MGB Path 4 - January start

There is no other program quite like it in Canada. You study in three countries, progressing through three modules: Global Business Fundamentals, Global Business Opportunities and Global Business in Action. Then you complete the program with a global internship.
Program curriculum
Module 1: Fundamentals
You begin with the Global Business Fundamentals module to first acquire a deep understanding of both doing business in a global environment and the unique characteristics of the North American business context. The module integrates international finance, strategy, marketing, global logistics and supply-chain management with an appreciation of North American legal, economic and social factors. You progress through a firm's stages of internationalization: first, exporter issues; then international firm issues; and lastly, concerns related to multinational organizations. Courses include:
MGB 510 The North American Business Context |
MGB 512 International Financial Management |
MGB 516 International Marketing and Global Strategy |
MGB 519 International Logistics and Supply Chain Management |
MGB 570 Global Leadership and Cultural Intelligence |
MGB 583 Language, Communication & Global Business |
MGB 180 Language Skills I |
For course descriptions, visit the UVic academic calendar.
Module 2: Opportunities
The Global Business Opportunities module provides you with an overview of how industries such as steel, food processing, ship building, fishery, petroleum and high tech deal with opportunity recognition and business development in a global setting as well as in an Asian business context. In addition, this module deals with the analyses and knowledge needed for successful global new business ventures as well as with Asia's entrepreneurial environment.
MGB 525 Business Development and Europe's Entrepreneurial Environment |
MGB 530 The European Business Context |
MGB 570 Global Leadership and Cultural Intelligence (Cont.) |
MGB 583 Language, Communication & Global Business (Online Delivery) |
MGB 181 Language Skills II |
For course descriptions, visit the UVic academic calendar.
Module 3: Action
The Global Business in Action module, with its orientation towards exploring The Asian or European business context, is intended to prepare the students to apply their knowledge and global perspective to solving business and industry issues and challenges. It introduces students to the various stages of consulting methods. Students also receive an overview of the corporate governance structures, legal and economic systems and the environmental sustainability issues in the Asian- or European-based organization with global reach, and will be given the opportunity to provide consulting advice to the company.
MGB 520 The Asian Business Context |
MGB 535 Consulting Methods and Practice |
MGB 536 International Research and Consulting Report |
MGB 570 Global Leadership and Cultural Intelligence (Cont.) |
MGB 182 Language Skills III |
For course descriptions, visit the UVic academic calendar.
Global Internship
The Global Business Experience module is your opportunity to put your learning into practice in an exciting trans-national internship.
MGB 537 Global Internship |
For course descriptions, visit the UVic academic calendar.