MBA: Master of International Business Administration (I-MBA)

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The I-MBA program in International Business Administration also provides an enterprise wide view of advanced skills in business and management disciplines, including practical experience in the application of those skills in the context of the overall dynamics of organizations. The program enables students to develop an understanding of the various functional areas of international business including skills developed through specialized international courses in economics, finance, management, marketing, accounting, and practical aspects of international business. With exposure to classmates, peers and faculty from diverse multi-cultural and international backgrounds, the students acquire an understanding of cultural, historical, geographic and political underpinnings of international business.

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Combined Program Options are available!

Dual MA in Industrial-Organizational Psychology & I-MBA International Masters in Business Administration - San Diego Campus only
Joint PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology & I-MBA International Masters in Business Administration - San Diego Campus only

To enroll and for further information, please contact the Academic Advisor, Allen Thompson at athompson@alliant.edu / (858) 635-4504, or Hollan McBride at hmcbride@alliant.edu.

Degree Requirements 39 units

Courses are three units unless otherwise indicated.

ACT 6010 - Managerial Accounting
BUS 6020 - Strategic Management
BUS 6060 - Cross-Cultural Management
BUS 6900 - Capstone
BUS 7000 - e-Business
FIN 6000 - Managerial Finance
IBA 6010 - Legal Environment of International Business
IBA 6030 - International Economics and Trade
MKT 6000 - Managerial Marketing
Professional Development (Internship, Professional Identity, Community Service Learning) or IBA Elective Credits / Units: 3
Concentration (See listing below.)

Concentrations

The following concentrations are available to students who are seeking a master’s degree in the Business and Management Program of MGSM. Students who do not wish to have a concentration will select nine units in consultation with their academic advisor.

Courses are three units unless otherwise indicated.

Finance

Choose 3 courses:

Information and Technology Management

This concentration teaches students technology enabled management and streamlining of business operations and business decision making. SAP software forms the basis for learning Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and an understanding of dynamism in managing efficiencies in all aspect of business operations from the supply chain to business process integration.

Choose 3 courses:

Marketing

NAFTA Business

This concentration takes the students through the process of cross-border Business Development in the Clean Tech industry with a focus on the NAFTA economies and their interrelationship. The course structures are designed around problem-based learning (PBL) with real world applications to businesses in the NAFTA economies.

Sustainable Business

Igor Ansoff Strategic Management

Distinguished Professor Dr. Igor Ansoff, known worldwide as the “Father of Strategic Management,” was the founder of the strategic management program at Alliant International University in San Diego, California where he taught for 17 years.

Choose 3 courses: