Global Business Leadership
Department Chair: Mary Jepperson
Faculty: Julie Fisk, John Hasselberg, Hassan Hussein, Paul Marsnik, Sanford Moskowitz, Kingshuk Mukherjee, Margrette Newhouse, Deborah Pembleton, Steve Schwarz, Tony Yan
The global business environment, in which change is a constant, requires a different type of leader. This new leader must have functional knowledge and analytical skills, yet be adept at leading teams of innovators. These leaders must have a global mindset that combines an openness to and awareness of diversity across cultures and markets with a propensity and ability to see common patterns across countries and markets. At the same time in an organization with a global mindset, people view cultural and geographic diversity as opportunities to explore and are prepared to adopt successful practices and good ideas wherever in the world they come from.
The global business leadership curriculum allows students the opportunity to select from the following concentrations:
- Marketing,
- Supply chain management, and
- Nonprofit and social innovation.
If a student does not select a concentration, faculty advisors are available to help shape the choice of various elective classes to craft a learning experience tailored to a student’s post-graduate plans.
Assessment
Global Business Leadership is focused on ensuring students expand their global business mindset, business knowledge, professional skills and ethical frameworks. Assessment is embedded throughout the curriculum to measure progression of student knowledge and inform our pedagogy.
Acceptance to Major Requirements
For students first enrolling in Fall 2021:
Course Requirements: ACFN 111, ECON 111, MATH 124, GBUS 202 and 203Minimum Grade and/or GPA for required courses: GPA 2.0
Minimum Cumulative GPA: 2.00
Other requirements: Student must obtain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 for the 5 courses listed above. We do not consider the student's overall college GPA in deciding whether to admit to the major.
For students enrolled prior to Fall 2021:
Course Requirements: ACFN 111, ECON 111, MATH 118 or 119 or 122 or 124, GBUS 210, GBUS 220, GBUS 230 and 240
Minimum Grade and/or GPA for required courses: GPA 2.0
Minimum Cumulative GPA: 2.00
Other requirements: Student must obtain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 for the 7 courses listed above. We do not consider the student's overall college GPA in deciding whether to admit to the major.
Major (56 credits)
Global Business Leadership Required Courses:
From supporting disciplines to be taken during first year (12 credits): ACFN 111; ECON 111; and MATH 124.
From global business leadership (36 credits):
- GBUS 202, 203, and 300 (12 credits)
- GBUS foundational courses (12 credits): GBUS 303, 311, 321, 341, or 361
- GBUS Electives (8 credits) from 300-level GBUS courses
- Experiential Learning (4 credits): GBUS 397/397A (Internship) or 394 (Practicum)
- Capstone: GBUS 381, taken senior year
Non-GBUS Elective (4 credits) from select list of departments and classes. List available on the GBUS website.
With the exception of GBUS 397A (which is taken for S/U grade only), GBUS majors must take all their required credits above for grades A-F.
Concentration course requirements:
Marketing
- Must take GBUS 321 as part of the GBUS foundational course requirements
- In lieu of the GBUS and Non-GBUS electives above:
- GBUS 325 – Global marketing
- One of GBUS 322, 323, or 324
- One of ART 218, ART 233G, ART 233S, COMM 225, COMM 245, COMM 247, COMM 250, COMM 308, ECON 320, ENGL 315A, PSYC 309C, or PSYC 309Q
Supply Chain Management
- Must take GBUS 341 as part of the GBUS foundational course requirements
- In lieu of the GBUS and Non-GBUS electives above:
- Eight credits from GBUS 342, GBUS 343, GBUS 368, or GBUS 3xx
- One of ECON 316, ECON 319, or SOCI 349
Nonprofit and Social Innovation:
- Foundational courses recommended for this concentration are GBUS 303, GBUS 311, and GBUS 321
- In lieu of the GBUS and Non-GBUS electives above:
- GBUS 332D
- GBUS 3xx
- Non-GBUS elective: One course from ART 218, COMM 245, ECON 314, ECON 323, ECON 325, ENGL 315A, HIST 369, PCST 347, PCST 348, PCST 352, PCST 368J, PCST 368N, PHIL 324, POLS 223, POLS 337, POLS 338, POLS 350E, POLS 353, SOCI 326, SOCI 333, SOCI 337B
For students enrolled prior to Fall 2021, see previous catalog.
Minor (minimum of 20 credits)
From supporting disciplines (12 credits): ACFN 111; ECON 111; and MATH 124.
From global business leadership (16 credits):
- GBUS 202, 203
- Global enterprise (4 Credits): GBUS 300
- Elective course (four credits) from upper (300) level GBUS courses.
GBUS minors must take all their required credits from courses 1, 2 and 3 above for grades A/F.
For students enrolled prior to Fall 2021, see previous catalog.