International Business

**Why this course?** <br/><br/>• This programme is dual accredited to a CMI qualification <br/>• Spend a semester studying your cross-cultural skills and confidence to operate internationally <br/>• Silver in the 2023 Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) for delivering high quality teaching, learning and outcomes for its students <br/><br/>**About this course** <br/><br/>Specialising in international business, you will focus on the ways businesses operate differently in home and overseas markets. <br/><br/>This degree will give you in-depth knowledge of organisations and their environments, including their relationships to society. <br/><br/>Developing an understanding of general business areas such as managing people, operations, marketing and finance, you will also learn about what businesses need to do to operate ethically and effectively in a culturally diverse and international environment. <br/><br/>Our academics have extensive experience of organisations and will support you to connect your learning to the realities of business and management.<br/><br/>Our Business Readiness module will build your future employability throughout your degree, by developing your academic, leadership and management skills. <br/><br/>**Skills** <br/><br/>Our International Business BSc will provide you with the skills and experience to work in an international business. You’ll graduate a confident, independent thinker, with the skills to adapt rapidly to change, and a detailed knowledge of international business and cross-cultural management. <br/><br/>In readiness for your future career, you will acquire key attributes employers value, such as commercial acumen, self-reflection and emotional intelligence, alongside skills in research, numeracy, project management and leadership. <br/><br/>A study abroad semester in the second year of the programme will give you an opportunity to put your cross-cultural learnings into practice and demonstrate to future employers lived cultural intelligence experiences.<br/><br/>You will finish the course confident in your personal values, with the knowledge and experience to solve business problems ethically, and an ongoing passion for personal and professional development. <br/><br/>**Career opportunities** <br/><br/>You’ll leave well equipped to work in a diverse range of careers, including international trade and banking, operations management, market research, international sales or marketing and other roles within international companies.