Online Master of Business Administration with a Concentration in International Business

Program Overview

The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Online International Business MBA program is an AACSB-accredited program designed for working professionals seeking to advance their careers in global business. The program consists of 12 courses (36 credit hours) and can be completed in as few as 12 months. Graduates are prepared for a variety of multinational career opportunities, including International Trade Expert, Import Compliance Specialist, and Marketing and Sales Director.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Online MBA in International Business is designed for working professionals seeking to advance their business careers and increase their salary potential. This AACSB-accredited program aims to equip graduates with the knowledge and skills to lead teams and provide solutions in a global business environment.

Objectives:

This program aims to:

• Analyze international trade: Understand how private agents react to changes in government policies.
• Make informed decisions: Analyze exchange rates, capital flows, employment, prices, interest rates, and economic growth on an international level.
• Communicate effectively: Improve social awareness on global issues and communicate effectively with colleagues from various cultures.
• Navigate corporate finance: Understand corporate financial planning and decision-making in a multinational environment.
• Understand global marketing: Analyze how firms operating outside the United States should consider political, social, and economic variables that impact marketing decisions.

Outline:

The program consists of 12 courses (36 credit hours) divided into two categories:

MBA Advanced Courses (8 courses):

• ECON 5315: Managerial Economics: Focuses on using economic tools and concepts to assist managers in decision-making.
Topics include market demand and elasticity, demand estimation, production and cost functions, marginal analysis under various forms of market structure, and game theory.
• OPSY 5315: Operations Management: Studies the operations of manufacturing and service organizations.
Covers topics like forecasting, capacity planning, facility location and layout, quality, JIT/lean philosophies, and materials requirement planning. Emphasizes developing an operational strategy linking functional areas. Includes international, environmental, legal, and ethical aspects of operations.
• MISY 5325: Software-Based Business Solutions: Examines computer-based technologies for analyzing and evaluating business problems.
Provides a case-driven analysis of evaluating and selecting the appropriate software tool for management applications. Software coverage may include word processing, spreadsheets, databases, ftp, email, and electronic presentation.
• ACCT 5315: Accounting Topics: Continues financial and managerial accounting with emphasis on applications, analysis, and interpretation of financial statements.
• MKTG 5320: Marketing Management: An advanced study of contemporary marketing management concepts, tools of analysis, and implementation of marketing programs.
Combines theory and case analysis to integrate principles with practice, emphasizing relevant theory, application of theory to managerial problems, and presentation of results in written and oral form. Applies concepts of corporate finance, accounting principles, and quantitative analysis.
• MGMT 5320: Organizational Behavior and Theory: Studies individual, group, and intergroup behavior within organizations.
Topics include personality differences, power, politics, interpersonal relations, conflict management, work environment, satisfaction, performance, and team building.
• MGMT 5355: Administrative Strategy and Policy (Capstone): Analyzes strategic decision-making, policy, and strategy.
Focuses on the integrative and multi-functional nature of organizational strategy decision. Analyzes the influence of administrative decisions on organizational outcomes. Topics include measurement and management of exchange rate risk, financing international trade, short and long-term asset and liability management, direct foreign investment, cost of capital and capital structure, and country risk analysis.
• MKTG 5335: Marketing in the International Environment: Examines the environment within which a firm operating outside the U.S. considers the political, social, and economic variables that impact marketing decisions.
• ECON 5335: International Economics: Analyzes why international trade takes place and how private agents react to changes in government policies.
Focuses on determining exchange rates, exports, imports, capital flows, employment, prices, interest rates, and economic growth using simple analytical techniques. Examines monetary and fiscal policies in an international macroeconomics context.
• MGMT 5335: Multinational Management: Studies the values, relationships, social structures, and cultural differences that affect the application of management processes in different international environments.

Careers:

The program prepares graduates for a variety of multinational career opportunities, including:

• International Trade Expert
• Import Compliance Specialist
• Marketing and Sales Director
• Real Estate Developer
• Supply Chain Management Director

Other:

• The program is 100% online and offers flexible 7-week courses with several start dates a year.
• Students can complete the program in as few as 12 months.
• The College of Business at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International).
• The TAMU-CC College of Business is one of only 193 business schools worldwide holding dual accreditation in both business and accounting programs.

• Total Tuition: $18,252
• Per Course: $1,306.61
• Application fee: $50 for U.S. residents and $70 for international applicants.
• Late fee: $50
• Proctoring exams: up to $75 plus late fees.