Master of Business (Mbus) International Business
Dunedin, New Zealand
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
01 Dec 2024
EARLIEST START DATE
Mar 2025
TUITION FEES
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
Business is being conducted in a dynamic, global environment, and organisations, both in New Zealand and throughout the world, need individuals who can work across traditional functional boundaries as well as across national borders. International Business prepares you for a global career.
You’ll study a combination of business, language and culture subjects, giving you an excellent knowledge base to work internationally. Plus, you’ll have the chance to travel overseas while you complete your degree with Otago’s renowned international student exchange programme.
Why study International Business?
The world has never been more connected. Technology advances such as the internet, smartphones, email and social media mean that we can now conduct business from wherever we are in the world – not just from our home offices. International Business is concerned with strategies for doing business in this global environment.
Studying International Business at Otago will provide you with an understanding of how people from different cultures do business. It will teach you how to deal with different cultures, languages, laws, institutions, companies and communities around the world.
Admissions
Curriculum
International Business is a major of the Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), a three-year degree programme.
Within the degree, you will study a range of business papers covering the fundamentals of accounting, business statistics, economics, finance, information and communication technology, management and marketing.
In addition, you will study six papers related to language and culture. You can choose one language from Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Spanish. Combined, the business and language papers will teach you the principles of international business and how to work in the international arena.
Course structure
The International Business BCom is comprised of 252 points (equivalent to 14 papers) in Commerce and 108 points (equivalent to six papers) in additional language and/or cultural papers. Thus the total number of points for your degree is a minimum of 360. The International Business degree is quite structured, so you should plan your degree carefully.
Teaching style
Papers are generally taught as lectures and tutorials, but some of the language papers also include video and internet-based learning. Assessment will vary depending on the paper but may include essays and reports, oral presentations and exams.
Degree options
International Business is a valuable general business degree and goes well with a range of other majors and degrees offered at Otago, including the BACom and BComSc combined degrees. Popular combinations include Languages, Law, Management, Marketing, Economics, Finance, Computer Science, Political Science and Tourism.
Requirements
- IBUS480 Dissertation
- IBUS501 Applied Project
- IBUS580 Research Project
Career Opportunities
A degree in International Business opens up a world of opportunities! Our graduates are well prepared to assess and solve business issues at the global level across sectors and industries – from financial markets to management, from trade to marketing. And because you learn a language as part of the degree, your options open up further – French is spoken in 47 countries, German is used for business across central and Eastern Europe and Spanish is the first language for more than 300 million people… not to mention Japanese and Chinese!
Examples of areas you could work in include:
- Finance
- Human Resource Management
- Foreign Economic Relations
- International Trade and Investments
- International Marketing and Business Strategy
- Management Consulting or Operations
- Government Departments, such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade