Graduate Requirements

 Effective 12/6/2011

Report Guidelines

After you have completed your international business experience for the Global Management Certificate, you must submit a report specifying the tasks and what you learned during your experience.  Reports must be submitted within 30 days of accomplishing your business experience.  Reports that are poorly written or that are not submitted within 30 days after the conclusion of a student’s international experience will not qualify for the Global Management Certificate requirement. The following criterion should be included in writing the International Business Experience report.

• Report should be 5-8 pages in length, double spaced, 11 pt. New Times Roman font.

  • Report should include:

    • Name of company or organization including location and background
    • Faculty that may be in charge of the program
    • Length of the experience
    • Accomplishments/ achievements during the experience period
    • Your duties and responsibilities within the organization
    • Business-related learnings, as well as cultural learnings
    • Application of learnings to future career goals

International Experience Guidelines

The following international experiences are eligible to be used toward the international business experience requirement of the Global Management Certificate:

1. Short-term business study abroad programs, offered by the Marriott School of Management, with at least two weeks in the foreign country. These trips are directed by a business faculty member and include business visits, case studies, and cultural visits, among other activities.
2. Student exchange programs, where students take business courses in the hosting foreign institution. The program should last for at least one semester.
3. Global field studies, where students spend a semester on campus preparing a recommendation for a real international business project, and spend at least one week in the foreign country doing research.
4. International business internships, or work experience, where students spend at least one month working full-time or two-months working part-time for a company abroad. International students can count their internships or work experience in the United States as an international experience.

 The experience should be a true business experience. Cultural trips, service projects (not business related), English teaching experience, among other, are not accepted as an international business experience. Students are required to submit an “International Business Experience Approval Form” online prior to the experience. Students are required to write a five-page report within 30 days upon finishing the experience.