counted upon approval of the concentration adviser.