Bachelor of Science in Global Leadership and Management
The Bachelor of Science in Global Leadership and Management prepares students for leadership and management positions in a variety of organizational settings, private and public, domestic and international. The program provides an alternative path of study for the liberally educated business professional seeking practical skills and strategies for successful management in a global business environment.
The program also provides critical analysis of historical and social forces that influence leadership and organizations, and it addresses complex questions from different intellectual perspectives in order to broaden business education.
Additionally, the program enables students to examine the dynamic between culture and successful business practice, both at home and abroad, and it provides the opportunity to study in greater depth the culture of a particular geographic area associated with a student's personal and professional interests. A capstone course blends the program's multidisciplinary course work with students' professional experience to help them produce their own integrated and practical strategy for global leadership development.
Requirements
All University College undergraduate students must satisfy the same general education requirements; for information on those, click here.
Required Core Courses (15 units selected from the following courses):
U44 120 Business Organization and Administration
U07 231 Economic Statistics
U22 234 Business Ethics
U44 251 Law of Business I
U44 263 Financial and Managerial Accounting
U44 265 Corporate Strategic and Financial Planning
U44 270 Marketing Concepts
U48 341 Technology for Managers: Tools and Strategies
U25 3342 Business and Public Policy
Other courses authorized by University College.
Required Major Courses (18 units):
U09 381 Cross-Cultural Psychology
U44 240 Introduction to International Business OR
U44 330 International Management: Leadership Across Cultures
U44 305 Leadership for Organizational Success
U44 347 International Marketing
U07 403 Managerial Economics
U07 427 Economic Systems in Theory and Practice
Elective Courses in Culture and Area Studies Courses (12 units):
12 units of authorized Arts & Sciences elective courses that enrich an understanding of the culture of a geographic area or areas of study, outside of the United States, and thereby strengthen one's global outlook on leadership and management. Suggested areas include but are not limited to foreign languages, anthropology, comparative literature, history, international and area studies, political science, psychology, and religious studies.
Students pursuing a major in Global
Leadership and Management also should take the following courses as
either general education requirements or electives:
U07 103 Microeconomics
U07 104 Macroeconomics
U25 103 Introduction to International Politics
U09 100 Introduction to Psychology
U11 215 Professional Writing, Speaking, and Presentation
No more than 25% of course work applied to a Bachelor of Science in University College may be in business disciplines.
Click here to see the printable Degree Requirements Worksheet (PDF).
For a printable Application for Admission to the degree program (PDF file), click here. For more information contact University College, telephone (314) 935-6700, or E-mail ucollege@wustl.edu.
