Curriculum
The MS in Global Business Leadership is made up of 30 credit hours and requires a Global Immersion course, which is a Bauer College Learning Abroad trip. The program is designed to be completed within 12 or 18 months.
Required Core Skills Courses
Students are required to take 21 credit hours of the core skills courses.
| Prefix and Number | Credit Hours | Required Courses |
| INTB 7360 or INTB 7371 |
3 | International Finance or Energy Value Chain1 |
| INTB 7363 | 3 | International Business and Political Risk Management |
| MARK 6A61 | 1.5 | Marketing Administration |
| SCM 6A01 | 1.5 | Supply Chain Management Concepts |
| MANA 7375 | 3 | Global Leadership |
| Learning Abroad | 6 | Global Immersion2 |
| MANA 7376 | 3 | Global Capstone Project: Grand Challenges |
Notes
1 Select one.
2 Depending on the global immersion selected, students take two 3 credit hour Bauer courses, with prior approval of the Program Director. Sample courses include MANA 7346 Global Human Resource Management, MANA 7343 International Legal Environment of Management, MANA 7353 Regional Issues in Global Management, and MANA 7354 Cultural Issues in Global Management. The list of courses is representative but may change depending on the faculty leading global immersions.
Elective Courses
Students in the program are required to take 9 credit hours of elective courses from the courses listed below. Other courses may be used as electives with the approval of the Program Director.
| Prefix and Number | Credit Hours | Approved Electives |
| INTB 7343 | 3 | International Legal Environment of Management |
| INTB 7352 | 3 | International Management of Technology |
| INTB 7364 | 3 | Experience in Emerging Market Economies |
| INTB 7365 | 3 | Business and World Economy |
| MANA 7351 / INTB 7351 | 3 | Management of Global Organizations |
| MANA 7354 | 3 | Cultural Issues in Global Management |
| MANA 7356 | 3 | Inclusive Leadership |
| MANA 7397 | 3 | Global Special Topics (approved by Program Director) |
| ACCT 7364 | 3 | Transfer Pricing: Theory and Practice |
| FINA 7361 | 3 | Risk Management3 |
| FINA 7372 | 3 | Upstream Economics4 |
| SCM 7335 | 3 | Logistics Management |
| Learning Abroad | 6 | Global Immersion 25 |
Notes
3 Prerequisite FINA 6A35 Managerial Finance (1.5 credit hours) OR FINA 6335 Managerial Finance (3 credit hours)
4 Prerequisite FINA 6387 Managerial Analysis (3 credit hours)
5 As an elective, students can take a second Learning Abroad trip. Depending on the global immersion selected, students take two 3 credit hour Bauer courses, with prior approval of the Program Director. Sample courses include MANA 7346 Global Human Resource Management, MANA 7343 International Legal Environment of Management, MANA 7353 Regional Issues in Global Management, and MANA 7354 Cultural Issues in Global Management. The list of courses is representative but may change depending on the faculty leading global immersions.