Courses of Study & Credit

McCombs students will receive 3 hours upper-division credit as follows:

    • Management of Global Operations
      (3 hours upper-division business credit)
      taught by McCombs School of Business faculty

The course is comprised of the following two sections of course material:

    • International Corporate Management (ICM): The ICM
       is a combination of strategy exercises and tactical simulations.
       Through the Marketplace computer simulation, multi-cultural
       teams of students start up and run their own multi-national

       company, struggling with business fundamentals, the interplay

       between marketing, human resources, operations, finance, and

       accounting, and international factors such as exchange rates

       and tariffs.

    • Seminar in International Business Systems (IBS): This

      seminar focuses on practical tools and techniques for achieving

      international business goals. Topics include Intercultural Team

      Building, Strategies for Cultural Analysis and Investigation,

      Building on Intercultural Experience, International Consumer

      Behavior, Managing Virtual Teams, and the Venture Capital

      Process. The course also includes tutorials emphasizing practical

      skills for team members based on their roles and

      responsibilities.

The sections are carefully integrated to ensure assimilation of business lessons, skills and techniques, and to maximize learning from the intercultural team experience. Students develop self-confidence, intercultural acuity and interpersonal sophistication in addition to academic knowledge of vital international business systems.

Classes typically meet Monday through Thursday at the McCombs School of Business. As part of their coursework, students will participate in several company visits. The visits will serve as academic field trips directly related to the subjects covered in class. Past visits have included GSD&M and 3M. 

Eligibility/Pre-requisites
This program is open to undergraduate students at the McCombs School of Business who are in good academic standing and meet the following eligibility criteria prior to participating in the program:

     • Minimum overall UT-Austin GPA of 2.5
     • Successful completion of Principles of Marketing (MKT 337 or
       MKT 337H)

     • McCombs students are encouraged to complete the following

        courses, but they are not required:
       1.  Operations Management (O M 335 or O M 335H),

       2.  Corporate Finance (FIN 357 or FIN 357H), and

       3.  Managerial Accounting (ACC 312 or ACC 312H).

Note:  Prior to participating in the program, students must obtain approval from their Academic Advisor (as indicated on the Academic Advisor Approval Form).